The convergence of the Internet and wireless networks was punctuated last week as Internet heavy hitters Amazon.com Inc., America Online Inc. and Oracle Corp. made announcements extending their services further …
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-Alltel said it is offering free unlimited incoming calls for its Jacksonville, Fla., personal communications services customers, adding four new wireless plans that range from $46 per month for …
MONTREAL-Bell Canada has offered to purchase for cash up to 15.8 million of the outstanding common shares of Aliant, the largest telecommunications company in Atlantic Canada, at a price of …
Wireless middleware and software provider Aether Systems Inc. filed an initial public offering prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last week with the intention of selling 6.9 million …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-The first official mobile call on the Global System for Mobile communications 400 frequency band was made during a GSM 400 conference in Budapest, Hungary, according to L.M. Ericsson. …
While carriers publicly push ahead with their third-generation technology migration plans, behind the scenes, some may be evaluating technology conversions that could be more cost effective in the long run. …
WASHINGTON-President Clinton last week vetoed an appropriations bill that fosters antenna siting in Rock Creek Park and on other federal property in the nation’s capital, and threatened to veto a …
SAN DIEGO-Sprint PCS said it selected Qualcomm CDMA Technologies to provide infrastructure for trials of third-generation wireless technology based on the 3G Code Division Multiple Access 1x multicarrier mode of …
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Phone.com Inc. said Philips Consumer Communications has licensed the UP.Browser microbrowser software for its line of Global System for Mobile communications wireless phones. Philips said it expects to …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS announced its business customers now can select a new Nationwide Team Option for team-based calling from any Sprint PCS phone to another Sprint PCS phone. The …
Lucent Technologies Inc. will be noticeably absent when the Personal Communications Industry Association kicks off its 2000 showcase next September in Chicago. The infrastructure vendor has told PCIA it plans …
WASHINGTON-Twenty-three organizations representing a broad cross section of American industry blasted an American Mobile Telecommunications Association proposal to auction a big chunk of the 450-470 MHz band and reserve only …
The wireless guys aren’t the only ones nagging the GOP-led Congress for liability protection against trial lawyers. The insurance, automobile, pharmaceutical, retail, chemical, tobacco and financial industries also have opened …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it began its first shipments of the 7110 Wireless Application Protocol handsets. The GSM 900 and 1800 handsets are WAP version 1.1 compliant, according to a …
TOKYO-NEC Corp. announced a corporate restructuring to speed up growth and said it will refocus its business on value-added solutions for the Internet. This follows NEC’s Feb. 19 announcement of …
WASHINGTON-The North American Numbering Council said resellers that receive more than 1,000 numbers from an original assignee must report their usage to the North American Numbering Plan Administrator. Resellers that …
MADRID, Spain-Telefonica Moviles began technical testing of SnapTrack Inc.’s enhanced global positioning system location technology. The goal of the trial is to consider future applications and services that GPS and …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Kuwait Mobile Telecommunication Co. awarded a $30 million contract to Motorola Inc. to expand its Global System for Mobile communications cellular network. Motorola’s Network Solutions Sector will deploy …
ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Microelectronics Group and Mobicom Corp. said they are working together to build and deliver wireless handsets to China’s Global System for Mobile communications market, estimated at …
Bankrupt C-block licensee General Wireless Inc. has satisfied too much of its reorganization plan for the Federal Communications Commission to appeal it, a Texas district court judge ruled last week. …
