Yearly Archives: 2001

GoAmerica expands Compaq relationship

HACKENSACK, N.J.-Wireless data and Internet services provider GoAmerica Inc. said it expanded its relationship with Compaq Computer Corp. and will power Compaq's iPAQnet Mobility...

Wireless goes to school

While most wireless companies are targeting either the consumer or the business market with their technology, a select few are targeting a new and...

Senate and House clash on auction dates: Bush budget slashes NTIA funding

WASHINGTON-House and Senate budget leaders are at odds over President Bush's plan to delay auctions of valuable broadcast spectrum, a dispute that arises at...

ADC reorganizes

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced it is reorganizing to better meet its operational and financial objectives.Rick Roscitt was appointed the company's new chairman and chief...

Telecommunications industry questions payments for FCC consultant

WASHINGTON-The telecommunications industry is questioning whether the nearly half-million dollars it has paid to a nonprofit consultant to the government on numbering issues is...

Alltel partners

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. partnered with LookSmart, a provider of Web directories, to offer a wireless Internet search and directory feature for its Web-Unwired...

Late News

China undecided on technology selectionOnly months after the Chinese Ministry of Information signed a memorandum of understanding to allow the country's second-largest company, China...

Motorola sends message of hope after reporting first loss in 16 years

Motorola Inc. mixed memory with some cheer in its first-quarter results last week as it reported its first loss in 16 years amid hopes...

Calif. studies cell-users’ rights: State PUC may not have authority to implement return policy

WASHINGTON-In a development with national implications for a wireless industry increasingly hit with complaints about service quality and billing problems, a California telecom regulator...

Handset market battle revs up

As the economy slackens and competition revs up, the handset market may set the stage for a battle between big names and their smaller...

Allgon to supply UMTS subsystem

TABY, Sweden-Allgon Systems has been appointed by an unnamed global system supplier to develop and globally supply UMTS base-station subsystems.Allgon will supply integrated filter...

Nokia to supply TETRA network in China

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Networks and the Shanghai Machinery Complete Equipment (Group) Corp. will provide the city of Tianjin, China, with an 800 MHz TETRA mobile...

KPN, Interpay complete WAP financial transaction

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia, KPN Mobile and Interpay Nederland have successfully made a financial transaction on a mobile network based on WIM technology, a part of...

Millicom announces 55% increase in subscriber adds

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A., a global telecommunications investor, announced its worldwide operations added 275,436 net new cellular subscribers in the first quarter 2001,...

Telus Mobility reports record results

SCARBOROUGH, Ontario- Telus Mobility, the national wireless telecommunications business unit of Telus Corp., announced what it said are record first quarter wireless subscriber results.The...

Tellabs lowers estimates

LISLE, Ill.-Tellabs has revised its revenue and earnings per share expectations for the first quarter of 2001.The company now projects first-quarter sales of about...

Verizon launches in Cedar Rapids

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa-Verizon Wireless launched its digital wireless service in Cedar Rapids, which includes coverage to Iowa City, Waterloo/Cedar Falls and Dubuque.According to the...

Broadband industry running out of breath

One local multipoint distribution service wireless broadband carrier folded under the financial burden of the stock market last week, and now the futures of...

E911 Phase II deadline nightmare materializes: Powell remains optimistic deadline can be met

WASHINGTON-Fears about the timely deployment of enhanced 911 Phase II service appear to be coming true even as the chairman of the Federal Communications...

Kada platform enhances capabilities of Palm devices

A new company out of Andover, Mass., hopes to make the Palm personal digital assistant feel even more like a personal computer than ever...

Metrocall, WebLink plan unprecedented merger

The plan is ambitious, to say the least.Metrocall Inc. and WebLink Wireless Inc. announced last week a plan to merge by concurrently filing for...

Bush to nominate Martin, Abernathy, Kopps to FCC

WASHINGTON-The White House on Friday said President George W. Bush intends to nominate Kevin J. Martin, Kathleen Q. Abernathy and Michael J. Kopps to...

Alcatel not fully behind mobile handsets

PARIS-An Alcatel executive said the company is not fully committed to the mobile handset business, because of the strong advantage of competitors Nokia and...

Lucent’s latest labor: squelching speculation

Even rumors did not forgive Lucent Technologies Inc. last week as the telecom equipment maker scrambled to reassure its nervous investors that it was...

Inhofe weighs in on 3G spectrum battle

WASHINGTON-Last December, two months after President Clinton ordered government studies on spectrum availability for third-generation wireless systems and at a time when mobile-phone and...
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