Monthly Archives: March, 2000

Kennard FCC sees 7 suits in 17 months

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman William Kennard, a vigilant proponent of equal employment opportunity rules and a champion of disabled rights, has been hit with...

iPCS files for IPO

WASHINGTON-iPCS Inc., an exclusive Sprint PCS Group affiliate for 35 markets in the midwestern United States, filed for an initial public stock offering with...

Symbian program launched

CHICAGO-The Information Exchange division of Inso Corp. announced it has launched its Symbian Platform Partners Program to introduce file and document access to next-generation...

Interest rate activity not expected to impact wireless

WASHINGTON-Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan last week said that despite benefits of increased productivity, stepped-up capital spending and unprecedented wealth creation, the high tech-driven...

Commerce awards grants for minority access

WASHINGTON-The Department of Commerce has awarded two grants to help bridge the digital divide-the difference between those who have and those who do not...

Players gathering for wireless dot-com

While most in the wireless industry seem fairly positive that wireless Internet services are going to be the next big growth cycle of the...

Communications industry pioneer passes

DENVER-The communications industry lost a leader and a pioneer with the death of Bill Daniels on March 7.Daniels, known as the father of cable...

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...

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...

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...

Apex, Cybex sign merger agreement

REDMOND, Wash.-Apex Inc., a server console management and switching technology provider, and Cybex Computer Products Corp., a provider of network hardware used to manage...

Software.com acquires @mobile.com

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Software.com Inc. announced it will acquire @mobile.com Inc. for about $400 million in a stock transaction.@mobile.com is a wireless Internet application service...

Future wireless data revenues a factor in carrier valuations

Financial analysts are beginning to conservatively incorporate potential wireless data revenues into their valuations of wireless carriers, and many are looking to the future,...

Moody’s rates SpectraSite notes

NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service assigned a B3 rating to SpectraSite Holdings Inc. for its pending issue of senior notes and senior discount notes due...

Scout to offer one-way local info. service, device

While most wireless companies are looking toward consolidation in the one-way paging market, Scout Electromedia is looking toward overlooked markets to broaden its appeal.Scout...

SCC partners with DSET

BOULDER, Colo.-SCC Communications Corp. announced its partnership with DSET Corp., a supplier of business-to-business e-commerce solutions for the telecommunications industry, through the company's Alliance...

Riverbed’s ScoutWeb now available

DESERT SPRINGS, Calif.-Riverbed Technologies Inc., which has now merged with Aether Systems Inc., announced its ScoutWeb product is now commercially available.ScoutWeb is part of...

Relm, Simmonds agree on purchase terms

WEST MELBOURNE, Fla.-Relm Wireless Corp., a manufacturer of wireless communications equipment, reached an understanding with Simmonds Capital Ltd. on terms for the purchase of...

quixi aims to expand personal bandwidth

Did the fast-paced '90s trickle over into the new millennium leaving you a little low on personal bandwidth space?Combining technology with a human touch,...

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,...

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...

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...
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