The upcoming U.S. spectrum auctions present some interesting times for the wireless industry.Auctions in the past were more predictable, primarily reserved for veteran executives experienced in running wireless networks.Today, the story is much different. Wireless has caught the attention of many powerful and nontraditional...
Legislation by Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) to prevent the Federal Communications Commission from approving the transfer of licenses from an American telecommunications company, such as VoiceStream Wireless Corp., was included in the FCC spending bill last week.The FCC was successful last week in its...
NEW YORK-Merger and acquisition activity involving American companies shed some of its recent hyperactivity, slowing down last quarter to its lowest level since early 1998, Mergerstat L.P., Los Angeles, reported.Among companies releasing the dollar amount of their transactions, aggregate deal value dropped to $248.1...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector and its strategic alliance partners, Cisco Systems Inc. and Xybridge Technologies, will participate in Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo's Internet Protocol-based mobile communications trial.Cisco will use its core Internet routers and media gateways to provide expertise in IP...
Xircom Inc. announced it is acquiring Omnipoint Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. Xircom also said last week it will provide Bluetooth access products to Ericsson Mobile Communications AB and partner with Cisco Systems Inc. to provide wireless local area network products.Under...
A new company called Informio was established today, created with the goal of voice-enabling enterprise applications, either hosted at its data center or at the enterprise, and providing wireless carriers access to these applications, which can be marketed to end users as an enhanced...
Certicom, an encryption technology company specializing in solutions for the mobile computing and wireless data markets, has introduced a virtual private network software solution for handheld mobile devices.The Certicom VPN solution is interoperable with a range of VPN systems, allowing organizations to incorporate mobile...
Blame it on the glut of recent mergers and acquisitions.Blame it on the abundance and promise of working at a start-up company.But for these reasons and more, recruiters and human resource managers throughout the wireless industry are coming to realize the dynamic job market...
WASHINGTON-With prospects uncertain for securing third-generation mobile-phone spectrum at the World Radiocommunication Conference next month in Turkey and apparent concerns about the Clinton administration's commitment on that score, U.S. wireless firms have turned to Congress for support.A group calling itself the Wireless Spectrum Coalition...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Networks, the infrastructure arm of Nokia Corp., and Cisco Systems Inc. announced a nonexclusive agreement to enhance connectivity between mobile and Internet Protocol backbone networks.The agreement calls for Nokia to market and sell fully interoperable system solutions consisting of the company's IP...
Adaptive Broadband Corp. was awarded a $56 million, five-year contract to provide its AB-Access fixed wireless broadband equipment to Cybertech Wireless Inc., a privately held, business-to-business Internet Service Provider.Aether Systems Inc. has acquired IFX Group plc, a European provider of mobile financial data, for...
NEW YORK-For about $2,000 per square mile, MCI WorldCom Inc. expects to launch multichannel multipoint distribution service systems able to give its fixed wireless customers data access at speeds faster than T-1 connections.That is the vision the carrier is working to make a reality,...
Aether Systems Inc. launched a $15 million national television and print advertising and branding campaign last week in support of its growing wireless data systems and services business.The "Wireless Solutions for a Portable Planet" campaign that began with print ads earlier in the year...
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.-PNV Inc., a provider of full-service information and communications to the long-haul trucking industry, launched its PNV "B" Connected broadband wireless network for the trucking industry.The new service is available for use by fleets, original equipment manufacturers, industry suppliers and travelers at...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Computer networking equipment market leader Cisco Systems Inc. announced two acquisitions it said are designed to strengthen the company's interests in the wireless arena.Cisco plans to buy privately held InfoGear Technology Corp. for $301 million and JetCell Inc. for $200 million, both...
Leveraging its dominance in the enterprise computing market, IBM Corp. formed a string of partnerships with leading wireless industry players designed to speed the growth of wireless Internet and e-business solutions for enterprise customers.The core of the computing giant's strategy is to give its...
NEW YORK-Last May, 25 technology companies established the ASP Industry Consortium, Wakefield, Mass., to accomplish a delicate but important mission. Bring some order to the burgeoning and somewhat chaotic application service provider sector, but avoid actual standards setting.By definition, ASPs house, host and manage...
Broadband. It is a familiar term being tossed around the wireless industry like a hot potato, but its relatively new status is making its definition, applications and implications elusive to many.At the most basic level, wireless broadband-also known as fixed wireless, Broadband Wireless Local...
PHOENIX, United States-Some observers have compared the broadband wireless industry to a hockey game: lots of skating around, many dramatic clashes, but not much scoring.Still, like a hockey game, broadband wireless attracts plenty of fans. Interest is downright rabid among telecom carriers, equipment vendors and...
MexicoMexican wireless company Unefon launched initial service Feb. 10 in Toluca, a city outside Mexico City. The company plans to begin services in 20 cities during the next year and plans to go public by mid-2001. The company expects to have 1.5 million users...
Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Noochee Solutions, formerly DMW Worldwide, soon will introduce its new SmartMarket Internet marketing software solution for telecommunications service offerings.While most customer care solutions are targeted toward the technology side of e-commerce, SmartMarket is specifically targeted toward telecommunication product marketing management departments,...
After resisting a hostile takeover attempt by Vodafone AirTouch plc for more than two months, Germany's Mannesmann AG last week agreed to a revised friendly offer just days shy of the Feb. 7 deadline for Mannesmann shareholders to vote on the hostile bid.Mannesmann's supervisory...
CANNES, France-Several well-known firms in the Internet and wireless industries have come together to form the Mobile Wireless Internet Forum with the intent to accelerate the deployment of open, Internet-based standards for mobile wireless devices.The group said it hopes to provide a venue for...
LONDON-BT Cellnet said it will be the first U.K. mobile phone operator to commercially launch General Packet Radio Service this summer. The carrier also officially launched commercial Wireless Application Protocol service.BT Cellnet's GPRS service will begin with a 500-person trial, followed by commercial service...
