WASHINGTON-The cellular industry and leaders of state and local government groups took to the road last week with their efforts to pass legislation to mandate that wireless subscribers be taxed …
WASHINGTON-Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) last week disclosed portions of a 1998 memo of a former federal prosecutor that pushed for a probe of President Clinton and Loral Corp. Chairman Bernard …
NEW YORK-SkyBridge L.P. is building a network and a business model designed to sidestep the negatives associated with other land and space alternatives for local loop broadband communications delivery. The …
WASHINGTON-Worldwide cellular and personal communications services handset sales reached 96 million in the fourth quarter of 1999, led by Nokia Corp. with 27 percent of the global market share, according …
SAN FRANCISCO-Rate-Xchange Corp. said it will conduct its first online CustomAuction to buy and sell telecommunications bandwidth. The auction is being conducted for a carrier selling a wavelength of bandwidth …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. pulled out of an agreement that would have resolved a class-action lawsuit filed by former employees resulting from the sale of the assets of the company’s infrastructure …
PLEASANTON, Calif.-Positive Communications, which provides paging and wireless messaging services, launched an e-commerce portal offering wireless products and services targeted at mobile consumers in the top 75 U.S. markets. The …
NEW YORK-Portable Life, Cupertino, Calif., launched a Web site May 3 intended to provide a portal to a variety of information sources related to portable and mobile electronic devices. The …
While the Wireless Application Protocol has provided a common standard for microbrowser technology, several firms are looking to offer their own flavor of the wireless Internet experience, and not all …
BOSTON-PhoneRun Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. said they will jointly market to service providers a mobile Internet service called “phonecasting,” a media network of Internet-sourced audio channels for news, entertainment …
DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. finally reported year-end and fourth-quarter 1999 financial results and filed its 10-K annual report, following repeated delays blamed on a massive accounting effort under way regarding its …
OmniSky Corp. Chief Executive Officer Patrick McVeigh last fall promised to “kick the barn door open” to the Internet when he introduced a beta version of an end-to-end wireless Internet …
HELSINKI, Finland-Inktomi Corp., a developer of scalable Internet infrastructure software, and Nokia Networks have agreed to deliver carrier-class infrastructure software to mobile network operators. According to Nokia, the deal will …
Reuters Group plc and Aether Systems Inc. launched their Sila Communications European wireless data joint venture, created to host, design and manage content and services for wireless customers. Headquartered in …
NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. said its Argentine subsidiary launched the first phase of its service rollout in the Buenos Aires area. Millicom Argentina also will provide wireless Internet services …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Inc. replaced BellSouth Mobility’s existing Time Division Multiple Access infrastructure in Nashville, and Chattanooga, Tenn., and Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Lafayette, La. The five markets are the …
SINGAPORE-With the worst effects of the economic crisis over, telecommunications companies in countries throughout the Asia-Pacific region are likely to advance rapidly in these promising cellular markets, said research firm …
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. will offer customers in its Southwest region digital markets national wireless rate plans that eliminate all roaming and long-distance charges. Alltel’s Total Freedom coverage area will …
PARIS-Alcatel and Fujitsu Ltd. said they will establish a joint venture to develop and manufacture next-generation mobile communications network systems. According to Alcatel, the agreement aims to leverage the technological …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week officially delayed the auctions for the 700 MHz band to Sept. 6. The auctions had been originally scheduled for June. The commission plans to …
