Yearly Archives: 1999

Chartered, Ericsson to develop technologies

SINGAPORE -Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing and L.M. Ericsson announced they jointly plan to develop advanced wireless communications technologies. The technologies, radio frequency CMOS and BiCMOS,...

BellSouth to begin testing high-speed wireless Internet access

WASHINGTON-BellSouth Corp. announced last week that early next year it will begin testing high-speed wireless Internet access in Houma, La., using wireless communications service...

China Unicom awards Motorola contracts

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-China Unicom and China Mobile awarded Motorola Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector six contracts to upgrade their Global System for Mobile communications networks...

AvantGo software extends content to wireless

SAN MATEO, Calif.-AvantGo Inc. unveiled the AvantGo Enterprise Publisher, a service designed to extend Web-based corporate intranet and Internet content to handheld devices.The solution...

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...

WAP membership passes 250

SYDNEY, Australia-At the recently completed Wireless Application Protocol Forum member meeting, the organization announced its membership has surpassed 250.The group also announced a formal...

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...

Leap to buy Denver, Pittsburgh licenses

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. announced it has entered into an agreement to purchase personal communications services licenses in Denver and Pittsburgh for an...

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...

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...

Accessibility, efficiency to drive mobile data services

BOSTON-Accessibility and improvements in efficiency will drive adoption of mobile data services, according to a new report by independent research and consulting company Ovum...

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...

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...

Infowave teams with BAM

BURNABY, British Columbia-Infowave Software Inc. said it entered into a joint marketing agreement with Bell Atlantic Mobile, under which the two will collaborate on...

Insiders speculate on Hesse’s new role with AT&T

It appears that since Dan Hesse's appointment as president and chief executive officer of AT&T Corp.'s wireless business three years ago, AT&T has had...

SkyBridge, Boeing enter partnerªship

BETHESDA, Md.-SkyBridge L.P. and the Boeing Co. signed a partnership agreement under which Boeing will become the launch service provider for SkyBridge as well...

Motorola beefs up E911 functionality

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said its Network Solutions Sector is pursuing several alternatives in the development of advanced emergency 911 wireless caller location functionality...

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...

AirNet grabs $200M in IPO

MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communications Corp., a manufacturer of Global System for Mobile communications network infrastructure equipment, raised $192.5 million in is initial public offering Dec....

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.,...

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...

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...

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...

Scientists debate RF effect on children

WASHINGTON-While industry this holiday season pushes family plans and makes pocket phones attractive to the younger crowd, questions linger in the scientific community about...

D.C. NOTES: To infinity and beyond

After telling a friend in California about buying a computer for my kids and signing up for Internet access, I got this e-mail from...
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