BRASILIA, Brazil-Anatel, Brazil’s telecommunications regulatory agency, was planning to hold a public hearing to discuss terms for the sale of a round of personal communications services licenses. The licenses are …
BETHESDA, Md.-SkyBridge L.P. and the Boeing Co. signed a partnership agreement under which Boeing will become the launch service provider for SkyBridge as well as becoming an equity partner in …
WASHINGTON-BellSouth Corp. announced last week that early next year it will begin testing high-speed wireless Internet access in Houma, La., using wireless communications service spectrum. “BellSouth realizes the importance of …
SAN MATEO, Calif.-AvantGo Inc. unveiled the AvantGo Enterprise Publisher, a service designed to extend Web-based corporate intranet and Internet content to handheld devices. The solution consists of an AvantGo Server …
MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communications Corp., a manufacturer of Global System for Mobile communications network infrastructure equipment, raised $192.5 million in is initial public offering Dec. 7. Salomon Smith Barney, New York, …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-GTE Corp. and Lucent Technologies Inc. said they signed a multimillion-dollar contract for Lucent to provide a personal communications services network based on Code Division Multiple Access technology …
Carriers across the United States are scratching their heads trying to figure out what the best business model is when teaming up with content providers to offer Internet access. It’s …
OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. released an upgraded version of the Aether Intelligent Messaging platform, version 2.0, with support for Java and Microsoft Component Object Model environments. AIM is a …
Just weeks after a bankruptcy court approved the first part of his plan to bail out the financially struggling ICO Global Communications, Craig McCaw reportedly is close to completing a …
Vodafone AirTouch plc last week continued its efforts to win support for its hostile takeover bid for Germany’s Mannesmann AG. At the same time, Mannesmann executives began a road show …
Dear Editor: What planet is Morgan O’Brien from? One can assume from Mr. O’Brien’s comments made to the Radio Club of America about Nextel’s virtues that he is either one-brain …
WASHINGTON-A new study by University of Washington researcher Henry Lai suggests rats exposed to cell phone microwave frequencies suffered long-term memory loss. “Studies before this one have focused more on …
NEW YORK-Tritel Inc., a Jackson, Miss.-based personal communications services affiliate of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., plans to go public just in time for Christmas. Tritel registered Nov. 18 for an …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS and Motorola Inc.’s Network Solutions Sector signed an agreement to begin a third-generation trial of Code Division Multiple Access digital wireless technology in the third quarter …
NEW YORK-Tivoli Systems Inc., an Austin, Texas-based subsidiary of IBM Corp., has created a Service Provider Business Unit to execute its new Net Generation Initiative for managing complex telecommunications systems. …
SAN FRANCISCO-Telstra Corp. Ltd. and KPN of the Netherlands said they may merge their global mobile satellite businesses to form a joint venture aimed at being a major player in …
WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme Court said last week a class-action securities-fraud lawsuit against battery maker Valence Technology Inc. can go forward. Shareholders became upset when Valence Technology’s stock fell after the …
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and AT&T Corp. announced the availability of Motorola’s ST7797 StarTac Time Division Multiple Access digital wireless phone. The ST7797 offers up to 110 minutes of talk time …
WASHINGTON-The coming of the new millennium may bring with it new products using spread-spectrum technology. The Federal Communications Commission has proposed rules that would increase the width of channels used …
IRVINE, Calif.-Go2 Systems Inc. has created 300 individual Web sites that allow portable communications devices to access more than 11 million Yellow Page records, one topic and one neighborhood at …
