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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.-First Avenue Networks announced it plans to acquire wireless broadband service provider Teligent Inc., including its 24 GHz spectrum licenses, fixed-wireless broadband operations and radio assets in a stock transaction valued at $99 million.Following the transaction, First Avenue will hold more than 700...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Repeater manufacturer Avitec S.E. has acquired the technology assets of Littlefeet Inc., the provider of distributed coverage solutions for wireless carriers that went defunct in March.Littlefeet "synergizes very well" with Avitec's existing solutions, said Brian Sagi, chief executive officer of Cerian Technology Ventures...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Repeater manufacturer Avitec S.E. has acquired the technology assets of Littlefeet Inc., the provider of distributed coverage solutions for wireless carriers that went defunct in March.Littlefeet "synergizes very well" with Avitec's existing solutions, said Brian Sagi, chief executive officer of Cerian Technology Ventures...

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Greek wireless Internet service provider ACISgroup has chosen a public hot-spot solution from Proxim Corp. and Nomadix for deployment at Athens hotels and surrounding outdoor areas to support tourists attending this summer's Olympic Games there. ACISgroup will use Proxim's ORiNOCO AP-2500 access points...

GERMANTOWN, Md.-Hughes Network Systems Inc. said it was awarded a contract with Polish cellular operator Era/PTC to deploy its wireless access system in major cities in Poland.The company's 25 GHz point-to-multipoint system will be used to provide wireless backhaul connections to PTC cellular base...

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Citizens of the City of Cerritos, Calif., will ring in the new year in a Wi-Fi city, according to a recent announcement from Pronto Networks and Aiirnet Wireless, which plan to build and deploy a Wi-Fi hot zone to blanket the town....

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Citizens of the City of Cerritos, Calif., will ring in the new year in a Wi-Fi city, according to a recent announcement from Pronto Networks and Aiirnet Wireless, which plan to build and deploy a Wi-Fi hot zone to blanket the town....

TEL AVIV, Israel—Ceragon Networks Ltd. announced it will deploy its FibeAir wireless backhaul system on Sonofon's cellular network in Denmark."This agreement marks our third major cellular win in Scandinavia," said Shraga Katz, president and chief executive officer of Ceragon. "With major cellular deployments in...

NEW YORK-Teligent Inc., Vienna, Va., has found a way to bend radio signals around buildings, dramatically enlarging its actual footprint without much additional network infrastructure.The fixed wireless carrier has nine months left on an exclusive one-year contract with Remec, a San Diego company that...