May 2000

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio-Horizon Personal Communications Inc., an affiliate of The Chillicothe Telephone Co., and Bright Personal Communications Services Inc., a consortium of Ohio independent telecommunications providers, signed a definitive agreement to …

Time will tell if new prepaid plans offered by U.S. nationwide operators this year spur more growth in the wireless industry. Verizon Wireless plans to introduce a new nationwide prepaid …

LONDON-France Telecom is expected to make a $45 billion cash and stock bid for Orange plc early next week, according to international press reports. The French telecom company is reported …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The continued growth of wireless users worldwide and the increasing integration of global positioning system applications into everyday life are expected to raise the value of the antenna …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported that 15 handset manufacturers from around the world have shown support for the company’s third-generation Code Division Multiple Access 1x Multi-Carrier MSM5000 Mobile Station Modem chipset …

Columbus, Ohio-based Divine Tower International Corp. bills itself the one-stop shop for small wireless carriers looking to build out their networks, providing everything from the initial financing to equipment procurement. …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. unveiled the RFR3300, a radio-frequency-to-intermediate-frequency receiver designed for cellular, personal communications services and global positioning system signal processing. The integration of a GPS receiver in a Code …

Nortel Networks increased its presence in the European mobile-phone market last week, garnering a $700 million third-generation equipment contract with BT Cellnet in the United Kingdom and displacing several of …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. signed a contract to provide a Global System for Mobile communications network to Nuevatel PCS de Bolivia S.A. The contract, valued at about $25 million, covers the …

Qualcomm Inc. garnered more support for its High Data Rate solution, announcing Samsung Electronics Ltd.’s support for the technology and technical trials with Japanese operator Nippon Idou Tsushin Corp. (IDO) …

NEW YORK-MobileLogic Inc. introduced a suite of wireless business solutions designed to help extend corporate information to wireless devices. The solution supports devices such as wirelessly enabled personal digital assistants …

WOODBURY, N.Y.-European Global System for Mobile communications wireless operator Telecom Italia Group selected Comverse Network Systems to provide systems enabling messaging services throughout TIM’s nationwide digital wireless network. Financial details …

Nokia Corp. captured almost 28 percent of the world wireless handset market, shipping more than 25 million units, according to a recent Dataquest report. More than 90 million wireless handset …

OMAHA, Neb.-Nextel Partners Inc. expanded its digital wireless network with the launch of service in Omaha and Lincoln, Neb., as well as in Idaho. The Nebraska coverage area will include …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. introduced several solutions designed to improve the services available from the company’s third-generation and Internet Protocol product offerings. Based on Open Service Architecture standardized by the 3G …

PARIS-France Telecom entered a framework agreement with Deutsche Telekom and Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau that will reverse the cross shareholding agreement between the two European telecom companies. The agreement calls for …

NEW YORK-24/7 Media Inc. and i3 Mobile have formed a strategic marketing relationship to extend advertising to mobile phones and other wireless devices, the companies announced. i3 Mobile said it …

WENATCHEE, Wash.-Internet service provider network US Online said it will offer GoAmerica Inc.’s wireless Internet content to its 130 network partners, which combined represent more than 500,000 subscribers. US Online …

MOROCCO-Motorola Inc. won a Global System for Mobile communications network expansion contract valued at $46 million from Moroccan operator Maroc Telecom covering the carrier’s evolution to a GSM 900 network. …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-LG Information and Communications introduced the CyON MP3, an integrated cellular and MP3 Internet music player that uses SanDisk Corp.’s flash memory MultiMediaCard to store audio and data. Users …

PHILADELPHIA-The wireless industry is not ready for the advent of wireless data even as data is becoming increasingly important to the wireless industry and the Internet economy, said panelists at …

How ironic that during a time industry chooses to celebrate the heroic side of the wireless phone industry, we also can see how wireless phones can cater to the less …

WASHINGTON-After a shaky start, Clinton administration officials last week said progress is being made at the World Radiocommunication Conference on a global multiband spectrum allocation for third-generation mobile phone systems. …

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Vyyo Inc. said it has joined Remec Inc. to develop customer premises equipment products for use in multichannel multipoint distribution system broadband wireless access networks. Remec will provide the …

LONDON-Webraska Mobile Technologies, a provider of traffic maps and navigation services on Internet mobile phones, is opening access to its Global Navigation Server to wireless carriers, their partners and wireless …