Monthly Archives: April, 2000

Companies work to deliver wireless ads to fusionOne customers

SAN JOSE, Calif.-fusionOne Inc., a developer of next-generation Internet synchronization technology, together with Nokia Corp., AdForce Inc. and SF Interactive, announced plans to collectively...

OpenTV hopes to expand into wireless through Spyglass acquisition

Spyglass Inc. has agreed to merge with OpenTV, a worldwide provider of interactive TV software that plans to buy all of Spyglass' outstanding stock...

TIA to approve CDMA SIM standard

COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group said the Telecommunications Industry Association will approve the Code Division Multiple Access Subscriber Identity Module standard, Removable-User Identity...

U.S. WRC-2000 stance unsupported

WASHINGTON-The United States will enter the World Radiocommunication Conference in Istanbul next month without global or even regional support for its multiband proposal on...

Transcrypt lawsuit settlement approved

LINCOLN, Neb.-Transcrypt International Inc. received final approval in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska on the settlement of pending shareholder class...

Vodafone closes Mannesmann offer

LONDON-Vodafone AirTouch plc said its offer for Mannesmann AG closed March 27, after valid acceptances representing 98.62 percent of the issued share capital and...

Ad campaign launches Aether into prime time

Aether Systems Inc. launched a $15 million national television and print advertising and branding campaign last week in support of its growing wireless data...

FCC preparing to re-auction other bankrupt licenses

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is expected this week to issue a public notice that will include in the July 26 scheduled re-auction of personal...

AirFlash introduces service using Inktomi engine

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-AirFlash Inc. officially unveiled the AirFlash powered by Inktomi service, which uses Inktomi Corp.'s e-commerce engine, following a strategic alliance and equity...

AMSC offers rebate to Iridium customers

RESTON, Va.-American Mobile Satellite Corp. is offering an "instant rebate" promotion on its Skycell services to the 55,000 former customers of Iridium L.L.C.The promotion,...

FCC approves mergers

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications and International Bureaus have approved the merger of Bell Atlantic Corp. and Vodafone AirTouch plc's wireless assets, as...

Bell Atlantic expands digital

GREENVILLE, S.C.-Bell Atlantic Mobile reported that its digital wireless service is now available in eight counties in western North Carolina.According to Bell Atlantic, the...

AT&T registers Wireless Group IPO

NEW YORK-AT&T Corp. registered for sale with the Securities and Exchange Commission $13.248 billion of AT&T Wireless Group tracking stock, which would by far...

AMSC partners with two ISPs

RESTON, Va.-American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced it has partnered with Internet service providers EverGo and StarQuest, which will distribute its eLink wireless e-mail service.Under...

PageNet’s 10-K delayed

Paging Network Inc. told the Securities and Exchange Commission it must delay filing its 10-K Annual Report and fourth quarter results for 1999 until...

PacketVideo to support TI platform

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. reported that PacketVideo Corp.'s PVPlayer decoding software and PV Author encoding software will provide streaming media support for TI's next-generation Open...

UbiquiTel plans IPO to fund buildout

UbiquiTel Inc., a Bala Cynwyd, Pa., affiliate of Sprint PCS, plans to raise $550 million in debt and equity to fully fund network construction,...

UMTS auction “the next big one”

Bids for each of the five Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses in the United Kingdom reached or topped $3 billion last week. All 13...

VIEWPOINT: Scaling a sheer cliff

European regulators this year will auction, grant or selectively tender 70 to 80 licenses. It's a double-edged sword for the incumbent operators, which in...

Many industry players feel EDGE will not be big in Europe

A growing number of operators, vendors and analysts are not convinced EDGE technology will make significant inroads in Europe."In Europe, I'm not expecting a...

edocs introduces billing module for Palm VII

NATICK, Mass.-edocs Inc., a provider of Internet billing and customer management software and services, introduced a bill presentment and payment distribution module for Palm...

U.S. cautious about EC plans for multiple standards

American wireless firms and the U.S. government are cautiously optimistic about a move the European Commission plans to make to open Europe to competing...

ETSI approves Ericsson satellite phones

NEW YORK-L.M. Ericsson's mobile satellite phones for Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. have received type approval from the European Telecommunications Standards Institute.The new phones are compatible...

Senators ask: What is broadband?

WASHINGTON-There is not any official definition of broadband in law today and policy makers may be trying to apply an old law to the...

OracleMobile.com provides movie data

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-OracleMobile.com announced its first voice recognition-enabled service for its oramobile.com wireless portal. The service is a movie guide with content from Hollywood.com...
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