WASHINGTON-Legislation to extend the digital wiretap act grandfather date to June seems to be on a fast track to nowhere because proponents don’t have a strategy to get it passed …
The supply contract between Research In Motion Ltd. and BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. ends next month and the two companies are already in negotiations to renew the deal. The outcome …
WASHINGTON-AT&T Corp. said Chairman C. Michael Armstrong was elected head of the U.S.-Japan Business Council, a 75-member group that promotes improved business and economic ties between the two countries. Armstrong …
Poor financial results continue to plague personal communications services operator Aerial Communications Inc., and its spinoff from parent company, Telephone and Data Systems Inc., is moving slower than anticipated. Analysts …
LUTHERVILLE, Md.-Americom Wireless Services opened its fourth wireless handset repair and refurbishment center located in Hartford County, Md. The 33,000-square-foot facility in the Lakeside Business Park just north of Baltimore …
SEATTLE-XyPoint Corp. and Wireless Services Corp. said they have formed a technology alliance to develop a secure technology platform called WebWireless, which will enable consumers to conduct transactions through Internet-based …
WASHINGTON-The American Association of Retired Persons released the results of a $30,000 study conducted by Economics and Technology Inc. that reports SBC Communications Inc. and Bell Atlantic Corp. did not …
WASHINGTON-In the last procedural move before proceeding with auctions in the 39 GHz band (38.6-40.0 MHz), the Federal Communications Commission affirmed the licensing and service rules adopted in January 1997 …
After a year of development and testing, Paging Network Inc. and Computer Associates Inc. have introduced a monitoring solution that integrates CA’s Unicenter TNG enterprise management system with wireless capabilities …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. announced it has completed the nationwide rollout of its OnTheGoInfo customizable information services suite, based on Motorola Inc.’s iKno! information architecture platform. Metrocall originally launched the service …
TORONTO-Microcell Connexions Inc. and Telemetrix Inc. signed a letter of intent to conclude an agreement that will bring personal communications services based on the Global System for Mobile communications standard …
BERN, Switzerland-Swisscom took a significant step in becoming a major service provider in Europe by acquiring a 58-percent stake in Germany’s No. 3 mobile communications provider, Debitel AG, for $1.62 …
NEW ORLEANS-Spike Technologies Inc. completed the first phase of a new broadband wireless local loop installation in Caracas, Venezuela, the company announced. Red Platino, an official Venezuelan government agency focusing …
BOULDER, Colo.-SignalSoft Corp., a software developer focused on the wireless location market, found high consumer demand for wireless location services in two market research studies the company conducted. The studies …
NEW YORK-Happy days are here again for Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, Ill., which announced second-quarter earnings late July 13 of $273 million, or 44 cents per share. The gains are three …
NEW YORK-Qwest Communications International Inc.’s $34.7 billion bid for U S West Inc. and its $11.8 billion bid for Frontier Corp. ranked second and third behind AT&T Corp.’s $55.8 billion …
ATLANTA-Southern LINC, a digital wireless communication service of Southern Co., announced it has licensed Phone.com’s UP.Link Server. The company intends to use the server to offer wireless data and Internet …
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. named Susan Swenson president of Leap and chief executive officer of Leap’s U.S. subsidiary, Cricket Communications Inc. Swenson, who also will join Leap’s board of …
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-NextWave Personal Communications Inc. may find its bid to keep its C-block personal communications services licenses more challenging as the case goes to appeals court. “I don’t see …
In just more than a month, users of global positioning system applications will face a challenge in many ways similar to the highly publicized millennium bug. “It’s serious enough to …
