February 2001

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

Telcom Global Chris Carter was appointed Telcom Global Solutions Inc.’s senior director for engineering services. In his new position, Carter will be responsible for planning and managing the company’s global …

Alltel Corp. followed its disappointing fourth quarter financial results with reduced 2001 financial forecasts last Thursday, including slower customer additions and plans to cut 1,000 jobs through early retirements and …

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 lost, stolen, damaged or suffers mechanical …

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 Davidson, chief executive officer of …

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 Brazil.

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 sex and fundraising scandals. Secretary …

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 its weight around with two new …

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 designed to fight drug trafficking and …

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 it received $250 million for the …

RICHARDSON, Texas- @Track Communications Inc. announced the execution of a stock purchase and exchange agreement with Minorplanet Systems plc, a provider and distributor of telemetric-based vehicle management information systems. Under …

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, employee downsizing, technological miscues and …

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 from 8.5 million residents to 12.5 …

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 its agreement with Sprint PCS …

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 many players. Complex Systems Group, parent …

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 auctioned. “It is irrational for the …

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 with a GPRS Radio Measurement Tester, …

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 industry have prevented him from …

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 business opportunity for these extraterrestrial carriers, …

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 shares are issued at the same …

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 Singapore. He said, “Singapore is such …

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 its total customer base to 922,527 …

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 harming national security, defense experts told …

Like any healthy, enterprising entity, the wireless broadband industry is comprised of various companies and associations with products to push and agendas to satisfy. The industry’s quest for a single, …

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 ASP industry was a few years …