2000

In the July 3 issue of RCR noting GroupServe Inc.’s pilot agreement with o2wireless Solutions for its Internet-based group communications applications, the service price should have read $50 per year.

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. exercised its option with Nextel Communications Inc. to expand its licensed territory by an additional 10.6 million people, increasing its total licensed territory to cover 50.8 …

France Brightpoint Inc. subsidiary Brightpoint France SARL, entered an agreement with Motorola S.A. France, a subsidiary of Motorola Inc., to distribute Motorola wireless communications handsets in France. Financial terms of …

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-KPN, the former telecommunications monopoly in the Netherlands, plans to offer a new issue of shares to the public this year. The Dutch government currently holds a 43.5-percent …

NEW YORK-Any wireless carrier that frets about competition on its turf should consider SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd., the fourth licensee in Hong Kong. The city-state has a population of 6.9 …

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands-Bids in the Dutch Universal Mobile Telecommunications System auction topped $1 billion at the end of bidding Thursday, 10 days and 258 rounds into the sale of …

Tantau Tantau Software Inc. released its Wireless Internet Platform version 2, which features enhancements for back-end connectivity, content personalization and information delivery. In addition, the company announced a strategic agreement …

BellSouth Wireless Data Michael McGarry was appointed regional vice president, Central Region, for BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. McGarry’s team will be responsible for selling Interactive Messaging PLUS and industry solutions …

Legislation by Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) to prevent the Federal Communications Commission from approving the transfer of licenses from an American telecommunications company, such as VoiceStream Wireless Corp., was included …

BUTTE, Mont.-Touch America, the telecommunications subsidiary of The Montana Power Co., began its personal communications services joint venture with Qwest Wireless in Spokane, Wash., and Boise, Idaho. Both companies contributed …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Low-power graphics chip maker Silicon Motion Inc. reported it has invented an embedded digital signal processor technology that will enable the company to expand into the digital voice, …

NEW YORK-Airspan Networks Inc., a British designer of fixed wireless communications systems, went public on Nasdaq July 19, raising $82.5 million in an offering of 5.5 million shares priced at …

LOS ANGELES-CreSenda Wireless Inc. formed a strategic alliance with AT&T Wireless Services to launch its Wireless Professional Series business applications over AT&T’s CDPD network. The first product line in CreSenda’s …

The road to higher data speeds for wireless networks is rooted in voice technology, but Flarion Technologies, a new venture company formed by Lucent Technologies Inc., hopes to bypass that …

NEW YORK-Manufacturers increasingly are planning to outsource production as more companies transition to the virtual manufacturing model, according to a recent Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. study. A substantial number …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and MasterCard International said they will commit resources in a joint effort to speed mobile commerce deployments. The companies will collaborate on research and development projects to …

SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. added 537,000 wireless customers, an increase of 70 percent compared with the previous year, and a 30.6-percent increase in domestic wireless subscriber revenue to $1.6 billion …

Vyyo Inc. reported net revenues for the second quarter ended June 30 increased to $3 million, compared with $1 million reported for second-quarter 1999. The company recorded a net loss …

Aether Systems Inc. is involved in yet another joint venture launch, this time with Sylvan Learning Systems Inc., to introduce MindSurf, a company aiming to provide mobile computing infrastructure targeted …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported an addition to Sanyo’s existing Code Division Multiple Access subscriber unit license agreement granting Sanyo a license under Qualcomm’s essential CDMA patent portfolio to develop, manufacture …

Sprint PCS gave analysts some guidance on how much wireless data contributed to its overall second-quarter financial results, which improved significantly from the first three months of the year. Customers …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. reported second-quarter results from current businesses, excluding one-time adjustments, reflecting the impact of the first phase of a wireless property exchange in 13 states with Bell …

While still slow to be adopted by wireless operators, wireless location service providers have accelerated their efforts to deliver effective technologies that can determine a wireless user’s position within the …

Nextel Communications Inc. added more than 677,000 new proportionate subscribers during the second quarter, giving the company approximately 6.2 million global subscribers, the company said. The company’s growing subscriber base …

ARLINGTON, Va.-SiteSafe L.L.C. signed a two-year agreement to provide its PeopleSafeT software and classroom radio-frequency compliance training to BellSouth Mobility. The PeopleSafeT course on RF site safety provides an understanding …