June 2000

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

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 mobile computer users with broadband wireless …

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 design and market modem card products …

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 the wireless industry to obtain universal-service …

DENVER-Business traveler content provider Trip.com Inc. launched a wireless extension to its Internet site last week, featuring a first-of-its-kind ability to rebook flights from AT&T Wireless PocketNet phones. The service …

NEW YORK-Teligent Inc., Vienna, Va., has found a way to bend radio signals around buildings, dramatically enlarging its actual footprint without much additional network infrastructure. The fixed wireless carrier has …

ATLANTA-After first entering the Colombian wireless market just last month and in line with its aggressive Latin American expansion strategy, BellSouth Corp. announced it increased its stake in operator Celumovil. …

DALLAS-BellSouth Mobility DCS signed Nortel Networks Corp. to a three-year, $200 million equipment and services agreement to expand its Global System for Mobile communications network in the southeastern United States. …

MADRID-British Telecommunications plc and Vodafone AirTouch plc ended their ongoing struggle for control of Spain’s wireless carrier Airtel, with BT agreeing to support Vodafone in acquiring further stakes in Airtel. …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Network Solutions Sector and Xybridge Technologies entered a strategic relationship to develop and integrate Xybridge’s Universal Services Suite softswitch solutions for mobility applications with Motorola’s Aspira …

AUSTIN, Texas-When MarketScape Inc. changed its name to Mobilize Inc. in April, it involved more than ordering new business cards for the company. It was a chance for the company …

Middleware technology provider Nettech Systems Inc. jumped into the wireless application service provider game last week, changing its name to BroadBeam Corp. in the process. The company intends to leverage …

Aether Systems Inc. added yet another tier to its ever-expanding services platform last week by partnering with Critical Path Inc., one of the largest messaging solutions providers in the industry. …

NEW YORK-Despite the well-deserved drubbing of many dot-coms, communications companies, particularly equipment and component suppliers, are well worth investing in, securities analysts said June 14 at The Bear Stearns Companies …

NEW YORK-Although presumably the driver was not watching PacketVideo’s streaming media on a mobile phone as he drove at 80 mph, the technology passed this test, which an undisclosed Las …

SCHAMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc., Symbol Technologies Inc., Connect Things Inc. and AirClic Inc. announced a plan to form a new e-commerce company based on scanning bar codes. They have collectively invested …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-AlterEgo Networks Inc., a provider of adaptive network services for the wireless Internet, and Inktomi Corp., a developer of scalable Internet infrastructure software, will deliver a service-based network …

CALGARY, Alberta-Wireless location service provider Cell-Loc Inc. and InfoSpace Inc., a provider of infrastructure services for wireless devices, reported an agreement the companies say will result in the speedy rollout …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-AltaVista Shopping.com introduced AltaVista Shopping Everywhere, a new Internet source for wireless and handheld devices and applications. The site features wireless applications that allow users of Web-enabled phones …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached a record high of $15.2 billion in April, increasing 35.6 percent from the $11.2 billion reported for the same time last year, the …

NEW YORK-After a year-long collaborative trial with a cellular carrier in its hometown of Mankato, Minn., PrePaid Systems Inc. has begun marketing its handset-based prepaid system, which affords services and …

The eight-year dispute between Qualcomm Inc. and the Federal Communications Commission over a pioneer’s preference license ended last week. The FCC granted Qualcomm a $125 million auction-discount voucher applicable during …

LONDON-Almost half of cellular phone users in Western Europe expect to use their mobile phones for all voice traffic in the future, with only one-third convinced they will still use …

There’s a virtual reality about government spending these days. Just ask Rep. David Obey (D-Wis.), ranking minority member of the House Appropriations Committee. Faced with GOP cuts in Clinton-proposed budgets …

ATLANTA-Wireless infrastructure vendors made their wireless Internet plans a major priority at SuperComm here last week, introducing network solutions portfolios that, while different in makeup, have the same goal-to help …