Yearly Archives: 2000

News Briefs

Deutsche Telekom expects to obtain approval of its proposed purchase of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. by the first quarter of next year, according to a...

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Chinese government takes actions to protect its wireless companies

WASHINGTON-Beijing appears to be thumbing its nose at wireless provisions of the landmark U.S.-China trade agreement, posing potential problems for American mobile-phone firms and...

WebLink improves net loss, increases revenues

DALLAS-WebLink Wireless Inc. reported a third-quarter net loss of $24.2 million, or 60 cents per share, compared with a loss of $30.9 million, or...

Glenayre signs strategic agreement with Vast

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. and Vast Solutions Inc., the soon-to-be-spun-off unit of Paging Network Inc., have signed a strategic agreement to support interoperability between...

TransCore system would wirelessly track cars in China

TURIN, Italy-Vehicles across China may soon be wirelessly tracked, eliminating the need to manually collect information on vehicle registration, examination, emissions, taxation or traffic...

Orange standardizes on Nortel switches

LONDON-France Telecom's Orange, a United Kingdom mobile-phone provider, decided to standardize on Nortel Networks' Alteon Web switching products to support the expansion of its...

US Unwired outsources billing to Sprint PCS

LAKE CHARLES, La.-Under a plan that would more fully integrate the two companies, Sprint PCS network partner US Unwired Inc. announced it would outsource...

Bear Stearns panelists warn against getting 3G starry eyed

NEW YORK-It is all too easy to get "starry eyed" about the prospects for new generations of wireless services. As a counterpoint, a reality...

Fixed data services drive Loral’s increased bookings

NEW YORK-Loral Space & Communications today reported its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended Sept. 30.Loral's bookings before intercompany and...

The winds of change: Southern Linc, Nextel Partners define their roles in market

The specialized mobile radio industry is quickly becoming a fractured market divided between the traditional small SMR carriers, which are focused on providing dispatch...

3Com releases VPN solutions

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-3Com Corp. released two new carrier-class solutions for delivering virtual private network services.The solutions, from the company's Carrier Networks Business, are media...

Supreme Court serves blow, declines to hear siting case

WASHINGTON-The Supreme Court, in a major blow to the wireless industry, last week said it would not hear an appeal of a lower court's...

Three Qualcomm patents upheld in Europe

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said the European Patent Office upheld the validity of one of the company's patents, which comes after two years of opposition...

FindWhat.com teams with ThinkersGroup.com

NEW YORK- FindWhat.com announced today it teamed with ThinkersGroup.com to make its search engine results-including its search advertisements-available to users of Web-enabled cell phones...

Inventory concerns overshadow Cisco’s financial results

Computer and telephony infrastructure provider Cisco Systems Inc. posted fiscal first-quarter profits just above analyst expectations, but the company also revealed its inventory levels...

Alltel plans to sell licenses to Verizon

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Although Alltel last week announced it will sell 20 of its personal communications services licenses to Verizon Wireless, it will keep another...

Blue introduces GSM/GPS module for Handspring Visor

MUNICH, Germany-Blue Impact AG, a partner of CellPoint, introduced a combined GSM/global positioning system module for the Handspring Visor called Tellmen.The Tellmen module is...

SMR-centric regulatory issues fade as industry fades

WASHINGTON-While most believe the specialized mobile radio industry seems to be disappearing along with its companion regulatory issues, one SMR operator believes that if...

Webraska, Blue Impact cooperate on navigation services

MUNICH, Germany-Webraska and Blue Impact announced today they will team up to develop personal navigation services on wireless personal digital assistants.Their objective is to...

Swiss UMTS field narrows to five

BERNE, Switzerland-Only five bidders will compete for four Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses in Switzerland, as three contenders dropped out late last week, down...

Business Briefs

Arch Wireless Inc. reported a third-quarter net loss of $66.2 million, or $1 per share, compared with $68.2 million, or $1.42 per share, reported...

Nextel still sweeping 800 MHz, short forms filed for C-block re-auction

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. has received some competition -albeit minor-in the ongoing auction of licenses for the lower 80 channels of the 800 MHz band.At...

FCC hopes to create secondary spectrum market

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday began a process that it hopes will lead to a secondary market for spectrum, and it put the...

Public safety agrees with incentives

Dear Chairman Kennard: I want to commend your recent statement urging that Congress provide incentives for broadcasters to meet the 2006 "deadline" for conversion to...
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