2000

BUCHAREST, Romania-The plenipotentiaries of the prime ministers of three Baltic states met and agreed to summarize ideas and adopt a resolution on the necessity of an auction of a third-generation …

BARCELONA, Spain-Nokia Corp. introduced several new third-generation network solutions and mobile Internet application platforms designed for wireless operators and service providers at the UMTS 2000 Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Nokia …

MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communications Corp. announced it signed an agreement with ArrayComm Inc. to support the launch of AirNet’s new base station, the AdaptaCell. Scheduled to be available in mid-2001, the …

WASHINGTON-As President Clinton was signing the China trade bill into law last Tuesday on the south lawn of the White House, events were unfolding overseas that threaten wireless investment and …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having sold its cell-phone business to Bosch three years ago, the U.K.-based consumer electronics manufacturer Amstrad said it is preparing to re-enter the market with a low-priced handset. …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson today introduced its WAP Gateway for enterprise customers, a solution designed to extend mobile office capabilities to corporate intranet resources based on WAP technology. The company said …

CUPERTINO. Calif.-John O’Connell joined Vyyo Inc. as its new chief executive officer, replacing Davidi Gilo, who will maintain his role as the company’s chairman of the board of directors. O’Connell …

LONDON-Sema Group and the United Kingdom’s Association of Train Operating Companies have agreed on a new contract to replace and maintain ATOC’s paper reference books with Windows powered Pocket PCs. …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Teledesic L.L.C. and Motorola Inc. have agreed to end their system agreement in the wake of Teledesic’s plans to merge with ICO-Teledesic Global Ltd., Teledesic announced. Motorola was the …

MONTREAL-The International Telecommunication Union established guidelines for streamlining its procedures, which will “reduce time-to-market delivery of standards needed to meet the fast-changing needs of the industry and of the market,” …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. plans to expand its UMTS product portfolio during the next five years to serve the third-generation wireless market with the addition of base station …

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. reported its worldwide operations added 276,751 net new cellular subscribers during the third quarter, a record for the company, bringing its total customer base to …

BARCELONA, Spain-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Dutch wireless operator KPN plan to trial Universal Mobile Telecommunications System specifications along with mobile Internet applications. The trial will be based on European Telecommunications …

The life of a start-up company is as unpredictable as the weather, and sometimes the plotted course turns out to be the wrong path to success. Such was the case …

Endwave Endwave Corp. said its ultra-high performance WavShapr base station antenna is now available for local multipoint distribution services bands. The antenna incorporates characteristics from earlier versions form the 24 …

SINGAPORE-Mobile-phone operator M1 might be listed in Singapore as early as the last quarter of 2000, according to Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation Managing Director Ng Eng Ho. The company is …

LONDON-Irish telecom company Eircom confirmed it is in preliminary discussions regarding the sale of all or part of its mobile subsidiary, Eircell. International press reports said Eircom is talking with …

IRVINE, Calif.-STM Wireless was awarded a contract from Peruvian telecommunications licensee CIFSA Telecom to install very small aperture terminals in more than 2,000 locations in Peru. STM said the deal …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. entered a subscriber unit research and development agreement with Chungwha Telecom Labs, the technology development group of the state-owned telecommunications operator in Taiwan. The agreement calls for …

LISBON, Portugal-Portugal’s three wireless incumbent operators and fixed-line telecom provider Oni are among the companies submitting proposals for one of four Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses to be awarded later …

MEXICO CITY-Diveo Broadband Networks, which offers wireless broadband services in Latin America, said it launched Diveo Hosting Paq for large and medium-sized businesses, Internet content providers, e-commerce providers and systems …

BARCELONA, Spain-Nortel Networks announced new Internet Protocol core network, base station and management offerings as part of its `Wings of Light’ strategy last week at the UMTS 2000 show in …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-The Gartner Group predicts Brazil will have about 600,000 WAP users at the end of the year. The market research company said handset suppliers did not accomplish their …

CAIRO, Egypt-Africast introduced a free wireless Internet access and messaging service. Mobile users can access Africast Mobile by creating a profile on the Africast.com site, allowing the latest news headlines …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Everypath Inc., a wireless application service provider and technology enabler, introduced its Mobile Application Server, designed to give enterprise customers the ability to convert content into mobile applications …