MADRID, Spain-A Vivendi-led consortium and Spain's three incumbent mobile phone operators won Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses in Spain. The third-generation licenses were awarded through a selective tender process.The Xfera consortium plans to invest about $4.8 billion in its 3G network during the next...
STOCKHOLM-Swedish emergency operator SOS Alarm AB said it signed an agreement to ally with Unwire, a subsidiary of CellPoint, to provide positioning, security and telematics services across Sweden.SOS Alarm already is working with Europolitan and Telia, two Swedish cellular operators, making it possible for...
CHICAGO-Safco Technologies Inc. unveiled a program to provide secure Internet access to its RECON database on wireless network performance.The database stores call quality information, call statistics, engineering parameters, infrastructure and carrier information, as well as geographic coverage of the wireless networks examined in the...
BURNABY, British Columbia-Rogers AT&T Wireless Inc. placed an order for a branded version of Infowave Software Inc.'s Symmetry software that Rogers will offer to new and existing subscribers using digital personal communications services phones, wireless data services and paging.The Symmetry software works with Microsoft...
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.-PNV Inc., a provider of full-service information and communications to the long-haul trucking industry, launched its PNV "B" Connected broadband wireless network for the trucking industry.The new service is available for use by fleets, original equipment manufacturers, industry suppliers and travelers at...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit last week prohibited bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.'s counsel from arguing a crucial opposition to the Federal Communications Commission.The court is set to hear oral arguments from NextWave soon. The bankrupt C-block company opposes a petition...
WEST MELBOURNE, Fla.-RELM Wireless Corp. completed the acquisition of the private radio product lines from Uniden America Corp.Under the terms of the transaction, RELM acquired all current Uniden land mobile radio products, certain non-exclusive intellectual property rights and assumed responsibility for ongoing sales, service...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is beginning an inquiry into how software-defined radios may change the world."You know that software-defined radios have the potential to bring science fiction to life," said FCC Commissioner Susan Ness.In a software-defined radio, functions that were formerly carried out solely...
Qualcomm Inc. said it may seek a stay of the upcoming channel 60-69 auctions if the Federal Communications Commission denies its petition that requested spectrum from this auction as a remedy for a pioneer's preference license it was denied in the last decade.As it...
MEXICO CITY-Leap Wireless International announced an agreement between its Mexican wireless service provider, Pegaso PCS, and Sprint PCS that will allow cross-border services and an alignment between the two Code Division Multiple Access carriers. Sprint will invest $200 million in the Mexican company.The agreement...
WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers were largely exempted, for now, from rules adopted last Friday by the Federal Communications Commission to establish thousand-number block pooling in an effort to reduce the ever-increasing need for new area codes.Thousand-number block pooling would change the way numbers are allocated and...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. has agreed to offer its customers an information service from Interactive Sports Inc. called ISWire, billed as Sports News for Smart Fans, via Metrocall's OnTheGoInfo online customized content service.
Atlanta-based LHS Group Inc., a provider of billing and operations support software and services, agreed to merge with Europe-based Sema Group plc, an information technology services company, for approximately $4.7 billion in stock.The new company, which maintain the Sema name, will become a leader...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reached an agreement to resolve a class-action lawsuit filed by former employees resulting from the sale of the assets of the company's infrastructure division to L.M. Ericsson.The settlement calls for $8.9 million to be distributed to more than 1,000 former employees...
That's why Bill Clinton is president. Last Tuesday, in harmony with Brit counterpart Tony Blair, Clinton accomplished something even the Great Greenspan couldn't pull off. The Big Guy managed to cool the red-hot U.S. economy by blowing up the tech-heavy Nasdaq. Now there's leadership...
When launched in November 1998, Iridium L.L.C. hoped the glare from its low-earth-orbit satellites would catch the attention of earthbound eyes and cause a stir.It soon will succeed in ways it never imagined.The company Friday shut down its 66-satellite constellation and began the process...
ARLINGTON, Va.-AT&T Corp. affiliate TeleCorp PCS, which recently announced plans to acquire another AT&T affiliate Tritel Corp., and AT&T will acquire Wisconsin personal communications services operator Industar Digital PCS.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Industar was trying to build a Time Division Multiple...
WASHINGTON-The Justice Department, severely challenged with combating cyber crime in the new century, is expected to press Congress this year and well into the future for a load of new legislation that would expand law enforcement authority, increase penalties for cyber crimes and provide...
SAN FRANCISCO-More than 1,600 people converged on San Francisco last week to confirm what most attendees already knew-wireless broadband is going to be big.The Second Annual Broadband World Wireless Forum 2000, produced by Shorecliff Communications Inc., brought together broadband wireless service providers, equipment manufacturers,...
PHILADELPHIA-USABancShares.com Inc. announced a wireless banking service branded as BowieBanc, an alliance with rock star David Bowie and UltraStar Internet Services.The wireless access system was designed for use with Palm VII personal digital assistants and Sprint PCS Wireless Web-enabled phones.
LONDON-Vodafone AirTouch plc reported valid acceptance of its offer to acquire Mannesmann AG had been received and booked into Clearstream Banking AG, Frankfurt, in respect of a total of more than 480 million Mannesmann shares, representing approximately 95 percent of the issued share capital...
Furious bidding between Vodafone AirTouch plc and Orange plc on the final day of last week's Universal Mobile Telecommunications System auction in the United Kingdom drove the top bid for license B to $1.14 billion. For the second week in a row, Orange held...
What a wonderful and exciting time and place ... where you can experience all four seasons within 24 hours.At press time Thursday I am staring out my office window at rapidly dripping icicles and people in short-sleeved shirts jogging on their lunch hour.Friday we...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless Inc. announced its subsidiary Sierra Wireless SRL has agreed to help integrate radio components from Matsushita Electronic Components Co. Ltd. into its wireless data products. In return, Matsushita will manufacture products in Japan for Sierra Wireless and supply them through...
