Yearly Archives: 2001

Bush picks for DoJ, FTC bode well for telecom

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration is unlikely to stem the tide of telecom mergers headed for the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission in...

Telemac gets patents

LOS ANGELES-Telemac Corp., a provider of network-independent billing and accounting technologies for the wireless industry, announced it has been granted broader U.S. and European...

The path to 3G

The path to third-generation services for many wireless operators appears to be anything but smooth. While Asian carriers seem to be taking the high-speed...

Auctioneers ready to sell TSR assets

Two-way messaging licenses held by the now-bankrupt paging company TSR Wireless L.L.C. will be auctioned off near the end of this month, according to...

Telecordia, NeuStar duke it out over number pooling at federal, state levels

WASHINGTON-As the Federal Communications Commission considers proposals to select a nationwide number-pooling administrator, two leading contenders are duking it out at the state level...

Columbitech gears up for U.S. effort

Hailing from Stockholm, Sweden, one of the world's premier breeding grounds for mobile-phone technology, wireless network security developer Columbitech is gearing up to take...

Nokia chooses subcontractors

HELSINKI, Finland- Nokia Corp. has selected subcontractors to supply its 3G equipment around the world.The subcontractors are Skanska Telecom networks and Flextronics Network Services...

US Unwired buys stakes in subsidiaries

LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired Inc. completed two transactions in which it exchanged class A common stock for the minority interests in its Sprint PCS...

Cingular launches GSM in Seattle, Spokane

SEATTLE-Cingular Wireless launched its brand in the Seattle and Spokane, Wash., markets, replacing GTE Wireless. The company also introduced GSM coverage in the area.Cingular...

Mobileum joins developer program

PLEASANTON, Calif.-Mobileum Inc., which provides wireless and mobile-commerce solutions, announced it has joined the Openwave Developer Alliance Program.The Openwave Developer Alliance Program aims to...

Vaultus closes $32M in financing

NEW YORK-Vaultus, a mobile platform company, announced it closed $32 million in second-round financing, bringing the total invested in the company to more than...

New math

Now that the United States appears to be entering a recession, the economics behind deployments of third-generation wireless systems are even trickier than new...

Etrieve enhances services, charts deal with Dell

HILSBORO, Ore.-Wireless e-mail company Etrieve Inc. announced an enhancement to its current service and a new deal with Dell Computer Corp.Under its agreement with...

AirNet boasts 2 GPRS deals

MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communication Corp. has deployed and received customer acceptance for what it said is one of the first U.S. wireless GPRS systems.AirNet's AdaptaCell...

Wireless Multimedia Forum celebrates first birthday

NEW YORK-The Wireless Multimedia Forum, which recently celebrated its first birthday, is on schedule in building a framework for content that must be written...

Iridium investors sue Motorola

Motorola Inc.'s miserable journey into the realm of mobile satellite communications with Iridium L.L.C. worsened last week when a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge in...

Regulatory ruckus

A great political stroke of genius of Team Bush has been the creation of the moderate tone implied by the "compassionate conservative" banner. Why,...

Hollings, Dingell discount VoiceStream/DT merger

WASHINGTON-Congressional opponents of the proposed $30 billion acquisition of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. by Deutsche Telekom AG have struck again, just weeks after VoiceStream was...

Paging financials may push quicker consolidation

The traditional paging industry is dead, many analysts and paging veterans agree. But there is an escape route for the few companies left fighting,...

New day dawns at FCC

WASHINGTON-A new day appears to be dawning for FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell.This new day will have Powell greeting four new colleagues by the...

Bush spectrum plan gets mixed reviews

WASHINGTON-Whether the nation is plagued with daunting deficits or buoyed by gushing surpluses, spectrum auctions remain a lightning rod for controversy as the revenue-generating...

Transcrypt may sell off company

LINCOLN, Neb.-Transcrypt International Inc. ended the year with revenues totaling $42.2 million compared with annual revenues of $53.5 million for 1999 and is evaluating...

Daniels sets transaction record

DENVER-Daniels & Associates, a provider of financial services to media, Internet and telecommunications clients, set an all-time company record in 2000 by completing 115...

NTIA testing of UWB/GPS interference politically inconclusive, industry says all is fine

WASHINGTON-Government testing of potential interference between the global positioning system and ultra-wideband devices seems to be politically inconclusive, while an UWB-industry funded study shows...

E-rate may survive reform maneuvers

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week retreated from its proposal to overhaul the schools and libraries Internet discount program and may be forced to backtrack...
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