MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. said Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. and Chase Capital Partners will make a $300 million investment in TIW under terms of an agreement signed last week …
WASHINGTON-Senate Judiciary Committee members last week voiced serious concerns about the proposed $160 billion America Online Inc.-Time Warner Inc. merger, a deal that takes on added significance in light of …
SAN FRANCISCO-According to a survey by Yankelovich Partners, almost 70 percent of people surveyed said they expect in the future to use wireless phones to send and receive e-mail and …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s board of directors approved a three-for-one common stock split in the form of a stock dividend, subject to approval by stockholders of an increase in the number …
MILPITAS, Calif.-Solectron Corp., a supply-chain facilitator for customized electronics technology, manufacturing and service solutions, agreed to acquire privately held Americom Wireless Services, according to a letter of intent signed by …
NEW ORLEANS-Solomon Trujillo, U S West chairman, president and chief executive officer, told Wireless 2000 attendees he won’t join Qwest Communications International Inc. after the companies’ merger is completed this …
BOCA RATON, Fla.-Siemens Information and Communications Networks Inc. demonstrated its next-generation wireless networks and phones equipped with General Packet Radio Service beginning with a live demonstration shown last week at …
NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc., the Murray Hill, N.J., telecom equipment company spun off from AT&T Corp. in 1996, announced plans last week to divest the slower growing parts of its …
Speculation circulated last week that Germany’s Deutsche Telekom AG is in talks with Qwest Communications International Inc. about a possible merger between the two, while SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. completed its acquisition of SnapTrack Inc., providing Qualcomm with SnapTrack’s patent portfolio of nearly 50 patents, either issued or pending, that the company says are critical to …
While Microsoft Corp. and America Online Inc. were the stars of the Internet content provider show at Wireless 2000, several supporting players launched wireless portals of their own, some with …
WINTER GARDEN, Fla.-Pilot Island Publishing and its PocketPay Joint Venture partner, eConnect, have structured a licensing arrangement with PalmPilot enabling the first-ever wireless handheld Internet terminal transactions. The PocketPay, a …
NEW YORK-3Com Corp. spun off 4 percent of its Palm Computing unit March 2 in an initial public offering of 23 million shares that received enthusiastic investor reception. The IPO, …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s auction of 985 licenses at 929 MHz and 931 MHz for paging services closed late Thursday, after 28 rounds, with 78 winning bidders pledging $4.1 million. …
There’s an ancient Japanese custom in which a man wooing a woman leaves romantic haiku poems tied to flowers or branches on her front lawn every day for as long …
Craig McCaw’s Eagle River Investments L.L.C. announced it will not invest in Iridium L.L.C., forcing Iridium to look elsewhere for financial backing to pull it out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy …
NEW ORLEANS-A standoff over 1XRTT technology enhancements began to brew at last week’s Wireless 2000 show, as Motorola Inc. challenged the business case of Qualcomm’s proprietary High Data Rate technology, …
WASHINGTON-In the aftermath of the recent wave of cyber attacks, President Clinton immediately called for and hosted a high-profile summit with Net and telecom executives. Last week, congressional hearings were …
NEW ORLEANS-Just how wireless Internet access will explode may depend on how carriers work with Internet players, executives said at last week’s Wireless 2000 show. While Sprint PCS made one …
NEW ORLEANS-The Federal Communications Commission will decide by early April whether to restrict bidding in the scheduled re-auction of personal communications services C- and F-block licenses to small businesses-known as …
