The Operators Harmonization Group maintains its informal status as members continue to discuss the possibility of becoming an official group. OHG, which began work more than a year ago as …
Willard (Will) K. Shaw, who recently retired from the telecommunications industry, died Dec. 31, in Laguna Niguel, Calif., at the age of 72. Raised in Iowa, Shaw was a two-time …
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo unveiled its DokoNavi Global Positioning System-based mobile personal location service. Using a cellular phone linked to a personal digital assistant from Denso, called Naviewn, and GPS technology from …
ESPOO, Finland-In Nokia’s continued push to focus on new product development, the company has sold its monitor manufacturing unit in Pecs, Hungary, to Elcoteq Network Corp. The deal, announced by …
Nextlink Communications Inc. and Concentric Network Corp. entered into a $2.9 billion merger agreement to create a new broadband communications company providing a variety of voice, data and Internet services, …
Expectations among industry financial analysts that Motorola Inc.’s fourth quarter earnings will exceed consensus estimates of 81 cents per share caused the company’s stock to skyrocket Friday to $150 a …
WASHINGTON-With a culture that has resulted in 65 mergers since 1985 with increasingly larger companies, Bernie Ebbers, the chief executive officer of MCI WorldCom Inc., does not believe he will …
MONTREAL-Microcell Telecommunications Inc. announced its personal communications services subscriber base more than doubled last year, from 282,174 customers at the end of 1998, to 584,487 customers at the end of …
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless Communications International Inc. announced it reached definitive agreements to acquire personal communications service licenses in Denver and Pittsburgh for its domestic subsidiary, Cricket Communications Inc. The acquisition, …
In what has been called primarily a preening gesture for Mannesmann AG shareholders, Vodafone AirTouch plc announced plans last week to launch an Internet portal designed for wireless Internet and …
In a prospectus filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission detailing its proposed merger with Arch Communications Group Inc., Paging Network Inc. unveiled how it plans to distribute equity …
WASHINGTON-The task force examining universal-service issues in rural areas is creating a subgroup that will focus on competition and portability, said William R. Gillis, chair of the Universal Service Rural …
Thirteen groups have applied to bid in the United Kingdom’s auction of third-generation mobile-phone licenses. The U.K. government by March plans to auction five licenses, with one license exclusively reserved …
NEW YORK-i3 Mobile Inc., which distributes customized information to wireless devices, and NeoPoint Inc., which does double duty as a handset maker and Internet portal, both plan their debuts as …
MADRID-Telefonica SA announced two new global businesses, further developing the business model it launched two years ago. With the new businesses-Telefonica Moviles and Telefonica DataCorp-Telefonica hopes to capture the full …
SAN ANTONIO-Telecommunications will look more colorful in the 21st century, according to a recently released report. “U.S. Consumer Telecommunications Demographic Markets: Strategic Analysis,” shows that by 2010, ethnic groups will …
MELBOURNE, Fla.-Hoping to lower operating costs, Harris Corp. announced it will outsource its printed circuit board assembly to Sanmina Corp. The deal calls for Sanmina, an electronics manufacturer, to buy …
DUBLIN, Ireland-More than 250 million customers worldwide were using the Global System for Mobile communications phones at the end of 1999, according to the GSM Association. The association attributes the …
The inexorable drive toward consolidation in the European telecommunications industry has moved a stage further with the $2.5 billion acquisition by British Telecom plc of Esat Telecom, Ireland’s second-largest telco …
NEW YORK-Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. announced plans to sell 7 million shares of common stock in a public offering, according to a registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange …
