May 2000

OSLO, Norway-NetCom ASA’s board of directors rejected a takeover attempt by Tele Danmark in a $1.6 billion bid. The Danish telecommunications company purchased 25,000 shares of NetCom for $33.38 per …

HONG KONG-Infinite Technologies Inc. unveiled its Infinite Enterprise Wireless Application Protocol server, a secure WAP gateway the company said will make access to a range of confidential information possible for …

SignalSoft Steven Adams was appointed vice president of operations for SignalSoft Corp., a developer of wireless location services. Adams will oversee product deployment and installation, product technical support and customer …

NEW YORK-As a consultant, Phone.com Inc. is building a portal that British Telecommunications plc intends to offer by the end of June, and this arrangement points to an expanding suite …

SEATTLE-Conversa, which develops speech-recognition technologies, and Phone.com Inc. signed an agreement to interface Conversa’s speech technology with Phone.com’s Wireless Application Protocol-compatible UP.Browser microbrowser. Optimizing embedded speech-recognition technology from Conversa for …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-More than 2 million Japanese customers subscribe to DDI, DDI-Cellular Group, TU-KA Group and IDO’s wireless Internet access services “EZweb” and EZaccess,” according to Phone.com Inc. “We are …

WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel Inc., a personal communications services provider serving the southeastern United States, introduced its PowerChat text message service designed to deliver messages between Powertel and other Global System …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Mike Zafirovski, currently president and chief executive officer of GE Lighting, will join Motorola Inc. as president of its personal communications sector, replacing James Norling, who plans to retire …

This is a copy of a letter sent to President Clinton in response to his recent American tour exposing the lack of wireless telephony and Internet access to rural and …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is jumping in the wireless Internet pool again, with the introduction of its Digital PocketNet service. Unlike AT&T’s first attempt, an analog cellular service introduced …

LINCOLN, Neb.-Transcrypt International Inc.’s EF Johnson subsidiary signed a licensing agreement giving Motorola Inc. the right to develop and sell mobile and portable radio products incorporating the EF Johnson-developed Logic …

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 …

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. …

STAMFORD, Conn.-Wireless media solutions provider i3 Mobile reported an agreement to incorporate directory information from InfoUSA.com into its wireless content and mobile commerce services. According to i3 Mobile, the service …

Canada Newbridge Networks Corp. said the holders of its common shares, options and warrants have approved the plan of arrangement involving its merger with Alcatel S.A. Before the merger can …

As Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. faces a funding gap, a proposed merger between two emerging satellite operators adds yet another twist in the short history of the mobile satellite industry. Globalstar …

TOKYO-Intel Corp. and Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric Corp. announced they will co-develop a cellular chipset for the third-generation wireless technology market. The companies said work on the chipset has begun, and …

DUBLIN, Ireland-A Supreme Court decision ended a two-year-old dispute over Ireland’s third cellular license. U.S.-Irish consortium Meteor can now establish Ireland’s third wireless network to compete with established operators Esat …

NEW YORK-Oceanic Digital Corp. joined with Centennial Communications Corp. to develop a nationwide 800 MHz broadband Code Division Multiple Access network, following a license recently won at an auction by …

The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association likes to talk about safety. And why not? Thousands of 911 calls from mobile phones are made every day, millions each year. No doubt countless …

MCLEAN, Va.-UbiquiTel Inc., a Sprint PCS affiliate, awarded LCC International Inc. a contract to provide comprehensive design and deployment services in all of the markets recently awarded to UbiquiTel under …

Wireless high-speed solutions didn’t garner much thought just a year ago. Qualcomm Inc. seemed to be the only company in the industry touting a high-speed megabit solution for the cdmaOne …

WASHINGTON-Justice Department antitrust lawyers reportedly oppose the proposed $115 billion merger between WorldCom Inc. and Sprint Corp., a major snag that-if true-could kill the deal and spark bidding wars for …

DENVER-MobileLogic reported a software licensing agreement with Aether Software, the products division of Aether Systems Inc., to provide MobileLogic customers the ability to securely “mobilize” Web content for Palm handheld …

LAFAYETTE, Calif.-Mobex Communications Inc. acquired Regionet Wireless, which holds more than 3,900 channels in the Automated Maritime Telecommunications System band in states and metropolitan areas along the United States’ East …