NAPERVILLE, Ill.-Spyglass Inc. announced it has agreed to license its Spyglass Prism Internet technologies to Telenor Mobil of Norway. The technology will allow customers using cellular phones and other mobile …
WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel Inc. is offering its handsets and wireless services via an e-commerce section on its redesigned Web site-www.powertel.com. Mike Bashaw, vice president of marketing and product development for …
LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc announced its tender offer for Japanese telecommunications carrier International Digital Communications was successfully concluded, with sufficient shares having been tendered to take Cable & Wireless’ holding …
It was grand symbolism on the fourth floor of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia last Monday morning. There they were, two birds of a feather, Nextel …
Microsoft Corp. launched its MSN Mobile service, a wireless extension of its MSN.com Internet portal that allows customers to receive their information services on pagers, cell phones and other wireless …
WASHINGTON-The United States and Japan are at a standoff over renewal of the 1980 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone procurement agreement, which governs fair telecom procurement practice by the Japanese government. …
WASHINGTON-Iridium L.L.C. is expected to unveil a new marketing plan and pricing structure this week, following news that it has laid off 15 percent of its work force. According to …
NEW YORK-In a move that will give it 1,000-megahertz local multipoint communication systems licenses in nearly every Canadian city, the MaxLink Communications Group of Companies has acquired two divisions of …
WASHINGTON-In one way or another, Dale N. Hatfield has been connected to the wireless industry as a telecom policy maker, a consultant, an academic and now back full circle as …
ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Frontier Corp.’s board of directors last week decided not to act on an unsolicited bid made by Qwest Communications International Inc. to buy the company, electing instead to move …
WASHINGTON-As industry opposition to Pentagon spectrum bills mounts, the Federal Communications Commission confirmed last week it is prepared to suspend the normal regulatory process for deciding how to auction 36 …
WASHINGTON-In reaching an out-of-court antitrust settlement with Nextel Communications Inc. last week, the Department of Justice found itself defending a deal on grounds that its own antitrust lawyers shot down …
WASHINGTON-The chairman of the Senate subcommittee that controls the purse strings of the Federal Communications Commission believes strongly companies that purchase spectrum licenses either should pay the original bid price …
Now that the Federal Communications Commission has completed the re-auction of 365 C-, D-, E- and F-block personal communications services licenses, it still could be months or even years before …
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Network Systems said it will supply enhanced messaging systems for ICO Global Communications, a low-earth-orbit satellite-based communications carrier. According to the agreement, Comverse will provide platforms enabling advanced …
The future is convergence. The future is data. The future is 3G. Now that the Operators Harmonization Group has approved a plan to harmonize wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology …
SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Clearnet Communications Inc. introduced the Nokia 6188, a digital personal communications services phone that offers almost three hours of talk time, more than four days standby time and 200-number …
HONG KONG-China United Telecommunications Corp.’s plan to deploy Code Division Multiple Access technology ensures its survival into the next generation and creates momentum for cdmaOne technology throughout the Asia-Pacific region, …
HONG KONG-The CDMA Development Group said Ericsson Inc. has joined the association as a member. “The CDG welcomes the addition of Ericsson into the organization and looks forward to their …
Aquis Communications Group Inc. signed a definitive agreement to buy the paging assets of Francis Communications Ltd. of El Paso, Texas. This is the company’s third acquisition since buying the …
