2000

WASHINGTON-With the exception of some very large carriers in some very large markets, cellular carriers today are not starved for spectrum capacity, but they expect to be in the future. …

NEPTUNE, N.J.-Centennial Cellular Corp. acquired a 70-percent interest in All America Cables and Radio Inc. in the Dominican Republic for $25 million, the company announced. The remaining 30-percent interest is …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. announced it received $13.67 million in new equity financing from Nevis Capital Management Inc., an investment management firm based in Baltimore. Under terms of the financing, Conductus …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Datalink.net, a San Jose, Calif. wireless applications service provider whose common stock trades on the American Stock Exchange, has secured an institutional investor’s pledge for $10 million through …

Attention to wireless security concerns emerged as the de facto theme of this year’s RSA Security Conference in San Jose, Calif., where several internationally recognized corporate security software firms stated …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration on Jan. 14 relaxed rules restricting the export of encryption products to allow them to be sold to nongovernmental entities after a one-time review. Encryption is technology …

WASHINGTON-Policy-makers need to address the issue of building access if competition is to fully develop, said William Kennard, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, as he laid out his vision …

It is a generally accepted fact that today’s dollar doesn’t buy as much as it used to, but in the case of wireless airtime, it may actually buy more. “Since …

HONG KONG-The Hong Kong Telecommunications Authority awarded five fixed-wireless licenses and 12 licenses for long-distance services via satellite, opening further telecommunications competition. The five fixed-wireless license holders pledged a total …

GIVATAYIM, Israel-Nexus Telocation Systems Ltd. announced it signed a $20 million blanket purchase order with its principal global marketing partner, Global Wireless Holdings Inc. The order calls for infrastructure and …

SARASOTA, Fla.-Pinnacle Holdings Inc., Sarasota, Fla., raised $369 million Jan. 18 in a secondary stock sale of 9 million shares priced at $41 each. Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown was lead …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens announced an agreement with Phone.com Inc. that will allow commercial deployment of Wireless Application Protocol-based services by more than 10 wireless operators in Europe and Asia. Siemens said …

SAN RAMON, Calif.-How can California-based U.S. Wireless Corp. help traffic congestion in Virginia? By supplying its location-enhanced digital traffic and congestion information to the Virginia Department of Transportation as part …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. will cut hundreds of jobs as a result of selling its mobile-phone division to Japanese vendor Kyocera Corp., the company said. Qualcomm is transferring employees from its …

WASHINGTON-Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) is pressing the White House to include funding for mobile phone-cancer research in the president’s fiscal 2001 budget proposal. President Clinton is expected to submit his …

The Supreme Court rejected last Tuesday a petition filed by William Thomas and several other Web site owners challenging fees that are charged for registering and renewing Internet domain names. …

SkyTel, an MCI WorldCom company, announced it will add new paging protocol technology to its network to make it compatible with the next generation of ReFLEX two-way pagers. Today, two-way …

Two-way operators hope new technology aids capacity constraints. Traditional small two-way radio operators are hoping new technology can ease their capacity problems and offer more integrated services to their customers. …

WASHINGTON -“We started on our one-yard line and we drove down the field, but now we don’t want to settle for a field goal,” said Thomas Sugrue, chief of the …

WASHINGTON-House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.), attempting to play off GOP tax-cut and anti-big-government campaign themes, said he will push legislation this year to kill the telecom excise tax, …

Dear Editor: The PCS slamming was rather tacky when it appeared on the cover of RCR and then has become quite old in issue after issue, but accepted by your …

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-Bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.’s efforts to keep its 90 wireless licenses despite a cancellation notice from the Federal Communications Commission moved to court last week, as Bankruptcy Judge …

New sales records of all kinds were set during last year’s fourth quarter, reinforcing the importance of the last three months of the year for the wireless industry. “In the …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. reported revenues of $9.9 billion for its first fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31, vs. $9.84 billion a year ago. The company also reported net income …

NEW YORK-Communications companies dominated merger and acquisition activity in 1999, accounting for $304.8 billion in transactions and 21.5 percent of the dollar amount of deals whose dollar values were disclosed. …