2000

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 …

WARSAW, Poland-The Polish government said it will begin a new tender for a stake in the country’s Telekomunikacja Polska SA in early January after rejecting last week an offer by …

SAN DIEGO-Shares of Qualcomm Inc. increased more than 30 percent on Wednesday after an analyst at PaineWebber initiated coverage of the cdmaOne innovator with a “buy” rating at a price …

BURNABY, British Columbia-Infowave Software Inc. announced it entered into a reseller agreement with RAM Mobile Data Ltd., a U.K. provider of wireless communications applications. Under terms of the agreement, Infowave …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission expects to continue to set the regulatory agenda for 2000, believing a philosophy of anticipating problems and setting regulation is better than letting the market monitor …

Research In Motion Ltd. ended the year with several potentially significant announcements, including a long-awaited reorder contract with BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. and the opening of a new research and …

BUCHAREST, Romania-Romanian national wireline operator Romtelecom said it plans to launch a mobile telephony service in February on an investment of about $500 million. The service, initially planned to begin …

MOSCOW-Russian Global System for Mobile communications operator Mobile TeleSystems CJSC and Motorola Inc. launched the first trials to deliver the Internet to mobile phone users in Russia, announced the companies. …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. has selected Qualcomm CDMA Technologies’ sixth-generation MSM3100 chipset and system software for its Code Division Multiple Access handsets. The MSM3100 chipset and …

SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. said it has agreed to acquire a “significant stake” in Brazilian wireless operator Algar Telecom Leste SA. Telefonos de Mexico SA is joining SBC in the …

BOULDER, Colo.-SCC Communications Corp. announced it signed a five-year contract with NET-tel Communications Inc. to manage its Enhanced 911 data. SCC, a provider of 911 operations support systems services, will …

WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. introduced CellEase 2000, an Internet-based system that will allow retailers to activate prepaid cards at point-of-sale terminals. “What prompted our development of CellEase 2000 was …

WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Prepaid cellular phone service took a step forward this holiday season with Shared Technologies Cellular’s announcement that it achieved a one-day record for phone activations. STC, a national cellular …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless Inc. announced it has signed a multi-year $30 million contract with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to supply Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution high speed data …

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has asked the Federal Communications Commission to perform an environmental impact statement on the effect of wireless towers on migratory birds. “We are simply …

SEOUL, South Korea-SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest wireless operator, acquired 51.2 percent of Shinsegi Telecom from Pohang Iron and Steel for about $961.2 million. Posco will hold 6.5 percent of …

NAPERVILLE, Ill.-Spyglass Inc., a provider of strategic Internet consulting, received preliminary approval from the court of the settlement of previously filed securities litigation brought against Spyglass and certain officers and …

RCR announced several promotions and new hires to its editorial staff, effective Jan. 3. Reporter Lynnette Luna has been promoted to Denver bureau chief. She will continue her responsibilities as …

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 …