Monthly Archives: April, 2001
Anti-spam measure passes committee
WASHINGTON-The House Commerce Committee last week approved legislation to curb unsolicited commercial e-mail, possibly clearing the way for lawmakers to consider a related bill...
Iridium flying high
The resurrection of Iridium came full circle last week with the announcement that the company's Tempe, Ariz., gateway is fully operational and voice service...
Powell tells House telecom subcommittee he is `bullish’ on 3G
WASHINGTON-The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission says he is bullish on third-generation wireless services but believes not only is new spectrum needed, but...
GSM Association boasts global strengths
In addition to being headquarters to a slew of businesses that have become known worldwide, including Microsoft Corp. and Starbucks, Seattle last week was...
SEC questioning Motorola
Motorola Inc. has said that the Securities and Exchange Commission made an informal inquiry into the company's possible breach of the fair disclosure regulation.While...
Chair of universal service board dies
WASHINGTON-Laska Schoenfelder, state chairman of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service and 11-year veteran of the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, died March...
ART closes doors
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Advanced Radio Telecom Corp. said it intends to file for bankruptcy and lay off approximately 90 percent of its 200 employees.ART said that...
Metricom warns operations may cease
Metricom Inc. continued to tailspin toward insolvency last week as its auditor Arthur Andersen expressed "substantial doubt" about the company's ability to stay afloat...
Spectrum brawl: Round 1
WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry, stung by two government reports last week that largely rule out use of the 1700 MHz and 2500 MHz bands for...
BREW welcome at developers’ party
All BREW lovers are welcome to the party.Software developers and carriers are joining Qualcomm Inc. to propagate the virtues of the Binary Runtime Environment...
Bush high-tech agenda not telling
WASHINGTON-Republicans and Democrats last week officially began the fight for control of America's high-tech agenda, a battle more about broad national economic policies than...
Court rules cities cannot charge carriers right-of-way fees
WASHINGTON-The Illinois Supreme Court upheld a lower court's decision that said Illinois cities, including Chicago, could not charge wireless carriers rights-of-way fees because they...
Extendea secures investments
ATLANTA-Extendea Inc., which develops wireless-based software for transportation and logistics companies, has secured $250,000 in angel investments.Extendea said it is currently preparing to roll...
IdeaEdge, Startupfactory think mobile, world
Two companies are fusing their ideas together to help further ideas for profit in the wireless Internet space. IdeaEdge Ventures and Startupfactory have entered...
Umbrella files technology patent to modify energy requirements in wireless devices
MIAMI-Wireless technology developer Umbrella Capital L.L.C. has filed a technology patent to modify the energy required to operate wireless devices."We have identified the seeds...
Tower companies raised funds despite economic slowdown
NEW YORK-Lenders anted up significant capital during the first quarter for the five publicly traded wireless tower companies, even as their share prices declined...
D.C. Briefs
The Senate Republican Conference will begin offering its recess packets and other information wirelessly to the Palm Pilot VIIs used currently by 11 Republican...
Burns, Powell to educate Senate staff on spectrum management
WASHINGTON-The chairmen of the Senate communications subcommittee and the Federal Communications Commission are slated to begin briefing Senate staffers about spectrum policy and how...
M-commerce will outperform e-commerce: Strategis study predicts $50B in revenues by 2007
While mobile commerce won't become widespread next year, or even in the next few years, it will eventually be huge, according to a study...
New breed of branding messages appeal to users on an emotional level
It's all about connecting.The notion that telecommunications exists to connect people is no longer a simple yet catchy idea, but an obvious cliche that...
Market gets Vyyo: Firm forced to lower revenue projections
Vyyo Inc., which just a few months ago touted its triumph over the crashing stock market and projected first-quarter revenues of $7.9 million, significantly...
SingTel wins Optus buy
SYDNEY, Australia-Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. has won the bidding war for Australian mobile operator Cable & Wireless Optus Ltd. with a cash and share offer...