BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless acquired the business assets of CDMA operator Alabama Wireless Inc., expanding the carrier’s footprint throughout a seven-county area stretching from Birmingham to Huntsville and Florence in northern …
KABUL, Afghanistan—Ericsson has set up a mobile telecommunications system to support the World Food Program of the United Nations humanitarian operations for the next six months. “Ericsson provides a complete …
SAN FRANCISCO—Start-up Mazingo Network is looking to enter the already-crowded market for wireless enterprise products and services by pricing its solution down to only a few dollars per month. The …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Proxim Inc. and Western Multiplex Corp. agreed to merge and will operate going forward under the Proxim name. Under terms of the agreement, each outstanding share of Proxim common …
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday approved the reorganization of the agency, announced FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell. The FCC is in the process of informing congressional appropriators of the …
NEW ORLEANS—Telecom staffing and hiring companies are optimistic regarding job security and job outlooks for the telecom industry this year, according to a recent study by TelecomCareers.Net. The company surveyed …
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission is not likely to return the deposits made by re-auction winners for the PCS C- and F-block licenses of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. and Urban Comm-North …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson AB said it has licensed its handset technology to LG Electronics of Korea for 2.5 generation and UMTS. “The agreement gives a boost to the 3G handset market …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Swedish service provider iobox launched Germany’s first public wireless location arena network system at the Kempinski Vier Jahreszeiten Hotel in Munich using equipment from Swedish vendor Service Factory. Iobox …
HELSINKI, Finland—The City of Helsinki has commercially implemented a mobile-phone parking payment system. A Sonera Corp. subsidiary, Payway Oy, signed a cooperation agreement to offer the Parkit parking payment service …
WASHINGTON—The wireless industry will need to consolidate to bring high-speed data rates to wireless customers and the lifting of the spectrum cap will help that, said Ivan Seidenberg, co-chief executive …
CHELMSFORD, Mass.—WaterCove Networks and Funk Software have teamed up to provide wireless network operators and corporate enterprises the ability to deploy mobile virtual private network services “of equal reliability, performance, …
BOSTON—Bankrupt paging company Arch Wireless has filed a reorganization plan highlighting the efforts it will take to pull itself out of a $2 billion debt. Arch said it will issue …
SWINDON, U.K.—Lucent Technologies Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. said they have collaborated to place a series of voice calls employing UMTS technology in compliance with the 3G Partnership Program. “Lucent tested …
MONTREAL—Microcell Telecommunications Inc. added 100,349 net subscribers during the fourth quarter, bringing the carrier’s customer base to 1.2 million subscribers. Postpaid net additions totaled 51,814 customers, with the carrier’s postpaid …
WAYNESBORO, Va.—Ntelos Inc. said it entered a definitive agreement to sell 10-megahertz A-block personal communications services licenses in Williamsport and State College, Pa., covering approximately 300,000 people. The buyer or …
PARK CITY, Utah—Independent movie enthusiasts at the Sundance Film Festival, running Jan. 10-20, will be treated to a variety of cutting-edge wireless technologies, including wireless access to movie showtimes, customizable …
LONDON—The GSM Association announced GSM-CDMA inter-standard international roaming has been achieved between its Global Roaming Forum (GGRF), Korean CDMA operator Korea Telecom Freetel (KTF) and French GSM 1800 network operator …
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp., a distributor and value-added logistics provider to the wireless industry, will seek shareholder approval at its annual meeting February 12 for a one-for-five reverse split of common …
PALO ALTO, Calif.—A high-tech group yesterday urged government policy-makers to set a market-based, national spectrum policy as part of its call for a national broadband policy. “The United States led …
