Monthly Archives: April, 2000

Motorola brands Internet offering with virtual personality

Hoping consumers will continue to think of it as an authority in the emerging wireless Internet space, Motorola Inc. aired an image/branding spot on...

Telecom Italia wins PCS license for Peru

ROME-Telecom Italia Group said it won a $180 million license to operate wireless service in Peru. Telecom Italia's STET Mobile Holding N.V. won the...

Paradigm acquires PowerLOC, Power Point

TORONTO-Paradigm Advanced Technologies Inc., a worldwide licensing agent for a broadband wireless location patent, reported it completed the acquisition of PowerLOC Technologies Inc., a...

RateXchange offers service for spectrum exchanges

SAN FRANCISCO-RateXchange, San Francisco, is calling its new CustomAuctions service, announced March 27, "the first private sector initiative to develop a secondary market for...

Singapore awards telecom licenses

SINGAPORE-Following its fast-forwarded liberalization plans announced earlier this year, the Singapore government awarded 58 new telecom licenses. The Ministry for Communications and Information Technology...

Sprint completes 1XRTT call in 3G testing

Sprint PCS last week announced its first voice call over 1XRTT technology, a third-generation solution for Code Division Multiple Access technology operators.The call is...

Toshiba introduces CMOS image sensor

IRVINE, Calif.-Toshiba Corp. has developed a complementary metal oxide semiconductor image sensor that incorporates an analog-to-digital converter and achieves the industry's lowest power consumption...

Motorola invests in Centerpost

SCHAUMBERG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced it made a strategic equity investment in Centerpost Corp., which is developing technology expected to enhance the way electronic messages...

D.C. BRIEFS

A bill to prohibit the interception and dissemination of conversations over wireless technology has been introduced in the United States Senate. "In the Information...

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...

D.C. NOTES: American beauty

Rep. Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.) is an American beauty.Gephardt, captivated with the rise of Clinton-Gore and hungry to become the next House speaker, apparently has...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

ART acquires licenses from Bachow

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Advanced Radio Telecom Corp., a broadband wireless Internet Protocol service provider, entered a definitive agreement with Bachow Communications Inc. to acquire 39 GHz...

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...

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...
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