Monthly Archives: April, 2000

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FREEREALTIME.comFreeRealTime.com Inc. launched a beta version of FRT2go, a service for use on 3Com Corp.'s Palm Computing unit Palm VII and Palm.net service, giving...

ReachNET introduces messaging app for Inter@ctive pagers

BALTIMORE-ReachNET Inc. introduced an instant messaging application for Research In Motion Ltd. Inter@ctive pagers called Pulsar, which it said is compatible with existing instant...

Milwaukee Arena renamed U.S. Cellular Arena

CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular and the Wisconsin Center District announced a six-year, $2 million "title sponsorship" agreement renaming the former Milwaukee Arena the U.S. Cellular Arena.The...

USTR cites telecom trade violations

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration last week accused nine countries of violating global telecom trade agreements, with Japan and Mexico cited as the worst offenders.The U.S....

Telecom Wireless to buy Fanz.net

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-Telecom Wireless Corp., a digital wireless platform builder, singed a letter of intent to acquire Fanz.net Inc., a Seattle-based free Internet service provider."We...

`’Heavenly match” is finally ofªficial

It is a match made in heaven. BellSouth Corp. and SBC Communications finally ended weeks of speculation, announcing plans to create a wireless joint...

NYC legislators work to combat “rounding up”

NEW YORK-A pair of state legislators from New York City has written twin bills, identically worded to ensure expedited review, that would bar wireless...

Younger users more likely to give up landline than wireless

ARLINGTON, Va.-In a study by eBrain Market Research, 30 percent of wireless phone owners stated they were more likely to give up their home...

XYPoint introduces developers kit

LOS ANGELES-XYPoint Inc. introduced a developers kit for its WebWirelessNow service at Internet World 2000.

World Access completes sale of WLL division

ATLANTA-World Access Inc. completed the sale of its Wireless Local Loop Division to Nera ASA, a Norwegian-based designer and manufacturer of wireless equipment and...

Wireless content firms find initial success with IPOs

Amid a market of as-yet unseen volatility, two wireless Internet content firms commenced with initial public offerings last week that so far have enjoyed...

U.K. bidders drop to eight

Skyrocketing bids forced five companies to drop out of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System auction last week, leaving eight companies to scramble for five...

Brightpoint to distribute Nextel accessories in Mexico

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Solutions de Mexico S.A. de C.V. entered into an agreement with Nextel de Mexico S.A. de C.V. as the sole authorized distributor of...

Cohesive branding is the exception for global merged companies

A corporate merger is not unlike a marriage. Two separate parties enter the union with two individual identities, and emerge from the ceremony as...

Worldwide semiconductor sales increase in February

SAN JOSE, Calif.-According to the Semiconductor Industry Association, worldwide sales of semiconductors totaled $14.5 billion in February, an increase from $10.9 billion during the...

SignalSoft acquires BFound.com

BOULDER, Colo.-Wireless location services developer SignalSoft Corp. said last week it acquired BFound.com, a Victoria, British Columbia-based company experienced in mobile asset tracking on...

Tellabs expects earnings to fall short of expectations

LISLE, Ill.-Tellabs reported it expects first quarter net earnings to be lower than analysts' estimates with revenue of approximately $630 million for the quarter...

Ways to reform tax policies collide in House hearings

WASHINGTON-What to do with the often confusing tax structures of both mobile phones and the Internet collided in back-to-back hearings by the House telecom...

Interest high among StarMedia customers for mobile Internet access

NEW YORK-StarMedia Network Inc., an Internet company targeting Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking audiences, said 13 percent of its audiences have Internet access via a mobile...

VoiceStream prepares for transnational race for customers

NEW YORK-VoiceStream Wireless Corp. is prepared to wage war on two fronts in the battle of the titans for transnational control of wireless telecommunications,...

ETSI to standardize all ITU-accepted 3G technologies

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute agreed last week to standardize all technologies the International Telecommunication Union has accepted for the third-generation market.RCR reported last...

Comverse spins off SS7 unit

NEW YORK-Comverse Technology Inc., Woodbury, N.Y., spun off Ulticom Inc., its Signaling System 7 network software unit, in an initial public offering that sold...

Can the small carriers survive the age of consolidation?

The flurry of consolidation in the wireless industry leads the industry observer to believe a nationwide presence is a necessity to compete in this...

Solectron completes purchase of Alcatel’s Puerto Rico assets

MILPITAS, Calif.-Solectron Corp., a supply-chain facilitator for customized electronics technology, completed the acquisition of Alcatel's manufacturing assets in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, and will assume...

CDG expects CDMA handsets with SIM cards by the end of 2000

The CDMA Development Group said it expects handset makers to introduce commercial Code Division Multiple Access handsets with subscriber identity modules by the end...
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