Monthly Archives: February, 2001

Alamosa Holding completes mergers

LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. completed its merger with Roberts Wireless Communications L.L.C. and Washington Oregon Wireless L.L.C., increasing Alamosa's licensed population...

WorldCom revises Intermedia merger terms

CLINTON, Miss.-WorldCom Inc., the nation's largest wireless reseller, revised the terms of its merger with Intermedia Communications Inc. to settle a lawsuit filed by...

AOL, VoiceStream enter agreement

BELLEVUE, Wash.-America Online Inc. and VoiceStream Wireless Corp. reported a comprehensive services, content and marketing agreement to provide America Online's features and services to...

Multiple devices, multiple uses

Many discussions about what's inherently wrong with the wireless Internet, m-commerce or mobile data in general seem to end up placing the blame squarely...

Jigami plans to pioneer multimedia over wireless

NEW YORK-Why wait for 3G, whenever that might be, when you can provide multimedia services over wireless networks today?That is the message of Nehemiah...

Susan Ness to leave commission

WASHINGTON-Susan Ness, the most senior member of the Federal Communications Commission, is planning on leaving the agency before the end of her recess appointment;...

Consolidation still ahead for broadband players

To know what the broadband industry is going to do tomorrow, just look at what the cellular industry is doing today.Year after year, several...

Handset sales rise 46 percent in 2000

Despite some `hiccups' within the industry and key supply channels, phone sales worldwide grew 46 percent to 412.7 million units last year, according to...

Crown grows revenues, net loss widens

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. reported revenues for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31 of $202 million and $649.2 million, respectively, compared with...

Panasonic to give U.S. market a second chance

With AT&T Wireless Services Inc. behind it, Panasonic Telecommunications Systems Co. hopes to rise out of the shadows of the U.S. market and push...

Recent downgrades bring Lucent near junk-bond status

In rhythm with an economy on the retreat, telecommunications giant Lucent Technologies Inc. seems to be on the decline.Against a background of outsized estimates,...

Verizon offers phone protection plan

PITTSBURGH-Verizon Wireless said it is offering its customers a comprehensive protection plan for $4 per month that protects them in case their phone is...

Motorola to cut 4,000 jobs

AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc.'s semiconductor products sector said it would reduce its workforce by 4000 jobs in the course of this year as part of...

GEO Interactive changes name to Emblaze

NEW YORK-GEO Interactive Media Group announced it will change its name to Emblaze Systems Ltd., which is the name of the company's streaming video...

Carriers aim to pump up minutes with games

According to recent reports, wireless gaming is spreading nearly as fast as computer viruses pretending to be pictures of tennis stars. By 2005, more...

Maroc Telecom awards replacement contract to Motorola

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Global Telecom Solutions Sector signed a network replacement contract with Maroc Telecom.Terms of the agreement call for Motorola to install...

Lucent begins production in Brazil

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it is ready to start high-volume production of commercial GSM radio base stations at its Campinas plant in...

Tecnomen selects TimesTen software

LONDON-TimesTen Performance Software said Tecnomen selected TimesTen's real-time data management software for use in its next-generation intelligent network platform. The software company said Tecnomen...

Dems ready to battle for E-rate

WASHINGTON-Education Secretary Roderick Paige refused to retreat from President Bush's plan to scrap the schools and libraries Internet program, a posture that prompted Sen....

Privacy Coalition urges lawmakers to sign privacy pledge

WASHINGTON-The Privacy Coalition is calling on lawmakers at the state and federal levels to sign what it is calling a privacy pledge.The privacy pledge...

Seagull teams with Symbol

ATLANTA-Seagull, a provider of e-business enabling software, announced a partnership with Symbol Technologies, a supplier of rugged wireless devices and wireless network solutions.As partners,...

FCC’s enforcement policies scrutinized at Practicing Law Institute conference

WASHINGTON-Enforcement of government rules, including telecommunications rules, should be efficient and fair and have the consent of the governed, said FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth.Furchtgott-Roth...

LizardTech, Intel partner on imaging technology

SEATTLE-Imaging technology company LizardTech Inc. partnered with computer chip giant Intel Corp. to enter the wireless Internet market with a product the company said...

WASP market to reach $3.6B by 2005

BOSTON-The wireless application service provider market will grow to $3.6 billion by 2005 and is in the same formative stages as the fixed Internet...

Furchtgott-Roth believes Powell could reform FCC without congressional oversight

WASHINGTON-There is probably not a need for Congress to pass legislation to reform the Federal Communications Commission especially if new FCC Chairman Michael K....
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