Monthly Archives: October, 1999

IUSACELL, BELL ATLANTIC DISCUSS FURTHER DEALS IN MEXICO

Nuevo Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V. seems to be making moves to establish a nationwide wireless presence in Mexico.Bell Atlantic Global Wireless Inc. confirmed...

ITA CHANGES TUNE TO SUPPORT AUCTIONS

WASHINGTON-In a marked change from the private wireless industry's anti-auction stance, the Industrial Telecommunications Association this week expects to work out details of a...

ARCH CUTS DEBT THROUGH STOCK ISSUES

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. announced it completed the process of issuing stock and warrants in exchange for debt securities, reducing its total debt...

FINALISTS ANNOUNCED IN TOWER INDUSTRY AWARDS

Following is a summary of the finalists for the tower industry Excellence in Business Awards sponsored by RCR and Shorecliff Communications Inc. Winners will...

AETHER IPO PRICED HIGHER THAN EXPECTED

NEW YORK-Aether Systems Inc., a middleware provider based in Owings Mills, Md., sold an initial public offering Oct. 20 of 6 million shares, a...

SHAKE-UP CONTINUES IN EUROPE

Mannesmann AG, parent of Germany's top mobile communications company, confirmed last week it made a bid to buy U.K. mobile carrier Orange plc, which...

RIVERBED, AETHER TO CROSS-LICENSE TECHNOLOGIES

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Riverbed Technologies said it formed a strategic relationship with Aether Systems Inc. under which the two will cross-license their technologies to develop...

CORSAIR CREDITS PREPAY PRODUCT FOR REVENUE INCREASE

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc. reported revenues for the third quarter of $17.1 million, an increase from the $12 million in revenues reported for...

FCC AFFIRMS 800 MHZ SMR LICENSING RULES

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week largely affirmed auction-driven 800 MHz specialized mobile radio licensing rules, but made several modifications that drew applause from...

WAP, 3G, GSM AND E-COMMERCE TAKE SPOTLIGHT IN GENEVA

HarrisHarris Corp. previewed its ClearBurst 2.5/3.4/10.5 GHz point-to-multipoint system, the newest addition to the Harris broadband wireless access product line, which is intended for...

PCS Carriers

GSM VENDORS SELECT SUN’S JAVA

GENEVA-Sun Microsystems Inc. announced three manufacturers of Global System for Mobile communications handsets have agreed to incorporate Java technology in their products.First, Motorola Inc....

CELLULAR ONE OFFERS FREE LONG-DISTANCE, ROAMING PLANS

CHICAGO-Cellular One of Chicago, north central Illinois and northwest Indiana introduced Digital Edge Midwest and Digital Edge USA-new regional and national wireless rate plans...

CLARITI GETS FUNDS FOR GLOBAL IP NETWORK

NEW YORK-Clariti Telecommunications International Ltd., Philadelphia, said Oct. 11 it had received commitments for $27 million in a private placement to European investors.These funds...

SONERA SMARTTRUST, ERICSSON TEAM ON E-COMMERCE SECURITY SOLUTION

GENEVA - Sonera SmartTrust and L.M. Ericsson announced a digital signature solution for secure wireless e-commerce using Wireless Application Protocol-enabled phones. Sonera SmartTrust developed...

RIM OFFERS 5M SHARES

WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd. commenced with its public offering of 5 million common shares last Thursday in both Canada and the United States.The...

FCC ISSUES PUBLIC NOTICE WARNING AGAINST CELLULAR JAMMING

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association said in response to its request, the Federal Communications Commission's Office of Engineering and Technology and its Compliance and...

SURVEY PREDICTS IN-BUILDING GROWTH

PARSIPPANY, N.J.-Phillips Group-InfoTech projects the U.S. in-building wireless voice market will grow at an average annual growth rate of 34 percent to reach $815...

SONERA PURCHASES BYEDESK SOLUTION

GENEVA-Finnish personal communications services carrier Sonera said it bought the business activities of ByeDesk from TeamWare Group of San Jose, Calif., for an undisclosed...

3COM ESTABLISHES 3G WIRELESS NETWORKING EFFORT

GENEVA-3Com Corp. unveiled its third-generation technology strategy last week that calls for the company to develop wireless networking technologies that will give people and...

APION BUY IS PHONE.COM’S ENTRY INTO GSM EUROPE

Phone.com Inc. added to its mounting momentum last week by signing a definitive agreement to buy the Wireless Application Protocol products and operations of...

SONERA TO TAKE ON PHONE.COM

GENEVA-Sonera, the Finnish telecommunications operator, announced it plans to enter the wireless portal business. The company said it initially will focus its efforts on...

NATION BRIEFS

AirGate PCS and Lucent Technologies Inc. announced a three-year supply contract valued at up to $150 million, calling for Lucent to supply Code Division...

BRIGHTPOINT SIGNS WITH VODAFONE IN TWO MARKETS

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced its subsidiaries in Australia and New Zealand entered into agreements with subsidiaries of Vodafone AirTouch plc in those markets.Under terms of...

BT, MICROSOFT TEAM ON MOBILE INTERNET

British Telecommunications plc and Microsoft Corp. announced they have agreed to work together in developing mobile Internet and multimedia applications and equipment.Specifically, the two...
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