News that Nextel Communications Inc. received government approval to pursue 95 personal communications services licenses held by bankrupt designated entity NextWave Telecom Inc. dumbfounded...
STOCKHOLM-Ericsson Inc. said Turkish telecommunications operator Turkcell signed an agreement for Ericsson's WISE high-speed Internet solution, a five-component system designed to provide fast connections...
LONDON-Virgin Group and Britain's One2One reportedly have confirmed plans to form a joint venture to sell Virgin-branded cellular phones, according to a Reuters report.The...
Financial analysts continued their wait-and-see attitude toward Paging Network Inc. as the company released second-quarter earnings.In contrast, Arch Communications Group Inc. completed its merger...
Last week saw the convergence of two anniversaries-the 25th anniversary of Richard Nixon's resignation and the fifth anniversary of the appointment of Ken Starr...
CAMBRIDGE, England-Element 14, a U.K. developer of digital signal processor chips, said it has raised $13 million in first-round financing led by Atlas Venture."Element...
ATLANTA-Alltel Corp. said it implemented its electronic bill presentment and payment application with Frontier Cellular of Rochester, N.Y.The system allows Frontier Cellular customers to...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Advanced Radio Telecom Corp. announced it completed an agreement with Devnet L.L.C., allowing ART access to 420 commercial office buildings in 11 states,...
BASINGTOKES, England-Dolphin Telecom, Basingstokes, England, has launched commercially its enhanced specialized mobile radio service in the United Kingdom.A subsidiary of Montreal-based Telesystem International Wireless...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. said it ended negotiations to sell its Quincy, Ill., manufacturing plant to Solectron.The two signed a letter of intent earlier...
ATLANTA-GTE Wireless introduced two new wireless service packages-the Personal Productivity Pack for individual business people and Group Calling Packages for mobile work groups.The Personal...
WASHINGTON-Nearly lost in the cacophony over the now-defunct law that unleashed Ken Starr on President Clinton is that Labor Secretary Alexis Herman remains under...
After defaulting on both its $800 million senior secured credit facility and its $750 million guaranteed credit facility last week, Iridium L.L.C. filed for...
MINNEAPOLIS-The Minnesota Department of Public Safety, the Minnesota Department of Transportation, Hennepin County, Metropolitan Council and the city of Minneapolis jointly announced contracts have...
BETHESDA, Md.-Omnipoint Corp. reported revenues of $89.7 million for the quarter ended June 30, more than double revenues of $42.2 million the company reported...
NEW YORK-Consumers looking to comparison shop on the Internet for wireless services and products will soon have two new choices.CellMania.com said it plans to...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Phone.com Inc. announced 3Com Corp. has licensed its UP.Browser microbrowser technology to incorporate with its Palm operating system platform.
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Mobile has launched an initiative to collect unused wireless phones from its customers and reprogram the handsets for emergency calls by...
LucentLucent Technologies Inc. introduced software that will turn down transmitter power levels when the user is not speaking into the handset, effectively increasing talk...
American Tower Corp. last week made its first large carrier transaction through a master sublease agreement with Vodafone AirTouch plc.The deal gives American Tower...
Wireless construction company Berliner Communications Inc. said it has begun negotiating with underwriters to commence an initial public offering."We see geographic expansion and further...
FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Spectrum Resources Towers L.P. said it acquired four towers from Tyris Corp. based in Reno, Nev.With this acquisition, Spectrum Resources Towers said...
OWNINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Technologies Inc. announced it will join L.M. Ericsson's new Wireless Internet Solutions unit to co-market and develop wireless data services specifically...
NEW YORK-Anderson Financial Network Inc., Bloomington, Ill., and American Management Systems Inc., Fairfax, Va., announced a strategic alliance to offer outsourced receivables management for...
RESTON, Va.-American Mobile Satellite Corp. released second-quarter financial results with a net loss of $42.4 million, or $1.31 per share, compared to $39 million,...
