fixed wireless

Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) postponed introduction of legislation to prohibit unsolicited advertising on mobile phones. Holt was to go forward with the mobile-phone spam measure Thursday, but pressing business delayed …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Adaptive Broadband Corp. deployed a multipoint fixed wireless network for Cybertech Wireless Inc. that delivers multiline local and long-distance telephone service, streaming video and high-speed data, Adaptive Broadband said. …

Asia Pacific Japan Japan Telecom said it plans to launch third-generation mobile service by October 2001 instead of its originally scheduled December 2001 date. J-Phone, the company’s wireless operator, hopes …

VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. will provide its digital Phonecell Fixed Wireless Terminals to NBC Olympics Inc. for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, allowing NBC to provide voice …

Czech Republic Airspan Networks said it signed a contract with TES Media, a Czech telecommunications operator, to deploy a new fixed wireless network across the Czech Republic. TES Media’s network, …

IRVINE, Calif.-Intersil Corp., a semiconductor supplier, said it signed a letter of intent to acquire SiCom Inc. for 3.7 million shares of class A common stock. SiCom manufactures broadband modem …

WASHINGTON-Fixed broadband wireless carriers, seeking to underscore the need for nondiscriminatory building access, say they have identified a `smoking gun’ in the form of a legal memo on a license …

While the United States claimed victory in securing global frequency bands for 3G mobile-phone service during the World Radiocomm-unication Conference earlier this year, the process of allocating that spectrum could …

LONDON-The U.K. government said 12 companies applied to bid in the October auction for 28 GHz broadband fixed wireless access licenses. The auction is expected to raise about $1.45 billion. …

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 …

DENVER, United States-With services already up and running in the Arizona cities of Phoenix and Tucson, Sprint said it filed a series of applications with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), …

Brazil’s national telecom agency Anatel said it received 35 proposed from companies, entities and individuals on the proposal of guidelines for implementation of the personal communications services (PCS), submitted to …

Canada Fuzion Wireless Communications said it launched its fixed wireless broadband services network in Ontario, Canada. Serving businesses in Toronto and other locations, Fuzion said it will deliver Internet connectivity …

Nigeria Intercellular Nigeria awarded a US$21 million contract to Motorola for the supply and deployment of a CDMA fixed wireless local loop (WLL) network expansion. The 800 MHz system will …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Tessco Technologies Inc. will market and deliver Adaptive Broadband Corp.’s AB-Access fixed wireless broadband product to independent telephone companies, wireless Internet service providers, interexchange local exchange carriers and competitive …

WorldCom Inc. moved one step closer to officially jumping into the wireless broadband game by filing last week its first round of applications with the Federal Communications Commission to offer …

Everypath Inc, a wireless application services provider and technology enabler, collected $60 million in series C financing, bringing the total amount raised to $76 million. Amerindo Investments led the funding. …

Crown Castle International Corp. closed concurrent public offerings of common stock and convertible preferred stock and received gross proceeds of approximately $758.9 million, the company said. Crown Castle received $356.4 …

NEW YORK-Israeli wireless broadband equipment companies have been strutting their stuff on Wall Street lately. Floware Wireless Systems Ltd. sold its 4.5 million-share initial public offering Aug. 1. Credit Suisse …

NEW YORK-Western Multiplex Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif., a broadband wireless access equipment provider, went public last week with a 7.5-million share offering of common stock, priced at $12 each. The company, …

GENEVA-Second-ranked Spanish carrier, Retevision, is taking to the air waves with plans to build one of the world’s largest networks based on point-to-point and point-to-multipoint fixed wireless access technology. The …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. reported second-quarter results from current businesses, excluding one-time adjustments, reflecting the impact of the first phase of a wireless property exchange in 13 states with Bell …

NEW YORK-Airspan Networks Inc., a British designer of fixed wireless communications systems, went public on Nasdaq July 19, raising $82.5 million in an offering of 5.5 million shares priced at …

Tantau Tantau Software Inc. released its Wireless Internet Platform version 2, which features enhancements for back-end connectivity, content personalization and information delivery. In addition, the company announced a strategic agreement …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Group will launch fixed wireless service in four more markets in the coming months and is partnering with vendors to cope with its aggressive deployment strategy during …