Monthly Archives: November, 2001

Verizon negotiates priority access with federal government

WASHINGTON—Verizon Wireless today said it hopes to reach a deal soon with the Bush administration that would ensure mobile phone calls involving national security...

AT&T Wireless considers sale of tower assets

NEW YORK—AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s chief financial officer, Joseph McCabe, said during a JP Morgan investor conference that the company might sell its towers...

FCC to dissolve cap by January 2003

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-1 to relax the spectrum cap in urban markets to 55 MHz and to completely dissolve the cap in...

NextWave attorney says accord has been reached

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—NextWave Telecom Inc. has reached an agreement with the federal government to relinquish its PCS licenses to the government, but the documents...

WAP Forum names new CEO

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—The WAP Forum, which works to foster the growth of the Wireless Application Protocol standard, named Robert L. Brown, the former chairman...

Hutchison to use Luxxon streaming system for demonstrations

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Luxxon Corp. announced Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Ltd. purchased its Mediator Streaming System, which Luxxon said will allow the carrier to demonstrate...

Critical Path improves net loss

SAN FRANCISCO—Critical Path Inc. announced its third-quarter earnings, showing slow but steady revenues after the company's previously announced restructuring.Critical Path reported net revenues of...

Comverse collaborates with Qualcomm on BREW

WOODBURY, N.Y.—Comverse Technology Inc. said it will collaborate with Qualcomm Inc. to bring enhanced wireless services, such as multimedia messaging, voice solutions and mobile...

Qualcomm rolls out samples of 3G MSM product

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said it rolled out the first samples of its third-generation Mobile Station Modem, or MSM6050, which it claims to be the...

Triton PCS increases private offering price

BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc. increased the pricing of its previously announced private offering of 8.75-percent senior subordinated notes from $300 million to $400 million....

T-Mobile provider signs deal with Disney

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Disney content is moving onto European mobile phones for the first time through a deal between T-Mobile International mobile online services provider...

Leap launches in northern Colorado

SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. launched its Cricket wireless service in northern Colorado, including Fort Collins, Greeley and Loveland. The company said it will...

WAP Forum, GSM Association strengthen alliance

LONDON—The WAP Forum and the GSM Association announced they will formalize and strengthen their cooperative alliance, collaborating on projects such as the GSM Association's...

Nextel Partners launches in North Dakota, Minnesota markets

FARGO, N.D.—Nextel Partners Inc. launched wireless service Fargo and Grand Forks, N.D., as well as Brainerd, Detroit Lakes, Alexandria and Fergus Falls, Minn.To oversee...

Yankee Group says market exists for high frequency, point-to-multipoint products

BOSTON—A recent Yankee Group Report, "High-Frequency Fixed Wireless: More than Just LMDS," finds that despite the disillusionment caused by slow growth in 2001, there...

Qualcomm signs BREW agreements

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with handset vendor Sanyo to develop new handsets based on the Binary Runtime...

Nextel upgrades Direct Connect in New England

BEDFORD, Mass.—Nextel Communications Inc. introduced an upgraded version of its Direct Connect feature in the New England area expanding the local calling area for...

Verizon entices customers to retail outlets

BELLEVUE, Wash.—Verizon Wireless sent out invitations to 250,000 residential customers in the northwest encouraging them to visit their local retail outlets and make sure...

CEA finds consumers increasingly attached to wireless phones

ARLINGTON, Va.—Consumers are finding it more important to carry wireless phones with them everywhere and are interested in more than just talking on them,...

Location is most important feature

SAN FRANCISCO—The most important feature a wireless phone can offer is E-911 location accuracy, according to the majority of Americans interviewed for a study...

SavaJe releases OS for Java 2 capability

NORTH CHELMSFORD, Mass.—SavaJe Technologies said it has released the first operating system that allows device manufacturers, enterprises and system integrators to deliver Java 2...

Supercomm reports increased attendance at June show

ARLINGTON, Va.—Organizers of Supercomm 2001 announced that despite this year's uncertain economy, final tabulations show that attendance was up at its trade show this...

IWO Holdings reports increased revenues, higher net loss

ALBANY, N.Y.—IWO Holdings Inc., which provides wireless service under the Sprint PCS brand name in the northeast, reported $32.2 million in revenue for the...

FCC grants experimental license to BeamReach

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—The Federal Communications Commission granted BeamReach Networks an experimental nationwide license in the 2.3 GHz band, allowing the company to operate trials of...

Dimension Data, Air2Web join for enterprise program

RESTON, Va.—Dimension Data and Air2Web have joined to offer the QuickStart Advantage Program, a complete, cost-effective solution that assists enterprises in providing customers and...
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