NEW YORK-The GSM Congress convened its plenary meeting in Santiago, Chile, April 25 amid anticipation that the number of Global System for Mobile communications customers worldwide will reach 300 million by early May.With growth at a rate of about 10 million users per month...
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. and Paging Network Inc. announced the Federal Communications Commission has approved the transfer of paging licenses from each company to the new combined company they will form upon completion of their merger.The FCC also granted a waiver of narrowband...
LUBBOCK, Texas-Alamosa PCS Holdings Inc. reported first-quarter financial results ending March 31, showing its subscriber base grew 58 percent to 50,512 subscribers from the previous quarter.Total revenue for the first quarter was $11.6 million, a 103-percent increase from the fourth quarter of 1999.Alamosa reported...
BEACHWOOD, Ohio-At Allen Telecom Inc.'s annual meeting, President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Paul said the company has significant opportunities in the geolocation market with its Geomatrix system, and noted that every division within the company had opportunities to participate in the growth of...
WASHINGTON-While most of the nation's 90 million mobile phone subscribers are still without enhanced 911 wireless service two years after the federal deployment deadline, there are signs of progress as a result of key legislative and regulatory actions."I would say Phase I is beginning...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission asked for Capitol Hill's blessing to delay until September the 700 MHz auctions after large wireless carriers said the spectrum was too heavily encumbered to be of any value."I have serious concerns about the compressed timing for these auctions ......
Just when the third-generation evolution path for CDMA operators was looking convoluted, a new proposal drafted by these carriers may unify a single path to megabit data speeds.Code Division Multiple Access carriers this week expect to submit a proposal to Third Generation Partnership Project...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has delivered more than 30 General Packet Radio Service core networks around the world."An investment in GPRS infrastructure is an investment in future services," commented Dr. JT Bergqvist, senior vice president of Nokia Networks. "Many of these future 3G...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is expected shortly to rule on Motorola Inc.'s 911 call processing-telematics waiver request, a filing that attracted industry support and sharp criticism from consumer and public-safety groups.Motorola last month asked the FCC for permission to build an additional 30,000 handsets...
NEW YORK-United States Cellular Corp. and Aerial Communications, the two wireless subsidiaries of Telephone and Data Systems Inc., Chicago, reported strong growth during the first quarter.U.S. Cellular reported net income of $47.14 million, an increase of more than 69 percent from the same period...
NEW YORK-Managing solely for the bottom line can come back to bite companies at tax time, with the perverse result of hurting the financial statements so important to existing and potential stakeholders.The adage that there is never time to do it right but always...
WASHINGTON-House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) early this week plans to ask the Justice Department to investigate alleged lobbying violations by the Federal Communications Commission.The lobbying activity in question involves faxes sent by the FCC to congressional staff positioned against a bill passed...
Content is king. That's the mantra repeated by many looking to make it big in the wireless Internet space these days. But for content to be valuable, it must be personal, and that is the driving force behind the growing interest in synchronization technologies...
STAMFORD, Conn.-i3 Mobile Inc., a personalized wireless Internet content and commerce services provider, said TeleCorp PCS Inc., an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate, will offer i3 Mobile services to its SunCom digital wireless customers."This is our first step in offering wireless data, and i3...
Sprint PCS announced better-than-expected results in customer growth, revenues and cash-flow losses for the first quarter and released some long-awaited information about customers using its wireless Web offering.The nationwide personal communications services carrier said it added 831,000 net subscribers, ending the quarter with about...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Corp. is offering its first communications bundle combining local service, high-speed Internet access, long-distance and Sprint personal communications services wireless voice and wireless Web service to customers in Las Vegas, and Orlando, Tallahassee, Fort Myers and Naples, Fla.Subscribers to Sprint's FastConnect...
WASHINGTON-The government stepped closer to opening its July 26 auction of personal communications services licenses to large wireless carriers that may pay high dollar for spectrum in key markets like New York and San Francisco."Perhaps it is time for the commission going forward in...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson agreed to sell its 25-percent share in Across Wireless to Sonera SmartTrust Ltd., with plans to invest in the upcoming initial public offering of Sonera's common stock.Ericsson noted that it would invest an amount equal to 50 percent of its consideration...
AUSTIN, Texas-Siemens announced it will spend $500 million to re-enter the U.S. telecommunications market. The company exited the U.S. telecom business in 1998.The company said its $500 million mobile communications effort will include strengthening existing businesses, entering new markets, building its brand awareness among...
REDMOND, Wash.-Arun Sarin has joined InfoSpace Inc., a provider of infrastructure services for wireless devices, merchants and Web sites, as chief executive officer.Sarin, who most recently served as CEO of the US/Asia Pacific region for Vodafone AirTouch plc and was responsible for the company's...
WASHINGTON-The House of Representatives passed legislation that would require the Federal Communications Commission to grant cellular licenses to three rural cellular operators denied licenses in 1992 because at that time the applicants did not qualify under foreign-ownership rules.The proposal was attached to a bill...
WASHINGTON-Dr. George Carlo, the controversial scientist who broke with the cellular industry last year after finding data possibly linking mobile phone use to health problems, will roll out a new research program this week combining epidemiology, laboratory research and passive surveillance of the nation's...
WASHINGTON-A proposal from the Federal Communications Commission to fund telephone service for Native Americans has come under fire from both inside the commission and the wireless trade associations.FCC Chairman William Kennard and FCC Commissioner Gloria Tristani joined President Clinton last week in Shiprock, N.M.,...
