August 2000

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it will auction 172 10-year licenses to offer fixed-wireless service using spectrum located in the 24 GHz band. “The auction for the first time will …

Qualcomm Inc. and Ford Motor Co. perpetuated the marriage between wireless communication and mobility last week, creating a new company called Wingcast, which will develop and deliver wireless mobility and …

NEW YORK-In order to handle the converged communications revolution, the vision of L.M. Ericsson is the evolution of network reliability to a degree that today is only a dream on …

NEW YORK-Israeli wireless broadband equipment companies have been strutting their stuff on Wall Street lately. Floware Wireless Systems Ltd. sold its 4.5 million-share initial public offering Aug. 1. Credit Suisse …

WASHINGTON-Novatel Wireless Inc., which makes the Minstrel wireless data modem line, filed for a $105 million initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Novatel makes the Minstrel V …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-As carriers continue to roll out wireless Internet services worldwide, subscribers are expected to migrate to these new data services at a high rate, according to Allied Business …

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Interoperability, difficult text entry and market awareness are today’s barriers inhibiting growth in the wireless instant messaging market, according to a report from industry analyst firm IDC. “Carriers still …

SARASOTA, Fla.-Pinnacle Holdings Inc. entered an agreement to acquire a collocation facility in Dallas for $136 million, the company said. The Univision Center Building houses numerous large anchor telecom tenants …

ISTANBUL, Turkey-Turkish GSM operator Telsim launched a commercial General Packet Radio Service network, four months after successfully completing technology trials. Motorola Inc.’s Network Solution Sector, along with Cisco Systems Inc., …

Just two months ago, Castle Harlan Inc. stepped in and granted Iridium L.L.C. a stay of execution, offering to purchase the fledgling company for $50 million. Iridium’s bubble burst, however, …

BEAVERTON, Ore.-Tektronix Inc., developer of test and monitoring equipment, and Siemens’ Information and Communication Mobile plan to develop a custom core network test and simulation solution for Universal Mobile Telecommunications …

LA JOLLA, Calif.-NeoPoint Inc. filed a request to withdraw its initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission, saying the current market is unfavorable. NeoPoint first filed for the …

RESTON, Va.-Nextel International Inc. completed a private placement of $650 million of its 12.75-percent senior serial notes due Aug.1, 2010, which were sold at a discount of 98.6 percent of …

WASHINGTON-The rapid growth of the wireless industry increases the importance of the Federal Communications Commission’s spectrum management responsibilities and may someday lead to service-quality regulation, the agency’s members said in …

BOSTON-Multichannel multipoint distribution service and unlicensed band broadband wireless revenue will exceed $5.5 billion by 2005, up from $246 million this year, according to IGI Consulting’s new report, “Wireless Access …

BOULDER, Colo.-SignalSoft Corp., a wireless location services application developer, began its initial public offering of 4.4 million shares of common stock at $17 per share last Thursday. The stock closed …

NEW YORK-Verizon Communications, formed by the merger of Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp., has begun an intense national advertising campaign touting the Verizon name to customers and the general …

Astata Corp. is a new wireless application service provider with a focus on the enterprise application market. As a means of promoting its wireless gateway platform, the company recently introduced …

The cornerstone of any wireless carrier’s business is its customers, and while campaigns to acquire more of them are constantly in development, plenty happens behind the scenes to keep customers-and …

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Wireless data products and services provider Aether Systems Inc. completed an $8 million strategic investment in ePhones, a wireless Internet products and services solutions provider. In addition to …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo submitted notification to Japan’s Minister of Posts and Telecommunications that it will begin an international roaming service using the world’s first PDC/IS-95 dual-mode phones with Korea’s SK Telecom. …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-In a move to strengthen its telematics strategy, Sprint PCS introduced Sprint PCS Voice Command, a network-based voice-activated dialing and information service. Sprint PCS said it is the …

MAINZ, Germany-Bidding for 12 blocks of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System spectrum picked up speed last week with the total bid amount nearing $4 billion. The amount is still substantially less …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Ireland’s telecom regulator said it will issue one 15-year national TETRA license through a comparative selection tender. “The introduction of public access mobile radio TETRA services in Ireland has …

The Personal Communications Industry Association made another move designed to evolve the association into one that serves the global mobile Internet market. PCIA last week announced the PCIA Global Initiative, …