Geoworks Corp. announced the latest stage in its continuing transformation last week with the introduction of a consulting division called the Professional Services group. The business unit was created to …
SEATTLE-AT&T Wireless Services announced Alaska, American, Canadian, Northwest and Southwest airlines’ passengers who make or receive, during any single month, five in-flight calls via AT&T’s incoming call service will receive …
A recent Federal Communications Commission notice may give some momentum to vendors offering handset-based solutions for wireless enhanced 911 compliance. The FCC has mandated that wireless carriers by Oct. 1, …
NEW YORK-Price Communications Corp. announced its Price Communications Wireless subsidiary recorded 72,385 net subscriber additions in 1998, vs. 55,632 for 1997, an increase of 30 percent for the year on …
Paging Network Inc. announced it acquired Calabasas, Calif.-based Silverlake Communications Inc., and it has integrated the company into its Advanced Wireless Integration Group. Financial terms of the transaction were not …
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Communications Workers of America announced Pacific Bell Wireless employees chose the union to represent them and, under “card check” provisions negotiated last year, the company agreed to recognize …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Nextlink Communications Inc. announced it has reached an agreement to acquire WNP Communications Inc. in a combined cash and stock transaction valued at $695 million. Through the deal, Nextlink …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a memorandum of technology and industrial cooperation for wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology with the Ministry of Information Industry of the People’s Republic of China. …
A group of cdmaOne operators are making another push to harmonize third-generation technology and avoid a potential deadlock within the International Telecommunication Union over intellectual property rights. The CDMA Development …
The reauction of C-block personal communications services spectrum is expected to be a dismal affair in March, and most small entrepreneurial businesses-which the auction was designed for-are likely to forgo …
Bundling continues to push forward, albeit at a slow pace. A recent Arthur Andersen survey of telecommunications companies found 66 percent of respondents offer bundled services to business customers, and …
INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced Nextel Communications Inc. extended its agreement with Brightpoint through July 1, 2001. Under the agreement, Brightpoint provides inventory management, fulfillment, returns and repairs and outsourced accounts receivables …
Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. announced it signed a letter of intent with MCI WorldCom’s prepaid services division to provide prepaid cellular services nationwide under MCI WorldCom’s brand name, and through …
ATLANTA-Sprint Spectrum L.P. announced it expanded its network into Atlanta and the surrounding communities. Sprint PCS said it will provide coverage on I-75 north through Knoxville, Tenn.; on I-85 north …
WOBURN, Mass.-Alpha Industries Inc. has become the latest company to join the Bluetooth Special Interest Group as an early adopter. Alpha Industries designs and manufactures products for microwave and radio-frequency …
DENVER-The posturing continued last week among the players interested in buying AirTouch Communications Inc. The Financial Times reported Vodafone Group plc is considering sweetening its $55 billion offer for AirTouch …
BOSTON-The Yankee Group has concluded that wireless prices are both stabilizing and homogenizing. The company’s Wireless Price Index, which has tracked wireless prices in 25 cities since 1994, shows that …
SEATTLE-Xypoint Corp. awarded its first certification for location determination technology to KSI Inc., which has developed TeleSentinel, a network-based wireless location system. The certification ensures the product provides seamless interoperability …
WASHINGTON-The telecommunications industry forum studying whether the telephone network will work when the new century arrives needs better participation from the wireless industry, said Peter Spring of the Network Reliability …
We already knew Vice President Al Gore was good at working White House phones and Buddhist temples for noble causes, like the presidency. Now we’ve learned the veep is conspiring …
