July 2000

WASHINGTON-Sprint PCS late Friday was expected to file a lawsuit in a California federal court, claiming the California Public Utilities Commission is violating federal law by not assigning it more …

SWINDON, United Kingdom-Lucent Technologies Inc. completed network enhancements enabling German mobile operator T-Mobil to deploy a commercial mobile Internet service based on General Packet Radio Service. With the introduction of …

NEW YORK-Mobilocity Inc. introduced its Mobility Lab, designed to develop and evaluate mobile Internet applications and technologies regardless of device or network type. Strategic partners in the lab include Aether …

Any industry that converges with the Internet has seen its entire model be destroyed and rebuilt. Like a tidal wave, it crashes and levels the playing field. For many, this …

NEW YORK-The interplay between intelligent networks and Internet Protocol is a battle of the Titans, according to David Berndt, director of wireless mobile technologies for The Yankee Group. Carriers must …

The Netherlands opened its auction for five third-generation Universal Mobile Telecommunications Services mobile-phone licenses Thursday, and immediately two of the eight bidding companies bowed out. Hutchison 3G Netherlands and Nogenta …

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-No Boundaries Inc. has acquired Technology Solutions Group Inc. in an effort to provide full service, single source wireless and networking solutions connecting computing devices and computer networks. No …

Hardly a week goes by without someone claiming some security threat, whether it be satellite technology transfers, lost-and-found hard drives at Los Alamos National Laboratory, nuclear spying, or open house …

LONDON-British mobile carrier Orange plc said it bought Ananova Ltd., a new media division that includes an animated Internet newscaster, for $142.5 million in cash from the U.K. Press Association. …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and Cable & Wireless introduced a global wireless Internet platform. Cable & Wireless is supplying the data center infrastructure and connectivity to its global Internet Protocol backbone, …

Sunday Communications Sunday Communications Ltd. announced that Craig Ehrlich, currently group managing director and chief executive officer, will give up his CEO duties. He will continue as group managing director, …

NEW YORK-If Richard Levine has his way, everyone could revert to seven-digit local calling simplicity, even amid the expanding complexity of wired and wireless telecommunications. Levine, a research alumnus of …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. was selected by four European mobile operators to provide General Packet Radio Service core network infrastructure solutions to their existing Global System for Mobile communications networks. Nokia …

SAN ANTONIO, Texas-SBC Communications Inc. will purchase from GTE Corp. wireless properties in Austin and Victoria, Texas, Seattle and Spokane, Wash., and four rural service areas in central and southeast …

LONDON-British mobile provider BT Cellnet reported a 34- percent increase in new mobile- phone customers for the second quarter of this year compared with the same time frame last year. …

GoAmerica Communications Corp. last week shifted its marketing focus from the consumer and individual user market to the corporate enterprise market by inking deals with EDS, an international information technology …

WASHINGTON-Internet-based group communications applications provider GroupServe Inc. reported its first commercial pilot agreement with o2wireless Solutions, a provider of integrated network solutions for the telecommunications industry. The pilot agreement, which …

Analysts these days are seeing rays of hope for Nokia Mobile Phone’s dismal market share in the CDMA handset business. The world’s largest mobile-phone manufacturer dominates the global Time Division …

TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. signed a contract with Korean Code Division Multiple Access wireless operator SK Telecom to provide international roaming for SK’s wireless subscribers. The contract calls for …

TOKYO-The Japanese government on 30 June granted third-generation (3G) licenses to three carrier groups: NTT DoCoMo, J-Phone Group and DDI Group. NTT DoCoMo is scheduled to launch its 3G services …

Stripped to its essence, you have to wonder whether euro pride had anything to do with European Commission antitrust chief Mario Monti’s heartburn over the WorldCom-Sprint merger he helped kill. …

WASHINGTON-An uncertain wireless industry realignment could be in store as a result of Justice Department’s rejection last week of the WorldCom Inc.-Sprint Corp. merger and new legislation forbidding foreign government …

Qualcomm Inc. introduced its Eudora Internet Suite version 1.1 for the Palm operating system, allowing any Palm-based device with a wireless or wired Internet connection to browse the Internet without …

Lightbridge Inc. expanded its Business Advisory Services to the global market and added new services, including a more packaged offering that is designed to help carriers better understand fraud, customer …

LONDON-British digital radio provider Switchdigital and Crown Castle UK Ltd., a subsidiary of Crown Castle International Corp., launched a digital radio multiplex in London. The digital service is expected to …