Yearly Archives: 2001

Handset sales slow down

The ominous shadow of an economic slowdown is creeping into the wireless industry as vendors reel under unfulfilled earnings forecast, poor sales performance, downgrades...

BBB probes VoiceStream’s roaming message

The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus Inc., the advertising industry's self-regulatory forum, recommended that VoiceStream Wireless "modify its advertising...

Kennard era ends

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman William Kennard, after signing off on a $106 billion communications deal with far-reaching implications for wireless and other high-tech industry...

Sky’s the limit for carriers: Wireless operators report robust net adds

As reports of a slowdown in the wireless industry continue to make headlines in the news and on Wall Street, wireless carriers have been...

Telecom mergers top most money list

NEW YORK-Telecommunications mergers made up four of the top 10 largest mergers of all time, according to a list released by the Associated Press...

InterDigital repurchases shares

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. announced it repurchased about 1.5 million of its shares."This share repurchase demonstrates our confidence in InterDigital's future," said...

@Road announces Landmarks

FREMONT, Calif.-@Road, a provider of location-enhanced wireless Internet solutions, announced the availability of Landmarks, a new optional feature of FleetASAP, the company's Web-based mobile...

Eatoni taps into text-entry solutions market

NEW YORK-Eatoni Ergonomics Inc. has staked its business case on the proposition that typing should be nearly as easy as talking if wireless data...

Audiovox debuts tri-mode phone with browser

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Audiovox Communications Corp. released its new tri-mode phone, the CDM-8100, which features a built-in Web browser, data/fax capabilities and weighs in at four...

GSM, UWCC groups reach roaming pact

LONDON-The GSM Association announced it reached an agreement with the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium to include TDMA interoperability with GSM as a core component...

Small companies feel pinch in big auction

When the Federal Communications Commission set aside a portion of the licenses up for bid in its 1996 personal communications services auction, the intent...

Motorola, Webhelp team for Palm design effort

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Motorola Inc. and Webhelp are teaming to design a personalized search program for the PalmT operating system.The new application will combine Motorola's...

Court throws out challenge to RF guides

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme Court last week declined to consider appeals of mobile phone and tower radiation safety guidelines adopted by the Federal Communications Commission...

Big Apple ripe in re-auction

Wireless operators may now have to take some of the blame for New York residents feeling somewhat superior to the rest of the country....

Hundt joins Brience board

SAN FRANCISCO-Former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt will join Brience's board of directors.Other board members include Cisco's John Chambers, Broadvision's Pehong Chen and...

Spyonit brings TV updates via phone

Most mobile companies are looking to make the Internet wireless, giving their customers a chance to search for information on their favorite stock or...

Where is the innovation?

As likely winners begin to emerge in the re-auction of NextWave Telecom Inc.'s PCS licenses, it looks like these permits will be used in...

Gaming the system

As industry spends billions of dollars on spectrum and banks on a future driven by third-generation wireless phones and mobile commerce, there is every...

Tauzin to take Commerce chair

WASHINGTON-Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.) last week won the battle to chair the House Commerce Committee as part of a congressional realignment that has pro-wireless...

Tower industry 2001: Put up or shut up

Back in October, when the top brass of the tower industry converged in Las Vegas for the 2000 Tower Summit and Trade Show, the...

Cell-Loc tries to stay afloat: Company restructures, lays off some employees

Location technology and services provider Cell-Loc Inc. pulled in the reins on its hopes for a national takeover and announced it will restructure its...

Spectrian sells semiconductor division to Cree

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Spectrian Corp. completed the sale of its UltraRF semiconductors division to Cree Inc. for about $30 million and 1.8 million shares of Cree...

Zucotto receives financing, offers development kit

SAN DIEGO-Zucotto Wireless Inc. received $35 million in its second round of financing, which was led by Shelter Capital Partners L.L.C. and Baker Capital...

American Tower revenues to exceed expectations, earnings may fall short

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. said it expects fourth-quarter revenues to be in the range of $226 million to $233 million, exceeding the company's previously announced...

VoiceStream uses RealName system

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-RealName Corp. and VoiceStream Wireless Corp. plan to bring wireless keyboard navigation for the wireless Web to VoiceStream's mobile Internet service, WebStream.The...
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