NEW YORK-Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S., the largest of Turkey’s two operating Global System for Mobile communications carriers, raised about $1.9 billion in its initial public offering last week. Goldman Sachs …
NEW YORK-Three companies have joined forces to create a professional services joint venture providing end-to-end implementation of wireless content delivery and m-commerce applications. The participants include Internet business strategy firm …
NEW YORK- Triton Network Systems. Inc., an Orlando, Fla. vendor of point-to-consecutive-point broadband wireless network equipment, raised $82.5 million July 13 in an initial public offering of 5.5 million shares. …
WASHINGTON-The skyrocketing consumer consumption and subsequent disposal of computers, pagers, mobile phones, personal digital assistants and other electronic devices has created new environmental challenges in the Digital Age, which Europe …
CALGARY, Alberta-Cell-Loc Inc.’s TimesThree division reported an agreement with Sprint Sites USA to lease space on more than 2,000 Sprint Sites tower sites throughout the United States. Cell-Loc said the …
WASHINGTON-The House of Representatives last week passed legislation by voice vote to mandate that wireless subscribers be taxed based on a single address. The Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act will ensure …
WASHINGTON-John Stanton, chairman and chief executive officer of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. and Western Wireless Corp., was named chairman of the board of directors of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. Stanton …
As the bigger tower companies gobble up tower sites across the country, TrinTel Communications Inc. is building its business on filling in the gaps and constructing new sites to lease …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Personal Communications Industry Association reported that Christopher Galvin, chairman and chief executive officer of Motorola Inc., will be the opening keynote speaker at PCIA’s GlobalXChange. “As one of …
MENLO PARK, Calif.-Wireless infrastructure equipment provider interWave Communications International Ltd. signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Microcellular Systems Ltd. The acquisition is expected to …
OLYMPIA, Wash.-Illuminet Holdings Inc. completed its acquisition of prepaid wireless provider National Telemanagement Corp. NTC will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Illuminet, with the combined companies providing Signaling System …
Mexico Four Mexican wireless telephone operators-Baja Cellular, Movitel, Norcel and Cedetel-signed a $66 million expansion contract with Motorola Inc. to provide an end-to-end Code Division Multiple Access network solution. The …
NEW YORK-Globalstar L.P. said it made an agreement that replaces a $250-million Chase credit facility and will leave the company at the end of the year with a surplus of …
LONDON-By the end of the year there are expected to be 16.7 million wireless portal end users in Europe’s top 15 markets, according to a study released by The Strategis …
For those people still neglecting to turn off their cellular phones in public places like movie theaters, churches and restaurants, a technology is in the works that will take the …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Superconducting wireless systems manufacturer Conductus Inc. reported that the first third-generation field trial of its ClearSite system demonstrated reductions in the effects of interference on 3G base station performance, …
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Technology Inc. is acquiring Exalink Ltd., an Israel-based Wireless Application Protocol gateway and application software developer. The tax-free, stock-for-stock transaction will be accounted for as a pooling of …
CALGARY, Alberta-Cell-Loc Inc. announced it entered into an agreement with OpenGrid Inc. that will bring together Cell-Loc’s Cellocate network with OpenGrid’s Intelligent Wireless Services offerings. “By coupling the two technologies, …
WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court last month refused to stay the scheduled re-auction of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.’s personal communications services licenses or hear an appeal on their cancellation. “A petition …
The Canadian government is opening up its telecommunications market for new wireless players and giving incumbents a chance to acquire the spectrum they need to offer third-generation and enhanced services. …
