2001

Telia sells remaining Vodafone shares STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Telia said it sold the remaining 66.5 million Vodafone shares it owned for about $147.1 million. When Irish telecom operator Eircom disposed of its …

Just beating a federally mandated deadline, Verizon Wireless sold off its Chicago interests in PrimeCo Personal Communications last week to a telecommunications investment group led by Southern California-based Clarity Partners …

In spite of recent questions regarding the availability of spectrum for next-generation services, Sprint PCS pushed forward last week, announcing two deals with Lucent Technologies Inc. and Nortel Networks to …

NEW YORK-With a stroke of Republican Gov. George Pataki’s pen June 28, New York became the first state in the country to impose a statewide ban on the handheld use …

WASHINGTON-The impact on the federal budget of last month’s decision by a federal appeals court to overturn the reclamation and re-auction of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.’s 90 PCS C- and …

WASHINGTON-As the potential ramifications of the passage of New York’s mobile-phone law reverberated through the wireless industry last week, a representative of the Personal Communications Industry Association met with a …

NEW YORK-AARO Broadband Wireless Communications Inc., which moved to Oklahoma City from Springdale, Ark., in May, must pay $530,000 in judgements related to securities fraud charges brought against it by …

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected an appeal from the Federal Communications Commission on a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit on the bankruptcy …

Personal digital assistant maker Palm Inc. released its much-anticipated earnings report last week, showing better-than-expected revenues and a positive outlook for the coming year. Wall Street jumped at the news, …

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruling that the Federal Communications Commissions illegally repossessed NextWave Telecom’s personal communications services licenses has turned a once $17 …

WASHINGTON-Energy, water and railroad industries-key sectors of the nation’s critical infrastructure-have urged the Bush administration to address pressing spectrum needs, which have been largely neglected since the passage of a …

Each time the death knell sounds, Lucent Technologies Inc. seems to rebound. Last week was a metaphor of what might be the roller coaster ride the Murray Hill-based telecom equipment …

SEATTLE-Finally, the breakup talk may fizzle out for Microsoft Corp. Thanks to a unanimous decision by the federal appeals court, the software giant may not worry about antitrust accusations as …

BOSTON-It may be a little battered and bruised, and missing a few former compatriots, but the wireless broadband industry made a strong showing in Boston last week at the Wireless …

CellStar Corp. said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has informed it that the investigation into its compliance with federal securities laws has been terminated. “We are pleased to put …

WASHINGTON-As policy-makers last week voiced support for a plan to move the Pentagon off spectrum sought by the mobile phone industry for third-generation wireless systems, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman …

NEW YORK-TrinTel Communications Inc., an Irving, Texas, builder, owner and operator of wireless communications towers, has secured $50 million in new private equity investment, the company said June 25. Austin …

Handsets/ devices Mitsubishi Mitsubishi released three new handsets. The Eclipse is a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) phone with a color display. The dual-band phone offers 256 colors and up …

China IMT-2000/3G International Summit 11-13 July Beijing IIR Tel: (+852) 2219 0111 Fax: (+852) 2219 0112 [email protected] RadioCom 2001 11-13 July Mexico City Andear Tel: (+52) 12 244 5193 Fax: …

MELBOURNE, Australia-Melbourne wireless telecom developer Advanced Communications Technologies (ACT) is on track to be the first company in the world to commercially launch a multiprotocol mobile base station, including third-generation …

TOKYO- NTT DoCoMo, in cooperation with KPN Mobile and E-Plus, is scheduled to launch i-mode-like services in the Netherlands and Germany in the fourth quarter. Access, a Japanese provider of …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-After all the publicity, time and money spent obtaining third-generation (3G) licenses, European mobile operators are keeping plans strictly to themselves about what mobile applications they might launch …

SEOUL, South Korea-South Korea is confronting a row over awarding a third license for third-generation (3G) mobile services, as the government has called for consolidation in the telecom market as …

SINGAPORE-Singapore network operators will not make General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) widely available to consumers here before the end of this year, executives from operators and handset manufacturers said at …

TOYKO-Usen, the largest music cable caster in Japan, launched a six-month field test for high-speed wireless services in Tokyo in mid-June in cooperation with Root. According to Usen, the services, …