Yearly Archives: 2000

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...

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...

US Unwired offers Freedom Plan

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...

GoAmerica service now on HP Jornada

HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc. said its Go.Web service is now available on Hewlett-Packard Jornada 540 Pocket PC devices.The solution includes the Minstrel 540 wireless modem...

EMS Wireless creates broadband group

ATLANTA-EMS Technologies Inc. said it formed the Terrestrial Broadband Group within its EMS Wireless division, which will provide base-station antennas and hub assemblies for...

Iridium resurrection in the works

A new venture backed by veteran airline executive Dan Colussy is reported to be buying the assets of Iridium L.L.C., Motorola Inc.'s financial drain...

Russia’s MTS reports 1 million clients

Moscow-Russian carrier Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) became the first Russian carrier to claim 1 million total wireless clients in the middle of November. The company...

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...

Nokia introduces CityHopper products for broadband

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. introduced its CityHopper Broadband Wireless Access range of products, which the company said will bring high bandwidth services to businesses and...

Suder to file second RF lawsuit: Disney to stop licensing cartoon face plates

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...

Death-row ads cause firestorm

WASHINGTON-CellularOne Group, one of the nation's top mobile-phone service brands, has created a firestorm of controversy by refusing to pull a TV commercial that...

France Telecom takes Mauritius Telecom stake

PORT-LOUIS, Mauritius-Mauritius Telecom said France Telecom will take a 40-percent stake in the currently state-owned operator for $261 million. The Mauritian government will retain...

VoiceStream to offer Webraska services

POISSY, France-Webraska entered the North American wireless market in a new deal with Voice-Stream Wireless, which will offer the company's navigation services on VoiceStream's...

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...

Ericsson invests in South African venture for disadvantaged

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Ericsson South Africa is the founding sponsor of the MTN ScienCenter, which recently opened at Cape Town's new Canal Walk development. The...

ReFlex brings broadband wireless to apartment communities

Last mile is ReFlex Communications Inc.'s breath of life.Thanks to the Seattle-based company, multifamily communities have been enjoying high-speed broadband wireless Internet services in...

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...

Commissioner accuses feds of subverting relocation process

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth last week leveled perhaps his strongest criticism yet against fellow telecom regulators and the Clinton administration, accusing both of...

Statement from Disney

"Since issues were first raised about the safety of cellular telephones when held to the ear, we have been examining the available scientific research...

Reinventing Ron

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...

Motorola reports contract win in China

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Global Telecom Solutions Sector won another large stake in China's mobile phone market with a $29 million GSM communications award...

Caribbean liberalization moves forward

WASHINGTON-Five Caribbean countries, all part of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States are in the process of implementing telecom legislation challenging Cable & Wireless'...

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...

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...

Radix changes name to BeamReach

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-In preparation for its entry into the broadband wireless market, Radix Wireless Inc. announced it changed its name to BeamReach Networks Inc."Beam"...
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