Monthly Archives: May, 2000

BUSINESS BRIEFS

PacketVideo Corp. closed a $16.5 million round of financing, bringing the total equity capital raised to more than $41 million. The company said proceeds...

Amid WRC start, vendors complain of U.S. CDMA bias

WASHINGTON-As the World Radiocommunication Conference opens today in Turkey, trade and spectrum issues governing third-generation mobile-phone technology remain heavily mired in controversies that are...

BCE completes split from Nortel

BCE Inc., Canada's largest telecommunications company, finished the spinoff of its stake in telecommunications equipment supplier Nortel Networks Corp., closing a transaction valued at...

Dale Hatfield receives PCIA Bowler Award

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association Foundation on Tuesday night gave its Eugene C. Bowler Award to Dale Hatfield, chief of the FCC's Office of...

Ericsson France, FinGo cooperate on mobile Internet solutions

PARIS-Ericsson France and FinGO are working together to develop mobile Internet solutions dedicated to finance and e-brokerage services and to jointly prepare their evolution...

Telematics advances to enable personalized information, entertainment

BOSTON-Research firm Strategy Analytics said it found commuters are spending increased time in their cars and consequently are placing a high priority on personalized...

Dobson completes Texas acquisitions

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. completed its $125 million acquisition of Texas 9 Rural Service Area encompassing the towns of Brownwood, Stephenville, Hamilton and Hillsboro,...

FCC considers NPRM to change DE rules

WASHINGTON-Apparently not able to get a majority of the commission to agree with him, Federal Communications Commission Chairman William Kennard has directed staff to...

Intense lobbying marks China trade relations vote

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry's push to enter the populous Chinese market got a big boost last week as several undecided Democrats and Republicans announced they...

Certicom raises $57.8M in IPO

HAYWARD, Calif.-Certicom Corp., an encryption technology company, completed its public offering of 1.25 million common shares at $46.30 per share on the Nasdaq National...

Will wireless arrive in time to help rural America?

WASHINGTON-Wireless technology increasingly is seen as the end-all, be-all to the digital divide issue. But will it get here soon enough?The Clinton administration, through...

Broadband industry poised for growth this year

WASHINGTON-The Strategis Group is predicting a big year for fixed wireless broadband followed by continued strong growth in the near future.The group noted in...

Oberthur develops mobile betting application

LOS ANGELES-Oberthur Card Systems developed a betting application for Cable & Wireless HKT Mobile Services enabling mobile subscribers to place bets using their mobile...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. reported more than 40,000 subscribers had signed up for the company's wireless communications service as of March 31, an increase...

Bell Atlantic increases net income, EPS

NEW YORK-Bell Atlantic Corp. increased adjusted net income for the first quarter by 10 percent to $1.3 billion from $1.2 billion in the first...

InfoSpace adds to its end-to-end e-commerce solution

InfoSpace Inc., a provider of infrastructure services for Web sites and devices, said wireless Internet opportunities continue to represent the company's biggest opportunity and...

Intel to announce Wireless Competence Center in Beijing

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. is expected to announce the formation of its Intel Wireless Competence Center in Beijing to promote wireless Internet technology in...

TRA members favor name change to ASCENT

WASHINGTON-A majority of the Telecommunications Resellers Association members have voted in support of changing the group's name to the Association of Communications Enterprises, virtually...

Triton PCS launches 8 new markets

BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc., which markets its service under the SunCom brand name, completed the second phase of its network construction by launching digital...

TRW partners with Wireless Inc.

RESTON, Va.-TRW Inc. formed a strategic partnership with Wireless Inc. to develop and market high-speed, broadband wireless Internet access equipment.The partnership includes licensing TRW's...

U.K. rakes in $35B from auction bids

After eight weeks and 150 rounds, NTL Mobile said enough and dropped out of the U.K. government auction for five Universal Mobile Telecommunications System...

ITU announces treaty for spectrum allocations

ISTANBUL, Turkey-The International Telecommunication Union said its member countries have reached a treaty agreement for changes to international allocations of radio-frequency spectrum and all...

U S West adds 135K wireless users in 1Q

DENVER-U S West Inc. reported first-quarter financial results ending March 31 that showed its wireless services added almost 135,000 new subscribers during the quarter...

U S West offers wireless access to e-mail, PIM info

SEATTLE-U S West Inc. customers now have wireless access to the company's Internet e-mail and personal information management services due to a joint effort...

Court ruling confuses wireless industry’s right to utility poles access

WASHINGTON-A divided federal appeals court in Atlanta ruled wireless carriers and Internet firms do not have the same right as other telecom service providers...
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