After nearly two years of fits and starts, the government of Argentina finally awarded six personal communications services licenses for a total consideration of about $850 million. The government awarded …
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. announced it will implement a one-for-three reverse stock split of both common shares and Class B common shares at the opening of trading Monday, June …
BOSTON-American Tower Corp. entered an agreement to acquire Dallas/Fort Worth Teleport, a full-service satellite telecommunications facility in Irving, Texas. The teleport supports 16 antennas offering video, voice and data services. …
SANTA CLARA-3Com Corp. reported a net income of $87.5 million, or 24 cents per share, for the fourth fiscal quarter, ended May 28, compared with $63.6 million, or 17 cents …
LONDON-Symbian introduced the latest version of its EPOC technology to developers and licensees with several new features and architectural advances. EPOC Release 5 features messaging, e-mail and SMS capabilities as …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS will offer both dual-mode and single-mode Web-capable handsets from Nokia Corp., according to a contract the two signed that could be worth up to $500 million. …
WASHINGTON-A technical committee for Code Division Multiple Access technology development is working on an adjunct standard of the technology that could be used for Phase II enhanced 911. The specification …
SEATTLE- Tegic Communications, a company that specializes in text entry solutions for wireless devices, signed a licensing agreement with NEC Corp., which allows NEC to integrate the company’s T9 Text …
WASHINGTON-David Aaron, undersecretary of Commerce for international trade, told wireless executives last week the Clinton administration intends to press the European Union to affirm a carrier compromise on harmonizing competing …
WASHINGTON-Swisscom, Switzerland’s primary telephone company, is marketing its international prepaid roaming solution to service providers in North America. The service is based on the company’s subscriber identity module card application …
PARSIPPANY, N.J.-Telecommunications industry wholesale revenues will more than double during the next five years, according to a preliminary survey of the industry conducted by Phillips Group InfoTech of Parsippany, N.J. …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc.’s Code Division Multiple Access digital pdQ smart phone can offer the Palm Computing platform and support full-time access to the Internet, said the company. 724 Solutions Inc. …
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-ShopKo Stores Inc. plan to sell MobileComm branded paging products in its 158 stores beginning in September, under an agreement with Arch Communications Group Inc. ShopKo stores are located …
Last week proved a significantly productive one for wireless data service bureau provider Saraide.com as the company acquired a value-added service provider in Europe and received a $5.5 million investment …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission plans to hold field hearings in rural America on the best ways to connect those areas of the country to the Information Superhighway. For one thing, …
HONG KONG-The future of cdmaOne technology was the theme of this year’s CDMA World Congress in Hong Kong, and while data services are the future, wireless executives are struggling with …
Scandinavian Softline to license WAP HELSINKI, Finland-Scandinavian Softline Technology has agreed to license Nokia Corp.’s Wireless Application Protocol technology to deliver value-added data solutions for wireless carriers. SST has developed …
NEW YORK-Mitsubishi Materials Corp. recently completed field trials of a new system designed to provide Internet access to vehicular and other mobile terminals. Mitsubishi said the system, called SWIFTcomm, will …
TORONTO-Nortel Networks’ President Dave House plans to leave the company by the end of August. House joined Nortel as part of the company’s acquisition of Bay Networks, where he served …
Geoworks Corp., adding yet another new business focus, has embarked on a crusade to elevate the wireless environment to the broadcast advertising status of television and radio. The company revealed …
