March 2001

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS will feature Campusdog.com, an online community and entertainment guide targeted to college students, on its wireless Web service. Campusdog.com provides restaurant guides, movie reviews, show times, concert schedules, news, weather and information about campus and community …

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. reported revenues for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31 of $243.8 million and $735.3 million, respectively, compared with revenues of $89 million and $258.1 million for the fourth quarter and year-end 1999. The company recorded …

For a company only a few years old, and one that prides itself on making decisions easier for its customers, it might seem odd for Leap Wireless International Inc. to be making a branding change. While the change is not …

HONG KONG-Hutchison Whampoa bought Motorola Inc.’s 25-percent stake in Hong Kong operator Hutchison Telephone for $120 million. Hutchison now owns 81 percent of the Hong Kong carrier. If Hutchison sells any of the Motorola shares during the next two years, …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it will introduce Kyocera Corp.’s 6035 smart phone onto its network beginning March 5. The dual-branded, Palm OS-powered handset features wireless Web access and a near-Palm handheld size screen, and it supports the installation of applications …

BOTHELL, Wash.-Infowave Software Inc., which provides software that connects enterprise applications to wireless devices, announced Lotus Notes and Domino support for its Wireless Business Engine. The Domino Connector will allow mobile workers to access corporate Domino-based e-mail, calendars, to do …

CALGARY, Canada-Wireless location company Cell-Loc Inc. announced its earnings for the quarter ended Dec. 31 showing high operations expenses and low cash equivalents. The company’s deployment and operations expenses were $1.8 million, significantly up from the prior period. The company’s …

ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc., which provides wireless and wireline telecommunications access equipment, signed $18 million in contracts to expand installations of its PASTM citywide wireless access systems in eight locations in the Guangdong Province of China. The existing systems were originally …

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems, the former microelectronics group of Lucent Technologies Inc., has released a chip that switches voice and data signals, doubling the channel capacity of other products for wireless base station controllers and voice over Internet protocol networks. The …

JACKSON, Fla.-ParkerVision Inc. is partnering with PrairieComm Inc. to develop advanced chipsets and reference designs for cellular handsets and other wireless devices. The deal will combine PrairieComm’s baseband IC platforms with ParkerVision’s Direct2Data direct conversion radio technology. “Our partnership with …

LONDON-BT Cellnet has signed an agreement that allows Nortel Networks to develop its GPRS networks with initial focus on mobile entertainment and business applications. Both companies plan to work together with suppliers and subscribers on developing these applications from the …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Approximately 1,200 employees have been cut from the work force of 3Com Corp., a provider of connectivity products and solutions. The company said the layoffs are in accordance with the restructuring plan they announced in December, which called …

TORONTO-Avaya Canada, a provider of business communications systems and services, signed an agreement with OnSat Hospitality Joint Venture Ltd., which provides broadband satellite-based wireless Internet connections to deliver wireless broadband services to the hospitality industry. Avaya’s wireless systems will be …

Mobile computing company Psion plc shook the European wireless market-and sent its stocks rocketing to a new 27-month low-with news that it is dropping out of the running in the smart-phone industry, cutting its workforce and now plans to focus …

In a marriage of convenience, carriers are signing temporary dotted lines to outsource their network management to vendors as they migrate to the next generation of wireless technology. The trend, which concedes to vendors a pivotal role in positioning carriers …

LITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz.-Amid the scorched desert ground abutting the lush greens of golf courses, the future of the wireless Internet was the topic of discussion in the small community of Litchfield Park, Ariz., where industry consultant Andrew Seybold held his …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week proposed to delay key spectrum auctions and to phase out programs designed to bridge the Digital Divide, components of the president’s $1.96 trillion budget that signals the White House’s desire to improve spectrum management and …

Controversy is brewing in the Texas state House of Representatives over a far-reaching bill that could give individual counties the authority to regulate tower siting, even requiring those with whip antennas on their cars or a home satellite dish to …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry last week received the strongest indication to date that securing third-generation mobile-phone spectrum will be difficult if not impossible, as an eclectic mix of military, educational, religious and fixed wireless licensees voiced serious reservations about leaving their …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia has been chosen by several companies to provide its third-generation network solution. Nokia said its 3G infrastructure is based on open standards, platforms and interfaces critical for evolution to commercial 3G services in a multivendor network. Nokia will …

Telefonica takes control of four Mexican companies Telefonica Moviles announced it will take management control of Bajacel, Movitel, Norcel and Cedetel, four of Motorola Inc.’s operating companies in Northern Mexico. As a result of this agreement, Telefonica Moviles said it …

FREMONT, Calif.-ClickServices presented a wireless software platform for global business that it said overcomes barriers posed by the competing wireless networks and various wireless devices. According to the company, ClickServices is interoperable between TDMA, CDMA and GSM, as well as …

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-In the wake of the devastating earthquake in the Pacific Northwest, Cingular Interactive said its Interactive Intelligent Wireless Network continued operations in the region providing customers with a means of communications. Cingular said all base stations in the area …

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-Triton PCS Inc. selected Agilera’s Extended Enterprise as the platform for its Lawson Software applications, allowing Agilera to integrate and host the suite of human resource applications and provide business process outsourcing services including the printing and distribution of …

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Capital One Financial Corp. reported the conclusion of a direct marketing test relationship with Sprint PCS. The relationship involved Capital One originating wireless telephone accounts for Sprint PCS with the wireless carrier providing the telephone service and management …