Monthly Archives: June, 2000

Southwestern Bell to use Sema solutions

LONDON-Sema Group plc, a worldwide Internet technology and consulting company, recently announced that Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, a subsidiary of SBC Communications Inc., has...

Staff of 911 Consulting joins PacketVideo

SAN DIEGO-PacketVideo Corp. said the entire engineering staff of 911 Consulting Inc., a digital signal processor consulting and design firm, joined PacketVideo.The 911 Consulting...

Mesa acquires tower company

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Mesa Communications Group L.L.C. acquired Spectrum Resources Towers L.P., based in Falls Church, Va., from VS&A Communications Partners, the private equity affiliate...

WorldCom adopts poison pill

WASHINGTON-WorldCom Inc. shareholders adopted a provision at the company's annual meeting submitted by the Communications Workers of America Pension Fund requiring shareholder approval for...

Adaptive Broadband sells satellite unit to Comtech

MELVILLE, N.Y.-Comtech Telecommunications Corp. said it entered an agreement to acquire EFData, the satellite communications division of Adaptive Broadband Corp., for $61.5 million in...

Compaq upgrades prepaid system

Compaq Computer Corp. revealed new capabilities for its IN PrePay network-based solution and said BT Cellnet in the United Kingdom has selected and deployed...

CPP leaves limelight

The prospect of calling party pays looks like a dying one in the United States, as the Federal Communications Commission appears to be backing...

Aether, Data Critical form alliªance

BOTHELL, Wash.-Aether Systems Inc. and Data Critical Corp., which provides wireless communications to the health-care industry, signed an agreement to enter an alliance for...

DoCoMo approaches international markets

While wireless operators worldwide have formed joint ventures and made strategic acquisitions and investments, Japan's NTT DoCoMo has remained in Japan, developing wideband Code...

DoJ uses wireless plans against Microsoft

WASHINGTON-To bolster its case for splitting Microsoft Corp. into two companies-a remedy U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson may agree to as early as...

Deal lets EuroTel customers buy prepaid vouchers at ATMs

BUDAPEST, Hungary-Euronet Services Inc. said it signed an agreement with EuroTel, a Global System for Mobile communications wireless service provider in the Czech Republic,...

Faith Hill to promote Alltel plans

LITTLE ROCK-Alltel Corp. signed Faith Hill to help it launch Total Freedom, its national digital wireless rate plans that eliminate all roaming and long-distance...

Motorola solution targeted at commercial kitchens

STRATFORD, Conn.-Motorola Inc. and Food Automation Service Techniques Inc. announced a solution to speed the implementation of Internet-enabled appliances in commercial kitchens.FAST said it...

Clearnet installs cdma2000 equipment

SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Canadian wireless company Clearnet Communications Inc. announced it installed new wireless equipment adhering to the new third-generation cdma2000 international standard.Clearnet said it will...

Inspector general clears FCC of misconduct

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's inspector general last week cleared FCC Chairman William Kennard and his staff of any wrongdoing in connection with allegations by...

Lucent to acquire Chromatis

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it will acquire Chromatis Networks, a manufacturer of optical networking systems, for 78 million shares of Lucent common...

U.S. triumphs at WRC-2000

WASHINGTON-When fanfare over the American delegation's victory in securing global frequency bands for third-generation mobile-phone service subsides, the United States and the wireless industry...

Zacks to use Wysdom technology

TORONTO-Zacks Investment Research Inc. announced plans to make content from its personal investing Web site, Zacks.com, available on wireless devices using technology provided by...

SK Telecom to launch 1X service in fourth quarter

SEOUL, South Korea-Korean operator SK Telecom said it will launch commercial cdma2000 1X service in the fourth-quarter, using equipment from Samsung Electronics.Samsung and SK...

Angelos’ decision to file wireless lawsuit expected soon

WASHINGTON-Peter Angelos, the wealthy Baltimore lawyer and Democratic Party benefactor, said he will decide by early summer whether to file a class-action lawsuit against...

Mobilocity to use AvantGo solution

NEW YORK-Mobilocity Inc. will develop and deliver wireless business offerings to its Global 1000 clients using AvantGo Inc.'s Enterprise solutions.AvantGo's infrastructure software and services...

Business Briefs

Formus Communications Inc. filed a registration statement for an initial public offering of its class A common stock. Formus, a wireless broadband carrier, expects...

Brightpoint signs distribution agreement with Nokia

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint GmbH, a subsidiary of Brightpoint Inc., entered an agreement with Nokia GmbH to sell Nokia Corp.'s mobile phone accessories in Germany.The agreement also...

Telecom/wireless venture capital breaking records

NEW YORK-Venture capital investments in American telecom/wireless companies during the first quarter reached $4.3 billion, an amount equal to the total raised in all...

NextWave fires litigation salvo to keep licenses

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. last week said the Federal Communications Commission is attempting to re-auction its licenses before a federal appeals court can rule whether...
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