Monthly Archives: May, 2000

Horizon, Bright form new PCS company

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...

Carriers flock to, shy from prepaid

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...

France Telecom leads march for Orange

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....

Wireless, GPS increase value of antenna market

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...

Qualcomm reports support for its 3G solution

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...

Divine Tower boasts one-stop shop for small carrier buildout

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...

Qualcomm unveils receiver with GPS

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...

Nortel gains large 3G U.K. contract

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...

Nokia to provide GSM network in Bolivia

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...

HDR gathers speed with trials, signs on Samsung

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...

MobileLogic offers wireless suite

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...

Telecom Italia deploys Comverse

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...

Nokia leads in phone sales

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

Nextel Partners expands in Nebraska, Idaho

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...

Nokia bolsters 3G, IP product lines

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...

France Telecom to sell stake in DT

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...

24/7 Media, i3 Mobile form relationship

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...

US Online to provide GoAmerica content to partners

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...

Motorola wins Morocco contract

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...

LG InfoCom introduces music application

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...

Wireless industry’s readiness for data debated

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...

Viewpoint: High-tech cheating

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

Multiband approach gains followers at WRC

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...

Vyyo, Remec pair for MMDS equipment

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...

Webraska opens access to navigation server to wireless carriers

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...
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