Monthly Archives: September, 2000

AT&T updates pricing plans

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. rolled out new pricing plans for its Digital One Rate service, replacing existing rate plans and adding additional minutes...

FCC to states: Include all ETCs in universal-service rules

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has told states that universal-service subsidies must be available to all eligible telecommunications carriers not just incumbent local exchange carriers.In...

SpectraSite snares prized tower portfolio

SpectraSite Communications Inc. snagged a major contract with one of the nation's top wireless carriers, entering an agreement to lease 3,900 communication towers from...

WFI buys telecom consulting company

SAN DIEGO-Wireless telecommunications systems management company Wireless Facilities Inc. acquired privately held telecom consultant Questus Ltd. for approximately $23 million in cash and stock.WFI...

SyncML releases synchronization specification

HELSINKI, Finland-The SyncML initiative released version 1.0 Alpha of the SyncML specification, which is designed to synchronize data across multiple networks, platforms and devices.An...

Times Three gives free access to location data

DALLAS-Location carrier Times Three Inc., a division of Cell-Loc Inc., is providing U.S. wireless carriers free access to location data derived from cellular 911...

Worldwide CDMA subscribers double

COSTA MESA, Calif.-CDMA technology adoption doubled worldwide in the past year, climbing to more than 65 million users by the second quarter of 2000,...

Wireless distribution takes on air of wizardry

NEW YORK-Like the Wizard of Oz working the controls unseen, electronic commerce could soon become the primary delivery and fulfillment mechanism for all goods...

Pemberton named ad director

DENVER-RCR and Global Wireless Publisher John Sudmeier announced Mary Pemberton has been promoted to director of advertising.Pemberton, an RCR employee since 1991, formerly was...

Political pressure not a factor in emergency alert report delay

WASHINGTON-A Clinton administration aide last week denied that industry or political pressure has played a part in delaying the issuance of a White House...

Industry seeks change of venue in Baltimore RF lawsuit

WASHINGTON-Wireless firms last week pushed to have the Baltimore mobile phone-cancer lawsuit moved from Maryland state court to a federal court.The filing was prepared...

Wireless users not aware of handset Internet capabilities

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Most wireless users are not aware of their phone's wireless Internet capabilities, according to a study from Allied Business Intelligence called "Mobile...

2 GHz rules released to satellite providers

The Federal Communications Commission released its service rules for the allocation of spectrum in the 2 GHz band for nine mobile satellite service providers,...

Rooftop access divides Congress, White House

WASHINGTON-With the Federal Communications Commission set to rule shortly on whether building owners should be forced to open their doors to upstart telecom carriers,...

GAO finds security oversight lax

WASHINGTON-The multi-agency government panel that will be responsible for assessing national security implications of Deutsche Telekom AG's $56 billion purchase of VoiceStream Wireless Corp....

Gilat-To-Home enters broadband race ahead of the pack

A relatively unknown company is muscling its way to the front of the pack in the race to provide two-way satellite broadband Internet service,...

DOJ requires SBC-BellSouth divestiture

WASHINGTON-The Justice Department will require SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp. to divest wireless licenses in 16 markets throughout three states as an antitrust...

NTT, Verio approved

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-NTT Communications Corp. reported it plans to complete its purchase of Internet service provider Verio Inc. by the end of September.The purchase, valued...

Apps developers frustrated

It's the content stupid!With WAP backlash increasing worldwide, those in the know have pointed to what they call the poor implementation of WAP technology...

North American competition intensifies with continued consolidation

TORONTO-The consolidation trend in the North American wireless sector is intensifying. The prevailing wisdom is that it is no longer good enough to be...

Wingcast aims to make telematics fly

DENVER, United States-Qualcomm and Ford Motor Co. perpetuated the marriage between wireless communication and mobility, creating a new company called Wingcast, which will develop...

Corrected paging numbers for Colombia

Dear Editor: Several times I have read articles about the paging industry in Colombia with incorrect information.TAS does not own a 900 MHz license. Only...

From the Editor: Paging persistence

The downward trend that has been under way in the messaging industry since 1998 is unfortunately continuing in most markets around the world. The...

Brazil Briefs

Brazil's national telecom agency Anatel said it received 35 proposed from companies, entities and individuals on the proposal of guidelines for implementation of the...
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