NEW YORK-StarMedia Network Inc., an Internet company targeting Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking audiences, said 13 percent of its audiences have Internet access via a mobile device. The findings are part of …
NEW YORK-VoiceStream Wireless Corp. is prepared to wage war on two fronts in the battle of the titans for transnational control of wireless telecommunications, John Stanton, VoiceStream’s chairman and chief …
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute agreed last week to standardize all technologies the International Telecommunication Union has accepted for the third-generation market. RCR reported last week the European Commission planned …
NEW YORK-Comverse Technology Inc., Woodbury, N.Y., spun off Ulticom Inc., its Signaling System 7 network software unit, in an initial public offering that sold April 4. Lehman Brothers Inc., New …
The flurry of consolidation in the wireless industry leads the industry observer to believe a nationwide presence is a necessity to compete in this market going forward. AT&T Wireless Services …
MILPITAS, Calif.-Solectron Corp., a supply-chain facilitator for customized electronics technology, completed the acquisition of Alcatel’s manufacturing assets in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, and will assume full manufacturing responsibility for Alcatel’s printed …
The CDMA Development Group said it expects handset makers to introduce commercial Code Division Multiple Access handsets with subscriber identity modules by the end of the year to allow for …
BOULDER, Colo.-Wireless location services developer SignalSoft Corp. said last week it acquired BFound.com, a Victoria, British Columbia-based company experienced in mobile asset tracking on the Internet. By adding BFound.com’s tracking …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-According to the Semiconductor Industry Association, worldwide sales of semiconductors totaled $14.5 billion in February, an increase from $10.9 billion during the same period last year. Asia Pacific …
It is a match made in heaven. BellSouth Corp. and SBC Communications finally ended weeks of speculation, announcing plans to create a wireless joint venture that will become the second-largest …
NEW YORK-A pair of state legislators from New York City has written twin bills, identically worded to ensure expedited review, that would bar wireless phone companies from rounding up airtime …
ARLINGTON, Va.-In a study by eBrain Market Research, 30 percent of wireless phone owners stated they were more likely to give up their home telephones than mobile phones. For respondents …
LOS ANGELES-XYPoint Inc. introduced a developers kit for its WebWirelessNow service at Internet World 2000.
ATLANTA-World Access Inc. completed the sale of its Wireless Local Loop Division to Nera ASA, a Norwegian-based designer and manufacturer of wireless equipment and wireless broadband access solutions. World Access …
WASHINGTON-Some see the eventual fate of license winners in the 1996 personal communications services C-block auctions as one of strategy and planning; others see it as the Federal Communications Commission …
PORTLAND, Ore.-WellMed Inc. announced an initiative to provide consumers with access to their personal health information and medical resources via wireless phones, Palm Pilots, two-way pagers and other wireless terminals. …
DALLAS-WebLink Wireless Inc. added three companies to its Enterprise Solutions Partner program-InfoSoft Inc., Mobile Computing Corp. and SolutionLand.com Corp. InfoSoft and Mobile Computing said they will use WebLink’s network for …
CUPERTINO, Calif.-Vyyo, a supplier of broadband wireless access systems, last week announced the initial public offering of 6.7 million shares of its common stock at a price of $13.50 per …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-VoiceStream Subsidiary IV Corp., a subsidiary of VoiceStream Wireless Corp., received tender and consents from holders of all the outstanding series A zero coupon notes due 2006 and the …
NEW YORK-The ongoing fight for dominance of the U.S. wireless market flared up once again last week as Bell Atlantic Corp. and Vodafone AirTouch plc said they will commence this …
