Monthly Archives: August, 2000

Cable & Wireless Optus explores partnership opportunities

SYDNEY, Australia-Cable & Wireless Optus, which operates a mobile-phone network in Australia, said it is in discussions with other telecom companies about forming a...

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BSWDBellSouth Wireless Data L.P. has named cellular industry veteran Donald Kovalevich as its new president and chief executive officer. Former BSWD President and CEO...

Triton PCS adds 58,000 subscribers

BERWYN, Pa.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network affiliate Triton PCS Holdings Inc. posted second-quarter financial results, adding 58,000 subscribers during the quarter, bringing the company's...

Verizon Wireless revenues up 19 percent

NEW YORK-Verizon Wireless reported second-quarter results, the first quarter following the combination of the U.S. wireless assets of Bell Atlantic Corp., Vodafone AirTouch plc...

Metrocall loss totals $40.2M, adds 100,000 subs

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. reported second-quarter financial results with a net loss of $40.2 million, or 51 cents per share, compared with a net loss...

Arch improves loss, sub numbers fall

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. reported a second-quarter net loss of $21.5 million, or 33 cents per share, compared with a net loss of...

GoAmerica partners with Dell Computer

HACKENSACK, N.J.-Wireless Internet service provider GoAmerica Inc. signed an agreement with Dell Computer Corp. that allows Dell to sell GoAmerica's range of wireless Internet...

Two companies introduce synchronization products

ATLANTA-Synchronization between wireless handsets and personal computers remains a priority in data management circles, as both Synchrologic Inc. and FusionOne Inc. introduced separate synchronization...

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iMedeonWireless Web applications provider iMedeon Inc. released iM: Collect, a Palm operating system-based mobile data collection solution. The solution, a complement to iModeon's iM: Work, includes...

Broadband wireless to reach $17B

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...

Viewpoint: Connecting the dots

Tell it. Tell it like it is. Prove it. Tell it again.At last week's Motorola financial analysts' meeting in Chicago, Chris Galvin started the...

Verizon rolls out ad campaign, inks RadioShack deal

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...

Ireland to tender TETRA license

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...

German UMTS bids near $4B

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....

Western Multiplex IPO to fund various broadband efforts

NEW YORK-Western Multiplex Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif., a broadband wireless access equipment provider, went public last week with a 7.5-million share offering of common stock,...

Cisco to buy IPmobile

NEW YORK-Cisco Systems Inc. announced plans to buy wireless software firm IPmobile Inc. for $425 million in stock.IPmobile software is designed to enable wireless...

Wireless instant messaging faces challenges

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...

Pinnacle acquires Dallas facility

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...

Telsim launches GPRS network

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,...

Castle Harlan withdraws offer to salvage Iridium

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...

Tektronix, Siemens partner for core network test solution

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...

NeoPoint withdraws IPO

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...

Nextel International completes $650M private placement

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...

FCC: Rapid growth means better spectrum management

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...

PCIA launches global initiative to address Internet

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...
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