WASHINGTON—Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) is expected today to introduce legislation to foster broadband Internet deployment in rural and unserved areas. On Tuesday, Sens. John Breaux (D-La.) and …
SCARBOROUGH, Maine—Gabriel Electronics Inc.’s chief executive officer, Robert Cameron, has announced plans to restructure his company to emphasize its areas of strengths, which include licensed and unlicensed broadband antenna solutions …
ARMONK, N.Y.—Melard Technologies has chosen Research In Motion Ltd.’s OEM radio modems to wirelessly enable its rugged handheld computers. With RIM’s radio modems, Melard plans to offer mobile employees in …
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.—Green Machine Development Corp. announced it plans to merge with Micel Wireless Corp., which specializes in the sales, service and support of Motorola fixed cellular, telephone, PBX, cellular …
HOUSTON—Crown Castle International Corp. adjusted its 2002 site rental and transmission revenue projections by $28 million to between $657 million and $682 million after ITV Digital, one of Crown Castle …
OKLAHOMA CITY—The Federal Communications Commission refunded Dobson Communications Corp. approximately $91.2 million of the carrier’s $109 million deposit related to its participation last year in the re-auction of wireless spectrum. …
SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. said it is eliminating approximately 50 positions, or roughly 3 percent of its current work force, in keeping with its cost reductions and shift in …
WASHINGTON—A new study published in the May issue of the journal Epidemiology says cell phone use was not associated with brain tumors or salivary gland cancers overall, but found a …
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Executive changes continue in the wireless industry, this time with Handspring Inc.’s chief financial officer leaving the company. Bern Whitney said he would leave Handspring in July to …
RESTON, Va.—Nextel Communications Inc. has tapped former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani to help the carrier in its attempt to realign the public-safety spectrum bands. Through a strategic alliance Giuliani …
MUNICH, Germany—Infineon Technologies has set up a new local area wireless technology unit, signaling its plan to increase its research and development on Bluetooth and wireless LAN. “In order to …
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. priced an offering of $1.25 billion in publicly traded equity units at $50 with a yield of 7.75 percent and a conversion premium of 22 percent, …
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said it has signed a $50 million deal to supply GSM infrastructure equipment to Thailand operator Advanced Info Service Plc.“Under the agreement, Nokia will supply to AIS …
ALEXANDRA, Va.—Metrocall Inc. announced it is working on a pre-negotiated plan for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is pushing back the date it plans to file for reorganization. The company said …
WASHINGTON—A new report claims the costs of arbitration—billed as a low-cost alternative to lawsuits and required in service contracts for mobile phones and other electronic contracts—are so expensive that consumers …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson has dismissed market speculation in Sweden that its latest swing of the downsizing ax is driven by a need to attract a takeover suitor. Nokia is being linked …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—A new report from the Finnish radiation authority has said cellular base stations are safe, as long as they are properly installed. The government-funded watchdog, S
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The Polish telecom regulator, URTiP, has conceded that the three operators that purchased third-generation (3G) licenses will not be held to the contractual launch date due to the …
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The boom in European short message service (SMS) traffic is forecast to peak in 2003 as other messaging technology bites into the service from 2004 onward, claims new …
