2000

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Sweden’s Telia said Unisource NV agreed to sell its German wireless reseller, D Plus, to Mobilcom AG. Telia owns one-third of Unisource. Mobilcom will acquire all shares of D …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Datalink.net Inc., an application service provider, took its common stock to the American Stock Exchange. The company began selling its stock on the AMEX with the stock symbol …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. will become international early next year, opening an office in Tokyo. The company said the office in Tokyo will be responsible for business development …

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Digital Microwave Corp. announced it has received $5 million in orders from two companies in the Peoples’ Republic of China. The orders, $3.5 million from China …

TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. and Brazil’s Embratel announced an alliance to provide roaming interoperability services to the Mercosul trading region in Latin America. The agreement is the first of …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Ireland’s Esat Telecom said it is in talks with third parties about a competing takeover bid to counter a $1.9 billion hostile takeover attempt by Norway’s Telenor AS. The …

Motorola Inc.-expected next week to introduce its ReFLEX 25 two-way pager at CES in Las Vegas-has entered into a series of agreements with Glenayre Technologies Inc. to expand ReFLEX 25-based …

BRASILIA, Brazil-The Global Mobile Suppliers Association presented its views at a public hearing held earlier this month on the allocation of spectrum for personal communications services in Brazil. Anatel, Brazil’s …

Bell Atlantic Corp. got the Christmas present it has been wishing for since it was separated from Ma Bell lo those many years ago. On Dec. 22, the Federal Communications …

ALBANY, N.Y.-Independent Wireless One Corp. announced that it assumed management of Sprint PCS Service in several Northeast markets. IWO also will provide exclusive personal communications services under the Sprint PCS …

In many ways, the wireless tower industry is experiencing the best of times and the worst of times. Tower companies are reporting the wireless industry is building more sites than …

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. announced it filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the proposed underwritten public offering of 3 million shares of its …

Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Microelectronics Group plans to introduce a digital signal processor-based chipset optimized for the hands-free cellular environment in automobiles this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las …

First MessageLink Inc. founder Don Buzzelli decided to take advantage of the paging industry’s consolidation frenzy by acquiring enough small paging carriers to reach 500,000 subscribers and $50 million in …

NEW YORK-The discriminatory patchwork of state and local taxes on telecommunications carriers imposes a roadblock to providers of the highways over which all Internet traffic travels, according to recent testimony …

Aether Systems Inc. said it will license Diversinet Corp.’s Passport software to enhance the security of wireless e-commerce applications. The agreement integrates Aether’s wireless data enterprise solutions with Diversinet’s ability …

After months of speculation over what would happen to Sprint PCS’ GSM network in Washington, D.C., Omnipoint Corp. and VoiceStream Wireless Corp. have agreed to purchase the network for an …

NEW YORK-As 1999 drew to a close, two mutual fund managers, one overseeing a diverse investment portfolio, the other specializing in telecommunications, offered contrasting views of the year-2000 stock market …

WASHINGTON-Agreeing with a Federal Communications Commission decision, a federal appeals court has ruled one-way paging carriers are entitled to compensation from local exchange carriers. “We will not second-guess the agency,” …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-While the use of mobile communications in Europe continues to grow beyond everyone’s wildest expectations, the latest bid of $140 billion by Vodafone AirTouch plc for the Mannesmann …

In its second major acquisition since going public last spring, Phone.com Inc. signed an agreement to acquire voice portal technology provider @Motion Inc. for $285 million. Phone.com said it hopes …

OSLO, Norway-Telenor Mobile and Sun Microsystems Inc. have agreed to develop new mobile Internet services. The agreement specifically involves development of an electronic organizer/calendar with combined Web and Wireless Application …

HELSINKI-Nokia Corp. announced an agreement to acquire the security software business from TeamWare Group Inc. “This acquisition will strengthen Nokia’s ability to develop secure network access that will complement our …

MIAMI-WealthHound.com Inc. introduced its Wireless Stock Quote Application to the Palm VII wireless organizer from 3Com Corp. A version of the solution for Wireless Application Protocol-enabled devices is expected soon, …

Kyocera Corp. hopes to do what no Japanese handset manufacturer has been able to do to date. It wants to become a dominate global vendor. To do that, Kyocera needs …