When the Federal Communications Commission set aside a portion of the licenses up for bid in its 1996 personal communications services auction, the intent was to foster competition in the wireless industry by allowing minority-owned companies, known as designated entities, to purchase licenses without...
While the market for consumers who might want to watch streaming video or listen to streaming audio on their wireless devices is debatable, chip manufacturers are going ahead with plans to integrate streaming content technology into chips in case that demand materializes.Toshiba Corp. unveiled...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week proposed earmarking a slew of spectrum bands for third-generation mobile-phone systems, while rejecting a petition to set aside some 3G-designated frequencies for mobile satellite service.The FCC missed the Clinton administration's Dec. 31 deadline for issuing the 3G proposal,...
VANCOUVER-Nortel Networks entered an agreement to work with Sierra Wireless Inc. to develop wireless modems based on the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System and General Packet Radio System.The companies did not disclose the financial terms of the deal, which will make the modems commercially available...
WASHINGTON-2001: A Space Odyssey? Perhaps if you're working on the international space station or developing a Star Wars defense. But for wireless, it will be a year the industry comes back to earth and gets back to basics as carriers, manufacturers, dot-coms, government policy-makers and...
Sprint Corp.'s planned merger with WorldCom Inc. earlier this year was a "scheme" by executives at Sprint to milk the company out of hundreds of millions of dollars in stock options, according to a lawsuit filed on behalf of The Amalgamated Bank's Longview Collective...
At its annual PalmSource conference for developers, Palm Inc. further embraced the ongoing wireless enablement of its devices by incorporating a broad array of wireless-related hardware and software innovations designed for its products.Palm Chief Executive Officer Carl Yankowski illustrated his vision for the company,...
While the jury is still out on whether consumers will want to watch streaming video on the small screens of their wireless devices, Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc., along with its parent company Toshiba Corp., launched a silicon MPEG-4 decoder enabling designers to create...
MINNEAPOLIS-A new Australian communications provider, Virgin Mobile, chose ADC Telecommunications Inc.'s Singl.eView product as its customer management and billing system."Singl.eView is mobile-focused and has a friendly look and feel. Its flexibility in handling future wireless Web service will be invaluable in allowing us to...
AT&T Wireless Inc. last week outlined a new migration path to third-generation services rife with ramifications affecting the wireless industry worldwide.The company said it will overlay a GSM/general packet radio service system atop its existing TDMA network in the nation's top 100 markets where...
The strategic alliance announced between NTT DoCoMo and AT&T Wireless Inc. is fairly simple on the surface, but may have long-term implications for the global wireless industry.DoCoMo will invest about $9.8 billion in AT&T preferred stock for a 16-percent equity share in the company....
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Just as content on the wireless Web is not at the same point as the wired Web, wireless Web security is not at the same level either. But if the wireless Web is to succeed-in the way the wired Web is succeeding-it needs...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Although Alltel last week announced it will sell 20 of its personal communications services licenses to Verizon Wireless, it will keep another 42 licenses. The company also plans to buy some of NextWave Telecom Inc.'s licenses during the auction scheduled for next...
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration last week officially began the process of trying to secure spectrum from military, commercial, educational and religious users for third-generation mobile-phone systems, a high-priority objective the administration admits will be difficult to achieve in light of incumbent rights and conflicting policy...
ORLAND PARK, Illinois, United States-Andrew said it will expand its Andrew Institute training facility in Suzhou, China. The facility provides product training for Andrew customers in Asia.The Andrew Institute will expand from a single classroom to two purpose-built classrooms for Connector Attachment and Terrestrial...
ATLANTA-Communications Equipment Specialists Inc. acquired 50 percent of the equity in Towerlink L.L.C., a wireless communications infrastructure company, in exchange for the exclusive right to provide all construction services and project management, as well as all towers and associated products.Towerlink currently works with carriers...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Here we go again.After 10 years of asking the question, we finally have an answer."Everybody has been asking when wireless data is going to come," said Tom Wheeler, CTIA president and chief executive officer, at the closing keynote of the organization's Wireless...
WASHINGTON-While President Clinton and FCC Chairman William Kennard called on federal agencies, broadcasters and others to take steps to free up spectrum for third-generation wireless services, allegations surfaced last week that the administration lobbied against legislation that could have accomplished the same thing and...
Lucent Technologies Inc.'s slow and steady slide from Wall Street darling to Wall Street doldrums accelerated last week when the company issued a profit warning that triggered several downgrades and sent its stock plummeting to a new 52-week low.The company said it expects earnings...
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association unveiled its official partners and event sponsors for its Wireless I.T. 2000 expo and convention.CTIA also reported that pre-registration attendance is nearly triple last year's show.The partners include Andrew Seybold's Outlook, sponsoring the Wireless Data University; A.M. Oppenheimer Inc.,...
Amrel SystemsAmrel Systems Inc. released a more powerful version of its Rocky II+ ruggedized mobile notebook computer, certified under MIL-STD 810E, MIL-STD 461C and IP54, offering an Intel Pentium III processor at speeds up to 650 MHz. Amrel said the faster processor provides better...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Mobile service management solutions provider Corrigo Inc. acquired Invata International Inc., a company specializing in computerized maintenance management systems and accounting systems.Under terms of the acquisition, Corrigo and Invata will operate as Corrigo Inc., with Corrigo President Rick Michaux named president of...
WASHINGTON-With the Federal Communications Commission set to rule shortly on whether building owners should be forced to open their doors to upstart telecom carriers, lobbying between fixed broadband wireless carriers and the real estate industry over building access has intensified in a controversy that...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-In a cash-strapped society and an environment where wireless technology is expected to supplant fixed telephony, prepaid has become a panacea for new African operators-so much so that several are rolling out networks purely on a prepaid platform.Research conducted by South African-based...
