2000

RESTON, Va.-XO Communications Inc. named Wayne Rehberger chief financial officer. Rehberger formally was senior vice president of finance at MCI WorldCom Inc., where he managed network costs, local interconnection and …

CALGARY, Canada-Cell-Loc Inc. announced it plans to create a new division to license and sell its location-based Cellocate product. The company plans to sell the product to companies beyond its …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it accepted an associate membership in the Bluetooth 1.2 special interest group, which will give the company early access to Bluetooth specifications and allow it to …

LONDON-After 14 rounds of bidding in the U.K. auction of 42 broadband fixed wireless access licenses, bids totaled more than $123.7 million last week, with two companies withdrawing. FirstMark Communications …

RENO, Nev.-Globus Wireless Ltd. announced it acquired wireless products distribution company Edge Continental Inc. for $2.5 million. Edge, founded in 1997, is an international distributor of wireless phones and original …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Datalink.net and its wholly owned subsidiary Simkin Inc. have launched a series of custom training programs offered at several hospitals across the country. Simkin has a staff of …

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp.’s chances in the upcoming Federal Communications Commission C- and F-block auction are about $200 million better, thanks to an investment by AT&T Wireless Group. AT&T’s investment …

ATLANTA-O2wireless solutions Inc. announced it will plan, design, deploy and maintain a network expansion project for Carolina West Wireless. Carolina West Wireless provides wireless services to a six-county service area …

WASHINGTON-The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, concerned with increased tower construction fatalities and injuries, is putting the tower industry under the microscope. OSHA head Charles Jeffress is expected shortly to …

LONG BEACH, Calif.-Wynd Communications Corp. introduced GoAmerica Inc.’s Go.Web wireless Internet access service to its WyndTell users, adding Internet content to the two-way messaging service for the deaf and hard …

The hunt for spectrum by wireless carriers continued last week as Verizon Wireless, the country’s largest operator, offered more than $2 billion for Price Communications Wireless, a wholly owned subsidiary …

Subscription fraud is as old as the wireless industry itself, and responsible for the creation of numerous companies and products that exist solely to develop new ways to combat this …

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash.-Airbiquity and Televigation hope to take over the elusive location-aware phone market by integrating their technologies to offer real-time, voice-activated navigation services. Under the deal, Airbiquity will combine …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration last week cast doubt on large-scale sharing of spectrum designated for third-generation mobile systems, a development likely to shift the government’s focus to broadcast spectrum and to …

ORLANDO, Fla.-Cavu Inc.’s e-xpedient announced it acquired 11 licenses at 38 GHz, which cover about 30 million people, as part of its expansion plan. The company plans to deliver 100-Megabits-per-second …

WASHINGTON-The re-auction of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.’s licenses will go forward, a federal appeals court ruled last week. “Today’s action is another important step toward making the wireless Web available …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-LinCom Wireless Inc. selected Cadence Design Systems Inc.’s wireless design solution to speed the development of LinCom’s next-generation chipsets and system designs. Cadence’s solution includes Signal Processing Worksystem, …

DENVER-Sprint Corp.’s Broadband Direct fixed-wireless service is available in the Denver metro and Boulder areas, the company announced. A pizza box-sized antenna is professionally installed on a user’s roof in …

STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson will use SpectraSite Holdings Inc.’s portfolio of towers, rooftops and land sites to expand its network in anticipation of third-generation wireless services in the United States and Europe, …

DALLAS-South Central Communications announced it plans to introduce NTC’s SmartPay Wireless and iRoam prepaid wireless services to its customers in the St. George basic trading area in southwest Utah. The …

LUBBOCK, Texas-About 955,000 residents in Wisconsin will be able to sign up for Sprint PCS’ products and services in an announcement by Sprint affiliate Alamosa PCS Holdings Inc. Alamosa said …

VIENNA, Va.-SkyTel will soon be able to offer its customers personal financial, news and weather reports through a deal announced with Strategy.com, a MicroStrategy Inc. subsidiary. “Strategy.com’s services are appealing …

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. announced it will offer logistics, fulfillment and value-added services to support the expansion of Leap Wireless International Inc.’s Cricket service in various U.S. markets. CellStar, a value-added …

NEW YORK-Centennial Communications Corp. closed the sale of its Southwest properties to Western Wireless Corp. for $202.5 million in cash. The properties include areas around Yuma, Ariz., and Imperial, Calif., …

Starting Jan. 1, several cities in Utah, including Salt Lake City, Cedar City and South Salt Lake, will levy a $1-per-month tax on cellular phones to tap what city officials …