Yearly Archives: 2001

Canadian bids top $557M

At the end of bidding last Thursday, total bids among the five Canadian companies still vying for 40 megahertz of additional spectrum in the...

D. C. Briefs

Residential customers paid an average of $9 per month for wireless services in 1999, according to the Federal Communications Commission, which examined residential phone...

Brightpoint to provide logistics services to Handspring

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced its North American subsidiary has a deal with Handspring Inc. to provide integrated logistics services, including procurement, programming, packaging and distribution...

BulletIN.net buys controlling interest in Jungle Drum

ATLANTA-Two-way wireless Internet product developer BulletIN.net announced it acquired a controlling interest in Jungle Drum Systems Ltd., a wireless application company in New Zealand.BulletIN.net...

Lawmakers denounce Bush E-rate plan

WASHINGTON-President Bush's proposal to overhaul a federally mandated Internet discount program for schools and libraries ran into opposition on Capitol Hill last week, complicating...

Qualcomm postpones spinoff of chip business

Qualcomm Inc. said it is reviewing the need for and timing of its proposed initial public offering of Qualcomm Spinco Inc., the company's semiconductor...

Re-auction brings in record $17B: Verizon coughs up $4B for New York

After 101 rounds and $16.85 billion, the Federal Communications Commission's auction of 422 personal communications services licenses ended last Friday. The auction, which began...

Alltel falls short of expectations

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. reported it added 142,475 internally generated net subscribers to its wireless service during the fourth quarter, well below analyst estimates...

Broadbeam, Psion plan joint marketing initiative

PRINCETON, N.J.-Wireless infrastructure provider Broadbeam Corp. said it is developing a joint marketing initiative with Psion plc, a provider of Symbian-based devices, and that...

Alaska Airlines launches wireless check-in service

SEATTLE-Alaska Airlines expanded its wireless offerings, which include mobile flight information and flight schedules, to give customers the ability to check in for flights...

SiteSafe provides training to Nextel employees

ARLINGTON, Va.-SiteSafe Inc. signed a three-year contract to provide approximately 2,000 Nextel Communications Corp. field personnel with radio-frequency safety and awareness training using PeopleSafe,...

News Briefs

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. made the move to invest in the infrastructure services necessary to comply with the Federal Communications Commission's Phase II E-911...

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...

PCS auction has some life left: Bids top $17.5B

Most analysts expected the Federal Communications Commission's auction of 422 personal communications services licenses to finish up late last week. Instead, there were 37...

Handspring beats estimates

SAN FRANCISCO-With a second-quarter revenue rise of about $100 million from the year-ago period, handheld maker Handspring Inc. surpassed Wall Street estimates and looks...

American Tower prices shares

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. has priced the sale of 10 million shares of class A common stock through Goldman, Sachs & Co. in an underwritten...

Telesp acquires stake in Brazil operator

LISBON, Portugal-Portugal Telecom announced its Brazilian cellular subsidiary, Telesp Celular Participacoes S.A., acquired 49 percent of the common shares and 100 percent of the...

Flying high: Wireless taps air travel business

More than 50 percent of the 39.8 million business travelers in 1999 brought cellular phones with them on their trips, according to the Travel...

Tauzin calls for hearing on Internet address selection

WASHINGTON-House Commerce Committee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) has called for a hearing next month to examine complaints about how Internet addresses are selected, an...

Cellular licenses: A gold rush

It has been less than 20 years since the first commercial cellular phone call was completed in the United States.The date was Oct. 13,...

Verizon launches S.C. markets

GREENVILLE, S.C.-Verizon Wireless launched digital wireless services in Florence, Lee, Sumter, Clarendon and Williamsburg counties in South Carolina."With this significant digital expansion into eastern...

Ease of use will drive m-location

BOSTON-The mystery of how mobile location services will make money could be solved by the increasingly popular and consumer-friendly appeal of mobile commerce and...

Latin American MMDS group formed at WCA meeting

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Top executives from several multichannel multipoint distribution services operators throughout Latin America helped kick off the Wireless Communications Association International's 7th Annual...

Internet Briefs

Yada Yada Inc. has formed an alliance with Novatel Wireless Inc. to provide co-branded Minstrel V Wireless Handheld Modems for the Palm V and...

TCS takes over Xypoint

TeleCommunication Systems Inc. said it received the necessary shareholder and regulatory approvals to complete its acquisition of privately held Xypoint Corp.Under terms of the...
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