April 2000

FREEREALTIME.com FreeRealTime.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 its members wireless access to …

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 messaging products like AOL Instant Messenger …

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 company’s name will appear on …

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. trade representative’s report follows by …

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 are very excited about Fanz.net …

It is a match made in heaven. BellSouth Corp. and SBC Communications finally ended weeks of speculation, announcing plans to create a wireless joint venture that will become the second-largest …

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 phone companies from rounding up airtime …

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 telephones than mobile phones. For respondents …

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

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 broadband access solutions. World Access …

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 moderate degrees of success. First to …

Skyrocketing bids forced five companies to drop out of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System auction last week, leaving eight companies to scramble for five licenses that now have a combined …

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 Nextel-branded accessories to Nextel de Mexico’s …

A corporate merger is not unlike a marriage. Two separate parties enter the union with two individual identities, and emerge from the ceremony as one entity, committed to achieving common …

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 same period last year. Asia Pacific …

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 the Internet. By adding BFound.com’s tracking …

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 ended March 31, an increase of …

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 subcommittee on Thursday. The collision occurred …

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 device. The findings are part of …

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, John Stanton, VoiceStream’s chairman and chief …

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 week the European Commission planned …

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 April 4. Lehman Brothers Inc., New …

The flurry of consolidation in the wireless industry leads the industry observer to believe a nationwide presence is a necessity to compete in this market going forward. AT&T Wireless Services …

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 full manufacturing responsibility for Alcatel’s printed …

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