January 2001

LAS VEGAS-Motorola Inc. signed a multimillion dollar deal with PacketVideo Corp. to deliver full-motion video and audio content to mobile devices. The content will include news, sports highlights, movie trailers …

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 Blouin, president and chief executive officer …

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 are avoiding a possible precipice on …

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. Dobson also said its churn rate …

RESTON, Va.-U.S. network operator Motient Corp. and Canadian operator Bell Mobility announced a partnership to allow wireless e-mail users to seamlessly send and receive e-mails from both countries. The service …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and Sprint PCS have agreed to a commercial network infrastructure agreement, providing CDMA equipment via Interoperability Specifications and third-generation cdma2000 1x high-speed packet data to certain …

BOULDER, Colo.-Cellport Systems introduced its Cellport 3000 Universal Hands-Free System for mobile phones in vehicles, which the company said will accommodate different manufacturers and different models of phones. The new …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Unplugged Games Inc., a developer of multiplayer games for wireless devices, will provide Verizon Wireless games for its Mobile Web customers. Verizon Wireless customers will be able to access …

FRANKFURT, Germany-Siemens AG expanded its presence into the crowded U.S. wireless handset market, signing a marketing deal with mobile-phone operator Cingular Wireless that allows Cingular to market Siemens’ S40 GSM …

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court last week heard arguments on whether the Federal Communications Commission violated the law and hurt small businesses in crafting rules for 800 MHz specialized mobile radio …

WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America signed a contract with employees of the newly formed Cingular Wireless Inc. in Illinois, Massachusetts, New York and Maryland. “The negotiations between several CWA regions …

WASHINGTON-Even as industry and government officials struggle to figure out how to implement the recommendations of the World Radiocommunication Conference held last June in Istanbul, the Federal Communications Commission last …

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. changed its name to Cingular Interactive L.P. and will become a business unit of wireless operator Cingular Wireless. “As a member of the Cingular Wireless …

NEW YORK-Juno Online Services Inc. and Sprint PCS announced a strategic alliance to feature Juno Mobile service on the Sprint PCS Wireless Web. Juno Mobile will be a featured link …

FRANKFURT, Germany-German telecom company Mobilcom dropped its legal challenge against the German telecom regulator regarding its third-generation license auction last year. The company dropped the lawsuit because of fears it …

DULLES, Va.-America Online Inc. users can now be alerted about the arrival of a specified e-mail message to their AOL account via text-enabled digital wireless phones or pagers. The AOL …

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 for damages from brain cancer …

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 1999, according to the company. Since …

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 Digital PocketNet service. TD also announced …

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 than 190,000 in 10 markets. “We …

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 its total customer base from 195,204 …

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 Wireless Services Inc., according to a …

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 of 58,121 subscribers. For the fourth …

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 result of the FCC’s action …

The sagging stock market is partly to blame for another telecommunications snafu as Western Multiplex Corp. and wireless broadband equipment manufacturer Adaptive Broadband Corp. announced last week that Western Multiplex’s …