LONDON-State regulators in Europe are gearing up to promote the 40 GHz-43.5 GHz band for fixed-wireless telecom services, which will enable new entrants to compete against dominant operators such as British Telecommunications plc and Deutsche Telekom.Commercial uncertainties remain, however, as to the viability of...
The sagging stock market is partly to blame for another telecommunications snafu as Western Multiplex Corp. and wireless broadband equipment manufacturer Adaptive Broadband Corp. announced last week that Western Multiplex's planned acquisition of Adaptive Broadband for approximately $645 million has been terminated."The fixed-wireless industry...
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,...
PDA technologyBlue ImpactBlue Impact, a partner of CellPoint, introduced a combined GSM/global positioning system (GPS) module for the Handspring Visor called Tellmen. The Tellmen module is compatible with CellPoint's location platform and services, allowing the Visor to access all CellPoint location services offered by...
LONDON-State regulators in Europe are gearing up to promote the 40 GHz-43.5 GHz band for fixed-wireless telecom services, which will enable new entrants to compete against dominant operators such as British Telecommunications and Deutsche Telekom.Commercial uncertainties remain, however, as to the viability of the...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados-Five countries in the Eastern Caribbean have passed legislation on telecommunications liberalization and set up a regulatory body to oversee competition in the new year.But while this is being regarded as a late holiday gift by prospective entrants, the incumbent monopoly provider of...
The Ice Man has cometh. Witness the high- tech meltdown on Wall Street, the bankruptcies, the layoffs, lower corporate earnings, reduced capital spending and overall loss in consumer confidence.The downward spiral that began with mobile satellite firms is now dragging down paging, mobile phone,...
XO Communications Inc. revealed plans last week to launch a data-centric broadband network in Western Europe as early as mid-2001.Western Europe's early adoption of mobile technology, combined with its tight geographical layout, make it one of the fastest-growing data services markets in the world....
Under a new licensing agreement, Nortel Networks will be able to license Certicom's Elliptic Curve Cryptography technology to create a virtual private network for handheld devices. Nortel said this will allow faster performance from its platform and will give Nortel the chance to use...
In stark contrast to the wildly successful Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service auction held in the United Kingdom this spring, the U.K.'s broadband fixed wireless access spectrum auction barely made a whimper as only 16 of the 42 available licenses were bought up by bidders....
NEW YORK-Despite the hope and hype around consumer and corporate use, vertical applications remain today's stronghold for wireless data, said Jeffrey Schlesinger, wireless technology analyst for UBS Warburg.Recognizing this fact, many large and small companies have made a foray into the field-force automation arena,...
NEW YORK-U.S. Wireless Data completed its previously announced $10 million acquisition of CellGate Technologies, which was made in cash and shares.U.S. Wireless hopes CellGate, which manufactures integrated wireless Internet protocol modem adapters, will speed its expansion in the fixed wireless market."We are pleased to...
Last mile is ReFlex Communications Inc.'s breath of life.Thanks to the Seattle-based company, multifamily communities have been enjoying high-speed broadband wireless Internet services in their apartments and condominiums across the United States since 1998.ReFlex enhances its delivery by operating an advanced hybrid wireless/fiber optic...
WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth last week leveled perhaps his strongest criticism yet against fellow telecom regulators and the Clinton administration, accusing both of subverting the process for moving military users and others off spectrum so frequencies can be auctioned for third-generation mobile-phone systems...
ORLANDO, Fla.-Cavu Inc.'s e-xpedient announced it acquired 11 licenses at 38 GHz, which cover about 30 million people, as part of its expansion plan.The company plans to deliver 100-Megabits-per-second Internet service in leading U.S. markets."With this license acquisition we continue to deliver the dream...
LONDON-After 14 rounds of bidding in the U.K. auction of 42 broadband fixed wireless access licenses, bids totaled more than $123.7 million last week, with two companies withdrawing.FirstMark Communications and Unica Communications had withdrawn from the auction at press time.Of the 14 regions with...
ATHENS, Greece-The National Telecommunications and Post Commission of Greece announced its intention to grant individual licenses for fixed wireless access networks. The auction for the 15-year licenses is set to begin on 4 December.Three frequency blocks in the 3140 MHz to 3600 MHz band...
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...
AfricaStratos Global completed its Mount Kilimanjaro educational expedition using its remote communications network. Stratos provided the expedition team with an Inmarsat-M4 terminal, allowing the team to send and receive voice, high-speed data, video conferencing and Web streaming communication services throughout the journey. While the...
LONDON-Airspan Networks announced orders from six telecom companies for wireless digital subscriber line (DSL) equipment.In Asia, Golden Cellular Communications in China purchased equipment for deployment in Golden Bridge's data networks in the country. Indonesia's PT Telkom is rolling out a high-speed data network. Bell...
NASHUA, N.J.-Spike Broadband Systems Inc., a provider of fixed wireless access solutions, announced it became a member of the Broadband Wireless Internet Forum. The BWIF promotes the development of cost-effective fixed wireless broadband access and interoperability based on the Vector Orthogonal Frequency Division multiplexing...
NEW YORK-The CreataLink 2XT wireless data transceiver has garnered positive corporate reception and connections since its debut in late summer, said Scott H. Davis, director of telemetry for the Motorola Inc. Advanced Messaging Group, Boynton Beach, Fla.Based on Motorola's ReFLEX two-way paging protocol, CreataLink...
NEW YORK-Alcatel Alsthom, Paris, took its Optronics division public Oct. 20 below the expected price range, and will use the equity raised to help the rest of its enterprise.The wireline and fixed wireless infrastructure provider, which counts the United States as its single-largest market,...
