Monthly Archives: March, 2001

Paging financials may push quicker consolidation

The traditional paging industry is dead, many analysts and paging veterans agree. But there is an escape route for the few companies left fighting,...

New day dawns at FCC

WASHINGTON-A new day appears to be dawning for FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell.This new day will have Powell greeting four new colleagues by the...

Bush spectrum plan gets mixed reviews

WASHINGTON-Whether the nation is plagued with daunting deficits or buoyed by gushing surpluses, spectrum auctions remain a lightning rod for controversy as the revenue-generating...

Transcrypt may sell off company

LINCOLN, Neb.-Transcrypt International Inc. ended the year with revenues totaling $42.2 million compared with annual revenues of $53.5 million for 1999 and is evaluating...

Daniels sets transaction record

DENVER-Daniels & Associates, a provider of financial services to media, Internet and telecommunications clients, set an all-time company record in 2000 by completing 115...

E-rate may survive reform maneuvers

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week retreated from its proposal to overhaul the schools and libraries Internet discount program and may be forced to backtrack...

Regulatory ruckus

A great political stroke of genius of Team Bush has been the creation of the moderate tone implied by the "compassionate conservative" banner. Why,...

NTIA testing of UWB/GPS interference politically inconclusive, industry says all is fine

WASHINGTON-Government testing of potential interference between the global positioning system and ultra-wideband devices seems to be politically inconclusive, while an UWB-industry funded study shows...

Intel, Cisco cut jobs, stock market tumbles

Following news of huge job cuts at Intel Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc., the Nasdaq tumbled 115.95 points Friday to land at 2,052.78, its...

Hollings, Dingell discount VoiceStream/DT merger

WASHINGTON-Congressional opponents of the proposed $30 billion acquisition of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. by Deutsche Telekom AG have struck again, just weeks after VoiceStream was...

Iridium investors sue Motorola

Motorola Inc.'s miserable journey into the realm of mobile satellite communications with Iridium L.L.C. worsened last week when a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge in...

NTT DoCoMo debuts Java-enabled handset

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo released a new Java-enabled handset, which is manufactured by NEC. The handset will be put into the market on 3 March. The...

Shin signs BayCom as reseller

NONTHABURI, Thailand-Shin Satellite of Thailand and BayCom of Malaysia announced they signed a national service operator agreement for Malaysia in advance of the launch...

Mobilkom Austria acquires stake in Slovenian operator

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia-Mobilkom Austria acquired a 49-percent stake in Si.mobile, a GSM operator in Slovenia, according to international press reports. An additional 26 percent plus...

Greece establishes 3G licensing timetable

ATHENS, Greece-Greece plans to determine the number of third-generation licenses to be auctioned and the appropriate spectrum for the services in late March. The...

Chile plans to issue PCS licenses

Chilean regulator Subtel announced it will award three national PCS licenses through a beauty contest in the second quarter of 2001. The 10 megahertz...

Sema announces contract in Brazil

LONDON-Sema Telecoms announced a contract to install a convergent billing and customer care solution for Telemig Celular Participacoes S.A. and Tele Norte Celular Participacoes...

Metawave to supply antennas to Iusacell

REDMOND, Washington, United States-Metawave Communications said it received an estimated $22 million order from Grupo Iusacell, Mexico's second-largest mobile carrier.Under the terms of the...

Harris announces Brazilian contracts

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Harris said that during the second half of 2000, it supplied microwave systems and products totaling $6.9 million to Americel, a Brazilian...

Mobileum joins developer program

PLEASANTON, Calif.-Mobileum Inc., which provides wireless and mobile-commerce solutions, announced it has joined the Openwave Developer Alliance Program.The Openwave Developer Alliance Program aims to...

Vaultus closes $32M in financing

NEW YORK-Vaultus, a mobile platform company, announced it closed $32 million in second-round financing, bringing the total invested in the company to more than...

New math

Now that the United States appears to be entering a recession, the economics behind deployments of third-generation wireless systems are even trickier than new...

Etrieve enhances services, charts deal with Dell

HILSBORO, Ore.-Wireless e-mail company Etrieve Inc. announced an enhancement to its current service and a new deal with Dell Computer Corp.Under its agreement with...

AirNet boasts 2 GPRS deals

MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communication Corp. has deployed and received customer acceptance for what it said is one of the first U.S. wireless GPRS systems.AirNet's AdaptaCell...

Wireless Multimedia Forum celebrates first birthday

NEW YORK-The Wireless Multimedia Forum, which recently celebrated its first birthday, is on schedule in building a framework for content that must be written...
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