HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. reported revenues for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 of $114.2 million, an 88-percent increase from the $60.8 million reported for the same quarter the previous year.Revenues for the year increased 206 percent from $113.1 million to $345.8 million.The company...
WASHINGTON-More trees died last week as parties expressed their views in comments on what should be done with the personal communications services licenses of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.In the end, NextWave appeared to be the only entity that believed it will still have its...
WASHINGTON-Baltimore superlawyer Peter Angelos is teaming with George Carlo, who headed the industry-funded mobile phone cancer research program before breaking with the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association last year, to create a new radiation-protection project that will include follow-up studies and establish a comprehensive surveillance...
WASHINGTON-The ability of law enforcement to tap into telephone calls made over digital networks-either wired or wireless-is of such national security importance that the Department of Defense will reimburse the Department of Justice $120 million if President Clinton's fiscal year 2001 budget outline is...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. closed its joint-venture agreement with KPN Royal Dutch Telecom for ownership of E-Plus, the third-largest mobile operator in Germany.The venture calls for both companies to share equal control of E-Plus, with BellSouth having the option to convert its ownership into 100 million...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Mobility Inc. introduced its One Number Service in the Atlanta and north Georgia areas, allowing customers to consolidate multiple contact numbers into a single telephone number, while offering a variety of call-routing and management features.The new service has an option that allows incoming...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-BrainDock.com, an e-commerce service provider for mobile technology, unveiled a new service designed to deliver content and applications to Wireless Application Protocol phones and other wireless devices.Content channels will include news, weather, sports scores, flight information, Yellow and white pages, restaurant menus,...
L.M. Ericsson introduced a mobile Internet portal solution developed for wireless networks called the Ericsson WISE Portal. WISE was designed as a single point of access for various Internet-enabled devices, including personal computers, browser-enabled mobile phones and connected personal digital assistants. It supports both...
MONTREAL-Bell Canada Enterprise Inc.'s board of directors adopted a shareholder rights plan designed to encourage the fair treatment of shareholders in connection with any takeover offer for the company.The plan will provide BCE directors and shareholders with more time to fully consider any unsolicited...
CHELMSFORD, Mass.-Axis Communications announced a new direction in its corporate strategy, forming a mobile Internet business segment dedicated to developing proximity-based wireless technologies and services.In support of the move, the company named Magnus Karsund its chief executive officer and Mikael Nilsson vice president of...
DALLAS-ATX Technologies Inc. and TruePosition Inc. agreed to develop telematics products and services enabled by network-based location identification technology.The companies plan to develop network-enabled versions of ATX telematics services for the wireless and automotive markets, expecting a telematics trial with a major wireless carrier...
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. said it has completed transactions with two bondholders, issuing stock in exchange for bonds and reducing the company's total debt by $25 million.Specifically, Arch issued 1.5 million shares of common stock in exchange for $21.4 million of 10.875-percent senior...
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. announced a fourth-quarter net loss of $59 million, or $1.15 per share, compared with a loss of $68 million reported for the same quarter the year before.Net revenues for the quarter totaled $191.3 million, nearly double the $95.9 million...
DULLES, Va.-America Online Inc. appointed Dennis Patrick president of the company's AOL Wireless division.The former senior advisor to the company's chief operating officer, Bob Pittman, Patrick will be responsible for AOL's wireless strategy and operations, including new initiatives and partnerships."As wireless emerges as one...
NEW ORLEANS-Anritsu Co. introduced the first test solution for analyzing Third Generation Partnership Program Wideband Code Division Multiple Access components and base stations with its MG3681A signal generator and MS8608A transmitter tester.Anritsu claims the new test solution has the advanced technical capabilities necessary to...
Leveraging its strength as a leading management and consulting firm to most of the top companies in the world, Andersen Consulting has unveiled a new wireless portal designed for the businesses it serves.The company is introducing what it calls the Mobile Corporate Portal, and...
AmikaNow!, an artificial intelligence solutions provider for wireless Internet services, unveiled a line of plug-in products for Microsoft Outlook 2000, as well as an online service called AmikaFreedom.com.AmikaFreedom and AmikaWisdom are e-mail management and wireless messaging solutions that use artificial intelligence to recognize keywords...
NEW YORK-American Cellular Corp., a joint venture between AT&T Corp. and Dobson Communications, received a Ba3 rating from Moody's Investor Service for its $1.75 billion senior secured credit facilities. The senior implied rating is also Ba3, and the issuer rating is B1.The ratings reflect...
BEACHWOOD, Ohio-Allen Telecom Inc., a supplier of wireless equipment to the global telecommunications infrastructure market, reported financial results for the quarter and year ended Dec. 31, 1999.Sales for the company increased for the final quarter of 1999 to $90.7 million from $85.7 million the...
NEW YORK-Shareholders of VoiceStream Wireless Corp., Omnipoint Corp. and Aerial Communications Inc. have "overwhelmingly approved" the merger of the three Global System for Mobile communications carriers.The VoiceStream-Omnipoint merger is expected to close "shortly," while the Aerial-VoiceStream merger is anticipated to close during the second...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Foreign investment in South America's Southern Cone telecommunications sector has increased during the past decade thanks to new globalization, privatization and liberalization politics in the region. International investors, including a heavy U.S. contingent, have increased their presence in the region most recently...
HANOVER, Germany-Alcatel announced its single-chip Bluetooth solution, which brings all functions, including radio-frequency, base-band, processor, memory, antenna and filtering devices into a single die package."We have taken a hard look at the Bluetooth spec and have chosen not only to implement the mandatory features,...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-According to a new study from Allied Business Intelligence Inc., a technology research company, the emergence of third-generation technology will lead to a boom in the wireless data market.The report, "3G Wireless: Global Data & Voice Networking Strategies-WAP, GPRS, 1XRTT, EDGE and Internet...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The Regional African Satellite Communications Organization project to build a dedicated satellite system for Africa is close to becoming a reality. The first of the system's two satellites is scheduled to be launched in fourth-quarter 2002, according to news released at the...
