Monthly Archives: August, 2000

Winstar revenues grow 83 percent, losses up 63 percent

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...

Lucent, Chartered invest in chip, IC development

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...

Prepaid bolsters Asia-Pacific growth

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...

Psion plans Symbian IPO

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...

Crown revenue increases 91 percent, adds 4,500 tenants

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...

Finnish government looks to sell Sonera stake

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...

Ericsson licenses ARM core

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...

Bids jump in German UMTS auction

Bids in the German auction of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses have jumped substantially during week two, with the total bid amount standing at...

Cisco agreement to help Loop enter wireless broadband market

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...

CDMA poised to lead wireless Internet market

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...

Winstar appoints Jules president and COO

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...

Lucent begins search for COO

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...

Globalstar USA adds retail distributor, adds roaming service

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...

American Tower revenues triple to $167 million

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...

SpectraSite earnings increase in 2Q

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...

Siemens plans to add 1,000 workers

MUNICH, Germany - Siemens AG expects its mobile division to take on 1,000 new workers at its German production sites in Kamplintfort, Bocholt and...

SingTel to acquire stakes in Indian carriers

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...

Viewpoint: Talking it up

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...

Sprint PCS adds to wireless Web offerings

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...

TeleCorp, Tritel shareholders OK merger

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...

Reports predict high interest in mobile data services

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...

Mobilocity launches financial practice

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...

Carrier marketing centers on wireless data world

The realm of wireless data is uncharted territory for most consumers, but carriers also are feeling their way through the darkness, searching for the...

D.C. Briefs

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...

Meltronix launches Bluetooth development program

SAN DIEGO - Meltronix Inc., a semiconductor interconnect company serving wireless Internet, broadband communications and Internet equipment markets, launched a Bluetooth wireless technology business...
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