August 2000

NEW YORK-Winstar Communications Inc. reported revenues for the second quarter ended June 30 of $176.3 million, an 82.7-percent increase from the $96.5 million in revenues reported for the same time …

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Microelectronics Group and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing will invest $700 million during the next five years to jointly develop manufacturing technologies for future generations of integrated circuits …

SINGAPORE-The Asia-Pacific cellular phone market topped 170 million subscribers in the first quarter, a 47-percent increase from the reported 115.9 million subscribers for the first quarter of 1999, according to …

LONDON-In conjunction with releasing its financial results for the first six months of the year, U.K. handheld computer maker Psion plc said it plans to list the Symbian consortium, most …

Crown Castle International Corp. finished a strong second quarter, reporting revenues for the quarter ended June 30 increased 91 percent to $148.4 million from the $77.5 million reported for second-quarter …

HELSINKI, Finland-The Finnish government said it is in negotiations to sell its 52.9-percent stake in Sonera, the former state telecom monopoly, which operates the country’s largest mobile-phone network. Speculation has …

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-L.M. Ericsson licensed ARM’s ARM7TDMI processor core for use in its communications products, enabling Ericsson to re-use the ARM intellectual property among all its divisions. Ericsson said it …

Bids in the German auction of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses have jumped substantially during week two, with the total bid amount standing at around $22 billion at the end …

Enticed by the tremendous expected demand for wireless broadband services, Loop Technologies Inc., based in Ridgeland, Miss., soon will offer high-speed data-only service in several major cities around the country. …

CHESTERFIELD, Mo.-CDMA-based wireless services will enable hundreds of millions of people to access multimedia content wirelessly, according to a study by Datacomm Research Co. “The wireless Internet market will explode …

NEW YORK-Winstar Communications Inc. appointed Frank J. Jules president and chief operating officer of its U.S. operations. Jules most recently served as president of SBC-Ameritech Business Communications Services. In his …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard McGinn said he has begun searching for a chief operating officer for the company in light of its previously …

WALNUT CREEK, Calif.-Globalstar USA, the exclusive provider of Globalstar’s satellite-based mobile communications services in the United States, added independent retail store Wireless Zone to its list of satellite phone service …

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. reported revenues for the second quarter ended June 30 of $167 million, a significant increase from the $50.2 million reported for second-quarter 1999. The company recorded a …

CARY, N.C.-SpectraSite Holdings Inc. reported significantly increased revenues for the second quarter ended June 30 of $77.8 million, compared with $14.4 million reported for the same time the previous year. …

MUNICH, Germany – Siemens AG expects its mobile division to take on 1,000 new workers at its German production sites in Kamplintfort, Bocholt and Leipzig by the end of the …

NEW DELHI, India-Singapore Telecom said it is acquiring minority stakes in two companies within India’s Bharti Group for $400 million. The investment is the single- largest investment by an international …

Let’s hear it for U.S. wireless carriers. For so long we’ve heard how American operators lag behind their European counterparts in the wireless world. I think U.S. carriers are doing …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS partnered with three companies to provide additional services for its wireless Web offering. Sprint and DataChannel Inc., an XML-based enterprise information portal solutions company, announced a …

ARLINGTON, Va.-Shareholders of AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s two largest affiliates, TeleCorp PCS Inc. and Tritel Inc., approved the merger of the two companies at special meetings. In a concurrent transaction, …

BOSTON-Two companies released reports that highlight the potential of wireless Internet access and mobile data communications and their possible effect on the electronic commerce market. “Mobile Electronic Commerce: The New …

NEW YORK-Mobilocity Inc. formally launched its Mobile Financial Services Practice-a program designed to pioneer mobile applications targeting the banking, brokerage and insurance industries-by partnering with J.P. Morgan & Co. The …

The realm of wireless data is uncharted territory for most consumers, but carriers also are feeling their way through the darkness, searching for the best way to market data and …

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has denied a request from NextWave Telecom Inc. to review an earlier decision that said the Federal Communications Commission must …

SAN DIEGO – Meltronix Inc., a semiconductor interconnect company serving wireless Internet, broadband communications and Internet equipment markets, launched a Bluetooth wireless technology business development program to target relationships with …