DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. finalized its acquisition of analog semiconductor developer Burr-Brown Corp. in a stock-for-stock transaction. TI will issue 1.3 shares of its common stock for each outstanding share of …
NEW YORK-The Financial Accounting Standards Board, Norwalk, Conn., expects by early next year to complete its project to eliminate the advantageous tax treatment of mergers as pooling of interests, rather …
BERNE, Switzerland-Swisscom said it plans to reorganize the company’s corporate structure, transforming the Swiss telecom company into a group of operationally independent companies by the end of 2001. As part …
BOSTON-Very-small-office employees will generate $20 billion in annual service revenues for wireless companies this year, according to a report by Strategy Analytics. The report, “Very Small Office Wireless Opportunities,” noted …
Almost exactly one year after becoming the first wireless carrier to introduce wireless Internet service to customers, Sprint PCS has introduced a new program to its Wireless Web service that …
NEW YORK-In November and December, Sonera zed U.S. Inc. “will dip its big toe into the waters of mobile commerce to see if they’re warm,” and it plans user trials …
SAN DIEGO-Silicon Wave Inc., which supplies radio-frequency systems-on-a-chip for wireless and broadband communications, raised $52 million in its fourth round of financing. The financing included new investments from 3Com Ventures, …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. has partnered with SalesMountain Inc. to deliver local sale alerts and specials advertising to Metrocall messaging subscribers. Customers may receive SalesMountain’s aggregated sales and specials alerts, as …
SAN DIEGO-Quake Wireless Inc. which manufactures subscriber communicators for the Orbcomm low-earth-orbit satellite network, announced the company’s QHE-2500 heavy equipment tracking and monitoring communicator received regulatory type approval from Orbcomm …
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore.-Qsent Inc. has been formed to provide wireless Internet services aimed at the consumer market. Patrick Cox and Kevin Anderson, formerly of Metro One Telecommunications, and Greg Keene …
WASHINGTON-Reminding the Federal Communications Commission that a federal appeals court said earlier this month that government must implement the digital wiretap act in a cost-effective manner, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry …
WASHINGTON-The private-wireless industry asked the Federal Communications Commission to revise its procedure for classifying systems with trunked operations. Centralized trunked (YG) systems could be converted by a computer database to …
TORONTO-Paradigm Advanced Technologies Inc., through its PowerLoc wireless location division, entered a contract with Atlanta-based Special Circuits Inc. to make SCI a provider of PowerLoc’s L-Biz wireless global positioning system …
SAN DIEGO-PacketVideo Corp. has expanded its Programming Division to include consumer application development for mobile devices, re-naming the unit the Consumer Applications & Services Division. In addition to creating wireless …
Union City, Calif.-based NetPace continues to develop a suite of wireless m-commerce applications, aiming to preview its yet-unnamed flagship wireless application platform next month. “We feel we’re in a position …
NEW DELHI, India-Ailing Indian GSM operator Koshika Telecom has decided to sell majority stakes to pay license fees to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). The company operates in four contiguous …
BOSTON-Europe’s wireless service market saw consumer prices fall an average of 20 percent this year compared with last year, led by Germany’s 45-percent drop and Denmark’s 38-percent reduction in wireless …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced plans to work with WorldCom’s UUNET Internet communications subsidiary to develop Internet services for mobile operators. The companies plan to work together on new technology and …
CALGARY, Alberta-Air2Lan will build a nationwide broadband wireless network using Wi-Lan Inc.’s broadband access products, the companies announced. Air2Lan launched high-speed Internet access service in Jackson, Miss., in May, and …
One of the world’s most savvy and chic brand names is coming to the U.S. mobile-phone market next year. Virtual network operator Virgin Mobile USA said it plans to ink …
