WASHINGTON-In its last decision impacting the wireless industry for 1999, the Federal Communications Commission lifted the freeze and adopted licensing and service rules for the 3.2 megahertz of spectrum designated …
ATLANTA-Clear Communications Group appointed William Loughman chief financial officer. Loughman formerly was executive vice president of finance at Clear. In addition to his management responsibilities overseeing the company’s daily financial …
A subsidiary of Brightpoint Inc., Brightpoint (Asia Pacific) Pte. Ltd., has completed the sale of its 67-percent interest in a Hong Kong-based accessory company. According to Brightpoint, the sale was …
Brazil’s spectrum choice in auctioning new personal communications services licenses could be an important decision for the GSM community as it struggles to gain inroads into Latin America. The Brazilian …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. signed a two-year, $205.8 million agreement to expand Dutch wireless operator Ben Nederland B.V.’s General Packet Radio Service and Global System for Mobile communications 1800 network. Nokia …
DULLES, Va.-The merging of Internet services and wireless communications continued to proliferate with the announcement that America Online Inc. and Casio Computer Co. Ltd. agreed to combine AOL’s e-mail service …
NEW YORK-If the overall stock market advance is to continue, securities analysts must recognize their right and discharge their duty to speak fully and frankly about companies they cover, according …
DALLAS-Alcatel USA is divesting itself of three North American manufacturing plants as part of the company’s strategic initiative to better focus its resources on new product development and introduction. Solectron …
ATLANTA-AirGate PCS Inc., a Sprint PCS network partner, launched the initial phase of its personal communications services wireless operation, which covers a significant portion of AirGate’s southeastern territory. The covered …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will auction 30 megahertz of spectrum being made available with the transition to digital TV for advanced fixed and mobile wireless services, but is looking for …
NEW YORK-The Federal Communications Commission granted Winstar Communications Inc. nine additional 100 megahertz channels in the 38 GHz spectrum range. The channels cover more than 25 million new channel pops …
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-interWAVE Communications International Ltd. said it filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of 7.5 million shares of common stock. …
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. announced its international and domestic subscribers have jumped to more than 210,000 since Aug. 31, a 250-percent increase for the company. The subscriber figure includes …
TOKYO-NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc., Japan’s largest mobile operator, purchased KDD Corp.’s wireless network facilities for about $170 million. The acquisition is intended to help NTT DoCoMo deal with increasing …
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Phone.com Inc. said Japanese carriers DDI and IDO are launching a Code Division Multiple Access-based packet service called PacketOne for their wireless Internet access services EZweb and EZaccess, …
HONG KONG-The Office of the Telecommunications Authority, Hong Kong’s telecom regulator, is investigating reports that six mobile phone operators simultaneously raised fees on monthly service plans. The operators could be …
It seems the dark cloud that settled over the mobile satellite services industry when Iridium L.L.C. and ICO Global Communications went bankrupt last August has begun to lift, reflected by …
FORT WORTH, Texas-Tower manufacturer FWT Inc. announced it has emerged from bankruptcy protection and is experiencing strong sales and increased hiring. The company declared bankruptcy last April shortly after members …
NEW YORK-RateXchange Inc., San Francisco, expects by early February to execute the first trade on its new online bandwidth exchange, inaugurated to meet the growing demand for telecommunications transport capacity. …
