RALEIGH, N.C.-HiddenMind Technology and Omnipoint Technologies Inc. announced a market development alliance under which the companies will collaborate on the development of wireless applications for Global System for Mobile communications …
DENVER-The global positioning system this Saturday evening will experience its first end-of-week rollover, a phenomenon that will occur once every 20 years. When the GPS system was launched, the system’s …
Mobile phones offer freedom, convenience and portability-as long as the battery works. In Cupertino, Calif., Tropian Inc. is developing technologies it hopes will breath new life into the problem of …
MALVERN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc. reported revenues for the second quarter ended June 30 of $26.7 million and subscribers totaling 78,364, an increase of 34,586 subscribers from the same time the …
SYDNEY, Australia-In a year-end earnings announcement Aug. 12, Australia’s Cable & Wireless Optus reported after-tax profits of $113 million for the fiscal year ended June 30. “The after-tax profit result …
CHICAGO-In the second quarter of this year, more than 660,000 U.S. and Canadian customers signed up for Global System for Mobile communications wireless service, reported the North American GSM Alliance …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Nextlink Communications Inc. reported a second-quarter net loss of $122 million, or $2.24 per share, compared to $60 million, or $1.42 per share, reported after the second quarter last …
LONDON-Metapath Software International announced a global alliance with Prime Response, a Boston-based marketing automation company, to deliver an integrated Customer Relationship Management solution specifically geared for the wireless industry. MSI …
LUXEMBOURG-Millicom International Cellular said it added 360,651 net new cellular subscribers in the first half of 1999, ended June 30, compared with 200,030 network subscriber additions for the same period …
LONDON-Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft and its financing subsidiary, Mannesmann Finance B.V., plan to sell up to $2 billion in euro-denominated commercial paper that will, in part, help finance planned telecommunications investments. Mannesmann, …
ATLANTA-LHS InfoCell Inc., a subsidiary of LHS Group Inc., announced Tele 2000, a BellSouth-owned and operated international property in Lima, Peru, chose LHS’ InfoCell ConVerge as its point-of-sale solution. Ernst …
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it signed a $59 million contract with Telesp Celular to expand the company’s wireless network based on Code Division Multiple Access technology, in the …
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. has agreed to sell for $16.3 million its Australian subsidiary, OzPhone Pty. Ltd., to an affiliate of AAPT Ltd., Australia’s third largest telecommunications company. Leap …
MEXICO CITY-Nuevo Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V. announced two offerings. The first is for the exchange of its full-voting series V American Depository Shares and shares on a one-for-one basis …
HONG KONG-Smart-card solution provider Schlumberger said Hong Kong mobile operator Sunday plans to upgrade its subscribers’ phones to user-programmable multiservice terminals using Simera 32 Java-compatible subscriber identity modules and an …
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. reported a net loss of $61.3 million, or 99 cents per share, for the second quarter ended June 30, compared with a net loss of $3 …
PARIS-Paris-based France Telecom reported Aug. 12 that its consolidated revenues for the first six months of 1999 increased by 7.4 percent to $13.92 billion, compared with the same period last …
MCLEAN, Va.-Nineteen network service providers and telecommunications companies, including Amdocs, Andersen Consulting, Convergys Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Portal Software and Sun Microsystems Inc., have formed a working group to develop a …
GREENVILLE, S.C.-Bell Atlantic Mobile announced it expanded its digital cellular service in northwest South Carolina to include the counties of Abbeville, McCormick, Greenwood, Edgefield, Saluda and Newberry. The company said …
WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of Defense, the Electric Power Research Institute and at least 27 universities have joined forces on a 5-year, $30 million project to secure the reliable operation of …
