Monthly Archives: February, 2000

CEO says lack of CPP is reason U.S. is behind Europe

WASHINGTON-The leading provider of prepaid wireless services believes one main reason the United States is falling behind Europe in wireless customer take rates is...

VIEWPOINT: Opportunities and issues

By the time anyone reads this column, the madness and mayhem will be well under way in New Orleans and a quiet calm will...

D.C. BRIEFS

Federal Communications Commission member Gloria Tristani criticized House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) for comments about FCC corruption and urged the lawmaker to...

CTIA launches portal for Wireless 2000

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association launched the Wireless 2000 Mobile Portal just in time for its Wireless 2000 convention this week in New Orleans.The...

NEWS BRIEFS

L.M. Ericsson introduced a mobile Internet portal solution developed for wireless networks called the Ericsson WISE Portal. WISE was designed as a single point...

Anritsu unveils new W-CDMA test solution

NEW ORLEANS-Anritsu Co. introduced the first test solution for analyzing Third Generation Partnership Program Wideband Code Division Multiple Access components and base stations with...

W. Europe cellular penetration to reach 85 percent in 7 years

Approximately 318.6 million new cellular connections will be added in Europe by 2007, of which 160 million will be Global System for Mobile communications...

CenturyTel sells Alaska RSA 1

MONROE, La.-CenturyTel Inc. said it sold its interests in Alaska RSA No. 1 to Dobson Cellular Systems Inc. of Oklahoma City. The closing of...

CALEA funding gets DOD boost due to security issues

WASHINGTON-The ability of law enforcement to tap into telephone calls made over digital networks-either wired or wireless-is of such national security importance that the...

Allen Telecom reports 4Q results

BEACHWOOD, Ohio-Allen Telecom Inc., a supplier of wireless equipment to the global telecommunications infrastructure market, reported financial results for the quarter and year ended...

AeroComm to coordinate coverage in NYC tunnels

PHOENIX-International FiberCom Inc.'s wireless solutions division, AeroComm Inc., was designated by Bell Atlantic Mobile as the cellular/PCS carrier coordinator for New York City's Queens...

Mobile melds with sun, sand in Pacific island nations

MELBOURNE, Australia-In a part of the world that still relies on word of mouth as a means to keep in touch, cellular communications-both digital...

France Telecom leads group bidding for Turkish license

ISTANBUL, Turkey-Hoping to cash in on the Turkish government's intention to issue official tender documents to select a third and fourth mobile operator, France...

Proposed MCI WorldCom, Sprint merger requires further inquiry, says EC

The European Commission said it will extend its investigation into the proposed merger between MCI WorldCom and Sprint Corp. by another four months.MCI WorldCom...

Study gauges consumer interest in location-based services

With the Federal Communications Commission's Phase II enhanced 911 compliance deadline quickly approaching, U.S. cellular and personal communications services carriers actively are evaluating systems...

BCE board adopts shareholder rights plan

MONTREAL-Bell Canada Enterprise Inc.'s board of directors adopted a shareholder rights plan designed to encourage the fair treatment of shareholders in connection with any...

Wireless inventory auctioned at GoodBuyWireless.com site

EL PASO, Texas-GoodBuyWireless.com announced it successfully launched its business-to-business wireless auction site and is now conducting live auctions for millions of dollars of wireless...

Consumer privacy issues to dominate wireless Internet policy agenda

At some point in the not-too-distant future, a "crossover" will occur with respect to how the public gains access to the Internet: More people will...

Carriers file brief on NextWave case, comments on FCC DE waiver

WASHINGTON-More trees died last week as parties expressed their views in comments on what should be done with the personal communications services licenses of...

Wireless interest expanding in Southern Cone countries

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Foreign investment in South America's Southern Cone telecommunications sector has increased during the past decade thanks to new globalization, privatization and liberalization...

RASCOM releases satellite launch schedule

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The Regional African Satellite Communications Organization project to build a dedicated satellite system for Africa is close to becoming a reality. The...

BrainDock.com launches WAP service

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-BrainDock.com, an e-commerce service provider for mobile technology, unveiled a new service designed to deliver content and applications to Wireless Application Protocol...

AOL names wireless president

DULLES, Va.-America Online Inc. appointed Dennis Patrick president of the company's AOL Wireless division.The former senior advisor to the company's chief operating officer, Bob...

AmikaNow! offers products, services for text-enabled devices

AmikaNow!, an artificial intelligence solutions provider for wireless Internet services, unveiled a line of plug-in products for Microsoft Outlook 2000, as well as an...

Corsair details billing, mobile commerce applications

Corsair Communications Inc. introduced this week its PrePay Open billing system, as well as its PhoneFuel mobile commerce application, both of which allow carriers...
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