Monthly Archives: July, 2000

World Briefs

FranceBrightpoint Inc. subsidiary Brightpoint France SARL, entered an agreement with Motorola S.A. France, a subsidiary of Motorola Inc., to distribute Motorola wireless communications handsets...

FCC assigns abbreviated dialing codes

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on Friday assigned three-digit number codes to be used for abbreviated dialing.Abbreviated dialing codes enable callers to connect to a...

People

BellSouth Wireless DataMichael McGarry was appointed regional vice president, Central Region, for BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. McGarry's team will be responsible for selling Interactive...

KPN plans public share offering

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-KPN, the former telecommunications monopoly in the Netherlands, plans to offer a new issue of shares to the public this year. The...

Bids top $1B in Dutch UMTS auction

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands-Bids in the Dutch Universal Mobile Telecommunications System auction topped $1 billion at the end of bidding Thursday, 10 days and...

Products

TantauTantau Software Inc. released its Wireless Internet Platform version 2, which features enhancements for back-end connectivity, content personalization and information delivery. In addition, the...

Leap acquires PCS licenses in Florida

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. signed a definitive agreement to purchase a personal communications services operating license in Lakeland-Winterhaven, Fla., for an undisclosed amount.If...

Motorola wins expansion contracts

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector signed 10 digital cellular network expansion contracts with China Unicom. The contracts are valued at about $300...

Ericsson infrastructure growth on track, handset sales fall short of goal

Component shortages and a widespread shift to entry-level phones impacted second-quarter earnings from L.M. Ericsson. The company's stock fell 11 percent on the news...

Consumer complaints on rise

WASHINGTON-The high-flying mobile-phone industry-poised to pick up its 100 millionth subscriber this week-could soon find itself in the throes of a major consumer backlash.Complaints...

Tower construction enjoys growth spurt

Wireless carriers spend billions of dollars on spectrum to support the latest high-speed wireless applications that are designed to change the way the world...

Industry: Delay 700 MHz auction

WASHINGTON-A congressional subcommittee and the wireless industry put pressure on the Federal Communications Commission to delay the upcoming 700 MHz auction, while private wireless...

Adaptive Broadband completes Microwave Data sale

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Adaptive Broadband Corp. said it completed the sale of its Microwave Data Systems division to Moseley Associates Inc. for $38.6 million in cash.Adaptive...

Viewpoint: Survivor

Forget watching the TV show "Survivor." After all, how many times can you watch people eat bugs and rats without getting queasy? Instead, take...

Wireless Web is still too much work, Seybold says

NEW YORK-Andrew Seybold offered attendees of a recent New York New Media Association meeting this twice-told tale to illustrate how mobile data badly needs...

Sprint launches N.C. markets

JACKSONVILLE, N.C.-Sprint Corp. launched a personal communications services network in Jacksonville and Roanoke Rapids, N.C., as part of the company's expansion into the coastal...

Qualcomm unveils chip for Internet applications

TOKYO-Qualcomm Inc. unveiled a digital chipset and system software solution that it said facilitates development of Code Division Multiple Access handheld devices suitable for...

Project Angel headed for three more markets

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Group will launch fixed wireless service in four more markets in the coming months and is partnering with vendors to cope...

D.C. Notes: Fatal distraction

To its credit, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is taking the driver distraction problem seriously. Last Tuesday's all-day conference at the Department of...

US Unwired launches more markets in South

LAKE CHARLES, La.-Sprint PCS Network Partner US Unwired Inc. launched personal communications service in nine southeast markets, including Anniston, Mobile and five counties in...

Aether partners with Proxicom

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. announced a partnership with Proxicom Inc. under which the two will sell end-to-end wireless e-business services, including a mobile-commerce...

Verizon users can build own home page

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless introduced a wireless Internet service called Mobile Web, featuring the ability for users to create custom home pages.Subscribers can configure a...

AOL content offered to PocketNet users

REDMOND, Wash.-America Online Inc. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said they have agreed to provide AOL content to AT&T Digital PocketNet subscribers.Beginning this fall,...

BellSouth domestic wireless revenues up 17 percent to $877 million

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. reported a 9.8-percent increase in both second-quarter earnings and consolidated revenue compared with the same quarter last year and an increase in...

E*Trade allies with Sprint PCS

MENLO PARK, Calif.-Financial services company E*Trade Group Inc. announced an alliance with Sprint PCS to provide mobile access to E*Trade wireless trading capabilities and...
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