Monthly Archives: March, 2000

Arch reduces debt load by $135M

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. said it conducted another exchange of debt for common stock, this time reducing its debt load by $135 million.The...

Many markets inhospitable to foreign telecom, Internet investments

NEW YORK-Despite all the cheerleading about the new economy as a global village, the best bets for investments in telecommunications, the Internet and electronic...

PNI, Definition 6 partner to offer group messaging module

ATLANTA-Two Atlanta-based companies, Preferred Networks Inc. and Definition 6 Inc., have partnered to offer a group messaging module that will allow PNI customers to...

PhoneOnline.com, w-Trade join Phone.Com program

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-PhoneOnline.com, a software development and services company, and w-Trade Technologies have joined the Phone.com Alliance Program.PhoneOnline.com joined as an application developer, while w-Trade...

Omnipoint increases revenues, narrows 4Q net loss

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Omnipoint Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of VoiceStream Wireless Corp., reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31,...

AirDesk offers credit solution

WARMINSTER, Pa.-AirDesk Inc. introduced AirStar 100 Digital Interface, which allows for credit card transactions on Motorola StarTAC phones in both analog and digital cellular...

Alcatel to conduct field trials

DALLAS-Alcatel and Prime Companies announced they will conduct field trials of a local multipoint distribution service network for small and medium-sized businesses beginning this...

Auction of “prime real estate” to begin in May

NEW YORK-The Federal Communications Commission 700 MHz auctions in May will be "a significant industry-transforming event and near-term catalyst ... in the race toward...

BWA vendors work toward standards, commercial deployments

The enthusiasm surrounding the emerging broadband wireless access industry is creating an opportunity for a variety of new and established equipment vendors hoping to...

BT launches WAP-based Internet strategy

British Telecom plc unveiled its mobile Internet strategy last week, setting up a new unit to offer global mobile Internet services by extending its...

“Broad” is key word in definition of broadband wireless

Broadband. It is a familiar term being tossed around the wireless industry like a hot potato, but its relatively new status is making its...

Cerulean shows product

MARLBOROUGH, Mass.-Cerulean Technology Inc. demonstrated its PacketCluster Patrol wireless information software for patrol officers and public safety personnel at the Mobile Insights 2000 Conference.According...

VIEWPOINT: Who needs it?

As a journalist I have never had occasion to write a business plan, but I am guessing that one of the first questions for...

Consortium aims to bring together ASPs

NEW YORK-Last May, 25 technology companies established the ASP Industry Consortium, Wakefield, Mass., to accomplish a delicate but important mission. Bring some order to...

WORLD BRIEFS

SAUDI ARABIAL.M. Ericsson and Saudi Telecommunications Co. signed a letter of intent for a major expansion and upgrade of STC's existing Global System for...

Paging auction closes, bids total $4.1 million

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's auction of 985 licenses at 929 MHz and 931 MHz for paging services closed late Thursday, after 28 rounds, with...

TIA to study wiretap solutions for packet-mode

WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association was invited by the Federal Communications Commission to study digital wiretap solutions for packet-mode technology and report on its findings.TIA...

Conita technology turns handset into voice portal

COLUMBIA, S.C.-Conita Technologies Inc. has a simple plan to provide business people easy access to company databases using voice-recognition technology with a tool they...

Palm IPO hits market big

NEW YORK-3Com Corp. spun off 4 percent of its Palm Computing unit March 2 in an initial public offering of 23 million shares that...

D.C. BRIEFS

The Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling that Baby Bell telephone companies cannot resell long-distance service to local subscribers.Last June, the U.S....

Dobson affiliate buys Michigan RSA

DENVER-An affiliate of Dobson Communications Corp. acquired the Michigan 3 rural service area from Trillium Cellular Corp., according to Daniels & Associates, representatives for...

EDS providing interactive online billing services to GTE

PLANO, Texas-EDS announced it is helping GTE Wireless bring the convenience of online bill payments to its more than 7 million customers by providing...

Ericsson unveils its first CDMA handset

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson unveiled its first Code Division Multiple Access phone, the A1228c, delivering access to the Internet, e-mail and other information and communications...

Glenayre premieres two-way initiatives at trade show

NEW ORLEANS-Glenayre Technologies Inc. introduced a two-way wireless communications module called @ctiveLink for the Visor handheld computer from Handspring Inc., the first ReFLEX-based two-way...

Telecom industry launches business-to-business Web site

ARLINGTON, Va.-GetCommStuff.com, a business-to-business Web site, was launched at the Telecommunications Industry Association headquarters. The new industry portal includes products and services, jobs, shows...
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