Monthly Archives: April, 2000

Transcept, LGIC form strategic partnership

MANCHESTER, N.H.-Transcept Inc., a developer of radio-frequency distribution solutions for wireless telecommunications, announced a strategic partnership with LG Information & Communications Ltd. to jointly...

TeleCorp PCS to offer i3 Mobile services to customers

STAMFORD, Conn.-i3 Mobile Inc., a personalized wireless Internet content and commerce services provider, said TeleCorp PCS Inc., an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate, will...

Majority of subscribers don’t use cell phones in theaters, restaurants

SAN FRANCISCO-A poll conducted by Wirthlin Worldwide, commissioned by online wireless retailer LetsTalk.com, found more than half of wireless phone users surveyed did not...

Wireless costs remain steady in March

LOS ANGELES-Econ One's most recent survey of wireless service prices in 25 major markets found consumer cost remained the same between February and March.The...

InfoSpace names Sarin CEO

REDMOND, Wash.-Arun Sarin has joined InfoSpace Inc., a provider of infrastructure services for wireless devices, merchants and Web sites, as chief executive officer.Sarin, who...

Constellation offers to buy Iridium assets

WASHINGTON-According to a letter filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, London-based Constellation 2000 Group has offered to pay $250,000 for a 40-day option to...

France Telecom announces data initiatives

PARIS-France Telecom announced several wireless data initiatives, including General Packet Radio Service and Wireless Application Protocol-based services.The carrier announced the first phase of GPRS...

Price subscriber additions increase 21 percent

NEW YORK-Price Communications Corp. said its subsidiary, Price Communications Wireless, added 22,677 net new cellular subscribers in the first quarter, compared with 18,720 in...

Motorola invests in Point.com

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. reported it will invest $15 million in Point.com Inc., an online retailer of wireless phones, accessories and service plans."Point.com's private-labeled business-to-business...

Lucent plans spinoffs to streamline operations

Taking a cue from its past, Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it plans to spin off segments of the company in an attempt to streamline...

Mobilestop.com aims to be one-stop wireless shop

NEW YORK-Mobilestop.com, the newborn Internet offspring of Strax Inc., a Miami-based wireless phone and accessory distributor, launched its Web site this month and plans...

Wireless add-ons part of Microsoft Pocket platform

Microsoft Corp. released its Pocket PC platform for handheld personal computers powered by its Windows CE operating system.Microsoft hardware partners Casio Computer Co. Ltd.,...

White House report on emergency alerts to include wireless links

WASHINGTON-The White House is expected shortly to release a belated report advocating the integration of wireless technologies into the nation's Emergency Alert System, a...

D.C. NOTES: Ananova and Mafiaboy

The future is here, wherever that is these days.Welcome Ananova and Mafiaboy, poster punks for the Digital Age. As the wireless industry makes its...

VIEWPOINT: Heavy lifting

The Federal Communications Commission should lift the spectrum cap placed on companies bidding in the 700 MHz auction and the C- and F-block re-auction...

Carriers may not deliver broadband deployment data

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is concerned telecom carriers will not fill out a required form designed to determine the level of broadband deployment nationwide.Some...

BSWD revises Interactive Paging service prices

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. announced new pricing for the Interactive Paging Service of its MyBiz offering.The new plan offers the two-way messaging solution...

Wireless Inc. files IPO papers

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Wireless Inc., a global provider of broadband wireless access solutions, announced it filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange...

Siemens investing $500M to re-enter U.S. market

AUSTIN, Texas-Siemens announced it will spend $500 million to re-enter the U.S. telecommunications market. The company exited the U.S. telecom business in 1998.The company...

Alltel reports increased revenues, income

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. reported record first-quarter financial results from current businesses, excluding one-time adjustments, for the quarter ended March 31.Company revenue and sales...

Adicom certified for advanced CDMA in China

Adicom Wireless Inc., a Silicon Valley-based provider of wireless access equipment, said it received technical certification of its advanced Code Division Multiple Access technology...

Timing is right for synchronization

Content is king. That's the mantra repeated by many looking to make it big in the wireless Internet space these days. But for content...

RCC announces quarterly dividends

ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. said quarterly dividends on its 11.375-percent senior exchangeable preferred stock and 12.25-percent junior exchangeable preferred stock will be paid May...

Ericsson sells company stake

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson agreed to sell its 25-percent share in Across Wireless to Sonera SmartTrust Ltd., with plans to invest in the upcoming initial...

Native American telecom proposal comes under fire

WASHINGTON-A proposal from the Federal Communications Commission to fund telephone service for Native Americans has come under fire from both inside the commission and...
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