This week, official Washington will play host to an army of anti-global protesters flown in special from Seattle. Actually, the festivities began last week: human chains, banners, chanting, mobile-phone congestion, …
NEW YORK-Verizon Wireless, a joint venture between Bell Atlantic Corp. and Vodafone AirTouch plc, signed a letter of intent to purchase $500 million in wireless and optical equipment from Nortel …
LONDON-British Telecommunications announced a major restructuring that creates four businesses in high-growth areas, including wireless. BT Wireless is the newly formed international mobile business emphasizing mobile data and next-generation services. …
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. reported it reached two separate definitive agreements to acquire personal communications services operating licenses in Omaha, Neb., from CM PCS L.L.C., and in Lincoln, Neb., …
Analysts covering Motorola Inc.’s stock were surprised and irritated last week after the company unexpectedly indicated wireless handset profits would face pressure the rest of the year. Though the company …
MANKATO, Minn.-Midwest Wireless will begin offering two-way messaging to its digital service subscribers after successful trials with Lava2140, a communications software developer. The service will allow customers to not only …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has reduced the minimum bid amounts for the June 14 auction of 104 guard-band licenses in the 700 MHz band. The maximum opening bid will now …
WASHINGTON-MCI WorldCom Inc. filed with federal authorities to sell up to $15 billion in debt securities, according to Reuters. The company, which is in the process of buying competitor Sprint …
WASHINGTON-While the mobile-phone industry knew from the start it faced an uphill battle to convince the U.S. government to embrace a multiband spectrum harmonization approach for third-generation technology at next …
Hong Kong Phone.com Inc. and Sunday, a developer and provider of telecommunications and wireless Internet-related services in Hong Kong, launched mobile Internet services using the Phone.com Wireless Application Protocol UP.Link …
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration is expected to announce as early as next month a dramatic improvement to global positioning system accuracy, a move with enormous public safety and commercial implications for …
ASCOT, England-Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Microelectronics Group and Nokia Networks are conducting General Packet Radio Services interoperability tests between handsets using Lucent’s Sceptre chipset and Optimay protocol stack software solution and …
The Personal Communications Industry Association said it will make some key announcements next week regarding association membership and its trade show, which it renamed last month PCIA GlobalXChange. PCIA President …
WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry, despite having shed many state and federal telecom regulations in recent years, is about to be swept into a bold new regulatory regime as wireless and Internet …
NEW YORK-Because of their relative scarcity, augmented by their growth history and potential, wireless carriers seeking financing enjoy elevated status in the eyes of investors, even in volatile capital markets. …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission announced $2.25 billion will be available this year for discounted Internet connections at schools and libraries (known as the E-rate) across the country. About $186 million …
NEW YORK-Suppose you are on the go, on the phone and the rechargeable battery needs a boost. Electric Fuel Corp., headquartered in New York and Bet Shemesh, Israel, believes it …
The FBI, Bell Atlantic Network Services and Lucent Technologies Inc. signed a set of agreements to help facilitate the deployment of the digital wiretap act. The FBI signed a similar …
NEW YORK-The crowded vendor marketplace obscures the fact that customer relationship management, though expensive, easily pays for itself in business expansion and market differentiation. “Companies looking for flat head decisions, …
WASHINGTON-Accenting its message with pastel-colored beanbag mobile phones, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association told Capitol Hill last week that competition is king. The trade association again delivered a set of …
