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...
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...
WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Prepaid cellular phone service took a step forward this holiday season with Shared Technologies Cellular's announcement that it achieved a one-day record for...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless Inc. announced it has signed a multi-year $30 million contract with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to supply Enhanced Data rates...
WASHINGTON-The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has asked the Federal Communications Commission to perform an environmental impact statement on the effect of wireless towers...
SEOUL, South Korea-SK Telecom, South Korea's largest wireless operator, acquired 51.2 percent of Shinsegi Telecom from Pohang Iron and Steel for about $961.2 million....
NAPERVILLE, Ill.-Spyglass Inc., a provider of strategic Internet consulting, received preliminary approval from the court of the settlement of previously filed securities litigation brought...
RCR announced several promotions and new hires to its editorial staff, effective Jan. 3.Reporter Lynnette Luna has been promoted to Denver bureau chief. She...
OSLO, Norway-Telenor Mobile and Sun Microsystems Inc. have agreed to develop new mobile Internet services.The agreement specifically involves development of an electronic organizer/calendar with...
HELSINKI-Nokia Corp. announced an agreement to acquire the security software business from TeamWare Group Inc."This acquisition will strengthen Nokia's ability to develop secure network...
MIAMI-WealthHound.com Inc. introduced its Wireless Stock Quote Application to the Palm VII wireless organizer from 3Com Corp.A version of the solution for Wireless Application...
WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. introduced CellEase 2000, an Internet-based system that will allow retailers to activate prepaid cards at point-of-sale terminals."What prompted our...
BOULDER, Colo.-SCC Communications Corp. announced it signed a five-year contract with NET-tel Communications Inc. to manage its Enhanced 911 data.SCC, a provider of 911...
SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. said it has agreed to acquire a "significant stake" in Brazilian wireless operator Algar Telecom Leste SA.Telefonos de Mexico SA...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Research In Motion Ltd. ended the year with several potentially significant announcements, including a long-awaited reorder contract with BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. and the...
BUCHAREST, Romania-Romanian national wireline operator Romtelecom said it plans to launch a mobile telephony service in February on an investment of about $500 million....
MOSCOW-Russian Global System for Mobile communications operator Mobile TeleSystems CJSC and Motorola Inc. launched the first trials to deliver the Internet to mobile phone...
As pocket telephone companies cater to the mobile society and make tiny inroads into the monopolized residential sector, a new breed of wireless carriers...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. has selected Qualcomm CDMA Technologies' sixth-generation MSM3100 chipset and system software for its Code Division Multiple...
