Monthly Archives: January, 2001

Nuance software to be used by OnStar

MENLO PARK, Calif.-Nuance, a manufacturer of voice interface software, and OnStar, the telematics subsidiary of General Motors Corp., announced OnStar has licensed Nuance's speech...

S&P predicts increased telecom ratings pressure

NEW YORK-Debt downgrades for telecommunications carriers last year outnumbered upgrades by a two-to-one margin, setting the stage for increased pressure on ratings this year,...

O2wireless adds two companies to stable

ATLANTA-Just a few months after its successful initial public offering, O2wireless Solutions Inc. announced two acquisitions, which the company said will add site development...

Nortel toasts fourth quarter

Finally, a glass of champagne.Nortel Networks toasted its fourth quarter with a result that matched market expectations and a robust promise for the future.Nortel,...

AOL, Nokia reach agreement

DULLES, Va.-America Online Inc. announced last week it reached a licensing agreement to develop and market a Netscape-branded version of Nokia's WAP microbrowser for...

NetSanity, AppForge get venture funding

Drought is the bellweather for venture funds these days, but not for two companies, NetSanity Inc. and AppForge Inc., which received their third and...

NEC wins 3G contract with Telecom Italia

TOKYO-NEC Corp. will supply third-generation equipment to Telecom Italia Mobile, according to international press reports. The value of the contract, which is the first...

Pack ’em up, ship ’em out: NTIA proposes 3G relocation payments

WASHINGTON-In a move being watched closely by the wireless industry, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration proposed rules to reimburse the Pentagon and other...

NTIA says UWB has potential in 3 to 6 GHz bands

WASHINGTON-The National Telecommunications and Information Administration said last week testing showed that ultra-wideband systems "have the potential" to operate in the 3 to 6...

Small companies feel pinch in U.S. auction

DENVER, United States-When the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) set aside a portion of the permits up for bid in its 1996 auction of...

CPP boosts paging numbers in Romania

BUCHAREST, Romania-In the early 1990s in Romania, paging terminals came to be well-known. Since then, the market has gone through a period of quick...

NORTH AMERICA BRIEFS

CanadaEricsson announced trials for Wireless Application Protocol technology over a TDMA network with Rogers Cantel, a Canadian wireless provider. The announcement is the first...

WLL technology fills in coverage holes in Eastern Europe

BUCHAREST, Romania-Eastern and Central European countries began to improve and modernize their telecommunications networks more than a decade ago, after the fall of communism.A...

Global operators make little impact on roaming costs

DUBLIN, Ireland-When companies with international aspirations make their cases for being allowed to own mobile networks across a number of countries, one argument put...

MSS industry struggles to prove itself

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Globalstar could be the last hope for global mobile personal communications by satellite (GMPCS) survival in Africa. During a heated debate at...

Tenders and licenses

BulgariaOte Telecom won Bulgaria's third mobile-phone license for US$135 million, beating out Telecom Italia Mobile through an auction. Ote plans to partner with Bulgarian...

Spain to witness first 3G launches

MADRID, Spain-Last March, when the Spanish government's beauty contest awarded Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) licenses to Telef

N.A. carriers coordinate roaming plans

North American GSM operators finally are presenting a united front to the rest of the world when it comes to roaming into the United...

Canada raises PCS spectrum cap

TORONTO-To the relief of the wireless industry, the Canadian government raised the four-year-old spectrum cap that limits the amount of radio spectrum each PCS...

Europe readies for 3G licensing

GENEVA-With the world's first third-generation (3G) mobile systems due to come online in Japan in less than a year, Europe's wireless operators are gearing...

XO plans Western European broadband network

DENVER, United States-XO Communications revealed plans to launch a data-centric broadband network in Western Europe as early as mid-2001.Western Europe's early adoption of mobile...

Y2K bug bites Japan

TOKYO-The millennium bug was squashed in most industries around the world, with one exception in wireless.Due to a Y2K glitch, short message service (SMS)...

PHS makes further Asian inroads

SINGAPORE-Four years after it was first introduced in Japan, PHS technology finally has made some headway in the international telecommunications arena. Taiwanese paging operator...

Mobile melds with sun, sand in island nations

MELBOURNE, Australia-In a part of the world that still relies on word of mouth as a means to keep in touch, cellular communications-both digital...

NEWS BRIEFS

Microsoft and Ericsson announced a joint venture to develop and market mobile Internet products. In addition, Microsoft introduced its dual-mode microbrowser, called Mobile Internet...
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