European telecom operators made headlines last week with involvement in several potential mergers and buyouts. The United Kingdom's largest cellular operator, Vodafone Group plc,...
Advanced Fox WirelessAdvanced Fox Wireless introduced the OEM Style Mini Twin Charger for Nokia Corp. 5100 Series and Nextel Communications Inc. i1000 handsets. The...
IntellicellIntellicell Corp. announced Mike Hedge and Michael King, both previously with CellStar Corp., are heading up Intellicell's sales and marketing group. Hedge will be...
SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. declared a two-for-one stock split of the company's common stock in the form of a 100-percent stock dividend. The stock...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Mobile Data Solutions Inc. and Kenan Systems signed a cooperative marketing agreement that will join MDSI's mobile work force management products with Kenan's...
MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communication Corp. signed a contract with OnQue Communications Inc. to supply Global System for Mobile communications wireless infrastructure equipment, which is earmarked...
DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. announced it signed a reseller agreement with AlliedSignal Technical Services Corp. to deliver Orbcomm satellite-based data services to government agencies.ATSC...
MESA, Ariz.-Copper Key Technologies Inc. sold a nationwide license for its CK-Enterprise product to AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which uses it as the foundation...
PITTSBURGH, Pa.-Crown Communications said it won a contract to provide build-to-suit services in Texas for Western Wireless Corp., increasing Crown's domestic tower portfolio by...
RICHARDSON, Texas-The Components Group of Ericsson Inc. announced it is establishing a new design center in Phoenix that will focus on developing gold metallized...
NEW YORK-Ericsson Inc. acquired Maryland-based Torrent Networking Technologies Corp. for $450 million and Silicon Valley-based TouchWave Inc. for $46 million, in an effort to...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Unwired Planet Inc. announced it changed its name to Phone.com Inc. and elected former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt to the...
WASHINGTON, D.C.-UTC, The Telecommunications Association, announced the inauguration of Associacao dos Proprietarios de Infra-estrutura e Sistemas Privados de Telecommunicacoes, a sister organization in Brazil.APTEL...
NEW YORK-Harris Corp. announced it is repositioning itself to become a pure communications equipment company and will spin off its Lanier Worldwide subsidiary to...
TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. formed an alliance with Amdocs, a customer care and billing provider, to implement new technologies to facilitate roamer data...
WASHINGTON-The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau temporarily has suspended the construction timetable for incumbent wide-area 800 MHz specialized mobile radio licensees.The decision was in reaction...
Don Buzzelli, president and chief executive officer of MessageLink Inc., Duluth, Ga., is looking to make a play in the paging industry's current consolidation...
The Federal Communications Commission should narrow down in six months which frequency bands it could allocate for third-generation mobile phone services.The World Administrative Radiocommunication...
CORONADO, Calif.-At the Demo Mobile show last week, Aether Technologies Inc. announced the formal opening of its Enterprise Data Wireless Center in Maryland, designed...
WASHINGTON-The Association of Public Safety Communications Officials Inc. last week kicked off National Public Safety Telecommunications Week by honoring two 911 dispatchers involved in...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week told wireless carriers that bills to their customers must include their name, a phone number where billing questions...
Pinnacle Towers Inc. acquired four towers in North Carolina and Texas in two transactions.AirNet Communications Corp. said it is supplying additional infrastructure equipment, including...
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. said it revised its financial results for the first quarter, as announced on March 23. First-quarter revenues were reduced from $524.7...
SAN DIEGO, Calif.-In a $50 million transaction, Leap Wireless International Inc. increased its ownership of Chilesat Telefonia Personal S.A. from 50 percent to 100...
