ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. closed its joint-venture agreement with KPN Royal Dutch Telecom for ownership of E-Plus, the third-largest mobile operator in Germany. The venture calls for both companies to share equal …
ATLANTA-BellSouth Mobility Inc. introduced its One Number Service in the Atlanta and north Georgia areas, allowing customers to consolidate multiple contact numbers into a single telephone number, while offering a …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-BrainDock.com, an e-commerce service provider for mobile technology, unveiled a new service designed to deliver content and applications to Wireless Application Protocol phones and other wireless devices. Content …
L.M. Ericsson introduced a mobile Internet portal solution developed for wireless networks called the Ericsson WISE Portal. WISE was designed as a single point of access for various Internet-enabled devices, …
MONTREAL-Bell Canada Enterprise Inc.’s board of directors adopted a shareholder rights plan designed to encourage the fair treatment of shareholders in connection with any takeover offer for the company. The …
CHELMSFORD, Mass.-Axis Communications announced a new direction in its corporate strategy, forming a mobile Internet business segment dedicated to developing proximity-based wireless technologies and services. In support of the move, …
DALLAS-ATX Technologies Inc. and TruePosition Inc. agreed to develop telematics products and services enabled by network-based location identification technology. The companies plan to develop network-enabled versions of ATX telematics services …
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. said it has completed transactions with two bondholders, issuing stock in exchange for bonds and reducing the company’s total debt by $25 million. Specifically, Arch …
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. announced a fourth-quarter net loss of $59 million, or $1.15 per share, compared with a loss of $68 million reported for the same quarter the …
DULLES, Va.-America Online Inc. appointed Dennis Patrick president of the company’s AOL Wireless division. The former senior advisor to the company’s chief operating officer, Bob Pittman, Patrick will be responsible …
NEW ORLEANS-Anritsu Co. introduced the first test solution for analyzing Third Generation Partnership Program Wideband Code Division Multiple Access components and base stations with its MG3681A signal generator and MS8608A …
Leveraging its strength as a leading management and consulting firm to most of the top companies in the world, Andersen Consulting has unveiled a new wireless portal designed for the …
AmikaNow!, an artificial intelligence solutions provider for wireless Internet services, unveiled a line of plug-in products for Microsoft Outlook 2000, as well as an online service called AmikaFreedom.com. AmikaFreedom and …
NEW YORK-American Cellular Corp., a joint venture between AT&T Corp. and Dobson Communications, received a Ba3 rating from Moody’s Investor Service for its $1.75 billion senior secured credit facilities. The …
BEACHWOOD, Ohio-Allen Telecom Inc., a supplier of wireless equipment to the global telecommunications infrastructure market, reported financial results for the quarter and year ended Dec. 31, 1999. Sales for the …
NEW YORK-Shareholders of VoiceStream Wireless Corp., Omnipoint Corp. and Aerial Communications Inc. have “overwhelmingly approved” the merger of the three Global System for Mobile communications carriers. The VoiceStream-Omnipoint merger is …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Foreign investment in South America’s Southern Cone telecommunications sector has increased during the past decade thanks to new globalization, privatization and liberalization politics in the region. International investors, …
HANOVER, Germany-Alcatel announced its single-chip Bluetooth solution, which brings all functions, including radio-frequency, base-band, processor, memory, antenna and filtering devices into a single die package. “We have taken a hard …
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-According to a new study from Allied Business Intelligence Inc., a technology research company, the emergence of third-generation technology will lead to a boom in the wireless data …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The Regional African Satellite Communications Organization project to build a dedicated satellite system for Africa is close to becoming a reality. The first of the system’s two satellites …
