Yearly Archives: 1999

DENSO TO USE DSPC SOFTWARE

CUPERTINO, Calif.-DSP Communications Inc. said Denso, a manufacturer of wireless communications products, implemented DSPC's Code Division Multiple Access data stack software in its CDMA...

FCC ASKS FOR RE-HEARING ON CPNI RULES

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week asked a federal appeals court in Denver for a rehearing of a recent decision that vacated agency rules...

INTERNET HEAVY HITTERS EMBRACE WIRELESS APPS

The convergence of the Internet and wireless networks was punctuated last week as Internet heavy hitters Amazon.com Inc., America Online Inc. and Oracle Corp....

OPPORTUNITIES ENDLESS AS WIRELESS ENTERS INTERNET AGE

NEW YORK-Wireless devices and the services they deliver in the Internet age represent an opportunity so large it is nearly unfathomable and dwarfs any...

BELL CANADA SEEKS TO ACQUIRE ALIANT

MONTREAL-Bell Canada has offered to purchase for cash up to 15.8 million of the outstanding common shares of Aliant, the largest telecommunications company in...

CORRECTION

A story on page 3 of the Oct. 4 RCR should have stated that the American Mobile Telecommunications Association is asking the Federal Communications...

MICROCELL, TIW AND ERICSSON CANADA MAKE W-CDMA MULTIMEDIA CALL

MONTREAL-Microcell Connexions, Telesystem International Wireless and Ericsson Canada said they completed a multimedia call using Ericsson's wideband Code Division Multiple Access solution for the...

ERICSSON, NOKIA MAKE GSM 400 CALL

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-The first official mobile call on the Global System for Mobile communications 400 frequency band was made during a GSM 400 conference in...

SENATORS INTRODUCE DIVERSITY BILL

WASHINGTON-Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) on Friday introduced legislation to foster ownership diversity in the telecommunications industry.The bill would offer tax...

MIDDLEWARE PROVIDER AETHER HOPES TO LINK IPO TO $103.5M

Wireless middleware and software provider Aether Systems Inc. filed an initial public offering prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last week with...

AT&T-BT VENTURE NAMED CONCERT

NEW YORK-AT&T Corp. and British Telecommunications plc announced their new global venture will be called "Concert.""Initially, Concert-which was the name of BT's wholly-owned business-was...

BAM OFFERS ONLINE BILL PAYMENT

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Mobile said its customers can pay their wireless phone bills online through the company's Web site.The new service gives customers two...

DOJ, NEXTEL DEFEND NEXTWAVE NEGOTIATIONS

WASHINGTON-Negotiations that led to a tentative agreement among the Department of Justice, the Federal Communications Commission and Nextel Communications Inc. allowing Nextel to buy...

FCC REACTS AS MERGER TRAIN ROLLS IN

WASHINGTON-The merger train rolled through the Federal Communications Commission last week as the FCC reacted to a number of telecommunications industry-changing mergers.The FCC does...

MOODY’S LOWERS PAGENET’S DEBT RATING

NEW YORK-Standard & Poors warned of a possible downgrade on its rating of financially struggling Paging Network Inc., while Moody's went ahead and lowered...

CONSULTING FIRM GEARWORKS.COM FORMS WIRELESS UNIT

VAIL, Colo.-Gearworks.com, a strategic Internet services consultant group, said it has dedicated a team to create enterprise-wide applications for wireless devices such as mobile...

METRICOM INKS RICOCHET CONTRACTS

LOS GATOS, Calif.-Metricom Inc. said it signed contracts with three construction companies for the physical deployment of its Ricochet 128 kilobit-per-second mobile data network.Wireless...

ILLUMINET, DALEEN TECHNOLOGIES EACH GO PUBLIC

NEW YORK-In a market environment Wall Street bankers view as difficult for companies wishing to go public, at least two firms serving the wireless...

MOTOROLA PHONES TO INCORPORATE PHONE.COM MICROBROWSER

Wireless Application Protocol pioneer Phone.com Inc. introduced a WAP 1.1 compliant UP.Link Server, and announced a major strategic agreement with Motorola Inc. for both...

MICROSOFT ADDS GSM STANDARD TO PLATFORM

PARIS-Microsoft Corp. expanded its Windows for Smart Cards platform to include support for the Global System for Mobile communications technology, said the company.GSM operators...

BIG THREE DOMINATE HANDSET MARKET

The Big Three handset manufacturers-Nokia Corp., L.M. Ericsson and Motorola Inc.-continue their reign over the global wireless handset arena, together controlling more than two-thirds...

ALLTEL OFFERS FREE INCOMING CALLS

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-Alltel said it is offering free unlimited incoming calls for its Jacksonville, Fla., personal communications services customers, adding four new wireless plans that...

AT&T EXPLORES 1XRTT TECHNOLOGY

While carriers publicly push ahead with their third-generation technology migration plans, behind the scenes, some may be evaluating technology conversions that could be more...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

The Edge Consultants, an affiliate of agency.com, released a Wireless Application Protocol browser for handheld computers running either Palm Computing or Windows CE operating...

CHINA TELECOM AIMS TO RAISE $500M TO FINANCE PURCHASES

NEW YORK-China Telecom (Hong Kong), which provides cellular service in three Chinese provinces, plans to raise $500 million in a global bond offering, according...
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