2000

INDIANAPOLIS-A new contender, Telstreet.com, has launched an online wireless superstore, unveiling a retail outlet for products and services. To prepare for the online battle, Telstreet.com has partnered with other companies …

LONDON-London-based telecommunication companies are riding the wave of increased demand for wireless communications with three companies reporting strong growth in new mobile phone customers during the fourth quarter of 1999. …

WASHINGTON-Even as wireless carriers begin paying nearly 6 percent of their interstate and international revenues to the federal universal-service fund, they are gearing up on a number of fronts to …

Did you see Virginia Tech freshman quarterback Michael Vick play last week in the Nokia Sugar Bowl? Wow! I don’t follow college ball so I had never heard of this …

WASHINGTON-With only a month until President Clinton sends his 2001 budget plan to Congress, White House and congressional number crunchers face the daunting task of putting a dollar figure on …

CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. announced it added PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. as a qualified global systems integrator for the company’s new Atlys wireless customer care and billing solution. The integrator program provides for the …

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. said it expects to report an increase in revenues for the fourth quarter, but the increase will fall short of company and analyst expectations. CellStar expects revenues …

If a big pay day is what you’re after, there are the conventional avenues: winning the lottery, answering Regis, suing Big Tobacco and having the Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol …

This holiday season heralded the beginning of the e-commerce revolution, and wireless operators have the opportunity to cash in on it with the growing proliferation of Internet-enabled wireless phones and …

LYNCHBURG, Va.-Ericsson Inc. said its Private Radio Systems operations will be acquired by Com-Net Critical Communications, a Pittsburgh-based provider of radio network solutions to the public safety and service market. …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Esat Telecom continued its defense against a hostile takeover attempt by Telenor Ireland AB. The company posted its second defense document on its Web site, urging shareholders to reject …

NEW YORK-RateXchange Inc., San Francisco, expects by early February to execute the first trade on its new online bandwidth exchange, inaugurated to meet the growing demand for telecommunications transport capacity. …

FORT WORTH, Texas-Tower manufacturer FWT Inc. announced it has emerged from bankruptcy protection and is experiencing strong sales and increased hiring. The company declared bankruptcy last April shortly after members …

It seems the dark cloud that settled over the mobile satellite services industry when Iridium L.L.C. and ICO Global Communications went bankrupt last August has begun to lift, reflected by …

HONG KONG-The Office of the Telecommunications Authority, Hong Kong’s telecom regulator, is investigating reports that six mobile phone operators simultaneously raised fees on monthly service plans. The operators could be …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Phone.com Inc. said Japanese carriers DDI and IDO are launching a Code Division Multiple Access-based packet service called PacketOne for their wireless Internet access services EZweb and EZaccess, …

TOKYO-NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc., Japan’s largest mobile operator, purchased KDD Corp.’s wireless network facilities for about $170 million. The acquisition is intended to help NTT DoCoMo deal with increasing …

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. announced its international and domestic subscribers have jumped to more than 210,000 since Aug. 31, a 250-percent increase for the company. The subscriber figure includes …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-interWAVE Communications International Ltd. said it filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of 7.5 million shares of common stock. …

NEW YORK-The Federal Communications Commission granted Winstar Communications Inc. nine additional 100 megahertz channels in the 38 GHz spectrum range. The channels cover more than 25 million new channel pops …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will auction 30 megahertz of spectrum being made available with the transition to digital TV for advanced fixed and mobile wireless services, but is looking for …

ATLANTA-AirGate PCS Inc., a Sprint PCS network partner, launched the initial phase of its personal communications services wireless operation, which covers a significant portion of AirGate’s southeastern territory. The covered …

DALLAS-Alcatel USA is divesting itself of three North American manufacturing plants as part of the company’s strategic initiative to better focus its resources on new product development and introduction. Solectron …

NEW YORK-If the overall stock market advance is to continue, securities analysts must recognize their right and discharge their duty to speak fully and frankly about companies they cover, according …

DULLES, Va.-The merging of Internet services and wireless communications continued to proliferate with the announcement that America Online Inc. and Casio Computer Co. Ltd. agreed to combine AOL’s e-mail service …