February 2000

Driven by the collision of wireless and the Internet, wireless e-commerce represents the single most powerful market disrupter of this decade. It will entice new “virtual” operators that will help …

WASHINGTON-Yet another federal appeals court has been brought into the debacle known as the personal communications services C-block. Bankrupt PCS operator NextWave Telecom Inc. filed on Feb. 11 a petition …

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands-Qualcomm Inc.’s Wireless Business Solutions operation announced plans to provide wireless communications-based fleet management solutions to the European freight transport industry and other transportation-based industries through the newly created …

PACOIMA, Calif.-USA Wireless Technologies, a value-added distributor of wireless accessories, announced its East Coast division will operate out of Florida with the primary responsibility of servicing and growing market penetration …

NEW YORK-In a Valentine’s Day announcement, Teligent Inc., a point-to-multipoint carrier based in Vienna, Va., and Mannesmann Arcor AG & Co., said they had partnered to provide fixed wireless voice …

GERMANTOWN, Md.-TTC, a unit of Dynatech Corp., and Wavetek Wandel Goltermann announced plans to merge. According to TTC, the new company, which will announce its name later, will offer broader …

LONDON-The U.K. government said it qualified all 13 applicants for Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses to bid in a March auction. “I am delighted that we have been able to …

ROME-NEC Corp. announced an agreement with Telecom Italia Group to work together in technical trials for Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems. NEC, which supplies handsets to Telecom Italia Group, will provide …

The Department of Justice last week said SBC Communications Inc. has not sufficiently opened its local exchange market in Texas to be allowed into the long-distance market in that state. …

WASHINGTON-President Clinton and other administration officials met with high-tech, security and civil-liberty representatives at the White House last Tuesday to address the recent wave of cyber attacks. The attacks come …

WASHINGTON-In another move in the litigative trench warfare that is the NextWave Telecom Inc. bankruptcy case, the federal government on Thursday filed a notice of appeal to preserve its rights …

HONG KONG-Pacific Century CyberWorks, the Asian Internet company vying for a tie-up with Cable & Wireless HKT, raised more than $1 billion through a share placement. The funds could help …

WOBURN, Mass.-Boston Communications Group Inc. announced it doubled its prepaid wireless subscriber base, reaching 2 million subscribers, in less than 12 months. The company attributed the increase to its expanded …

BOSTON-AT&T Wireless and the Boston Celtics have teamed up for a new promotional relationship featuring Celtics legend Bill Russell. In addition to featuring the Hall-of-Famer in print, radio and point-of-sale …

Tantau Software International Inc. unveiled an open mobile e-commerce platform, built specifically for the enterprise customer, that bypasses the typical constraints placed by carriers and operators on access to mobile …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-The Symbian initiative unveiled several new product enhancements through deals announced at the Symbian Developers Conference. An agreement with Communication Intelligence Corp. added the company’s Jot handwriting recognition …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Spectrian Corp. said forecasted orders for a product in its single carrier amplifier line have been delayed until later this year and will result in lower-than-expected revenues and earnings …

MADISON, Wis.-Sprint PCS launched service in the Madison, Wis., area as part of a nationwide network expansion covering more than 4,000 cities. As part of the launch, the company is …

BOULDER, Colo.-SCC Communications Corp. announced an aggressive deployment schedule for its Phase I wireless 911 service with more than 1,000 public safety answering points scheduled for deployment in 18 states …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Rural and underserved markets quickly are becoming integral, strategic components of international telecommunications expansion, because reaching the 4 billion people worldwide still without access to telephone services poses …

WATERLOO, Ontario-Research in Motion Ltd. and Bid.Com International Inc. reported plans to form a strategic alliance. Bid.Com International, an online e-commerce company, and Research in Motion confirmed plans to develop …

WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Inc. signed an agreement to provide its BlackBerry wireless e-mail solution to OCI Communications Inc, distributing an initial order of 1,000 devices through its Optel Communications …

SAN FRANCISCO-Two companies turned to Wireless Application Protocol technology to wirelessly extend their e-business applications to a mobile work force. SAP AG released version 2.0 of its Business Information Warehouse …

MACCLESFIELD, England-Geoworks Corp. signed an agreement to provide its Premion Server+ technology to Virgin Mobile. The server is the backbone of Geoworks’ Mobile Attitude reminder service, which sends calendar updates …

WASHINGTON-Prospects for the widespread development of ultra-wideband technologies were dealt a blow last week when the aviation community-associations representing both airlines and air travelers-expressed concern that UWB technologies will interfere …