June 2000

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn two decisions from a federal appeals court that said bankruptcy court did not have jurisdiction when the case …

ATLANTA-Nokia Corp. introduced its RoofTop Wireless Routers and Bridges for the residential and small-business market, and CityHopper Broadband Wireless Access products for mid-size and large businesses. The Nokia RoofTop Wireless …

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-M2card Inc., a payment solution provider, and Inciscent, a wired-to-wireless application service provider, announced they have formed a strategic alliance to develop wireless transaction services designed to complement …

When questioned about the narrowband wireless local loop market, people in the telecommunications industry offer such differing opinions you expect a hidden camera to be planted somewhere in an attempt …

DALLAS-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will conduct noncommercial trials with Nortel Networks Corp. of its General Packet Radio Services technology in several major U.S. cities beginning this summer. AT&T …

SAN FRANCISCO-Motorola Inc. said it intends to use PacketVideo Corp.’s MPEG-4 wireless multimedia solution on a future generation of multiple communication phones for integrated Digital Enhanced Network wireless networks. PacketVideo’s …

ALTANTA-Convergence was the word at SuperComm 2000 this year, with computing firms like Sun Microsystems Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. both naming wireless Internet a priority for their business strategies going …

L.M. Ericsson led the stampede of companies that introduced Bluetooth products in the past few weeks, but some industry experts believe it will be several years away before consumers embrace …

WASHINGTON-A Federal Communications Commission ruling on liability could be issued within weeks, with the completion of a staff proposal that is expected to steer clear of specific litigation issues and …

WASHINGTON-James Lee Witt, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said last week Congress should intervene if mobile-phone carriers continue to refuse to offer early-alert warnings for natural disasters and …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. reported it carried out the first Wireless Application Protocol service over a trial wideband Code Division Multiple Access system. The tests, completed in Beijing, involved Chinese language …

WARWICK, England-Crown Castle UK Ltd. announced it won a contract to roll out a third-generation network on the Isle of Man, to be built by NEC and Siemens for Manx …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, clearing the way for research to begin on whether radio-frequency emissions …

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 …

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme Court declined last week to hear a case involving how telecommunications carriers use customer information, thereby allowing carriers to use the information as they see fit-for awhile, …

NEW YORK-ThinAirApps L.L.C. released its ThinAirServer 1.1, which permits two-way, real-time information access to a range of out-of-the-box applications from a variety of wireless devices. The new platform is compatible …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry will not suffer if customers are assigned telephone numbers with specific area codes, a state regulator told the Federal Communications Commission last month. “Certainly, one of the …

PENSACOLA, Fla.-Nextel Partners Inc. launched its digital wireless network in the Mississippi Gulf Coast; Mobile, Ala.; and the Florida Gulf Coast regions. The coverage area will extend along the Interstate …

HONG KONG-Hutchison Whampoa and Sweden’s Investor AB formed a consortium that plans to apply for a third-generation license in Sweden. The proposed ownership structure is 60 percent for Hutchison Whampoa …

ing negative news about Code Division Multiple Access technology prospects for China Unicom, Qualcomm Inc. quickly hammered out eight intellectual property research and development deals with local mobile-phone vendors in …

DALLAS-SBC Wireless, a division of SBC Communications Inc., introduced Digital Edge USA, its nationwide, flat-rate wireless calling plan. The new offering includes six nationwide plans ranging from $25 for 75 …