Monthly Archives: September, 2000

Dozen apply for U.K. fixed licenses

LONDON-The U.K. government said 12 companies applied to bid in the October auction for 28 GHz broadband fixed wireless access licenses. The auction is...

W. Europe cell-phone use to grow fivefold

Voice traffic carried over Western Europe's cellular networks will increase more than fivefold between 1999 and 2005 to reach 1.1 trillion minutes per year,...

Mobilocity partners with Siemens

NEW YORK-Mobilocity Inc. entered a preferred partnership with Siemens Business Services to provide strategic consulting, systems integration and WAP application development, among other things,...

Sensatex developing wireless medical monitoring shirt

DALLAS-With initial funding from Seed One Ventures L.L.C., a new company called Sensatex has formed to develop a special type of shirt that allows...

Intersil buys SiCom Inc. for 3.7M shares

IRVINE, Calif.-Intersil Corp., a semiconductor supplier, said it signed a letter of intent to acquire SiCom Inc. for 3.7 million shares of class A...

Scout enters alliances

SAN FRANCISCO-Scout Electromedia Inc., which plans to roll out a wireless lifestyle product called modo, unveiled several strategic alliances designed to aid that effort.The...

Tritel launches PCS service in 12 states

JACKSON, Miss.-AT&T Wireless Services affiliate Tritel Inc. launched personal communiations service in 12 new Southeastern markets.The markets include six in Mississippi, four in Alabama,...

Broadband firms point to `smoking gun’

WASHINGTON-Fixed broadband wireless carriers, seeking to underscore the need for nondiscriminatory building access, say they have identified a `smoking gun' in the form of...

Broadwave to invest in Sweden

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Telecom joint venture Broadwave Communications, consisting of five international partners, intends to invest $1.5 billion over a 10-year period to develop a third...

Incumbents not eager to share 3G bands

While the United States claimed victory in securing global frequency bands for 3G mobile-phone service during the World Radiocomm-unication Conference earlier this year, the...

Congress prepares to approve China trade legislation: Trade relations with India also at issue

WASHINGTON-Prospects are improving for increased wireless trade with the world's two most populous nations as Congress prepares this week to approve landmark China trade...

WebLink receives 3 PCS patents

DALLAS-WebLink Wireless Inc. was awarded three patents related to the architecture and design of narrowband personal communications services networks using ReFLEX 25 technology from...

Nokia, Sonera partner for VAS platform

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Networks and Sonera zed have teamed together to develop platforms for mobile value-added services, working together in systems integration and sales and...

Neomar introduces wireless application server

Neomar Inc. introduced its Enterprise Content Server at the DEMOmobile show. The server is a wireless application server enabling enterprise customers to customize and...

Arch, Motient adopt OracleMobile solution

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-OracleMobile Inc. said Arch Communications Group Inc. and Motient Corp. have adopted its two-way wireless messaging solution, joining Metrocall Inc. and Research...

Nokia snares Hungarian vendor contract

HELSINKI, Finland-Vodafone Hungary plans to use Nokia Corp.'s InSite Base Station solution to provide indoor coverage and capacity solutions to its new headquarters in...

Nortel gets UMTS pact from Airtel

PARIS-Nortel Networks announced it won business from Airtel Movil SA, Spain's second-largest wireless carrier.Nortel will build the initial phase of Airtel's UMTS network. The...

AAT to manage state towers

Working in cooperation with the state of Michigan, Iselin, N.J.-based AAT Communications Corp. is implementing a program under which AAT will build, collocate and...

Northeast Wireless joins E-Rate

BOSTON-Northeast Wireless announced it was accepted into the Universal Service Administrative Com-pany's Fund for Schools and Public Libraries E-Rate program.The E-Rate program seeks to...

TSR chooses i3 as provider

STAMFORD, Conn.-TSR Wireless L.L.C. has chosen i3 Mobile Inc. as the exclusive provider of wireless Internet services for the paging firm.TSR said it will...

Telular delivers terminals for Olympics

VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. will provide its digital Phonecell Fixed Wireless Terminals to NBC Olympics Inc. for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney,...

RF Systems wins HK deal

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Radio Frequency Systems was awarded a contract to enhance the MTRC metro system in Hong Kong to include third-generation wireless services.The 3G services...

Tianjin gov. approves investment

BEIJING-The Tianjin, China, municipal government announced approval of Motorola Inc.'s planned $1.9 billion investment for semiconductor manufacturing and telecommunications facilities in China.Motorola said the...

Nokia debuts WAP handsets

NEW YORK-In tandem with the anticipated debut of Wireless Application Protocol services by American carriers in fall and winter, Nokia Mobile Phones Inc., Irving,...

Here’s looking at us!

Surprise! We got a new do! I'm excited! We have made some changes (some long overdue) to improve the paper and I want to...
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