Monthly Archives: June, 2000

Qualcomm gets voucher credit from FCC

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...

Datalink.net to provide WAP for Wizshop.com

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Wireless application service provider Datalink.net signed a contract with Wizshop.com to provide Wireless Application Protocol and Palm wireless transaction capabilities for Wizshop.com's...

SBC renews Metro One pact

PORTLAND, Ore.-Metro One Telecommunications Inc. will continue providing enhanced directory assistance and other services to subscribers of Pacific Bell Wireless and Nevada Bell Wireless...

News Briefs

Pine Belt Wireless, based in Arlington, Ala., said it will introduce prepaid wireless services to its cellular and personal communications services markets using National...

Mobile advertisers should handle consumers carefully

BOSTON-A new report by Ovum warns advertisers to develop mobile ad programs with extreme care to avoid souring users on the idea."The quickest way...

Teligent launches service in Ohio

VIENNA, Va.-Teligent Inc. said it launched wireless broadband services in Columbus, Ohio. The launch brings to 41 the number of U.S. markets in which...

Schoettler’s work nixes need for full-time position

WASHINGTON-The work done by Ambassador Gail Schoettler at the recently concluded World Radiocommunication Conference undermines the notion that a permanent political position needs to...

ArrayComm gets license to test i-Burst in San Diego

The Federal Communications Commission awarded a spectrum license to ArrayComm Inc. to trial its i-Burst wireless Internet system in San Diego, signaling the launch...

Ten bidders emerge for Swiss 3G auction

BIEL, Switzerland-Ten companies submitted applications to bid for four third-generation licenses in Switzerland in November. Switzerland's Federal Office of Communications will decide by the...

FirstMark secures $1B financing

LONDON-FirstMark Communications, which is building a wireless broadband network in Europe, said it secured private-equity financing of more than $1 billion, an amount the...

Business Briefs

Plantronics Inc. announced it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed offering by a stockholder of 1...

Fractal Antenna product eliminates contact with head

BOSTON-Fractal Antenna Systems Inc. reported it has perfected versions of its ComCyl antenna line, which prevents direct contact of the antenna with the user,...

3Com unveils access platform

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-3Com Corp. unveiled its next-generation Total Control 2000 multiservice access platform, a carrier-class, high-density multiservice solution supporting a variety of access media,...

BellSouth to deploy Ericsson servers

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-BellSouth Mobility said it plans to deploy up to 56 Ericsson Datacom Inc. AXC 627 Tigris Access Servers in 28 of its mobile...

Minn. carrier tries to treat prepaid users same as postpaid

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...

Wireless drives semiconductor sales to record high

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...

AltaVista offers wireless shopping guide

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...

InfoSpace integrates Cell-Loc technology

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...

AlterEgo, Inktomi partner for Web content delivery

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...

SCC forms alliance with TechnoCom

BOULDER, Colo.-SCC Communications Corp. announced an alliance agreement with TechnoCom Corp., which provides engineering and product development services in the wireless data and location...

Dolphin debt downgraded

NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service Ltd., London, has downgraded the speculative grade ratings of $775 million in debt owed by Dolphin Telecom plc, the largest...

Wireline carriers blast Sprint’s reciprocal compensation requests

WASHINGTON-The wireless and wireline industries are battling it out at the Federal Communications Commission over how much they should pay to connect the other's...

Judge orders Microsoft split

WASHINGTON-A federal judge last Wednesday ordered Microsoft Corp. to be split into two companies, calling the world's largest computer software maker untrustworthy and a...

FCC blocks N.Y. rounding legislation

NEW YORK-A pair of state legislators from New York City who planned to bar wireless phone companies from rounding up airtime charges to the...

CWA focuses attention on wireless workers

WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America will make unionization of wireless workers a priority when negotiations begin in two weeks on a new collective bargaining...
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