Yearly Archives: 2000

Tessco to include Allot products in BWA solution

HUNT VALLEY, Md.-Tessco Technologies Inc. announced it would include Allot Communications' products in its broadband wireless solution offerings.Tessco said it would present Allot's NetEnforcer...

buy.com, AT&T partner for sales

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...

Brazil has 20.9 million cellular lines

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...

DOJ/FBI: Punch list is cost effective

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...

BellSouth Wireless Data to use Geoworks’ AirBoss

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data L.L.P. said it will launch a wireless Web proxy server and microbrowser based on Geoworks Corp.'s AirBoss technology.The deal will...

China Mobile wants cut in line fees

BEIJING-China Mobile (Hong Kong) is negotiating with China Telecom to cut the leased-line fees it pays by one-half. About 90 percent of China Mobile...

Cisco buys Radiata for 802.11a resources

In a move that the company said would strengthen its New World strategy and its ability to deliver next-generation wireless networks using the IEEE...

Leap acquires licenses

Leap Wireless Inc. has acquired new wireless operating licenses in Omaha, Neb., and signed a definitive agreement to acquire other licenses in Peoria, Ill.,...

AT&T Wireless Group tops profit growth

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...

Empower to introduce WAP Gateway using Java

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...

Ericsson to spin off Bluetooth division

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The strategic importance of Bluetooth seems to have been recognized within Ericsson, the company that invented the technology. Ericsson has decided to...

ICASA to remain neutral in cellular license case

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South Africa's Independent Communications Authority has withdrawn from the third cellular license case. Addressing a stakeholders briefing held in Sandton, South Africa,...

Verizon buys Calif./Nev. property

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...

Alltel earnings estimate in line with expectations

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...

AlterEgo offers scalable platform for apps development

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...

Vodafone to use Sycamore switching products

CHELMSFORD, Mass.-In a US$40 million deal, Vodafone Group will use Sycamore Networks' intelligent optical switching and transport products and services.Sycamore will supply its SN...

StarHub slams 3G auction: Carrier still plans to participate

SINGAPORE-StarHub Chief Executive Terry Clontz said end users would draw the short end of the stick because of the Singapore government's decision to use...

Verizon, city of San Diego enter alliance

SAN DIEGO-Verizon Wireless formed another strategic alliance, but this time it's not with another business-it's with the City of San Diego.Verizon is the city's...

Study predicts wireline to far surpass wireless broadband

Wireline technologies continue to trump broadband wireless in the journey to the last mile.In a new study on multidwelling units, Washington-based market research and...

Comverse offers convertible debentures

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Technology Inc. announced it will offer $500 million of its convertible debentures, which are due 2005, to certain institutional investors.The debentures can...

Raze solution designed to replace LEC service

The wireless broadband boom is in full swing, as evidenced by the dozens of companies that have popped up in that arena in the...

Psion to use ReturnsPort.com for inventory management

Psion USA, a manufacturer of personal productivity handheld computers, has agreed to use ReturnsPort.com's full suite of services to track and manage the comings...

3G licensing controversy continues in Spain

MADRID, Spain-The Spanish government said it will tender two additional GSM licenses by 2002, according to international press reports. The country's four Universal Mobile...

China Mobile (Hong Kong) gets go ahead for network purchase

BEIJING-At an extraordinary general meeting on 10 November, China Mobile (Hong Kong) shareholders approved the company's plan to purchase seven networks from its parent,...

CTIA spells out location guides for FCC

The Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association moved to set the standard for location-based services privacy principles by laying out its own guidelines to the...
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