REDMOND, Wash.-British Telecommunications plc, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Microsoft Corp. announced they plan to work together to create high-speed data applications for mobile devices domestically and abroad. Under the …
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. signed an agreement to purchase personal communications service operating licenses in Phoenix, Reno, Nev., and Roswell, N.M., from Beta Communications L.L.C. The deal is expected …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Inciscent, the wireless application service provider formed by Metrocall Inc. and several partners, said it has finalized an agreement with PSINet Inc. for Internet service provider services. The agreement …
It’s only been two weeks since Iridium L.L.C. shut off its network in disgrace, and already Globalstar L.P. is feeling the skepticism analysts and the media have heaped upon it …
More mobile satellite service providers and distributors have developed promotional offers aimed at former Iridium L.L.C. subscribers now left without service after the company terminated service abruptly two weeks ago. …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s controversial move to the Portals in the late ’90s still haunts the agency as it tries to convince Congress to increase its budget by 13 percent. …
NEW YORK-L.M. Ericsson’s mobile satellite phones for Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. have received type approval from the European Telecommunications Standards Institute. The new phones are compatible with both Globalstar’s satellite service …
American wireless firms and the U.S. government are cautiously optimistic about a move the European Commission plans to make to open Europe to competing third-generation wireless standards. The EC early …
NATICK, Mass.-edocs Inc., a provider of Internet billing and customer management software and services, introduced a bill presentment and payment distribution module for Palm Inc.’s Palm VII handheld computer, allowing …
A growing number of operators, vendors and analysts are not convinced EDGE technology will make significant inroads in Europe. “In Europe, I’m not expecting a major deployment of EDGE,” said …
European regulators this year will auction, grant or selectively tender 70 to 80 licenses. It’s a double-edged sword for the incumbent operators, which in many places have to compete for …
Bids for each of the five Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses in the United Kingdom reached or topped $3 billion last week. All 13 original bidders are still are in …
UbiquiTel Inc., a Bala Cynwyd, Pa., affiliate of Sprint PCS, plans to raise $550 million in debt and equity to fully fund network construction, expected to be largely completed by …
WASHINGTON-The United States will enter the World Radiocommunication Conference in Istanbul next month without global or even regional support for its multiband proposal on third-generation mobile-phone service. The situation is …
COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group said the Telecommunications Industry Association will approve the Code Division Multiple Access Subscriber Identity Module standard, Removable-User Identity Module for publication. According to the …
Spyglass Inc. has agreed to merge with OpenTV, a worldwide provider of interactive TV software that plans to buy all of Spyglass’ outstanding stock in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS will provide Emazing Inc.’s consumer-driven content on the Sprint PCS Wireless Web, providing customers with daily horoscopes and tips on categories including business, household hints and …
NEW YORK-George Schmitt, formerly president of Omnipoint Communications Inc., has joined competitive local exchange carrier e.spire Communications Inc., Herndon, Va., as its chairman and interim chief executive officer. Schmitt also …
WASHINGTON-The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau last week supported a proposal from the Rural Utilities Service to allow mobile-phone operators to receive loans for providing service to rural areas. “The wireless …
BONN, Germany-Deutsche Telekom acquired a majority stake in Czech mobile phone operator RadioMobil for about $565 million. The German carrier’s CMobil company increased its previously held 49-percent stake in the …
