fixed wireless

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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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 …

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 …

Africa Stratos 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Endwave Endwave Corp. said its ultra-high performance WavShapr base station antenna is now available for local multipoint distribution services bands. The antenna incorporates characteristics from earlier versions form the 24 …

Lucent Lucent Technologies Inc. announced that John Young, former president and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Co. and a current member of the Lucent board of directors, will become chairman …

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 …

Congress approved legislation that will increase to 600,000 the number of visas issued to skilled foreign workers during the next three years. The measure also includes provisions funding scholarships for …

The outgoing (and next) Congress and administration should be worried about losing the third-generation mobile phone market to Europe and Asia. Why? Because, in a very real sense, losing 3G …

VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. introduced its digital Phonecell SX4e TDMA Dual-Band/Dual-Mode Fixed Wireless Terminal for applications that require both 800 MHz and 1900 MHz digital TDMA frequencies, as well as …

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. said ACOM Comunicacoes, a Brazilian fixed wireless operator, purchased ADC’s multichannel multipoint distribution system solution. ADC will deliver and install the MMDS transmission systems in up to …

NEW YORK-Metricom Inc. is on track to launch its new Ricochet service with data speeds up to 128 kilobits per second in New York and several other cities markets by …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Two issues characterized the Brazilian cellular market during the first half of the year-an increase in subscriber numbers and the rollout of more advanced services. Latin America in …

Czech Republic The Czech Telecommunications Office (CTU) has preliminarily decided to issue fixed wireless access mobile telephone network licenses to three companies selected from 13 applicants, CTU Vice President Vladimir …

WASHINGTON-The House telecom subcommittee last week voted to include wireless carriers in a new scheme for carriers to compensate each other for carrying each other’s traffic. The bill, which now …

Amrel Systems Amrel 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 …