Monthly Archives: January, 2001

US Unwired offers Wireless Web service in southern markets

LAKE CHARLES, La.-Southern markets managed by Sprint PCS Network Partner US Unwired Inc. now have access to Sprint PCS' Wireless Web service."We are excited...

TD Waterhouse unveils quote service for PocketNet

NEW YORK-Online financial firm TD Waterhouse Group Inc. unveiled its TD Waterhouse Quotes & News wireless market information system for AT&T Wireless Service Inc.'s...

Sprint counts 1 million wireless Web customers

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-More than 1 million wireless Internet customers have signed up for Sprint PCS' Wireless Web offering since it was launched in September...

Exercise prudence in reporting health litigation

To the Editor: On the front page of your Christmas day issue was an article headlined "Judge largely dismisses RF health lawsuit." The lawsuit asks...

Dobson gross adds ahead of estimates

OKLAHOMA CITY-Wireless operator Dobson Communications Corp. added 109,800 gross subscribers during the fourth quarter, well ahead of projected additions of 95,000 to 105,000 customers....

Green light faint on GPRS

Like the harmony of opposites, caution and adventure characterize the journey to the wide-scale rollout of GPRS. Vendors are playing starry-eyed idealists while operators...

Bell Mobility expands CDMA service

NEW YORK-Bell Mobility, Toronto, plans a series of initiatives this year to expand its data and Internet services and move toward third-generation wireless, Pierre...

Chip manufacturers move ahead with streaming multimedia plans: Toshiba announces MPEG-4 solution

While the market for consumers who might want to watch streaming video or listen to streaming audio on their wireless devices is debatable, chip...

Study says wireless revenues will exceed wireline in 2 years

MELVILLE, N.Y.-A new study from pulver.com finds wireless revenues will exceed wireline revenues by as early as 2003, pointing to the quickly falling costs...

I3Mobile cuts 28 jobs

I3 Mobile Inc. executives confirmed late last week the company laid off about 20 percent of its work force as part of a streamlining...

Standards forum beats chest

Secure with 50 converts and confident of its quality, the torch bearers of the Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) technology believe that telecom companies...

Evans stresses spectrum oversight

WASHINGTON-Commerce Secretary-designate Donald Evans said he will stress spectrum management in the next administration and told Senate Commerce Committee members he realizes the international...

Bear market bruises Blackberry

With its volatile appetite, the bear market showed little respect last week, not even for the sweet Blackberry.The Blackberry, a popular handheld device created...

Wall St. shakeout starts

NEW YORK-Although the technology-laden Nasdaq posted its strongest one-day gain ever in response to the Federal Reserve Board's surprise rate cut Jan. 3, the...

Israel’s Partner launches HSCSD

ROSH HA'AYIN, ISRAEL-Partner Communications, the only GSM mobile telephone network operator in Israel, announced the launch of High Speed Circuit Switched Data service, named...

Matav purchases 51 percent of Maktel

BUDAPEST, Hungary-A Matav-led consortium has offered a winning bid of US$341.3 million to acquire 51 percent of Makedonski Telekommunikacii (Maktel), the sole fixed-line and...

Bids reach $13 billion, pool of bidders dwindles

The Federal Communications Commissions re-auction of 422 personal communications services licenses returned from its winter break by closing in on the $13-billion barrier, and...

Tauzin to take Commerce chair

WASHINGTON-Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.) last week won the battle to chair the House Commerce Committee as part of a congressional realignment that has pro-wireless...

Tower industry 2001: Put up or shut up

Back in October, when the top brass of the tower industry converged in Las Vegas for the 2000 Tower Summit and Trade Show, the...

Cell-Loc tries to stay afloat: Company restructures, lays off some employees

Location technology and services provider Cell-Loc Inc. pulled in the reins on its hopes for a national takeover and announced it will restructure its...

Spectrian sells semiconductor division to Cree

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Spectrian Corp. completed the sale of its UltraRF semiconductors division to Cree Inc. for about $30 million and 1.8 million shares of Cree...

Zucotto receives financing, offers development kit

SAN DIEGO-Zucotto Wireless Inc. received $35 million in its second round of financing, which was led by Shelter Capital Partners L.L.C. and Baker Capital...

American Tower revenues to exceed expectations, earnings may fall short

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. said it expects fourth-quarter revenues to be in the range of $226 million to $233 million, exceeding the company's previously announced...

FCC may delegate interconnection to states

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is drafting a proposal that would give states more authority over the thorny issue of how carriers compensate each other...

VoiceStream uses RealName system

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-RealName Corp. and VoiceStream Wireless Corp. plan to bring wireless keyboard navigation for the wireless Web to VoiceStream's mobile Internet service, WebStream.The...
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