February 2001

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 9,602 transactions in all industries, Los …

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 company. Millicom said its investment interest …

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, which received nearly $10 billion from …

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 a new browser for packet-based GPRS …

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

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 Nextel Internet-capable phone. ViAir said its …

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 tools over Sprint PCS’ Wireless Web …

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 spectrum from subsidiaries of Carolina PCS …

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 of the agreement, Televigation will …

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

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 coverage for voice and data …

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 after Motorola pulled out of a …

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 that will allow third-party users to …

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 Qualcomm Inc., designs and manufactures …

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 GOP chairman of the agency outnumbered …

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 think it is unfair to …

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 Aires, Argentina, Mexico City and a …

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 said it plans to …

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, TD-SCDMA, W-CDMA. UCT previously had a …

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 $5.3 million “This is a value-added, …

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 Wireless News. To date, the company …

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 order brings its total sales …

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 they hope to help clients …

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 shareholders of Nextel Communications Inc. stock …

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 to lack of bidders. Analysts said …