May 2000

APTOS, Calif.-RangeStar Wireless raised $25 million in its mezzanine round of funding, which the company said it would use to continue development of its Invisible Antenna technology and support general …

To the Editor: We would like to respond to the letter from Mr. Jules Neuringer, president of Portronix Communications, printed in your April 24 issue. In recent years, Motorola and …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week adopted proposed rules that could lead to the use of ultra-wideband technology on an unlicensed basis. “UWB devices appear to be able to operate …

WASHINGTON-A comprehensive proposal by European and Arab states covering third-generation mobile phone spectrum and other issues appeared to be disintegrating late last week at the World Radiocommunication Conference in Turkey, …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it successfully completed technical field trials in Baltimore, Md., of U.S. Wireless’ RadioCamera location system. The RadioCamera system provides wireless carriers with continuous real-time location data …

VoiceStream Wireless Corp. pronounced itself the fastest growing wireless company in the nation last week as it detailed its strategy for tying together former Omnipoint Corp. and Aerial Communications Inc. …

The wireless industry received some reprieve from the barrage of negative attention mobile phones have encountered in recent months after findings in the Stewart Report, officially released by the British …

Unity is something more easily achieved as a goal rather than a reality. Let’s face it: It’s difficult to agree. Ask a husband and wife where they would like to …

Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch, the exclusive provider of online ticketing for Ticketmaster Corp., will begin providing its services wirelessly this week with help from NeoPoint Inc. and what it calls “local intelligence.” …

SAN FRANCISCO-Telephia Inc. and Lightbridge Inc. have formed an alliance designed to allow wireless telecom carriers and handset manufacturers to better analyze and influence the behavior of their customers at …

WASHINGTON-Popular bipartisan legislation to simplify mobile-phone taxation by state and local authorities ran into trouble last week when a nasty turf fight erupted between the House Commerce Committee and the …

Sprint Corp. announced it launched its Sprint Broadband Direct service in Phoenix, a multichannel multipoint distribution service offering that provides an always-on Internet connection and burstable downstream data rates up …

WASHINGTON-The 24 megahertz of spectrum set aside for public safety at 700 MHz is “not nearly enough” for current law enforcement needs, said Derek M. Siegle, FBI unit chief and …

SAN DIEGO-Wireless Knowledge L.L.C. announced it appointed David Morash chief financial officer.

WALTHAM, Mass.-Primark Corp. announced it has agreed to sell to a subsidiary of Reuters Group plc its subsidiary, Yankee Group Research Inc., for $72.5 million in cash. The deal is …

FREMONT, Calif.-Consumers are accustomed to the sleek and small handsets available in the market today. But as the data revolution unfolds, the components needed to facilitate new functions threaten to …

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Average household mobile phone use increased to 247 minutes per month, compared with 155 minutes per month in 1999 and 89 in 1998, according to IDC’s annual Personal Wireless …

ASCOT, United Kingdom-Lucent Technologies Inc. unveiled a reference design platform for manufacturers of General Packet Radio Service handsets that it claims will shave the time-to-market interval for Internet-equipped handsets from …

NEW YORK-In a perfect world, top executives would not implement a new promotion plan until they received assurances from the engineering department that the system could handle increased use. Instead, …

TORONTO-Canadian personal communications services provider Microcell Telecommunications Inc. announced it formed a new mobile Internet services development company, Microcell i5 Inc. A wholly owned subsidiary of Microcell, Microcell i5 plans …

TOKYO-As expected, Japanese Code Division Multiple Access operator DDI Corp. plans to use cdma2000 technology in its third-generation network, several Japanese newspapers reported. DDI plans to launch third-generation services in …

LOS ANGELES-Cybiko Inc. introduced a digital, wireless, portable entertainment and communication system combining interactive gaming, instant messaging e-mail and personal information manager capabilities in one device. “We are thrilled to …

WASHINGTON-The Land Mobile Communications Council has asked the Federal Communications Commission to adopt a rule that LMCC says should significantly reduce the number of faulty coordination complaints the FCC receives. …

They may be working closer these days, but make no mistake about it, the GSM Association, the CDMA Development Group and the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium remain strong competitors. All …

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. announced revenues of $181 million for the first quarter ended March 31, compared with revenues of $94 million reported for first-quarter 1999. Arch reported a …