Monthly Archives: January, 2001

Agilent files amendments to OSI acquisition

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Agilent Technologies Inc. and Objective Systems Integrators Inc. announced amendments to Agilent's acquisition of OSI have been filed with the Securities and...

FCC proposes spectrum plans

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week proposed earmarking a slew of spectrum bands for third-generation mobile-phone systems, while rejecting a petition to set aside...

AT&T starts year defending itself in court: Network, trademark-related suits to go to trial

Lawyers for AT&T Corp. rang in the new year with a class-action lawsuit brought against it and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. by New York...

Verizon urges statewide hands-free legislation in N.Y.

ORANGEBURG, N.Y.-Verizon Wireless urged the New York State Legislature to consider statewide legislation requiring drivers to use hands-free devices while using cell phones and...

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...

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...

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...

Manitoba to extend digital service

WINNIPEG, Manitoba-Canadian cellular service provider Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. said it will spend $50 million to extend digital service in south and central Manitoba.MTS...

VIA Technologies quiet about Qualcomm deal

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Taiwan chipset designer VIA Technologies has neither confirmed nor denied a report that the world's CDMA leader, Qualcomm Inc., has settled a deal...

US Unwired sells towers to SBA

LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired Inc. sold 127 of its towers in Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas to SBA Communications Corp. for about $40 million.SBA paid...

D.C. Briefs

The Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies, whose members often provide wireless as well as wireline service to rural America,...

Motorola announces efforts to streamline operations

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.- Motorola Inc. is ditching its troublesome Communications Enterprise unit and streamlining its operations, creating three new units and promoting executives to head...

Asia-Pacific wireless Internet users will fall behind

The prospects for wireless Internet use in Asia-Pacific during the next decade will be both a leap forward and a heartbreak.The Strategis Group concluded...

Indian mobile subscriber base doubles in 2000

NEW DELHI, India-The Indian mobile subscriber base has doubled in a year-from 1.59 million subscribers at the beginning of 2000 to 3.1 million users...

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...

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...

Paratek aims to speed development of communications capacity

NEW YORK-Paratek Microwave Inc., a Columbia, Md., company established by a former U.S. Army researcher, plans to accelerate the evolution of communications capacity with...

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...

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...

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...

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...
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