Monthly Archives: January, 2001

VIEWPOINT: Otherwise engaged

Twenty million mobile phones in use in the United Kingdom early last December. Soaring to almost 25 million after all the Christmas presents had...

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...

RASCOM releases launch schedule

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (RASCOM) project to build a dedicated satellite system for Africa is close to becoming a reality....

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...

Big Apple ripe in re-auction

Wireless operators may now have to take some of the blame for New York residents feeling somewhat superior to the rest of the country....

Broadband merger canceled: Adaptive Broadband, Western Multiplex blame stock market

The sagging stock market is partly to blame for another telecommunications snafu as Western Multiplex Corp. and wireless broadband equipment manufacturer Adaptive Broadband Corp....

FCC OKs Project 25 for public-safety interoperability at 700 MHz

WASHINGTON-Public-safety officials eagerly applauded action last week to designate Project 25 Phase I as the interoperability standard for use in the 700 MHz band."The...

Alamosa PCS exceeds expectations

LUBBOCK, Texas-Wireless operator Alamosa PCS Holdings Inc., a Sprint PCS affiliate, reported a greater-than-expected year-end subscriber base of 166,127 customers on combined net additions...

DoCoMo plans share issue to fund AT&T Wireless investment

TOKYO-Japanese wireless phone operator NTT DoCoMo plans to borrow $10.3 billion from five banks to pay for its 16-percent investment in U.S. operator AT&T...

Triton churn drops in 4Q

BERWYN, Pa.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Triton PCS Holdings Inc. added 84,811 net customers during the fourth quarter of 2000 and more than doubled...

Leap adds 127,500 subscribers

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. added 127,500 users to its Cricket wireless service during the fourth quarter, bringing its total customer base to more...

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...

Small companies feel pinch in big auction

When the Federal Communications Commission set aside a portion of the licenses up for bid in its 1996 personal communications services auction, the intent...

Telecom mergers top most money list

NEW YORK-Telecommunications mergers made up four of the top 10 largest mergers of all time, according to a list released by the Associated Press...

Court throws out challenge to RF guides

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme Court last week declined to consider appeals of mobile phone and tower radiation safety guidelines adopted by the Federal Communications Commission...

Where is the innovation?

As likely winners begin to emerge in the re-auction of NextWave Telecom Inc.'s PCS licenses, it looks like these permits will be used in...

Gaming the system

As industry spends billions of dollars on spectrum and banks on a future driven by third-generation wireless phones and mobile commerce, there is every...

Motorola, Webhelp team for Palm design effort

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Motorola Inc. and Webhelp are teaming to design a personalized search program for the PalmT operating system.The new application will combine Motorola's...

Kennard era ends

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman William Kennard, after signing off on a $106 billion communications deal with far-reaching implications for wireless and other high-tech industry...

InterDigital repurchases shares

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. announced it repurchased about 1.5 million of its shares."This share repurchase demonstrates our confidence in InterDigital's future," said...

@Road announces Landmarks

FREMONT, Calif.-@Road, a provider of location-enhanced wireless Internet solutions, announced the availability of Landmarks, a new optional feature of FleetASAP, the company's Web-based mobile...

GSM, UWCC groups reach roaming pact

LONDON-The GSM Association announced it reached an agreement with the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium to include TDMA interoperability with GSM as a core component...

Hundt joins Brience board

SAN FRANCISCO-Former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt will join Brience's board of directors.Other board members include Cisco's John Chambers, Broadvision's Pehong Chen and...

Spyonit brings TV updates via phone

Most mobile companies are looking to make the Internet wireless, giving their customers a chance to search for information on their favorite stock or...
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