RESTON, Va.-NaviPath Inc., which offers Internet access services to enterprise customers and Internet service providers, will add wireless access services to its portfolio through an agreement with Motient Corp. Corporations …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. formed a strategic alliance with Handango Inc. under which Metrocall will provide two-way messaging capabilities to handheld computers powered by Handango’s suite of business applications. In addition, …
NEW YORK-At the suggestion of a franchise owner-operator, McDonald’s Corp., Oak Brook, Ill., has decided to add wireless electronic payment to its menu at several restaurant drive-up windows in Southern …
Telus Corp. offered to acquire all the shares of Clearnet Communications Inc. for $4.48 billion, creating a daunting competitor in Canada’s tight wireless market. Under terms of the offer, Telus …
Maybe it was an oversight, but in his diatribe against Corporate America at the Democratic National Convention that spewed venom at Big Tobacco, Big Oil, Big Polluters and Big Pharmaceuticals, …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has denied a waiver application submitted by Illinois Valley Cellular RSA 2 Inc. to increase the bandwidth of two stations and for IVC to be allowed …
ROME-Eight groups stepped forward to vie for one of five Italian Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) licenses. The government will announce which bids are accepted by Sept. 2, and business …
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. introduced a wireless Internet service called Web-Unwired, which can be customized by the user at the point of purchase. Four custom options are available in the …
In preparation for the Personal Communications Industry Association’s GlobalXChange 2000 conference Sept. 26-29 in Chicago, RCR is accepting advance vendor product announcements that will be made at the show. News …
Wireless application service provider Air2Web took a step forward in company growth this week by rolling out its Always Interactive Suite, a wireless enablement platform used to extend enterprise and …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Tessco Technologies Inc. will market and deliver Adaptive Broadband Corp.’s AB-Access fixed wireless broadband product to independent telephone companies, wireless Internet service providers, interexchange local exchange carriers and competitive …
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. is sweeping the 800 MHz auction, winning licenses for the top 15 markets ranked by population. At the end of round 30, bids totaled more than $262.7 …
LONDON-British carrier One 2 One has chosen Phone.com Inc.’s UP.Link Server Suite to launch WAP-based wireless Internet services in the United Kingdom. This is the second U.K.-based carrier to launch …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Pinnacle Towers Inc. signed an agreement with Advanced Radio Telecom Corp., giving ART access to approximately 480 buildings in Dallas, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. …
Pinnacle Holdings reversed itself last week on an announcement it made earlier this month that it planned to pursue opportunities in the colocation facility business. Long a renter of space …
WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless has been dragged into litigation that has percolated up to the Supreme Court, which has been asked by a group of Vermont citizens to rule whether local zoning …
BOSTON-Telecommunications consultant Charles River Associates Inc. was selected to advise Switzerland’s Federal Office of Communications on the implementation of the country’s auction of IMT-2000/UMTS spectrum licenses for third-generation personal communications …
HONG KONG-Hutchison Whampoa said it joined Italian consortium Andala SpA by buying a 51-percent stake. The consortium, owned 25.5 percent by Tiscali and 15 percent by CIR, plans to bid …
WELLINGTON, New Zealand-Telecom Corporation of New Zealand said it intends to make a takeover offer for the approximately 20 percent of shares in Australian operator AAPT that it does not …
New Zealand Nokia Corp. will integrate its General Packet Radio Service core network solution into Vodafone New Zealand’s network, providing mobile Internet access to Vodafone’s subscribers. Vodafone plans to launch …
