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Canadian wireless vendor VCom Inc. said it struck a $1 million cash deal to purchase several subsidiaries of Wave Wireless Corp., including WaveRider Communications (Canada) Inc., WaveRider Communications (USA) Inc., Jetstream Internet Services Inc. and Avendo Wireless Inc. VCom said it expects the total...

VICTORIA, British Columbia—Canadian wireless vendor VCom Inc. said it struck a $1 million cash deal to purchase several subsidiaries of Wave Wireless Corp., including WaveRider Communications (Canada) Inc., WaveRider Communications (USA) Inc., Jetstream Internet Services Inc. and Avendo Wireless Inc. VCom said it expects...

WASHINGTON-Customers of at least one rural telecommunications cooperative are cutting the cord at the rate of five to 10 per month, J. Frederick Johnson, executive vice president and general manager of Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative, based in Rainsville., Ala., told RCR Wireless News. Johnson said...

SAN JOSE, Calif.—PayPal quietly launched a service for customers to make purchases or send money to other users from a mobile phone. The world’s largest supplier of online payment services is testing the offering, which allows users to send a text message indicating the...

Free Wi-Fi in Orlando is coming around again. Sort of. Orlando experimented with free Wi-Fi in early 2004 in one square mile of its downtown business district. But barely anyone used it. A city official said the network averaged about 44 users per day...

CAMPBELL, Calif.-Wireless telecommunications company P-Com Inc. said it reached an agreement with Agilent to restructure its $1.7 million obligation to the company. Under the new deal, P-Com said it will pay Agilent $250,000 and will pay the balance amortized over 16 monthly payments starting...

CAMPBELL, Calif.-Wireless product provider P-Com Inc. will acquire fixed wireless broadband solutions provider Speedcom Wireless Corp. for 67 million shares of P-Com common stock and the assumption of some liabilities of Speedcom, including $3 million in subordinated debt.In addition, P-Com is undertaking a recapitalization...

CAMPBELL, California, United States-P-Com announced more than US$1 milion in orders for its point-to-point products to customers in China.The orders are from system integrators serving Chinese telecom companies, P-Com said.

CAMPBELL, Calif.-Wireless product and services provider P-Com Inc. announced it will merge with Telaxis Communications Corp., a developer of wireless fiber optic connectivity products, a move that will expand both companies' product portfolios and manufacturing and distribution capabilities.The combined company, which will be headquartered...

CAMPELL, Calif.—P-Com Inc. announced its Tel-Link point-to-multipoint microwave radios have passed testing requirements set by China's Ministry of Information and Industry (MII) for use in China."China represents one of the world's largest market opportunities for point-to-multipoint technology," said P-Com's chairman George Roberts. "We're pleased...

CAMPBELL, Calif.—P-Com Inc., a manufacturer of point-to-point and point-to-multipoint wireless systems, said it is going forward with a restructuring plan that includes strengthening the management team, introducing new products and reducing operating expenses by $3.3 million in hopes of returning the company to profitability...

CAMPBELL, Calif.-P-Com Inc. said it was provisioned by Beijing P-Com, its Chinese joint venture partnership, to supply a combination of P-Com and Ceragon Networks Ltd. fixed wireless access systems to a GSM operator in Tianjing, China's fifth largest city.P-Com will supply its PDH radios...

GroupServeGroupServe announced Tom Stroup, president, will also take on the role of chief executive officer. Stroup's first task as CEO will be to oversee the commercial product launch of GroupPort. Stroup will also oversee the company's business development, strategic alliance and product development efforts....

MMTAAnne-Rivers Forcke was appointed chairman of the MultiMedia Telecommunications Association's Media Relations Committee. Forcke is a relationship marketing strategist for the Global Small Business group at IBM Corp., where she is responsible for managing the marketing program worldwide. Forcke has more than 15 years...

NEW YORK-Western Multiplex Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif., a broadband wireless access equipment provider, went public last week with a 7.5-million share offering of common stock, priced at $12 each.The company, formerly part of Glenayre, develops systems used in both the licensed and unlicensed portions of...

Two years after putting Western Multiplex on the selling block, Glenayre Technologies Inc. signed an agreement to sell its microwave radio business to Ripplewood Holdings L.L.C. of New York and Leeward Technology partners of California.According to the agreement, Glenayre will keep a 5-percent ownership...

CAMPBELL, Calif.-P-Com Inc. received a $2 million purchase order from Tele.ring Telecom GmbH, an Austrian fixed access company known as 1012 privat.P-Com will provide 26 GHz point-to-multipoint equipment for use in 1012 privat's fixed access wireless ring around the city of Vienna, according to...

Latin AmericaCellular/personal communications services handset shipments to Latin America showed a significant technology shift from analog Advanced Mobile Phone Service to digital Time Division Multiple Access technology during the first three months of 1999, according to results from The Strategis Group's report, "Strategis dataBank...

ElectofuelElectrofuel Inc. announced the Lithium Ion SuperPolymer battery, which has an energy density of 470 Wh/liter and 183 Wh/kilogram, almost doubling the previous endurance records of rechargeable batteries. With the SuperPolymer battery, laptop computers will run 15 or more hours on a fully charged...

It has been more than 15 months since the first local multipoint distribution service auctions ended and brought broadband wireless access networks to reality. By all accounts, the prospect for broadband wireless access in the United States remains positive.As evidence is the amount of...

NCRNCR Corp. introduced a software product that allows carriers to perform event-driven marketing by analyzing customer behavior and predicting a customer's readiness to respond to particular marketing efforts. Called MarketingAgent, the software is part of NCR's Customer Relationship Management Solutions 4.0 portfolio. "Businesses that...

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Siemens and P-Com Inc. announced they successfully completed the first phase of the commercial deployment of their point-to-multipoint Wireless Access solution with WinStar Communications Inc. in Washington, D.C.The PMP solution is an access system that enables wireless broadband operators to offer voice,...

It's been more than a year since Glenayre Technologies Inc. first announced its intention to divest the Western Multiplex microwave business unit, yet the company continues to search for a buyer.Glenayre officially put the microwave business on the block in September 1997, the same...

INTERDIGITALGerard Pepenella was hired by InterDigital Communications Corp. as vice president and general manager of broadband Code Division Multiple Access technology. He will collaborate with Gary Lomp, chief technology officer, on growth and enhancement of the company's technology and products. Pepenella joined InterDigital with...