WICHITA, Kan.-Motorola Inc.'s Commercial Government and Industrial Solutions Sector announced a licensing agreement with IFR Systems Inc. for Motorola's SmartNet and SmartZone trunking protocol.The...
CLEVELAND-Wireless Communications Inc.'s prepaid cellular service provider, Wireless Outlet, is moving its cellular plan to the college campus.Wireless Outlet announced a plan to sell...
ROSH HA'AYIN, Israel-Partner Communications Co., an Israeli Global System for Mobile communications operator, announced it gained 13 percent of the Israeli cellular market after...
BONN, Germany-Deutsche Telekom announced it will bundle its cellular phone activities into a new holding company called T-Mobile International AG.Kai-Uwe Ricke, currently head of...
TROY, Mich.-General Motors said it selected Bell Atlantic Mobile and GTE Wireless to establish a nationwide wireless network to expand OnStar's portfolio of in-vehicle...
Nokia announced an agreement with M1, a mobile and paging service provider, to expand M1's Global System for Mobile communications system in Singapore. The...
NEW YORK-Winstar Communications Inc. is bringing high-tech to high-rises. The company unveiled Broadband Plus, a dedicated, high-speed, high-capacity broadband network to serve New York...
SWINDON, England-Motorola Inc. received a $122 million contract from Pele-Phone Communications to supply and deploy infrastructure equipment to expand Pele-Phone's Code Division Multiple Access...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said the Korean Industrial Property Office, Korea's patent agency, upheld the validity of 46 of 49 claims of Qualcomm's patent to...
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration, still struggling to craft a third-generation mobile phone spectrum position for this spring's World Radiocommunication Conference in Turkey, has organized a...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia is taking the Chinese market seriously, announcing an agreement with SOHU.com and Beijing Mobile Communications Corp. to offer end users services covering...
LONDON-Vodafone AirTouch plc is prepared to increase its bid for Mannesmann AG if the German company agrees to discuss a deal, according to international...
PLANO, Texas-EDS said it is adding knowledge management and professional training software from Synergistics to its Web-based wholesale applications rental service.The company initially will...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Ghana Telecommunication Co. Ltd. awarded Motorola Inc. a $41.5 million contract to supply and deploy the west African country's Global System for...
UTRECHT, The Netherlands-diAx, the second-largest Swiss wireless operator, said it will provide wireless Internet service using the Wireless Application Protocol beginning in the first...
NEW YORK-Communications companies dominated merger and acquisition activity in 1999, accounting for $304.8 billion in transactions and 21.5 percent of the dollar amount of...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said its MSM3000 chipset and high-speed packet data software solution is featured in handsets developed by several Japanese manufacturers for the...
ATLANTA-Powertel Inc., Atlanta, has introduced an online bill payment system for its personal communications services customers who access its Web site.The site permits Powertel...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. announced its stockholders have approved an increase of authorized shares of common stock from 100 million shares to 200 million shares...
MEXICO CITY-Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. announced its subsidiary, Globalstar de Mexico, began offering the satellite phone service on a limited basis to users in Mexico.Initially,...
An Illinois Congressman has asked the U.S. General Accounting Office to probe the Federal Communications Commission's procedures in granting Nextel Communications Inc. enhanced specialized...
MELBOURNE, Fla.-MBO Wireless Inc. placed a follow-up infrastructure equipment order with AirNet Communications Corp. valued at $1 million.The equipment, used for MBO's Global System...