NEW YORK-In a move that will give it 1,000-megahertz local multipoint communication systems licenses in nearly every Canadian city, the MaxLink Communications Group of...
SAN FRANCISCO-3Com Corp. and Sun Microsystems outlined plans to develop a reference port for the Java 2 Platform Micro Edition, Sun's Java runtime environment...
TORONTO-Nortel Networks' President Dave House plans to leave the company by the end of August.House joined Nortel as part of the company's acquisition of...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-General Magic Inc. introduced myTalk, a free ad-supported Internet service allowing users to manage their e-mail using the phone and spoken word commands.The...
Geoworks Corp., adding yet another new business focus, has embarked on a crusade to elevate the wireless environment to the broadcast advertising status of...
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-ShopKo Stores Inc. plan to sell MobileComm branded paging products in its 158 stores beginning in September, under an agreement with Arch Communications...
Fresh from his turnaround performance leading MobileMedia Communications Inc. out of bankruptcy, former president and chief executive officer Ron Grawert has been named CEO...
WASHINGTON-The Senate last week, after an arduous process, passed a bill to limit lawsuits resulting from the millennium bug. The action sets up what...
United Parcel Service introduced a new wireless package tracking system, created in conjunction with Motorola Inc., that uses American Mobile Satellite Corp.'s Ardis packet...
WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel Inc. is offering its handsets and wireless services via an e-commerce section on its redesigned Web site-www.powertel.com.Mike Bashaw, vice president of...
LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc announced its tender offer for Japanese telecommunications carrier International Digital Communications was successfully concluded, with sufficient shares having been tendered...
Microsoft Corp. launched its MSN Mobile service, a wireless extension of its MSN.com Internet portal that allows customers to receive their information services on...
WASHINGTON-The United States and Japan are at a standoff over renewal of the 1980 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone procurement agreement, which governs fair telecom...
ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Frontier Corp.'s board of directors last week decided not to act on an unsolicited bid made by Qwest Communications International Inc. to buy...
WASHINGTON-As industry opposition to Pentagon spectrum bills mounts, the Federal Communications Commission confirmed last week it is prepared to suspend the normal regulatory process...
WASHINGTON-The chairman of the Senate subcommittee that controls the purse strings of the Federal Communications Commission believes strongly companies that purchase spectrum licenses either...
Now that the Federal Communications Commission has completed the re-auction of 365 C-, D-, E- and F-block personal communications services licenses, it still could...
SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Clearnet Communications Inc. introduced the Nokia 6188, a digital personal communications services phone that offers almost three hours of talk time, more than...
HONG KONG-China United Telecommunications Corp.'s plan to deploy Code Division Multiple Access technology ensures its survival into the next generation and creates momentum for...
Aquis Communications Group Inc. signed a definitive agreement to buy the paging assets of Francis Communications Ltd. of El Paso, Texas. This is the...
NEW YORK-For bond investors, high-yield debt deals by telecommunications and media companies are hard to ignore since they have constituted 30 percent to 40...
LONDON-Symbian introduced the latest version of its EPOC technology to developers and licensees with several new features and architectural advances.EPOC Release 5 features messaging,...
WASHINGTON-A technical committee for Code Division Multiple Access technology development is working on an adjunct standard of the technology that could be used for...
