November 2000

Verizon Wireless bought up the last bits of the Sacramento Valley L.P., which covers about 3.8 million people in Northern California and Nevada and operates under the Verizon brand. Centennial …

HUNT VALLEY, Md.-Tessco Technologies Inc. got a vote of confidence from Cisco Systems Inc. after Cisco gave the company premier channel partner certification status. “Premier certification status provides strong recognition …

ATLANTA-Air2Web Inc. and Mascot Systems Ltd. announced a partnership to allow Mascot to develop wireless application solutions using Air2Web’s wireless platform. Mascot will also have access to Air2Web’s Always Interactive …

I’m beginning to think those mobile-phone studies on memory loss are for real. How else to explain the superb op-ed penned by Ron Nessen in the Nov. 19 Washington Post? …

LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired Inc. announced its new Freedom Plan, which gives callers an unlimited amount of calling minutes if they are inside their “home zone.” The $40 per-month plan …

WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice is pointing to contracts it signed with four manufacturers to show it is cost-effective for telecom carriers to add additional capabilities to their networks to enhance …

WASHINGTON-A major personal injury lawsuit is expected to be filed this week in Illinois against Motorola Inc. and possibly others by a former technician with the company who claims his …

NEW YORK-Globalstar do Brasil and South American transportation company Itapemirim have teamed up to put mobile phones on 43 inner-city buses in South America. The service is scheduled to start …

BILLERICA, Mass.-Kinetic Computer Corp. and Sierra Wireless Inc. have taken wireless fleet management systems one step further by introducing Internet access to eTRUCK, Kinetic’s fleet management service. Kinetic embedded Sierra’s …

NEW YORK-The major players’ rankings reflect the dynamic environment of telecommunications as some stalwarts held their ground, some newcomers joined the group, while still others showed substantial rises or falls …

NEW YORK-A pair of smooth operators from Europe eased into the choppy initial public offering market last week, although they had to trim their sails a bit in order to …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Director of Anatel Ant”nio Carlos Valente da Silva said Nov. 16 that Brazil already has 20.9 million activated cellular lines. Valente also said mobile telephony has a penetration …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Staff of the federal Advisory Commission on Historic Preservation said a wireless industry proposal on collocation of wireless facilities is sound, but did not adopt the proposal, instead opting …

NEW DELHI, India-Five companies and groups have submitted bids for supply of infrastructure for the proposed GSM network of the state-owned company ACT Mobile in Thailand. Those in the fray …

WASHINGTON-Five Caribbean countries, all part of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States are in the process of implementing telecom legislation challenging Cable & Wireless’ monopoly on telecom services in the …

NORWAY Norway is expecting to raise between $2 billion and $2.7 billion in the initial public offering comprising 21 percent of state-owned Telenor. Shares will begin trading on Dec. 4 …

Ever since the two announced their merger in mid-August, a lingering question was what name would Phone.com Inc. and Software.com Inc. call their combined powerhouse. Last week, the two announced …

This holiday season, those shopping for wireless service and devices will find a culmination of new offerings, as well as traditional bargain rates on buckets of wireless minutes. For the …

The wireless Internet’s influence on the wired Web is often portrayed as a positive, allowing people to access the information previously available only when hooked to a wire from a …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said Bolivian operator Entel Movil selected it to deploy Latin America’s first General Packet Radio Service network. The three-year $36 million agreement is for a full GSM/GPRS …

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.-Just in time for the busy holiday season, buy.com and AT&T Wireless Services announced a partnership to offer buy.com’s online store to wireless customers through AT&T’s Digital PocketNet …

LONDON-Empower INteractive Group Ltd. said it will introduce a Java-based WAP Gateway to the open source community this week, following a trial with an unnamed Scandinavian mobile operator. The gateway …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. forecast its fully diluted fourth-quarter earnings from current businesses would range between 60 cents and 63 cents per share, with year-end fully diluted results returning between …

“Since issues were first raised about the safety of cellular telephones when held to the ear, we have been examining the available scientific research and literature and are mindful of …

PARIS-Equant and France Telecom’s Global One announced they will merge, forming a company with about 3,700 large business customers and pro forma annualized revenues of up to $3 billion. The …