Monthly Archives: June, 2000

Motorola to expand GSM network in Kuwait

KUWAIT-Motorola Inc. and Kuwait Global System for Mobile communications operator Mobile Telecommunications Co. signed an expansion contract valued at $14 million to implement countrywide...

Strigl seeks customer-pleasing data solutions

NEW YORK-Where wireless data is concerned, Dennis F. Strigl, president and chief executive officer of Verizon Wireless, has assumed the enthusiasm of a recent...

Nokia, Qualcomm stocks respond to takeover rumors

LOS ANGELES-Qualcomm Inc. stock continued its quick rebound Friday from last weeks slump on speculation that the company might be ripe for a takeover...

Nortel leader calls Europe dominant in wireless data

PARIS-Lloyd Carney knows U.S. carriers hate him for saying it, but the facts speak for themselves."Europe is the dominant player in the wireless data...

Cricket phones `loved to death’

One thing Cricket Communications Inc. did not plan on when it decided to offer a wireless service that competes with landline telephony was the...

ARC urges FCC to restrict Nextel from purchasing Geotek licenses

WASHINGTON-A coalition of dispatch radio operators urged the Federal Communications Commission to restrict Neoworld Inc. from readily reselling to Nextel Communications Inc. licenses purchased...

Alltel introduces free online billing

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. introduced a free online billing system for most of its wireless customers, allowing them to analyze their calling patterns and...

Telia acquires Netcom stake

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Swedish telecommunications operator Telia reported it acquired more than 51 percent of Norwegian mobile operator Netcom ASA for $2.5 billion.Telia said the acquisition...

Handspring stock rises after IPO

NEW YORK-Good news arrived last week for Handspring Inc., a Palm Inc. competitor that went public with a 10-million-share offering, which priced at $20...

Teligent, Mannesmann form German venture

VIENNA, Va.-Broadband wireless operator Teligent Inc. and Mannesmann Arcor AG & Co., the telecommunications subsidiary of Mannesmann AG, have formed a joint venture called...

Nextel faces discrimination complaints

NEW YORK-Nextel Communications Inc., Reston, Va., can expect a total of 302 current and former employees to file complaints against it with the Equal...

Aether expands hosting, development capabilities

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. announced new application hosting and development abilities designed to allow rapid deployment of wireless Internet services using Extensible Markup...

Mesa buys Centerpointe stake

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Mesa Communications Group L.L.C. announced it acquired a 25-percent ownership stake in Centerpointe Communications L.L.C., based in Arlington, Texas.Centerpointe manages approximately 2,000...

Orange trials AirFlash location service

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-AirFlash Inc. announced Orange PCS Ltd. of the United Kingdom has deployed its location-based information services to customers as part of a...

Geoworks sues Phone.com

Just days before Geoworks Corp. is expected to introduce dramatic changes to the licensing program supporting its patent claim on aspects of Wireless Application...

LHS integrates ConVerge product with Oracle app

ATLANTA-LHS Inc. will integrate its customer acquisition product ConVerge with Oracle Purchasing under Oracle's Cooperative Applications Initiative, accelerating customer acquisition and managing the operations...

OracleMobile extends portal to two-way pagers

OracleMobile added support for two-way wireless messaging devices to its OracleMobile.com wireless Internet portal service, which Metrocall Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd. both...

FCC bypasses ETC status for wireless on tribal lands

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on June 8 adopted rules and policies aimed at increasing teledensity on tribal lands but did not address requests from...

Qualcomm licenses Novatel to build CDMA, HDR products

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. granted Novatel Wireless Inc., a provider of wireless Internet solutions, a worldwide license under Qualcomm's Code Division Multiple Access patents to...

Sukawaty says goodbye to Sprint

WASHINGTON-Andrew Sukawaty, president and chief operating officer of Sprint PCS and recently installed chairman of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, said Friday he is...

Verizon gets green light

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission late Friday approved the transfer of GTE Corp.'s communications licenses to Bell Atlantic Corp. contingent on 25 conditions, including putting...

Socket, Axis agree to deliver Bluetooth networking solutions

MONTE CARLO, Monaco - Socket Communications Inc. and Axis Communications of Sweden have agreed to deliver end-to-end networking solutions incorporating Bluetooth wireless technology, providing...

Lucent snags Verizon contract

Amid a flurry of speculation it might spin off its microelectronics group, Lucent Technologies Inc. won a contract to be the primary network infrastructure...

Microsoft, Samsung to cooperate on WinCE-based phones

Microsoft Corp. and Samsung Electronics Company Ltd. announced an agreement to jointly create a new line of mobile phones based on Microsoft's Windows CE...

News Briefs

Nearly 41 million people worldwide subscribed to Time Division Multiple Access-Enhanced Data for Global Evolution technology by the end of the first quarter, an...
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