Monthly Archives: June, 2000

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...

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...

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...

FCC sets aside spectrum for wireless telemetry

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday set aside 14 megahertz of radio-frequency spectrum as the Wireless Medical Telemetry Service to help protect wireless health...

Motorola to expand GSM networks in China

ARLINGTON, HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector signed a $123.5 million digital cellular network expansion contract with China's Hunan Mobile Communications Corp., a Global...

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...

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...

Nokia selects Comsearch software tool

RESTON, Va.-Comsearch reported that Nokia Corp. selected its IQ-Link microwave path design software tool to assist in the design of the microwave interconnect for...

SkyTel offers BlackBerry service

JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Communications Inc., a WorldCom Inc. company, has begun offering the BlackBerry wireless e-mail service from Research In Motion Ltd., branded BlackBerry by...

Qualcomm to use SanDisk product

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-SanDisk Corp. said Qualcomm Inc. will provide support for flash storage MultiMediaCards in its Code Division Multiple Access chipsets and system software solutions.Qualcomm...

RF Micro Devices opens U.K. office

GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc., a provider of proprietary radio-frequency integrated circuits for wireless communications applications, opened its first local European sales and support...

Powertel to manage DigiPH PCS|properties

WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel Inc. announced two strategic investments as part of a plan to manage DigiPH PCS properties.The carrier said it will purchase a...

New WebLink messaging offering targets youth

NEW YORK-WebLink Wireless Inc., Dallas, will target teen-agers and twenty-somethings with a two-way messaging and e-mail service it plans to debut this summer.Subscribers who...

China Unicom confusion continues

The wireless industry shouldn't be surprised about the confusion surrounding China Unicom's cdmaOne technology deployment plans in China.After all, the prospect of widespread cdmaOne...

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...

Rule change needed for secondary market to develop

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission needs to clarify its rules on how unused spectrum could be subleased if it hopes to facilitate a secondary market...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...
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