Monthly Archives: February, 2001

Streaming technologies gather momentum in wireless space

Streaming content onto wireless devices seems like a perfect match of technology. Without the hard drive space required to download and save large files,...

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Telcom GlobalChris Carter was appointed Telcom Global Solutions Inc.'s senior director for engineering services. In his new position, Carter will be responsible for planning...

Revised forecasts, layoffs follow disappointing Alltel results

Alltel Corp. followed its disappointing fourth quarter financial results with reduced 2001 financial forecasts last Thursday, including slower customer additions and plans to cut...

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...

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...

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...

American spectator

I am beginning to see a pattern.President Bush talks about restoring integrity to the White House, a not so subtle reference to the Clinton...

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...

Wireless tracking provisions part of anti-crime bill: Customer privacy at issue

WASHINGTON-A new anti-crime bill would streamline law enforcement's ability to clone numeric pagers and raise the legal standard for location-based mobile phone wiretaps, changes...

Arch Wireless gets stock boost

WEST BOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Wireless Group's shares jumped up 14 percent at the start of trading Feb. 15 to about $1 per share after announcements...

@Track, Minorplanet execute agreement

RICHARDSON, Texas- @Track Communications Inc. announced the execution of a stock purchase and exchange agreement with Minorplanet Systems plc, a provider and distributor of...

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,...

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...

USAToday.com now on Sprint’s Wireless Web

WASHINGTON-USAToday.com news and information are new featured within the News & Weather, Business Tools and What's New categories on Sprint PCS' Wireless Web.USAToday.com said...

ResQNet.com offers get-to-the-point navigation without middleware

NEW YORK-ResQNet.com Inc. looked at the market opportunity for connecting mobile workers to corporate databases and decided the field of middleware suppliers had too...

Utilities cry fowl over the prospect of private-wireless auctions, band managers

WASHINGTON-Nine utilities from across the country are urging the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider its decision last year that allowed private-wireless spectrum to be...

BABT upgrades GSM test equipment

LONDON-BABT Product Service, a test, certification and approvals management organization, chose Anite to upgrade its GSM test equipment. Anite will supply the U.K-based group...

Peter Angelos: The angel of death for wireless telecom?

To the Editor: Peter Angelos has helped to effectively outlaw products from asbestos to breast implants and only the vast deep pockets of the tobacco...

Broadband offerings no pie-in-the-sky dream for satellite providers: Business case will come if they can hang on

NEW YORK-Although some satellite companies, like Globalstar L.P. and Iridium, have stumbled badly while chasing mobile telephony, provision of broadband communications remains a meaningful...

World Briefs: Asia

NTT DoCoMo, announced that it set the public offering prices for new shares at $17,500 per share for 400,000 shares. If the additional 60,000...

PCCW to bid for Singapore 3G license

SINGAPORE-Pacific Century CyberWorks Executive Chairman Richard Li announced in Davos, Switzerland, that his company expects to bid for a third-generation mobile-phone network license in...

Microcell reports solid fourth quarter

MONTREAL-Canadian personal communications services provider Microcell Telecommunications Inc. released fourth-quarter 2000 results showing the company added 134,654 customers to its Fido wireless service, bringing...

Relaxing export-control policy may help security

WASHINGTON-The United States' current export-control policy is so stringent that instead of achieving the goal of national security, the policy could in reality be...

Price, simplicity will determine broadband technology winner

Like any healthy, enterprising entity, the wireless broadband industry is comprised of various companies and associations with products to push and agendas to satisfy....

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...
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