fixed wireless

TOKYO—Matsushita Communications Industrial tied up with UTStarcom for third-generation (3G) technology. Based on the bilateral agreement, both firms will jointly develop and provide total network systems based on wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA) …

LONDON—Banda 26, a subsidiary of broadband provider Jazztel Group, said it is evaluating technology from Radiant Networks for broadband fixed wireless access.

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 …

Vyyo Inc. reduced its work force by approximately 75 percent to less than 50 employees due to “uncertainty in the fixed wireless market and deteriorating economic conditions,” according to John …

A U.S. federal appeals court rejected a Federal Communications Commission filing asking that it not be required to return personal communications services licenses to bankrupt carrier NextWave Telecom Inc. NextWave, …

SARASOTA, Fla.—Speedcom Wireless Corp. closed an $8.4 million private placement that leaves the fixed wireless broadband products provider in the enviable position of having a “virtually debt-free” balance sheet, the …

NEW DELHI, India—The continuing consolidation trend in India’s cellular industry is now spilling over to basic service providers as well. Tata Teleservices—provider of CDMA-based limited mobility services under the “Tata …

LONDON-The U.K. government has announced a plan to auction 26 fixed wireless licenses that went unsold in its original auction last November. The licenses will be placed on the auction …

MONTREAL, Canada—SR Telecom said it signed an agreement to acquire the French assets of Lucent’s fixed wireless division, SWING. Financial terms of the agreement were not released.The combined companies will …

It is the best of times. It is the worst of times. Sprint PCS reported second-quarter financials so great, they even surprised analysts covering the industry. Last week, three of …

CALGARY, Alberta-Wi-Lan Inc. said it will cut about 30 percent of its staff, in line with the slump in the fixed wireless market. The company had a work force of …

HONG KONG-Hong Kong’s Office of the Telecommunications Authority announced the status of compliance of the first batch of milestones of five local fixed wireless network operators and the decisions taken …

BOSTON-It may be a little battered and bruised, and missing a few former compatriots, but the wireless broadband industry made a strong showing in Boston last week at the Wireless …

In technology as in life, the last protocol on stage is the hero. While time will serve as jury in due course, for now the CDMA operators and manufacturers seem …

WASHINGTON-European countries are having difficulties with spectrum policy-not to mention a continental spectrum policy-for much the same reason the United States is having difficulties with spectrum policy issues. “Currently, different …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Mobile communications are vital to Israel. The permanent tension, caused by terrorist attacks, compels everyone to be in constant communication. Despite its conflicts and small population, Israel has …

CAMPBELL, Calif.-P-Com Inc. said it was provisioned by Beijing P-Com, its Chinese joint venture partnership, to supply a combination of P-Com and Ceragon Networks Ltd. fixed wireless access systems to …

Blackstone Blackstone announced Elaine Moncayo has joined its marketing department as marketing coordinator. In her new position, she will be responsible for internal marketing, including newsletter, brochures, Web site updates …

WASHINGTON-An upcoming House bill could diminish the Pentagon’s role in deciding the terms and conditions governing the transfer of Department of Defense spectrum to the mobile-phone industry for third-generation wireless …

If the debate over third-generation mobile-phone spectrum depended solely on financial lobbying clout, the well-heeled cellular industry would be awash in radio frequencies by now. Case closed. Complete, total victory. …

In the United States, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 freed telephone companies to deliver video programming and cable companies to provide phone service. But even though the 1996 telecom act …

Highlighting the complex fashion in arriving at standards for the wireless industry, Paul Mankiewich, the chief technology officer of Lucent Technologies Inc., joked that the various standards organizations also have …

CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp., a provider of integrated billing and customer care services, signed a two-year contract with AT&T Wireless to provide integrated contact center services in support of AT&T Wireless’ fixed …

WASHINGTON-In an unexpected twist pitting billionaire Craig McCaw against a mobile-phone industry he once towered over, sources say the Federal Communications Commission may propose making some mobile satellite service spectrum-including …

WASHINGTON-Congress last week was set to pass a new budget that embraces President Bush’s plan to delay two auctions of valuable radio spectrum but rejects an administration proposal to impose …