Yearly Archives: 1999

Newtel launches hostile bid for Ireland’s Esat

DUBLIN, Ireland-Newtel AB, the newly formed company resulting from the merger of Telia AB of Sweden and Telenor AS of Norway, has launched a...

Nokia says global subs to exceed 450M

IRVING, Texas-Nokia Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jorma Ollila raised the company's global mobile subscriber estimate to more than 450 million subscribers worldwide by...

Data4Me wireless portal service aimed at end users

TeleCommunications Systems Inc. launched a free wireless portal service called Data4Me, aimed directly at end users with the goal of increasing awareness of wireless...

D.C. BRIEFS

FCC Commissioner Gloria Tristani said last week that she will remain at the Federal Communications Commission rather than run for Congress."I viewed the U.S....

SpectraSite negotiates Apex buy

SpectraSite Holdings Inc. last week signed a definitive agreement to acquire property management firm Apex Site Management Inc.The stock-for-stock transaction, which is expected to...

Lucent, Motorola collaborate on DSP core

Lucent Technologies Inc. and Motorola Inc., through their StarCore Joint Design Center, announced the availability of a digital signal processor core optimized for next-generation...

BT CellNet, Freeserve team on wireless Internet

LONDON-BT Cellnet, Britain's second-largest mobile phone operator, teamed with Freeserve, the United Kingdom's largest Internet service provider, to develop information services for wireless Internet...

Clearnet agrees to sell stock

TORONTO-Clearnet Communications Inc. said it entered into an underwriting agreement with a syndicate led by RBC Dominion Securities Inc. for the sale of 2.5...

CDMA crowd sees new faces at Americas Congress

SAN FRANCISCO-In line with the wireless data focus that has engulfed the industry throughout 1999, the four keynote speakers on the opening day of...

Nokia GPRS solution installed in Hong Kong

HELSINKI, Finland-New World Mobility in Hong Kong said it has finished installing the Nokia General Packet Radio Service solution.New World Mobility integrated the GPRS...

Siemens, CMG partner on SMS

UTRECHT, The Netherlands-CMG Telecommunications and Siemens Information and Communications Networks Group said they have partnered, allowing Siemens to resell CMG's short message service centers...

Dissenting commissioner doesn’t want to reform agency

WASHINGTON-After two years in the job, FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth does not see his role as one of reforming the Federal Communications Commission."I don't...

Adaptive, United Online sign contract

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Adaptive Broadband Corp. said it signed a $15 million contract to provide AB-Access broadband wireless networking equipment to United Online, a Colorado-based carrier...

Defense holds ’em in ’99 Congress

WASHINGTON-On one level, the wireless campaign on Capitol Hill this year was not unlike that of Congress as a whole. In the end, when...

AOL buys Tegic

In what is perhaps the most concrete example to date of its commitment to extend Internet services to mobile devices, America Online Inc. last...

France’s Cegetel signs with Nortel Networks for 3G

PARIS-French cellular operator Cegetel will work with Nortel Networks to develop third-generation services based on the Universal Mobile Telecommunications Services standard, according to the...

Dealers sue Omnipoint over master pacts

Mobile-phone dealers in Michigan are suing personal communications services provider Omnipoint Communications Services L.L.C., claiming the operator entered into bogus master dealer agreements with...

Sprint enters CDMA equipment service agreement with Ericsson

Sprint PCS signed a seven-year master service agreement with Ericsson Inc. for Code Division Multiple Access equipment, though the nationwide carrier has not committed...

Bell Atlantic Mobile acquires Frontier

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Mobile completed its acquisition of Frontier Cellular, which previously was a joint venture of Bell Atlantic Mobile and Frontier Corp.Frontier Cellular...

Stratos prepares to launch Inmarsat-M4 ISDN service

NEW YORK-Stratos Global Corp., Toronto, has begun obtaining presale purchase agreements from customers for its new Inmarsat-M4 service, which will provide Integrated Services Digital...

Third operator to deploy iDEN

Motorola Inc. found a third operator in the United States willing to deploy its proprietary integrated Digital Enhanced Network technology and more may follow.Specialized...

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...

Hyundai licenses WAP browser

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Phone.com Inc. announced Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. Ltd. has agreed to license the UP.Browser Wireless Application Protocol compatible microbrowser for its Code...

Barnes & Noble launches wireless e-commerce

NEW YORK-Internet retailer barnesandnoble.com launched a wireless e-commerce initiative called bn.com On the Go, which is designed to allow customers to search for and...

Wireless not exempt from consumer fraud laws

WASHINGTON-In a ruling both beneficial and potentially devastating for industry, the Federal Communications Commission ruled wireless carriers are not exempt from all state contractual...
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