1999

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 range from $46 per month for …

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 second-place possibilities, according to Bill Joy, …

Netro Corp., a California-based broadband wireless access systems provider, announced release 2.0 of its AirStar point-to-multipoint system. Release 2.0 adds two new frequency ranges-the 39-GHz range and the 10-GHz range-expanding …

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 to Standard & Poor’s Corp. The …

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 systems, called WAPman. Lucent Technologies Inc. …

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 Budapest, Hungary, according to L.M. Ericsson. …

LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc said it agreed to sell its mobile telephony interests in Japan to Vodafone AirTouch plc for $411 million in cash. Cable & Wireless sold its shareholdings …

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. made announcements extending their services further …

NEW YORK-Ericsson Inc.’s CyberLab NY introduced a program designed to speed growth of the wireless Internet industry by providing market and technical information, development and testing tools and on-site expertise …

Two years after putting Western Multiplex on the selling block, Glenayre Technologies Inc. signed an agreement to sell its microwave radio business to Ripplewood Holdings L.L.C. of New York and …

PARIS-France Telecom said it reached an agreement to buy Vodafone AirTouch plc’s 17.24-percent interest in E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH, Germany’s third-largest mobile carrier, for $1.86 billion. Vodafone was required to sell …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission reached a tentative agreement with state regulators on what type of notification will be heard when a person calls a calling-party-pays wireless subscriber, said Kris Monteith, …

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 Atlantic Canada, at a price of …

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 industry have cleared that hurdle so …

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 deferrals to firms that sell …

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 North American 1900 MHz environment. Ericsson …

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 options in paying their bills. …

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 cost effective in the long run. …

A story on page 3 of the Oct. 4 RCR should have stated that the American Mobile Telecommunications Association is asking the Federal Communications Commission to earmark 2 megahertz in …

MEXICO CITY-Nortel Networks announced it signed an agreement with Sistemas Profesionales de Comunicacion S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary of Unefon, to build a high performance wireless network in Mexico. Under …

LONDON-British Telecommunications plc and Microsoft Corp. announced a wireless Internet trial with about 1,000 mobile phone users in the United Kingdom and Norway. Users will be able to access Microsoft …

Rural cellular operators are reaping generous roaming revenues from nationwide operators. As such, larger players have become willing to pay top dollar to acquire these companies and eliminate the high …

WASHINGTON-A top wireless safety expert has taken umbrage at Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association President Thomas Wheeler’s call for speedier work on the development of a standard to measure mobile-phone radiation …

McLEAN, Va.-Egypt-based Misrfone Telecommunications Co. S.A.E. selected LCC International Inc. to design and deploy Misrfone’s nationwide Global System for Mobile communications network, announced LCC. Under terms of the one-year, $17 …

American Mobile Satellite Corp. began offering its eLink wireless e-mail service commercially last week, featuring two-way wireless extension of desktop Internet e-mail to handheld devices and personal information management functions. …