Monthly Archives: February, 2001

Record merger activity slows at year end

NEW YORK-The pace of mergers and acquisitions slowed considerably during the last quarter of 2000, although the year closed with an all-time high of...

Millicom sells shares

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular SA sold 1.4 million shares from a total of 19.8 million shares it held in NetCom AB, a European telecommunications...

AT&T, Sony, DoCoMo announce gaming initiative

AT&T Wireless wasted little time in exploiting its relationship with Japan's NTT DoCoMo in an attempt to jump start its wireless Internet offerings. AT&T,...

Openwave premiers new browser

Openwave Systems Inc., the offspring of Phone.com and Software.com's recent union, became the darling of Wall Street last week following its announcement to introduce...

BellSouth uses Nokia mPlatform

HELSINKI, Finland-BellSouth said it is using Nokia's mPlatform to develop and introduce new value-added services for its TDMA network in Chile.

Nextel to use ViAir platform

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. will use ViAir Inc.'s platform and WirelessInbox applications allowing customers direct access to their Internet e-mail and contacts using any...

Sprint PCS offers home-buying tools

CALABASAS, Calif.-Sprint PCS, Countrywide Home Loans and HomeGain have partnered to provide customers and prospective homeowners mobile access to home valuation information and home-buying...

Lafayette Communications to acquire spectrum

BERWYN, Pa.-Lafayette Communications L.L.C., in which wireless operator Triton PCS owns a 39-percent interest, entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 10 megahertz of...

Televigation delivers solution to Sina.com

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Televigation said it delivered a Web and mobile-phone navigation solution to Sina.com, an Internet media and services company for Chinese communities worldwide.Under terms...

XML will rescue WAP, says XMLSolutions

Mounting brick walls between businesses remain obstacles in an economy that integrates by the day. But XMLSolutions Global aims to turn barriers into networks...

Floor manufacturer gets into RF business

NEW YORK-Armstrong World Industries Inc., Lancaster, Pa., has produced conventional looking, pop-out ceiling tiles that hide radio-frequency antennas in their upward facing sides."Providing in-building...

Psion, Motorola part ways

Motorola Inc.'s recent financial problems reverberated through the wireless industry and across the Atlantic, sending shares of Europe's biggest personal digital assistant maker plummeting...

Qualcomm develops open platform

In a move to transform itself into the chief platform enabler among software developers and carriers, Qualcomm Inc. has developed an open, CDMA-based technology...

SnapTrack, SignalSoft aim to be location powerhouse

SnapTrack Inc. and SignalSoft Corp. have officially agreed to combine their resources and jointly market and deliver location-based applications and systems.SnapTrack, a subsidiary of...

Furchtgott-Roth to exit FCC

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is losing its most conservative member, although Harold Furchtgott-Roth does not expect his departure to leave the the newly named...

Powell focuses on operations

WASHINGTON-FCC Chairman Michael Powell initially expects to focus on the internal workings of the commission rather than on regulatory initiatives, according to an aide."I...

Securicor enters Latin America with distribution deal

NEW YORK-Marking the company's move into Latin America, Securicor Wireless Inc. announced it signed a distribution deal with Marketronics Corp., which operates in Buenos...

e2 acquires Infoinmotion

DALLAS-e2 Communications, a developer of e-mail marketing and customer relationship management solutions, acquired wireless technology developer Infoinmotion.Infoinmotion develops and markets wireless network access services.e2...

Qualcomm expands UCT license

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it expanded United Computer and Telecommunications Inc.'s CDMA license to include the design and marketing of third-generation CDMA-cdma2000, cdma2000 1xEV,...

Metro One buys Enthusiam

PORTLAND, Ore.-Metro One Telecommunications Inc. announced today it will acquire Enthusiasm Technologies Inc., a developer of Web-based data extraction and processing technology, for about...

Metawave reports spread of smart antennas

REDMOND, Wash.-Metawave Communications Corp. announced its smart antenna technology has been deployed in 13 of the top 20 wireless markets, as ranked by RCR...

Forest Service orders Relm radios

WEST MELBOURNE, Fla.-The Klamath National Forest ordered about $316,000 in mobile radios from wireless land mobile radio company Relm Wireless Corp.Relm said the latest...

Whitlock, Voice Technologies partner on speech apps

RICHMOND, Va.-Web strategy and development company Whitlock ebs announced a strategic partnership with Voice Technologies Inc., a company focused on voice/speech technologies.The companies said...

Nextel shareholders react to auction delay

News of the Federal Communications Commission's plan to delay the auction of 700 MHz spectrum from March to September, caused a slight panic for...

Brazil suspends wireless auction

SAO PAULO, Brazil(AP)-Brazil's telecommunications regulator Anatel said Friday it had suspended next week's planned auction for the first three of nine new licenses due...
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