1999

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, will support a range of wireless …

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 spectrum. “BellSouth realizes the importance of …

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 in China. The combined value of …

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 consists of an AvantGo Server …

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 also are working together to approach …

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 liaison relationship with the World …

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 in 36 of the nation’s …

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 undisclosed amount. The agreement, if completed, …

Carriers across the United States are scratching their heads trying to figure out what the best business model is when teaming up with content providers to offer Internet access. It’s …

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 joint venture designed to develop and …

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 titled, “Data over Cellular: The Road …

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 1900TM PCS-Over-Microwave system. Trancept’s focus is …

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 cash bid of $1.59 billion to …

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 joint sales and marketing activities to …

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 a tenuous relationship with the man. …

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 as becoming an equity partner in …

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 that meet the Federal Communications Commission’s …

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 have shied away from determining …

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. 7. Salomon Smith Barney, New York, …

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., markets. Net-Q is an independent measurement …

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

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 with Lucent Technologies Inc. The company …

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 Court for the Central District of …

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 whether children are more vulnerable to …

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 him: “What a wonderful world your …