Ireland Esat Telecom Group plc confirmed it accepted an offer to acquire a pro rata share of 9 percent of Ireland’s Global System for Mobile communications cellular operator, Esat Digifone, …
INDIANAPOLIS-Inadequate product supply in the Asia-Pacific region, price instability and the devaluation of the Brazilian real will cause Brightpoint Inc.’s quarterly and annual net income to fall below expectations, said …
The state of Utah awarded Applied Cellular Technology Inc.’s Communications Infrastructure division a $6.1 million contract to provide infrastructure and construction improvements for the 10 buildings on the University of …
Aether Technologies announced it is joining BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. and Research in Motion Ltd. to bring financial market data via wirelessly connected handheld and laptop computers to the Atlanta, …
In what may be the beginning of a trend, BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. and Paging Network Inc. entered into a strategic alliance last week under which PageNet will resell BellSouth’s …
GREENVILLE, S.C.-Bell Atlantic Mobile’s DigitalChoice customers who receive or make many calls to other Bell Atlantic Mobile customers now can travel throughout most of the Carolinas and make an unlimited …
ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. said it expects results for the second quarter ended March 31 will fall short of analysts’ expectations because of lower-than-anticipated revenue in January and February. The …
BOSTON-American Tower Corp. completed its acquisition of TeleCom Towers L.L.C. In connection with the transaction, American Tower issued about 3.9 million shares of class A common stock, paid $60.1 million …
PARIS-Alcatel, the telecommunications equipment company based in Paris, last week announced plans to cut 12,000 jobs, or about 10 percent of its work force, during the next two years. Some …
ISLETA PUEBLO, N.M.-After determining traditional telephone landlines would be too expensive, Excel Communications Corp. and Solectek Corp. suggested the Native American community of Isleta, N.M, use a wireless solution to …
SARASOTA, Fla.-Pinnacle Towers Inc. said it purchased 85 wireless towers located in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee, in a series of five transactions. These towers add …
WASHINGTON-Telecommunications networks are expected to pass the coming of the new millennium without catching the dreaded millennium bug, said a group representing local exchange carriers and a congressional report last …
BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-AT&T Corp., Lucent Technologies Inc. and Motorola Inc., among others, have joined to create a standard that will allow users to access Web-based information via mobile or landline …
Royal Philips Electronics launched a hostile bid Friday to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of VLSI Technology Inc. after VLSI declined to respond to Philips’ merger proposal by …
NEW YORK-Venture capitalists are beating a path to the door of those who would build a better mousetrap for the burgeoning telecommunications/wireless sector, according to results of the quarterly PriceWaterhouseCoopers …
Like their counterparts in the wireless service and infrastructure arenas, telecom equipment vendors are consolidating and reorganizing at an increasing pace. Most segments seem to be affected, from tower companies …
SAN RAMON, Calif.-U.S. Wireless Corp. and Allen Telecom Inc. announced an agreement to form a joint venture that will offer an integrated line of geolocation equipment and solutions based on …
NEW YORK-Vodafone Group plc, based in Berkshire, England, announced it signed up its 10 millionth proportionate customer March 1. Vodafone, which is acquiring AirTouch Communications Inc., said the subscriber count …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS engineers have developed standard specifications that enable interoperability between two major components of wireless networks-mobile switching centers and base station subsystems-from two different vendors of Code …
Helsinki-based Sonera Group plc, Finland’s largest telecommunications carrier, plans a $1.1 billion issue of medium term notes to help finance its expansion plans. The partially privatized carrier, owned 78 percent …
