Monthly Archives: January, 2001
qServe acquires SiteTech
GREENVILLE, S.C.-qServe Communications said it acquired SiteTech Services L.L.C., a company that designs and develops wireless and fiber telecommunication sites."STS's expertise in engineering design...
People
MMTAAnne-Rivers Forcke was appointed chairman of the MultiMedia Telecommunications Association's Media Relations Committee. Forcke is a relationship marketing strategist for the Global Small Business...
SBC reports revenue increase
SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. reported continued strong growth in data services and contributions from Cingular Wireless, its wireless joint venture with BellSouth Corp., combined...
Floware wins second Spanish contract
YEHUDA, Israel-Floware Wireless Systems said the Abrared Consortium of Spain selected its WALKair system for its wireless network rollout throughout Spain. The $3.7 million...
Data, diversity challenge billing, CRM providers
NEW YORK-A host of players behind the scenes is pulling the complex strings required to amplify and simplify the end-user experience with billing and...
AT&T to use Sierra GPRS moªdems
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. will use Sierra Wireless' GPRS wireless modems for its plans to deploy GPRS, which expands the companies' previous...
Lucent plans 10,000 job cuts, reports quarterly loss
TRENTON, N.J.-(AP)Troubled telecommunications giant Lucent Technologies Inc. plans to cut about 10,000 jobs as part of an effort to reduce its annual costs by...
NTT DoCoMo, AT&T alliance sealed
NTT DoCoMo became the largest investor in AT&T Wireless Group last week when the previously announced strategic alliance between the two wireless giants officially...
Keep the cap
I believe the Federal Communications Commission should keep the spectrum cap in place.The agency last week decided to review whether the spectrum cap-which prohibits...
Blackstone invests in iPCS
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Sprint PCS Network Partner iPCS Inc. reported an investor group led by two of The Blackstone Group's private equity funds, Blackstone Communications Partners...
FCC to assess whether to eliminate analog set aside
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it will consider abolishing analog cellular technical rules that require cellular carriers to set aside a portion of their...
Forum brings Internet, operators together
If the Internet and mobile networks tend sometimes to be a choir of discord, the Mobile Wireless Internet Forum wants to be the voice...
Divine Tower signs deal with Metricom
COLUMBUS, Ohio-Divine Tower International Corp. said it signed a contract with Metricom Inc. to manage, direct and construct Metricom's Ricochet fixed-wireless service expansion into...
Denmark awards two GSM 900 MHz licenses
COPENHAGEN, Denmark-Denmark awarded two new GSM 900 MHz licenses to Mobilix and Telia Denmark, the country's two incumbent operators that had only GSM 1800...
U.S. Cellular adds 171,000 customers
CHICAGO-United States Cellular Corp. reported 171,000 net customer additions for the fourth quarter, a 15-percent increase from 1999, bringing U.S. Cellular's subscriber base to...
Cue signs agreement with Ten Square
NEW YORK-Cue Corp. announced it entered an agreement with Ten Square, an interactive point-of-sale broadcasting and publishing company, to enable Ten Square to broadcast...
Rural carriers tag along as large players drive mobile location market
If we applied human attributes to mobile location services, they would be in preschool today, learning and acquiring the skills they will need to...
Products
AetherAether Systems Inc. introduced version 1.1 of its ScoutWeb software component of the ScoutWare product suite. The new version supports SSL encryption as well...
Centerpoint expands to LMDS market
Centerpoint Broadband Technologies Inc., an optical networking company based in San Jose, Calif., revealed this week it is expanding the reach and capabilities of...
Nextel Partners exceeds expectations
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. reported it added 55,000 digital subscribers during the fourth quarter of 2000 ended Dec. 31, compared with 46,100 subscribers added...
FCC rejects petitions for re-auction rules
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it will not reconsider the eligibility rules for the re-auction of 422 PCS licenses that allowed large carriers to...
SnapTrack receives patent
SAN JOSE, Calif.-SnapTrack Inc. was awarded a patent that describes methods for remotely locating or tracking a wireless device via client-server systems that use...
Telefonica and Portugal Telecom combine Brazil interests
MADRID, Spain-Telefonica and Portugal Telecom have agreed to combine their mobile ventures in Brazil through a $10 billion strategic joint venture. The venture will...
TCS joins Location Interoperability Forum
ANNAPOLIS, Md.-TeleCommunications Systems said it joined the Location Interoperability Forum.Through its Xypoint unit, TCS will work with the LIF to develop global interoperability standards...
TIW adds 878,300 subscribers
MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. added 878,300 cellular subscribers during the fourth quarter of 2000, a 49-percent increase compared with the 589,500 net additions during...