2000

Lightbridge Joseph Tibbetts Jr. resigned from Lightbridge Inc. as the company’s chief financial officer in order to pursue an opportunity in venture capital. U.S. Wireless Data Charles Leone accepted the …

WOBURN, Mass.-Alpha Industries Inc. reported it is shipping record numbers of its advanced gallium arsenide radio-frequency integrated circuit switches and GaAs power amplifiers under a new contract with an unnamed …

Broadband wireless access equipment vendor Wavtrace Inc. this week plans to introduce its new PTM 2000 product at the Broadband Wireless World Forum in San Francisco. The PTM 2000 is …

Philadelphia, like many big American cities, has its share of thorny issues: crime, poverty, drugs, rotting schools and urban flight. But last Wednesday, one issue overshadowed them all in The …

WASHINGTON-When wireless customers begin to really use their wireless phones to access the Internet, who will they use? An Internet service provider of their choice or will they be forced …

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association said Thursday that it is eliminating 10 positions as it “recharges its organization to further advance [the] wireless industry.” “In 1999, PCIA had the best …

After one week and 16 rounds of bidding, incumbent operator Orange plc led all third-generation license bids in the United Kingdom with a $632.9 million bid for License B. The …

SYDNEY, Australia-Telstra, Australia’s largest telecom provider, announced it will cut 10,000 jobs over the next two years including up to 220 senior management positions as part of a restructuring. The …

NEW YORK-Deutsche Telekom officially ended its negotiations to buy Qwest Communications International Inc. and U S West Inc. March 9, but the German carrier is continuing its search for acquisitions …

WASHINGTON-Last week’s retirement announcement by House Commerce Committee Chairman Thomas Bliley (R-Va.) has thrust into the spotlight a battle royale between Reps. Billy Tauzin (R-La.) and Mike Oxley (R-Ohio) for …

Daniel R. Hesse, president of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., said he is leaving the company to head a Seattle-based Internet start-up called TeraBeam Networks. Mohan Gyani, AT&T Wireless’ chief financial …

MCLEAN, Va.-LCC International Inc., a wireless telecommunications consulting firm, has been selected by Nucentrix Broadband Networks Inc., a provider of wireless broadband Internet Protocol services, to support it in its …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission have released a policy statement on the advertising practices of long-distance companies-specifically 10-10 dialing, sometimes referred to as dial-around services. FCC …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. introduced a text-to-speech and voice-recognition Internet access system called PhoneBrowser, designed to extend Web-based information to phone users through voice commands and responses. Lucent said …

WALTHAM, Mass.-Lycos Inc. said it will offer visitors to its Web portal a wireless-enabled, online calendar service from AnyDay.com, under a $12 million distribution agreement the two entered. The AnyDay …

XYPoint made several enhancements to its wireless phone location services last week through partnerships with Vicinity Corp. and GeoVector. XYPoint partnered with Vicinity to provide wireless customers with location-based information …

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. formed ADC Ventures, a venture-capital fund focused on investing in emerging and start-up companies in the United States, Europe and Israel that are engaged in developing high-performance, …

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. launched a new advertising campaign touting itself as “the communications company that releases the power of e-Interaction.” “We are moving the BellSouth brand into the e-space and clearly …

TEL AVIV, Israel-BreezeCom Ltd., a developer and manufacturer of broadband wireless access products, filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of 4.5 …

SigmaOne SigmaOne Communications Corp., a provider of location systems and services for wireless carriers and the wireless Internet, reported the development of the company’s wireless location system for Global System …

WASHINGTON-Two key Senate lawmakers, backed by industry, state and local leaders, said they see no obstacles to passing legislation that would simplify the way mobile phone calls are taxed. “It …

JACKSON, Miss.-Tritel Inc. reported operating statistics for the fourth quarter of 1999, its first quarter as a public company. The company ended 1999 with 24,600 subscribers and reported it added …

U S West Inc. has become the latest domestic carrier to join the wireless Internet revolution with the launch of BrowseNow, a Web-enabled phone service it said integrates the company’s …

BASINGSTOKE, United Kingdom-Dolphin Telecom plc, a subsidiary of Telesystem International Wireless Inc., reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31, 1999. Company revenue increased for …

LOS ANGELES-Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories Inc., a provider of infrastructure-independent contact center solutions, plans to extend its customer interaction capabilities to mobile users and is currently conducting pilot projects with three …