Back in October, when the top brass of the tower industry converged in Las Vegas for the 2000 Tower Summit and Trade Show, the room buzzed with anticipation over the …

WASHINGTON-Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.) last week won the battle to chair the House Commerce Committee as part of a congressional realignment that has pro-wireless industry lawmakers heading key committees in …

The Federal Communications Commissions re-auction of 422 personal communications services licenses returned from its winter break by closing in on the $13-billion barrier, and seeing its total bidder pool dwindle …

I3 Mobile Inc. executives confirmed late last week the company laid off about 20 percent of its work force as part of a streamlining effort, a move prompted by flagging …

Secure with 50 converts and confident of its quality, the torch bearers of the Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) technology believe that telecom companies are heeding their call to make …

WASHINGTON-Commerce Secretary-designate Donald Evans said he will stress spectrum management in the next administration and told Senate Commerce Committee members he realizes the international implications of third-generation mobile-phone development in …

With its volatile appetite, the bear market showed little respect last week, not even for the sweet Blackberry. The Blackberry, a popular handheld device created by Research In Motion Ltd., …

NEW YORK-Although the technology-laden Nasdaq posted its strongest one-day gain ever in response to the Federal Reserve Board’s surprise rate cut Jan. 3, the market remains poised for gradual shakeout …

ROSH HA’AYIN, ISRAEL-Partner Communications, the only GSM mobile telephone network operator in Israel, announced the launch of High Speed Circuit Switched Data service, named orange high speed. The service will …

BUDAPEST, Hungary-A Matav-led consortium has offered a winning bid of US$341.3 million to acquire 51 percent of Makedonski Telekommunikacii (Maktel), the sole fixed-line and mobile operator in Macedonia. The consortium …

CHINA Under a new deal, Comverse Technology Inc. will provide short messaging service, cell broadcasting and expanded voice mail to Chinese mobile operator Heilongjiang Mobile Communications Co. Ltd. Comverse will …

Refinery Inc., a six-year-old Web development company, identified the wireless industry as something it “definitely needed to be involved in,” the company’s director of marketing said. However, Refinery isn’t planning …

Worldwide silicon chip sales for 2000 likely will top $200 billion for the first time, the Semiconductor Industry Association, San Jose, Calif., projected last week. “The chip industry remains on …

Starbucks customers across North America can enjoy their coffee simultaneously with high-speed wireless Internet access, thanks to an agreement between Microsoft and Starbucks Coffee Co. The contract, which will use …

No doubt, the wireless industry is wringing its hands over concern about a high-tech downturn on Wall Street that’s dragging down values of wireless carriers and manufacturers into unfathomable depths. …

In an age of customer-service fumbles and a plethora of services, high-tech wizards dream of bundling as the lightning rod to greater revenues. So far, theory has proved superior to …

Alan Greenspan’s move to cut interest rates is cause for concern. The economy has slowed. Telecom stocks generally are still in the dumper and third-generation technology is going to be …

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Adaptive Broadband Corp. lowered its revenue expectations for the fiscal second quarter ended Dec. 31, calling into question its pending acquisition by Western Multiplex Corp. and causing its …

NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. completed its acquisition of PrimeCo PCS’s wireless system in the Houston market covering a population of about 5.6 million people and serving 180,000 subscribers. AT&T …

With the large wireless carriers bidding top dollar on wireless licenses in the Federal Communications Commissions re-auction of personal communications services licenses, smaller companies looking to build out their wireless …