NEW YORK-Even if it fails to acquire the radio-frequency licenses of NextWave Telecom Inc., Nextel Communications Inc. already owns sufficient spectrum to fulfill its 10-year business plan, according to its …
MEXICO CITY-Globalstar de Mexico S.A. de C.V. announced the Mexican Ministry for Communications and Transportation granted it a commercial license to offer satellite telephone service throughout the country, including those …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-To meet the growing demand for high-speed Internet access, Metrocall Inc. announced the formation of Metrocall.net, a new strategic operating division. Metrocall.net will market nationally bundled services to home …
CLINTON, Miss.-MCI WorldCom Inc. declared a three-for-two stock split to be effected as a 50-percent stock dividend. The new shares will be distributed Dec. 30 to shareholders of record as …
I never fully experienced the joy of eating shrimp until I lived in Florida. Being a North Dakota girl, my shrimp choices had been limited to basket-fried, deep-fried, beer-batter fried …
U S West Wireless is delaying the rollout of its commercial Web-browsing service until the beginning of next year as it works to understand what its customers want from wireless …
WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commissioner Gloria Tristani is expected shortly to decide whether to run for Congress in 2000, a decision with the potential to dramatically shift the balance of power at …
WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court in Philadelphia ruled a U.S. district court erred in forcing a Pennsylvania town to allow a personal communications services tower to be built in the Pittsburgh …
LAS VEGAS-L.M. Ericsson announced its first consumer product incorporating Bluetooth technology at Comdex/Fall ’99. The cellular phone headset connects to a mobile phone by a radio link instead of a …
OTTAWA, Ontario-The Federal Communications Commission gave Ottawa-based mobile satellite system operator TMI Communications the go-ahead to provide service in all 50 U.S. states via the MSAT-1 satellite, which has a …
IRVING, Texas-GTE Communications Corp. said it began offering its GTE Unlimited bundled services in markets across Texas. Basic GTE Unlimited includes 100 minutes or more of in-state and/or out-of-state long …
Vodafone AirTouch plc Friday launched a hostile takeover bid for Mannesmann AG after the German company flatly rejected an earlier all-stock bid of about $106 billion. “We made a friendly …
MONTREAL-SR Telecom Inc. announced that it signed contracts with the Municipal Telecommunications Project Office of the Government of the Philippines and with the Saudi Telecom Co. The $150 million MTPO …
Sprint Corp. is in deep negotiations with owners of Mexican wireless operator Pegaso PCS to gain a stake in the carrier, sources close to the companies say. An ownership agreement …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Nextlink Communications Inc. and HighSpeed.com L.L.C. announced a partnership in which Nextlink will pay $18.7 million to Walla Walla, Wash.-based HighSpeed.com in exchange for a 15-percent equity position in …
HONG KONG-Hong Kong mobile telephone operator SmarTone Communications said it is looking to secure a wireless fixed network license. SmarTone is among 14 companies that have applied to the Hong …
JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Communications Inc. announced that in January it will begin offering nationwide the SkyTel eLink wireless e-mail product for customers who need to send and receive large amounts of …
ATLANTA-BellSouth Cellular Corp. and wireless-location company SigmaOne Communications Corp. announced an agreement calling for BellSouth to conduct a market trial of SigmaOne’s Sigma 5000 Advanced Mobile Phone Service/Time Division Multiple …
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens Information and Communication Networks signed a framework contract to extend Anhui Mobile Communication’s network in China. Siemens will be the sole supplier for Global System for Mobile communications …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Smart card-based solution provider Schlumberger announced a wireless identity module that secures Internet transactions on mobile devices. The Wireless Application Protocol-compliant identity module allows users to pass from …
