MCLEAN, Va.—LCC International Inc., a provider of wireless voice and data turn-key technical consulting services, said it sold all of its approximately 1.6 million class B common shares of NextWave …
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.—Motorola Inc. has teamed with Outr.Net to launch Overnight Apps, which assists business in launching custom, real-time applications and reduces development time by two to three months. “Many …
RESTON, Va.—Nextel Communications Inc. has partnered with Major League Baseball Advanced Media L.P., the interactive media and Internet company of MLB, to sponsor Nextel Direct Connect Live Event Chat on …
IRVINE, Calif.—Toshiba Corp. said it has introduced a family of chips it calls Silicon Germanium Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor for cellular phones and other wireless devices with wideband CDMA and wireless …
OTTOWA—Spotwave Wireless unveiled its new SpotCell 100, an in-building coverage product that it said provides “always-on” cell phone coverage. According to Spotwave, the SpotCell 100, which is based on smart …
BRISBANE, Calif.—ViaFone Inc. announced it acquired XML technology provider IdeaCon Software, a move ViaFone said will extend its mobile applications with real-time and off-line capabilities on a range of mobile …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Telia Mobile announced it is streamlining its mobile portal business by phasing out its various existing platforms and replacing them with one joint technical platform. The company said it …
CAPE TOWN, South Africa—ITWeb users will be able to access the company’s news portal wirelessly through a deal with Clickatell. “This new wireless service offers our reader yet another tool …
DALLAS—Nortel Networks has signed a $300 million GSM contract to upgrade VoiceStream Wireless’ national networks for deployment in the first quarter of 2002. Under the pact, Nortel Networks will supply …
BELLEVUE, Wash.—Sonera Zed Ltd., the wireless Internet arm of Finnish telecommunications company Sonera Corp., will add a unique mass messaging function to its Wireless Entertainment Network offering through a deal …
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission must eliminate the spectrum cap as an interim measure while government and industry representatives attempt to find harmonized spectrum for third-generation wireless services, said Thomas E. …
MIAMI—Miami-Dade County is the latest municipality to enact a ban on the use of cellular phones while driving following the county commission’s adoption of an ordinance banning the act unless …
DALLAS—Siemens Information and Communication Networks has appointed Patricia Hosek as the United States president of its Access Solutions divisions. “With over six years of management experience in the telecommunications industry, …
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said it plans to team with other wireless industry leaders to found the Liberty Alliance Project to streamline easy single Internet sign-on by creating an open, standards-based …
KIRKLAND, Wash.—Nextel Partners Inc. launched digital wireless service in the Grand Island, Neb., area. The service combines digital cellular, Nextel Direct Connect two-way radio, wireless Internet access and text/numeric messaging.
TORONTO—Non-line-of-sight fixed wireless equipment provider WaveRider Communications Inc. announced a restructuring plan under which the company arranged for new short-term financing, initiated a shareholders rights offering for longer term financing …
OWINGS MILLS, Md.—Aether Systems Inc. announced partnerships with Handspring Inc. and EON InfoTech Pte Ltd., moves furthering the company’s Fusion software layer. Under its deal with personal digital assistant maker …
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has loosened its rules to help facilitate the opening up of spectrum as TV transitions from analog to digital. The new rules will allow TV …
TOKYO, Japan—Phone vendor Mitsubishi Electric said it is pulling out of the cell-phone business in the United States as well as closing its sales offices all over North America. Sharp, …
WASHINGTON—The government of Madagascar has launched the privatization process of the Malagasy Telecommunication Company (TELMA), offering 36 percent of the company’s shares. The tender also includes a GSM 1800 MHz …
