Monthly Archives: January, 2000

Telstreet.com launches online wireless store

INDIANAPOLIS-A new contender, Telstreet.com, has launched an online wireless superstore, unveiling a retail outlet for products and services. To prepare for the online battle,...

Nokia, AFP to develop WAP-based news service

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and Agence France-Presse have signed a global cooperation agreement to develop news services based on the Wireless Application Protocol. AFP, one...

Aether expands operations center

OWNINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. opened its expanded network operations center, which hosts the company's wireless stock trading, Internet and e-mail services, as well...

AirCell receives FCC approval

LOUISVILLE, Colo. - The Federal Communications Commission approved seven additional cellular carriers to use AirCell Inc.'s air-to-ground communications system, which is targeted at general...

Two investors give two views on 2000 stock outlook

NEW YORK-As 1999 drew to a close, two mutual fund managers, one overseeing a diverse investment portfolio, the other specializing in telecommunications, offered contrasting...

Unisource to sell D Plus to Mobilcom

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Sweden's Telia said Unisource NV agreed to sell its German wireless reseller, D Plus, to Mobilcom AG. Telia owns one-third of Unisource.Mobilcom will...

Datalink.net common stock hits AMEX

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Datalink.net Inc., an application service provider, took its common stock to the American Stock Exchange.The company began selling its stock on the...

InterDigital to open Tokyo office

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. will become international early next year, opening an office in Tokyo. The company said the office in Tokyo...

European wireless merger mania set to continue

OXFORD, United Kingdom-While the use of mobile communications in Europe continues to grow beyond everyone's wildest expectations, the latest bid of $140 billion by...

9th Circuit: Paging carriers can receive compensation from LECs

WASHINGTON-Agreeing with a Federal Communications Commission decision, a federal appeals court has ruled one-way paging carriers are entitled to compensation from local exchange carriers."We...

VoiceStream-Omnipoint buys Sprint GSM network

After months of speculation over what would happen to Sprint PCS' GSM network in Washington, D.C., Omnipoint Corp. and VoiceStream Wireless Corp. have agreed...

NEWS BRIEFS

Aether Systems Inc. said it will license Diversinet Corp.'s Passport software to enhance the security of wireless e-commerce applications. The agreement integrates Aether's wireless...

Telecom taxes taxing

NEW YORK-The discriminatory patchwork of state and local taxes on telecommunications carriers imposes a roadblock to providers of the highways over which all Internet...

MessageLink founder hopes he has what ISPs want

First MessageLink Inc. founder Don Buzzelli decided to take advantage of the paging industry's consolidation frenzy by acquiring enough small paging carriers to reach...

Phone.com adds voice-recognition service with @Motion buy

In its second major acquisition since going public last spring, Phone.com Inc. signed an agreement to acquire voice portal technology provider @Motion Inc. for...

Lucent unveils DSP for hands-free calling

Lucent Technologies Inc.'s Microelectronics Group plans to introduce a digital signal processor-based chipset optimized for the hands-free cellular environment in automobiles this week at...

Leap files for offering of 3M shares

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. announced it filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the proposed underwritten public offering...

Tower firms face employee shortage

In many ways, the wireless tower industry is experiencing the best of times and the worst of times.Tower companies are reporting the wireless industry...

IWO offers Sprint PCS service

ALBANY, N.Y.-Independent Wireless One Corp. announced that it assumed management of Sprint PCS Service in several Northeast markets. IWO also will provide exclusive personal...

D.C. NOTES: Bell Atlantic NY long distance rings in the millennium

Bell Atlantic Corp. got the Christmas present it has been wishing for since it was separated from Ma Bell lo those many years ago....

GSA weighs in on Brazil spectrum allocation

BRASILIA, Brazil-The Global Mobile Suppliers Association presented its views at a public hearing held earlier this month on the allocation of spectrum for personal...

Motorola, Glenayre ink pacts for paging development

Motorola Inc.-expected next week to introduce its ReFLEX 25 two-way pager at CES in Las Vegas-has entered into a series of agreements with Glenayre...

Esat Telecom pursues counter bid to Telenor

DUBLIN, Ireland-Ireland's Esat Telecom said it is in talks with third parties about a competing takeover bid to counter a $1.9 billion hostile takeover...

GTE, Embratel start roaming alliance

TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. and Brazil's Embratel announced an alliance to provide roaming interoperability services to the Mercosul trading region in Latin America....

Digital Microwave wins Chinese contracts

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Digital Microwave Corp. announced it has received $5 million in orders from two companies in the Peoples' Republic of China....
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