LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc announced it is considering selling some of its interests in cellular phone companies, particularly in Japan. The company said it will focus on providing data services …
German telecom operator Mannesmann AG said it executed its option rights on shares of Italian mobile operator Omnitel, raising its stake in the company by 1.5 percent to 55 percent. …
WASHINGTON-Three consumer groups have asked the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice to block AT&T Corp.’s planned acquisition of MediaOne. The Consumers Union, Consumer Federation of America and …
WASHINGTON-Qualcomm Inc. and Richard Bliss, a former employee temporarily imprisoned in Russia on espionage charges in 1997, have reached an out-of-court settlement to end a lawsuit that accused the San …
ATLANTA-BellSouth International Wireless Services launched BellSouth Net eXchange, a Web-based interface that facilitates the upload and download of customer data files, said the company. BellSouth Net eXchange can transfer encrypted …
AT&T Corp. reportedly is revisiting the idea of issuing tracking stock for its cable and wireless businesses. The Street.com reported last week AT&T consulted with three investment banks about alternative …
Amidst increased media publicity over capacity problems in its New York City market, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. last week granted a contract to Lucent Technologies Inc. that calls for the …
BOULDER, Colo.-Athene Software Inc. said it formed an alliance with Exchange Applications Inc. to jointly market new technologies that combine Athene’s APT Churn and APT Profitability products and Exchange Application’s …
MARINA DEL RAY, Calif.-Startek.com Inc. and Angell Communications Inc. have agreed to merge, according to a letter of intent both signed. The deal is expected to be complete by Nov. …
SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Cellular announced prepaid customers who purchase talk time in standard denominations of $30, $50 or $100, now will have six months rather than 90 days to use their …
WASHINGTON-Experts from the world’s leading wireless telecom standards bodies last week pledged cooperation on third-generation mobile phone technology, number portability, electromagnetic compatibility, fixed wireless access and health effects, despite signs …
FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Spectrum Resources Towers L.P. and Towercom L.L.C. announced a joint venture to develop new towers for carrier collocation. Under terms of the partnership, Spectrum will finance, own and …
NEW YORK-Companion bills to enact the Wireless Facilities Siting Act never made it out of New York State Assembly and Senate committees before the Legislature adjourned Aug. 6 for summer …
Aether Systems Inc. announced it will acquire mobeo Inc., a company that provides financial news and stock updates on wireless devices such as pagers. Formerly called DocuPro Inc., mobeo delivers …
WASHINGTON-The Personal Communi-cations Industry Association and Paging Network Inc. last week submitted proposals to the Federal Communications Commission to take the proposed conditions of the SBC-Ameritech merger, “currently `wireless-free’ and …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-MCTR announced its affiliate, Uraltel, extended Global System for Mobile communications 900 cellular service to the Russian city of Nizhny Tagil and the neighboring cities of Pervouralsk and Revda, …
WASHINGTON-A plan from the U.S. Department of Transportation to institute a nationwide three-digit number for traffic information may be derailed by a call from MCI WorldCom Inc. for a complete …
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Matsushita Electric/Panasonic, SanDisk and Toshiba Corp. introduced a secure digital memory card that can support numerous new consumer products and enable mass distribution of copyrighted content as well …
VANCOUVER-Telos Engineering said it successfully deployed its digital cellular telecommunications system for ICOM-Liberia, the first cellular provider in Liberia. The contract, valued at $1 million, supplies ICOM-Liberia with Interim Standard-36 …
NAPERVILLE, Ill.-Spyglass Inc. said it licensed its Spyglass Prism product to Seiko Epson for use with a new wireless device specifically designed to target the Japanese market. Spyglass Prism is …
