Yearly Archives: 2000

T-Speed launches wireless Internet service

DALLAS-T-Speed Broadband Communications launched its high-speed wireless Internet access service in Dallas/Fort Worth, the company announced.The company said it is targeting small and medium-sized...

Finalists named for tower industry awards

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.-Shorecliff Communications Inc. announced the finalists for the Tower and Site Development Industry's Annual Excellence in Business Awards, to be given...

Satellite indsutry prepares to shine: Infant indsutry recovers from Iridium and focuses on broadband future

For more than six months the mobile satellite industry has been trying to polish its image after the well-publicized failure of Iridium L.L.C. tarnished...

Groups participate in Call to Protect program

LOS ANGELES-Verizon Wireless and Motorola Inc. are donating 100 pre-programmed digital wireless phones and free airtime to eight domestic violence prevention programs in the...

TI partners with AMD

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. and Advanced Micro Devices will collaborate to develop an architecture for AMD's Flash memory devices and TI's digital signal processors-based Open...

Vodafone to invest in China Mobile (HK)

BEIJING-Vodafone, the world's largest mobile-phone operator by total subscriber numbers, is set to take a 2-percent stake in China Mobile (Hong Kong), the listed...

Panasonic eyes U.S. phone sales

TOKYO-A three-hour bus ride from Tokyo will get you to Kakegawa, the leading production area of two popular Japanese items: green tea (ocha) and Panasonic...

Intelsat spinoff goes public

NEW YORK-New Skies Satellites N.V., a commercial spinoff of Intelsat, became a publicly traded company Oct. 4 when it sold 28.5 million American Depositary...

Industry to address privacy and location-based services

WASHINGTON-The mobile phone industry is expected shortly to unveil a privacy policy to guide carriers as they reinvent business plans to capitalize on the...

CenturyTel buys lines from Verizon

MONROE, La.-CenturyTel Inc. completed its purchase of approximately 133,000 telephone lines from Verizon Communications in Wisconsin for $364 million in cash in two separate...

Verizon offers service bundle to residential customers

NEW YORK-Verizon Communications has unveiled its first bundled offering allowing the residential customer of many of its local telephone companies who purchase any Verizon...

CTIA names partners for Wireless I.T.

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association unveiled its official partners and event sponsors for its Wireless I.T. 2000 expo and convention.CTIA also reported that pre-registration...

Free markets and the cost of business

We are a fickle people. What is in vogue one week can be quickly out of fashion the next. So it seems with government...

Arch shareholders approve PageNet merger

Arch Wireless Inc.'s shareholders approved the company's pending merger with Paging Network Inc. at a special meeting of shareholders. The transaction still requires the...

Supreme Court confronts wireless suits

WASHINGTON-The Supreme Court this session has before it three mobile-phone health cases, a sign of things to come in a Digital Age where technology...

Ovum offers words of caution for broadband deployments

A new report from Ovum warns new entrants planning to deploy broadband technologies such as digital subscriber line may find the cost and complexity...

Panasonic looks for European 3G link

TOKYO-Matsushita Electric Industrial, which manufactures cell phones under the Panasonic brand name, is discussing an alliance on third-generation mobile phones with European mobile carriers,...

SBC selects Lucent for national system expansion

SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. entered a five-year, $1 billion agreement for Lucent to be the primary provider of data, voice...

D.C. Briefs

Congress approved legislation that will increase to 600,000 the number of visas issued to skilled foreign workers during the next three years. The measure...

O2wireless provides design, support services to Netro

ATLANTA-O2wireless Solutions Inc. said it will provide engineering design and systems integration support services to Netro Corp.'s channel partners and AirStar service providers worldwide.O2wireless...

Motorola signs agreements for contract labor services

FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc., the H.L. Yoh Co. L.L.C. and TAC Worldwide Companies announced an agreement to manage the procurement and administration of contract...

Oracle to launch middleware

SAN FRANCISCO-Oracle Corp. announced pending availability of complete middleware for developing and deploying wireless Internet content and applications services. The Oracle9i application server wireless...

Oz.com manages presence for carriers: Company ties location and subscriber knowledge

NEW YORK-As wireless and wireline carriers and Internet content providers seek to drive revenues through value-added services, the concept of presence has taken on...

Dobson launches wireless Internet product

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. launched WebMagic, a wireless Internet product that allows its cellular phone customers to access the Internet and receive e-mail messages.Dobson...

Mirapoint offers carriers wireless messaging solution

Wireless messaging services are looked upon by many wireless service providers and Internet service providers as the "killer app" that will fuel both future...
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