CARY, N.C.—SpectraSite Communications Inc. announced agreements with The Rouse Company and Westfield America Inc., both real estate development and management companies, whereby SpectraSite has the right to install in-building wireless …
RESTON, Va.—Nextel Communications Inc. chief executive officer Tim Donahue picked up 20,000 shares of company stock on Feb. 26 at $4.84 per share, according to an U.S. Securities and Exchange …
IRVINE, Calif.—Mericom Corp. said it is closing three regional offices and Bill D’Agostino, the company’s president and chief executive officer, has elected to leave Mericom to pursue other interests. Mericom’s …
NEW YORK—The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) plans to hold its next quarterly general meeting in Orlando on March 19 in conjunction with the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association’s Wireless 2002 …
HONG KONG—Motorola said it signed a US$253 million agreement to supply GSM 1800 MHz network equipment to TA Orange in Thailand. The deal includes radio access equipment and related integration …
BOSTON, United States—The state fixed-line operator Telecom Egypt has invited bids to build Egypt’s third cellular GSM network on the 1800 MHz frequency band. The closing date for proposals has …
HELSINKI, Finland—Nordic telecom companies Sonera, Telia and TDC have confirmed their interest in bidding for a 25-percent equity holding in Ukrainian Mobile Communications (UMC), the Ukraine’s largest mobile-phone operator. Other …
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-IBM Corp. introduced the first mobile workstation known as ThinkPad A31p with high-speed graphical performance with wireless technology, security and ease of management. “It offers users the …
CHICAGO—Centerpost Corp. said it has been chosen to provide Motorola Inc. with an enterprise alerting solution that will allow Motorola’s IT organization employees to receive real-time, mission-critical information, including virus …
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Qualcomm’s BREW platform scored another major developer deal, this time with Walt Disney and its ESPN-branded sports games. Under the deal, Walt Disney Internet Group said it will …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Sprint Corp. said it expects its wireless division to add between 700,000 and 750,000 net subscribers during the first quarter of this year and add 3 million net …
BOSTON—Market research firm Yankee Group said although Mexican mobile subscriber numbers surpassed fixed-line subscribers in 2000, revenues from mobile services will not overtake switched access revenues until 2006. Mexican wireless …
SAN FRANCISCO—Multimedia mobile delivery company Mazingo Network is offering a subscription service that allows users to access rich-media content from hundreds of channels. Included in Mazingo’s channel line-up are classic …
LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired Inc. reported 41,070 net personal communications services customer additions for the fourth quarter of 2001, ending the year with 277,036 PCS customers. Including its cellular subscriber …
HONG KONG—Indian company Lifetree Convergence Ltd. said it supplied its billing and operations system for Shell, which launched a mobile virtual network operator service in Hong Kong in February. The …
BELLEVUE, Wash.—Infowave Software reported an agreement with Mobile Planet, a multichannel direct reseller, providing Infowave’s Symmetry Pro wireless corporate e-mail software solution to its customers directly from the Mobile Planet …
MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent technologies Inc. said it has introduced two cdma2000 base station systems to enable operators to increase capacity. Verizon Wireless is the first carrier to deploy the product, …
COSTA MESA, Calif.—Global positioning system technology manufacturer Axiom Navigation Inc. said it acquired Traxsis, which provides software that locates mobile users. Axoim’s GPS engine has been integrated into Traxsis’ X-Pak …
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.—The market for wireless enterprise services continues to heat up today, with several companies positioning themselves to give mobile workers access to corporate information. The most notable announcement …
HELSINKI, Finland—Sonera said it reached a deal with other shareholders of the Dutch holding company Fintur Holdings B.V. that will allow Sonera to increase its stake in the GSM businesses …
