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BOULDER, Colo.-SignalSoft Corp., a software developer focused on the wireless location industry, completed $33 million in private equity financing from existing investors as well as new financial and strategic investors …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS reported earnings for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31, of $996 million and $3.18 billion, respectively. This marks a significant increase from the $437 …

NAPERVILLE, Ill.-Spyglass Inc. announced its membership in the Wireless Data Forum. According to Spyglass, the goal of the WDF is to work cooperatively to promote the development of standards and …

LONDON-During the next five years, cellular base station deployment in Europe is expected to more than double, according to a report released by the Strategis Group. The report, “Strategis databank: …

VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. announced it has entered into a non-exclusive worldwide patent license agreement with Andrew Corp. to manufacture and sell a docking station for digital cellular handsets using …

CANNES, France-Motorola Inc. and Turkish Global System for Mobile communications operator Telsim announced they signed a $1.5 billion contract calling for Motorola to provide infrastructure, handsets and associated services to …

NEW YORK-ThinAirApps L.L.C. introduced its ThinAir Server, a platform that allows corporate users to access enterprise data from wireless devices. The first set of products includes the ThinAir Server for …

After resisting a hostile takeover attempt by Vodafone AirTouch plc for more than two months, Germany’s Mannesmann AG last week agreed to a revised friendly offer just days shy of …

CANNES, France-Vodafone Ltd. said it bought CMG Telecommunications Inc.’s WAP Service Broker solution to bolster its Wireless Application Protocol services.

Although some rumblings continue over Geoworks Corp.’s licensing program for Wireless Application Protocol technology, WAP-related announcements continued making news at last week’s GSM World Congress in Cannes. Phone.com Inc. announced …

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. is having a busy start to the new millennium, announcing a new merger and adding more towers to its portfolio. The merger, with Galaxy Engineering Services, will …

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Third-Generation Partnership Project 2, a group created to speed the development of global 3G wireless standards, announced it expanded its organization to include the CDMA Development Group as …

CANNES, France-As European governments craft plans to grant third-generation licenses, some GSM and future UMTS carriers fear a few of the stipulations regulators are putting on potential 3G licensees. Representatives …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s decision to grant Nokia Corp.-the world’s largest mobile phone vendor-a four-month extension to comply with new 911 call-processing rules prompted protests last week by the Wireless …

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced it received two new contracts to provide its NewNet OTAserver over-the-air activation and SMserver short message technologies to regional wireless operators in North and South America. …

Agilent Technologies Inc. acquired The Silicon Valley Networking Lab Inc., an independent, third-party test lab for the networking industry based in San Jose, Calif. Financial terms of the acquisition were …

SEATTLE-AirTouch Cellular launched a new nationwide digital calling plan that eliminates roaming and long-distance charges throughout the United States. The new calling plans include a $30 plan with 100 included …

NEW YORK-Alamosa PCS Holdings Inc., a Sprint PCS affiliate, raised $182.1 million Feb. 3 in a 10.71 million-share initial public offering priced at $17 each, $2 above the maximum it …

NEW YORK-AT&T Corp. emerged on Groundhog Day from its longstanding ruminations about tracking stocks and, apparently seeing no shadows, registered to take its wireless telecommunications business public in spring. AT&T …

NEW YORK-Bell Atlantic Corp., GTE Corp. and Alltel Corp. signed an agreement last week to exchange wireless interests in 13 states, eliminating the overlapping cellular properties that would result from …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Bell Atlantic Mobile and TruePosition Inc. said they have completed field trials of Code Division Multiple Access location technology. The field trial was conducted over series 2 …

WASHINGTON-Richard Blumenthal, the high-profile Connecticut attorney general who played key roles in successful lawsuits against Microsoft Corp. and the tobacco industry, has joined his counterparts in California and Wisconsin in …

CANNES, France-Several well-known firms in the Internet and wireless industries have come together to form the Mobile Wireless Internet Forum with the intent to accelerate the deployment of open, Internet-based …

I came to the wireless communications industry several years ago from the world of geographic information systems-an industry I thoroughly enjoyed because of its vast applications but which I always …