Monthly Archives: January, 2000

Nokia to expand Singapore GSM network

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...

Hardin questions NextWave’s default date

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-Bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.'s efforts to keep its 90 wireless licenses despite a cancellation notice from the Federal Communications Commission moved to...

Carriers give customers more free features as competition intensifies

It is a generally accepted fact that today's dollar doesn't buy as much as it used to, but in the case of wireless airtime,...

Security market turns its attention to wireless e-commerce

Attention to wireless security concerns emerged as the de facto theme of this year's RSA Security Conference in San Jose, Calif., where several internationally...

Partner gains 13 percent of Israel market

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...

D.C. NOTES: Raising Arizona

Besides being an American war hero, Senate Commerce Committee chairman, a powerful campaign finance reform voice, a credible GOP presidential contender and-until recently-the darling...

Vodafone AirTouch could increase bid

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...

FCC approves 800 MHz petitions from previous backlog

WASHINGTON-Several years after their requests originally were turned down because they were filed on paper instead of electronically, a number of specialized mobile radio...

Wireless Outlet brings prepaid to campuses

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...

IRS regulation means more taxes on prepaid services

NEW YORK-A new Internal Revenue Service regulation to implement a 3-percent federal excise tax on prepaid calling cards and services went into effect Jan....

Kennard: Building access needs to be addressed

WASHINGTON-Policy-makers need to address the issue of building access if competition is to fully develop, said William Kennard, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission,...

White House relaxes encryption rules

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration on Jan. 14 relaxed rules restricting the export of encryption products to allow them to be sold to nongovernmental entities after...

Holiday sales still significant for cellular

New sales records of all kinds were set during last year's fourth quarter, reinforcing the importance of the last three months of the year...

Fininfo Group, FinGo join for financial services

PARIS-Mobile Internet financial services in Europe have a new partnership with the announcement that the Fininfo Group and FinGO have combined forces. Fininfo, which...

EDS to incorporate Synergistics software

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...

GTE chooses InfoSpace.com for Internet platform

REDMOND, Wash.-GTE Wireless announced it has selected InfoSpace.com Inc. to provide a wireless Internet services platform that GTE mobile phone users can access from...

MBO places second order with AirNet

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...

Metrocall shareholders approve share increase

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...

Globalstar begins service in Mexico

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,...

Alcatel forms high-tech venture capital fund

PARIS-Alcatel announced it formed Alcatel Ventures Fund I L.P., an information technology venture capital partnership. The new fund is planned to have an eventual...

DT creates holding company for mobile phone assets

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...

Lucent not attending PCS show is non-event

Dear Editor: The PCS slamming was rather tacky when it appeared on the cover of RCR and then has become quite old in issue after...

Datalink places debt

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Datalink.net, a San Jose, Calif. wireless applications service provider whose common stock trades on the American Stock Exchange, has secured an institutional...

Nexus, Global Wireless Holdings sign purchase order

GIVATAYIM, Israel-Nexus Telocation Systems Ltd. announced it signed a $20 million blanket purchase order with its principal global marketing partner, Global Wireless Holdings Inc.The...

Hong Kong awards 17 licenses

HONG KONG-The Hong Kong Telecommunications Authority awarded five fixed-wireless licenses and 12 licenses for long-distance services via satellite, opening further telecommunications competition.The five fixed-wireless...
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