Yearly Archives: 2000

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...

TDMA, iDEN carriers consider 1x CDMA for 3G migration

Qualcomm Inc.'s much-battered stock received a vote of confidence last week as Lehman Brothers released an equity research report reiterating its "Buy" rating of...

Seven regional firms of KDDI Group merge

TOKYO-Seven regional companies of KDDI Group on 1 November merged to form a new company called "au." KDDI decided to merge these regional companies...

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...

Nexus, Xypoint advance on location-based services

GIVATAYIM, Israel-Under a signed agreement, Nexus Telocation North America and Xypoint Corp. made their first steps toward creating a working relationship to deploy location-based...

Slovakia’s Globtel prefers UMTS beauty contest

BUCHAREST, Romania-Slovakian operator Globtel prefers a "beauty contest" process of licensing the country's third-generation (3G) licenses. Eva Forraiova-Guttlerova, the company's public relations manager, said...

Back to basics

Not one operator around the world has rolled out third-generation services yet, but discussion of fourth-generation technology is already under way. An industry that...

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...

Sprint PCS awards 3G contract to Motorola

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Sprint PCS awarded a contract to Motorola Inc.'s Global Telecom Solutions Sector to provide the company with CDMA equipment through interoperability specifications...

Cornell to open RFIC laboratory

ITHACA, N.Y.-Cornell University announced it will open a laboratory to design and test radio-frequency integrated circuits, including those in cellular phones and wireless devices.The...

Tower companies sitting on top of mountain

LAS VEGAS-The once-sleepy tower industry revealed its flashier side last week at the third annual 2000 Tower Summit and Trade Show here, as industry...

DoCoMo in talks with AT&T

TOKYO-A press report has stated Japan's NTT DoCoMo is in talks with AT&T Corp. regarding taking a minority stake in the U.S. carrier's mobile-phone...

Finance world explores cost savings, enhanced customer experience

NEW YORK-The battle over customer ownership in the emerging mobile-commerce market will evolve, by necessity, into a model of "coopetition," said Philip Yen, executive...

Cambridge Silicon uses ARM core

CAMBRIDGE, England-Cambridge Silicon Radio selected the ARM core for the applications programs that run above the existing CSR BlueCore, Bluetooth hardware and firmware in...

SMR industry cedes 800 MHz lower 80 channels to Nextel

WASHINGTON-Either the specialized mobile radio industry has ceded the 800 MHz band to Nextel Communications Inc. or there are very few companies willing to...

Ebbers says MCI WorldCom is not seeking acquisition

NEW YORK-MCI WorldCom Inc. sees an opportunity to transform its wireless resale business into one of full-fledged virtual network operation, said Bernard J. Ebbers,...

Voice recognition moves to forefront of enhanced-services offerªings

If you were to ask most wireless subscribers what they wanted out of their wireless service, you would get a variety of answers that...

Ericsson launches T20 phone

LONDON-Ericsson launched its new T20 mobile phone, available in November, which features Swatch Internet time and WAP mobile chat.The company said the Swatch Internet...

Qualcomm fined for E911 strongest-signal violation

WASHINGTON-As the FCC's Enforcement Bureau prepared to celebrate its one-year anniversary, the agency fined Qualcomm Inc. $25,000 for not complying with the 911 strongest-signal...

Gravitate, Oven cooperate on location-based games

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Gravitate Inc. has partnered with Oven Digital to cooperate on developing location-based wireless Internet gaming based on Gravitate's Location Precise software platform.Under...

Qwest extends labor contract, excludes wireless workers

WASHINGTON-Qwest Communications International Corp. was able to emerge from the union negotiating table without agreeing to allow the Communications Workers of America to have...

Telecom employees die in crash

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Five Motorola Inc. employees and one executive from Cellport Systems Inc. in Boulder, Colo., were killed in the crash of Singapore Airlines' flight...

Tower Briefs

Tri-County Communications Systems sold an unspecified number of its telecommunications towers in northern New York state to Pinnacle Holdings Inc., said David Abraham &...

Charter launches national licensing campaign

ST. LOUIS-In an effort to maximize the use and revenue potential of its 1,200 telecommunications towers nationwide, Charter Communications Inc. plans to launch a...

Semiconductors on the rise

NEW TRIPOLI, Pa.-Revenues for semiconductor processing equipment will rise 76 percent this year and another 46 percent next year, according to a new report.The...
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