WASHINGTON-The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to hold a series of meetings beginning in July on digital driver distractions, like mobile phones, that local, state and federal officials fear will lead to more traffic accidents as well as injuries and deaths to drivers...
An incorrect picture appeared with the story titled, "Senators ask: What is broadband?" (April 3, pages 1 and 10). Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) should have been pictured rather than Sn. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb,).
NEW YORK-After first admonishing all attendees to turn off their cell phones, William T. Lake, a partner at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., convened a recent Practising Law Institute conference on Telecommunications Convergence with these remarks."Convergence is a word used without knowing what...
PHILADELPHIA-ConneXus Corp. reported that its *CD technology, which lets listeners find out what song is playing on the radio with either a call from any phone or via the Internet, is now available to users of Palm Connected Organizers and two-way pagers.According to ConneXus,...
LAS VEGAS-Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. reported an agreement with ComSpace Corp. to purchase and test market ComSpace's digital technology, DC/MA, in a selected market.DC/MA is a digital air interface allowing for the selective conversion of existing analog channels, making it possible to retain system...
As my plane left San Jose International Airport for the friendly skies last Monday, I looked down and saw what appeared to be a massive plume of smoke, mushroom-shaped, rising from the heart of Silicon Valley.Back safe and sound in the nation's capital, I...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Networks, the infrastructure arm of Nokia Corp., and Cisco Systems Inc. announced a nonexclusive agreement to enhance connectivity between mobile and Internet Protocol backbone networks.The agreement calls for Nokia to market and sell fully interoperable system solutions consisting of the company's IP...
AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. announced its DSP56311 digital signal processor is now available in production volumes, allowing companies to build next-generation networking infrastructure systems for wireless communications and Internet Protocol telephony applications.According to the company, the DSP56311 includes 128K 24-bit words of integrated static random...
Centennial Puerto Rico Corp., a subsidiary of Centennial Communications Corp., Neptune, N.J., plans to raise $250 million in eight-year notes to help finance its Caribbean expansion.Centennial's personal communications services operations in Puerto Rico cover 3.9 million people, of which 169,000 are subscribers."Subscriber growth in...
Metrocall Inc. formed a strategic partnering agreement with WirelessMD Inc. to target the medical community. Specifically, the two hope to upgrade existing one-way paging accounts to two-way interactive paging services and products. Metrocall said it will use Wireless MD's proprietary interactive medical data retrieval...
A corporate merger is not unlike a marriage. Two separate parties enter the union with two individual identities, and emerge from the ceremony as one entity, committed to achieving common goals and bearing a common name.The wireless industry witnessed the engagement last week of...
INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Solutions de Mexico S.A. de C.V. entered into an agreement with Nextel de Mexico S.A. de C.V. as the sole authorized distributor of Nextel-branded accessories to Nextel de Mexico's authorized representatives and customers.According to Brightpoint, it will provide services such as product acquisition,...
Skyrocketing bids forced five companies to drop out of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System auction last week, leaving eight companies to scramble for five licenses that now have a combined value of more than $22 billion.By the time round 106 was over, 3GUK, Crescent...
Amid a market of as-yet unseen volatility, two wireless Internet content firms commenced with initial public offerings last week that so far have enjoyed moderate degrees of success.First to emerge was i3 Mobile Inc., formerly Intelligent Information Inc. The company aggregates Internet-based content like...
WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association is joining with MCI Worldcom Inc. to urge the Federal Communications Commission to establish by declaratory ruling nationwide standards of review of adopted interconnection agreements."This filing fits squarely in PCIA's overall interconnection strategy that wireless carriers must have the...
JapanVodafone AirTouch plc, together with its partners Japan Telecom and British Telecom, has agreed to restructure its interests in Japan ahead of the start of the third-generation license application process this month. According to Vodafone AirTouch, the main purpose of the restructuring is to...
PHOENIX-Electronic payment solution provider Hypercom Corp. and wireless e-commerce software firm Soft Tracks Enterprises announced they have agreed to develop touch-screen, wireless point-of-sale terminals.The solution will use Hypercom's ICE 4000 terminal platform and Soft Track's Skypay transaction protocol and software, the companies said.
WASHINGTON-Independent Counsel Ralph Lancaster last week cleared Labor Secretary Alexis Herman of using her political clout and soliciting illegal campaign contributions as a former White House aide to help Mobile Communications Satellite Corp. win a mobile satellite license from the Federal Communications Commission in...
NEW YORK-Greenhill Capital Partners L.L.C. completed a $10.2 million investment in Berliner Communications Inc., a privately held end-to-end provider of network planning, deployment and maintenance services for wireless communications networks.The investment was in the form of convertible preferred securities and common shares, and will...
GOLDSBORO, N.C.-Sprint PCS launched service for consumers and businesses in Goldsboro, Rocky Mountain and Wilson, N.C., as part of the company's expansion into the coastal regions of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.Local Sprint PCS service throughout the markets is managed by AirGate PCS...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Glocalnet, a Swedish company that develops and produces communications services, said it plans to apply for a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System license in Sweden.In a statement, the company criticized the Swedish government regarding "weaknesses" of bills currently being considered in the Swedish Riksdag...
NEW YORK-Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. expanded into Scandinavia with the initiation of service in Finland, Sweden and Denmark.The company in the future plans to add service in Norway and Lithuania.The Scandinavian service will be provided by Globalstar Northern Europe, a joint venture between Elsacom S.p.A....
ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. announced a partnership with Any Mountain Ltd., an outdoor gear retailer, to offer mobile discounts and promotions on Any Mountain gear to subscribers of Geoworks' Mobile Attitude service.Any Mountain also will promote Geoworks' SnowZone service, a snow condition alert service.
PARIS-The French government said it will issue this month calls for tender for four Universal Mobile Telecommunications System phone licenses, Reuters reported. The third-generation licenses will be granted through a "beauty contest."Three of the licenses are expected to be awarded to the country's incumbent...
