ATLANTA-Sprint PCS affiliate AirGate PCS Inc. revised its expectations for the fiscal fourth quarter ending Sept. 30. AirGate expects its net subscriber additions to reach 30,000, or 75 percent higher …
ST. LOUIS-Amdocs expanded its Ensemble customer care, billing and order management system installed at Pacific Bell Wireless to provide full support for GPRS services. Amdocs completed initial deployment of the …
STOCKHOLM-Allgon’s board of directors announced it is rejecting an offer by LGP Telecom Holding AB to acquire the share capital of the company. Among other things, Allgon said LGP significantly …
WASHINGTON-Standards Committee T1, sponsored by the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions, released two new standards. The Enhanced Wireless 911 Phase II Standard defines the messaging required to support information transfer …
DULLES, Va.-America Online Inc. has added its vast array of content and services to OmniSky Corp.’s wireless Internet access solution, allowing OmniSky users to access AOL wireless content and services …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, as expected, last week rejected a request by bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. that the FCC reconsider its Jan. 12 decision to cancel its licenses and re-auction …
ANDOVER, Mass.-In accordance with a previously announced agreement, CMGI Inc. completed a share exchange of $500 million in shares of CMGI common stock for $500 million in shares of Pacific …
STAMFORD, Conn.-Qpass, an e-commerce service firm, has partnered with SmartServ Online to integrate Qpass’ Connected Commerce Platform and mobile wallet applications into SmartServ’s wireless transaction and application services offering. The …
WASHINGTON-Lawmakers last week attempted to balance the needs of privacy advocates, who are becoming increasingly concerned about the government prying into electronic communications, with the needs of law enforcement, which …
In the article, “Chadmoore gives in to Nextel in reorganization deal,” (page 3, Aug. 28) Southern Co. was incorrectly referenced. Both Southern LINC, the wireless communications service from Southern Co., …
Over and over again, we’ve been told that compelling content is the key to surviving in the wireless Internet game. A global start-up firm called Quios Inc. this week introduced …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. promoted Fred Shlapak to executive vice president as well as president of the company’s Semicon-ductor Products Sector. Previously, Shlapak was senior vice president and assistant to the …
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Radio Frequency Systems was awarded a contract to enhance the MTRC metro system in Hong Kong to include third-generation wireless services. The 3G services will operate at frequencies up …
Voice traffic carried over Western Europe’s cellular networks will increase more than fivefold between 1999 and 2005 to reach 1.1 trillion minutes per year, according to a new study from …
NEW YORK-Mobilocity Inc. entered a preferred partnership with Siemens Business Services to provide strategic consulting, systems integration and WAP application development, among other things, to mobile business clients. As part …
IRVINE, Calif.-Intersil Corp., a semiconductor supplier, said it signed a letter of intent to acquire SiCom Inc. for 3.7 million shares of class A common stock. SiCom manufactures broadband modem …
SAN FRANCISCO-Scout Electromedia Inc., which plans to roll out a wireless lifestyle product called modo, unveiled several strategic alliances designed to aid that effort. The company has secured retailer deals …
WASHINGTON-Fixed broadband wireless carriers, seeking to underscore the need for nondiscriminatory building access, say they have identified a `smoking gun’ in the form of a legal memo on a license …
ATLANTA-SalesPage Technologies Inc. will use Synchrologic Inc.’s iMobile Data Synchronization platform as the underlying platform for its mobilizing eCRM applications. Synchrologic said by integrating its data sync, SalesPage will be …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Telecom joint venture Broadwave Communications, consisting of five international partners, intends to invest $1.5 billion over a 10-year period to develop a third generation open mobile network in Sweden. …
