BOSTON-American Tower Corp. reported revenues for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31 of $243.8 million and $735.3 million, respectively, compared with revenues of $89 million and $258.1 million for the fourth quarter and year-end 1999.The company recorded a net loss of $54.8...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS will feature Campusdog.com, an online community and entertainment guide targeted to college students, on its wireless Web service.Campusdog.com provides restaurant guides, movie reviews, show times, concert schedules, news, weather and information about campus and community events specific to 1,400 universities...
BOTHELL, Wash.-Infowave Software Inc., which provides software that connects enterprise applications to wireless devices, announced Lotus Notes and Domino support for its Wireless Business Engine. The Domino Connector will allow mobile workers to access corporate Domino-based e-mail, calendars, to do lists and address books...
CALGARY, Canada-Wireless location company Cell-Loc Inc. announced its earnings for the quarter ended Dec. 31 showing high operations expenses and low cash equivalents.The company's deployment and operations expenses were $1.8 million, significantly up from the prior period. The company's cash equivalents were $1.5 million,...
ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc., which provides wireless and wireline telecommunications access equipment, signed $18 million in contracts to expand installations of its PASTM citywide wireless access systems in eight locations in the Guangdong Province of China. The existing systems were originally deployed during 2000. PASTM...
ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems, the former microelectronics group of Lucent Technologies Inc., has released a chip that switches voice and data signals, doubling the channel capacity of other products for wireless base station controllers and voice over Internet protocol networks.The chip will be demonstrated at...
JACKSON, Fla.-ParkerVision Inc. is partnering with PrairieComm Inc. to develop advanced chipsets and reference designs for cellular handsets and other wireless devices.The deal will combine PrairieComm's baseband IC platforms with ParkerVision's Direct2Data direct conversion radio technology."Our partnership with ParkerVision will lead to innovative wireless...
LONDON-BT Cellnet has signed an agreement that allows Nortel Networks to develop its GPRS networks with initial focus on mobile entertainment and business applications.Both companies plan to work together with suppliers and subscribers on developing these applications from the "idea stage through testing and...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Approximately 1,200 employees have been cut from the work force of 3Com Corp., a provider of connectivity products and solutions. The company said the layoffs are in accordance with the restructuring plan they announced in December, which called for improving cost effectiveness...
NORCROSS, Ga.-Schlumberger Resource Management Services Inc., a business segment of Schlumberger Ltd., said it has connected the 5 millionth consumer under its CellNet wireless fixed network for data communication.Schlumberger also said it has been contracted to connect and additional 3 million consumers, at a...
HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc. surprised Wall Street with a better-than-expected earnings report and a reiteration of its positive outlook for the future.The company's stock was trading at $4.69 per share in afternoon trading Tuesday. Monday, the company's stock rose about 20 percent to nearly $5...
HELSINKI, Finland-MeT, an organization created by Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia, Panasonic, Siemens and Sony, released its first set of mobile e-commerce specifications."With these specifications we are complementing the work of other industry standardization bodies and preparing the market for trusted mobile e-commerce services globally," said...
DALLAS-Beatnik Inc., which provides audio solutions and content for digital devices, games and the Web, has announced agreements with Texas Instruments and ARM, which provides 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions. According to the agreements, Beatnik will optimize its Beatnik Audio Engine for use on...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. says it has resolved the class-action lawsuit filed against it by former employees, and $11 million will be distributed to all the 800 employees involved.Qualcomm will not allocate the money, which excludes attorneys' fees and costs, according to a press release.
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc and China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd. announced a strategic alliance agreement that provides for close cooperation in many areas. The two companies first partnered last October.The agreement does not include a further equity interest by Vodafone, which purchased 2 percent of...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Comparecellular, a Canadian online cellular phone resource for consumers, has developed a cellular phone comparison program for Futureshop.ca, an online branch of the Canadian electronics store Future Shop. Al Kilburn, founder of the site, said, "We have attracted the interest of Future...
LONDON-As speculated earlier this week, Vodafone Group plc said it agreed to acquire AT&T's Corp.'s 10-percent economic interest in Japan Telecom Co. for $1.35 billion in cash. Following the completion of the transaction, Vodafone will hold 25 percent of Japan Telecom's equity.The acquisition marks...
HELSINKI, Finland-In a deal valued at $230 million, Nokia will supply Fujian Mobile Communications, a Chinese operator, with a GSM 900 and a GSM 1800 network expansion.The expansion will allow Fujian to add more than 3 million subscribers to its current 4.2 million. This...
SAN DIEGO-PacketVideo Corp.'s wireless media software server, PVServer, is now available on Sun Microsystems Netra family of carrier-grade servers running Sun Solaris UNIX.Sun Microsystems also placed an equity investment in PacketVideo."Our investment in PacketVideo is a great example of Sun's support of emerging, open...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia signed a contract with Total Access Communications (TAC) to expand TAC's GSM network in Thailand. The deal, which is valued at more than $150 million, includes Nokia's GPRS core network solution and intelligent network platforms.
BEIJING-Minister Wu Jichuan of China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) told a national information technology conference in Beijing that his ministry will help create a group of big international telecom companies. Three to four companies should realize sales of $4.8 billion this year, with...
PLEASANTON, Calif.-Adicom Wireless announced it received a purchase commitment for its wireless access systems, which will be deployed throughout Russia. The commitment for 75 SI2000 Aditus Systems came through its OEM partner Iskratel. The two companies are currently engaged in completing certification requirements in...
MOSCOW-The Moscow Cellular Communications (MCC) carrier is drafting documents for a 3G trial network and the construction of the project is to be launched in the second or third quarter of 2001.MCC, which currently operates the NMT-450 MHz technology, jointly with Lucent Technologies is...
