Monthly Archives: December, 1999

Lucent to supply CDMA system for GTE Argentine network

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-GTE Corp. and Lucent Technologies Inc. said they signed a multimillion-dollar contract for Lucent to provide a personal communications services network based...

Sprint, Amazon.com explore revenue options for delivering data

Carriers across the United States are scratching their heads trying to figure out what the best business model is when teaming up with content...

Aether platform supports Java

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. released an upgraded version of the Aether Intelligent Messaging platform, version 2.0, with support for Java and Microsoft Component...

Ericsson, Microsoft embrace to exploit wireless IP services

In a move seen as strengthening their respective weaknesses in the wireless industry, L.M. Ericsson and Microsoft Corp. said they plan to create a...

Triton chooses PCS-Over-Microwave solution

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Triton PCS Inc. selected Transcept Inc. to help the carrier extend its personal communications services network using Transcept's TransCell...

Ameritech launches ClearRate plan

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Ameritech Cellular launched in Chicago, St. Louis and central Illinois ClearRate USA, a nationwide single-rate calling plan that eliminates both long-distance and roaming...

Lincoln Police to use PacketCluster Patrol

MARLBOROUGH, Mass.-Cerulean Technology announced the Lincoln, Neb., Police Department will use its PacketCluster Patrol software to give officers wireless access to information stored at...

Diginet inks deal with Lucent

NEW YORK-Diginet Americas Inc., Washington, D.C., a wireless broadband access provider in Latin America, signed a $100 million vendor supply and credit facility agreement...

VIEWPOINT: Deja Vu

Those *@#%* hackers are at it again. This time, two Israeli men say they have figured out a way to crack an algorithm used...

Venture capitalists dig in on telecom, technology

NEW YORK-Judging by their investments during the third quarter, venture capitalists can't seem to get enough of technology companies, including those involved in the...

France Telecom after stake in Polish operator

WARSAW, Poland-France Telecom placed a binding offer for a strategic stake in Poland's majority state-owned telecom operator Telekomunikacja Polska (TPSA), Reuters reported. Following SBC...

Teligent adds two cities

VIENNA, Va.-Teligent Inc. said it launched its SmartWave high-speed data and Internet access service in Raleigh, N.C., and Hartford, Conn.The company serves business customers...

Telephia analyzes market quality

SAN FRANCISCO-Telephia Inc. released its Net-Q results for the New York, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston, Denver, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Portland, Ore.,...

Metrosvyaz sues Leap

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. said that Metrosvyaz Ltd. has filed a lawsuit against Leap and certain of its officers in the U.S. District...

STMicroelectronics works on Bluetooth

GENEVA-STMicroelectronics said it entered into an agreement with L.M. Ericsson to develop a range of devices based on the Bluetooth core architecture. The companies...

Microsoft unveils microbrowser

Microsoft Corp. introduced its long-awaited dual-mode microbrowser last week, which allows wireless phones to access Internet content written in both Wireless Application Protocol language...

Newtel won’t sweeten bid for Esat

NEW YORK-Newtel AB, formed by the merger of Sweden's Telia AB and Norway's Telenor AS, announced Dec. 7 it will not sweeten its hostile...

FCC to continue spectrum flexibility

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it will continue its policy of flexibility when allocating spectrum being made available by the transition to digital TV."We...

Fraud more difficult to detect as industry advances

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry will enter the third millennium A.D. as the envy of the telecommunications industry. It is arguably the most competitive sector. It...

Socket, HP to team on Bluetooth

NEWARK, Calif.-Socket Communications Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. announced a collaborative effort to support Bluetooth technology for Windows CE solutions.The partnership was created to ensure...

Wireless stocks come into their own

Wireless stocks became the darling of Wall Street this year.Just a year ago analysts were predicting the death of stand-alone wireless stocks as landline...

Lai study connects long-term memory loss to RF

WASHINGTON-A new study by University of Washington researcher Henry Lai suggests rats exposed to cell phone microwave frequencies suffered long-term memory loss."Studies before this...

Sprint, Motorola to trial 3G CDMA technology

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS and Motorola Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector signed an agreement to begin a third-generation trial of Code Division Multiple Access digital...

Tivoli Systems creates new business unit

NEW YORK-Tivoli Systems Inc., an Austin, Texas-based subsidiary of IBM Corp., has created a Service Provider Business Unit to execute its new Net Generation...

Sprint expands affiliate agreements

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS announced new affiliation agreements and the expansion of existing affiliation agreements, which will enlarge its wireless footprint nationwide.Sprint PCS signed...
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