WASHINGTON-Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) told state regulators last week that the answer to how to get broadband services to rural American might be wireless."We can't wire rural America. ... We have a lot of dirt between light bulbs. We know we can't wire rural...
In the first step of his reform of the Federal Communications Commission, Chairman Michael K. Powell last week named Mary Beth Richards as special counsel in charge of FCC reform efforts. "I am committed to making the FCC more efficient, more decisive, and more...
PHOENIX-Fixed-wireless service provider Kite Networks officially launched its broadband services in Phoenix last week following a four-month beta trial with businesses in Tempe and Phoenix."We are confident we can meet the needs of our customers for fast and reliable high-speed Internet access," said Jerry...
While many desktop surfers don't care for them, the presence of advertisements on the wired Internet was virtually assured even before the Internet's widespread use-marketers saw that advertisements fit almost as perfectly in the medium as they do on television-and now there seem to...
WASHINGTON-Nearly 700 employees of Cingular Wireless Inc. will be represented by the Communications Workers of America through a card check conducted by the American Arbitration Association.Under the card-check process, management recognizes the union when a majority of workers in a unit indicate support for...
TAIWANChunghwa Telecom Labs (CHTTL), the technology development group of Taiwan's state-owned telecommunication operator, has selected Nokia to conduct its third-generation trials. Nokia will provide CHTTL with the core and radio network, network management system and technical consultancy services. Then based on the trial results,...
In France, the country where they offer calorie-laden pain au chocolats and croissants for breakfast, keeping one's weight under control does not seem to be a problem-probably because the locals walk the region's hilly terrain to the bus stop or train station rather than...
Just a month or so into the job, President Bush has gone to great pains to convince us the "Digital Divide" is some cockamamie liberal concept unworthy of government support. George W. hasn't exactly said as much, but his actions speak volumes.As part of...
Winstar Communications Inc. beat analyst expectations for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31, reporting its revenues increased 59.1 percent to $225.1 million, and its total revenues for the year increased 70.4 percent to $759.3 million, compared with 1999.The company reported a net...
WASHINGTON-The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau hired 21 high school students from a local private school to play with its new bidding software to see if they could break it. They didn't break the software, which also had been tested by graduate students at the...
WASHINGTON-Come Monday, March 12, wireless carriers may be facing fines of up to $10,000 per day if they cannot meet wiretap capacity requirements and did not previously warn the government of the possibility of missing the deadline.After March 12, "any law enforcement agency requesting...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP)-WorldCom Inc., the nation's second-largest provider of long-distance service, on Wednesday laid off about 6,000 U.S. employees, or roughly 7 percent of its worldwide work force, as part of a restructuring announced last year, a company source said.Nearly every segment of the...
PARIS-Gemplus International S.A. and IBM Corp. said they plan to collaborate to provide smart-card solutions to customers of both companies worldwide. According to the agreement, Gemplus's expertise in card personalization, issuance and logistics will be combined with IBM's systems integration capabilities and Chip Management...
Leap Wireless International Inc. launched its Cricket Comfortable Wireless service in Wichita, Kan., where consumers can take advantage of Leap's unlimited local calling plans for $30 per month. AT&T Wireless Services Inc. began offering service to customers on the island of Hawaii, expanding its...
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Motorola Inc. has united with CGAtlantic, a New York-based provider of technology solutions, to offer businesses more turnkey wireless communications solutions.The companies will provide small- to mid-sized businesses with the tools necessary to wirelessly control corporate e-mail and data. CGAtlantic will combine...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced it is the leading investor in the GameWorld.com's current investment round. GameWorld produces end-to-end game and application publishing solutions for rapid inexpensive development by independent designers.GameWorld's applications, which include multiplayer games, education, m-commerce and interactive TV, can interoperate across wireless...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-American Express, MasterCard International and PacketVideo have recently joined the Personal Communications Industry Association's Global Initiative. PCIA's program provides members with information, products and services to help them understand how mobile technologies will affect consumers and the marketplace. Companies from various industries are...
NEW YORK-Atinav Inc. and Computer Associates International Inc. plan to partner to provide wireless customer-relationship-management solutions.Atinav provides Internet communications and collaboration software, while Computer Associates International offers e-business software. Atinav said it will integrate its aveAccessO WAP gateway module into CA's Intelligent CRM Suite,...
ARLINGTON, Va.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate TeleCorp PCS Inc. launched its SunCom digital wireless service in Milwaukee, with plans to expand service to Madison, Racine and Appleton, Wis., in the coming months."In addition to the attractiveness of the market-healthy size, right demographics and strong...
NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. "is learning our way back because we have made a lot of mistakes," Janiece Webb, senior vice president and general manager of the company's Internet Software and Content Group, said in a keynote address at the recent Internet World Wireless 2001...
Weary of playing second fiddle, L.M. Ericsson trumped all the competition by soaring to the top of equipment makers, dislodging premier Lucent Technologies Inc., which dropped to the No. 4 spot for 2000, according to a survey by Gartner Inc.'s Dataquest.The survey is a...
WASHINGTON-Despite concerns that mounting losses at Voice-Stream Wireless Corp. and Deutsche Telekom AG could threaten a transatlantic merger whose value has plummeted since its announcement last July, signs still point to completion of the deal early this spring.Indeed, there is growing pressure on the...
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, Motorola will get half the...
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 dramatic-the addition of "Another...
