Just what are Craig McCaw and Nextel Communications Inc. up to, separately or together? Is there a grand plan waiting to be hatched or just some heady hedges that may-or may not-lead to something big? There's enough of a history there to make recent...
BOCA RATON, Fla.-Airspan Networks Inc., provider of broadband fixed wireless DSL networks, announced it plans to acquire Nortel Networks' fixed wireless access business for $12.9 million by the end of the year. Airspan will acquire all existing assets associated with the manufacture, development and...
BOCA RATON, Fla.-Airspan Networks Inc., provider of broadband fixed wireless DSL networks, announced it plans to acquire Nortel Networks' fixed wireless access business for $12.9 million by the end of the year. Airspan will acquire all existing assets associated with the manufacture, development and...
VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. has released dual-band versions of its SX5 GSM/GPRS Phonecell fixed wireless phone and fixed wireless terminal. The new version operates in the 850 MHz and 1900 MHz frequency bands. "The SX5 GSM/GPRS 1900 MHz product we have been selling in...
VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. has released its Phonecell SX4T CDMA2000 1X fixed cellular terminal. The new product launch follows the introduction of its Phonecell SX4P CDMA2000 1X fixed cellular phone, which began shipping in August. By plugging standard telephones, faxes and computers into the...
BOSTON-The potential for offering limited mobility services compared with fixed wireless services is increasing in emerging Asia markets, according to a new report by the Yankee Group. However, the services' success has become a dilemma for Asian regulators because mobile network operators view the...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today approved flexible rules for third-generation mobile-phone service in new spectrum obtained from the Pentagon and voted to permit fixed wireless broadband operations in higher frequencies on a commercials basis.FCC officials said the actions-based on market incentives and service flexibility...
LAGOS, Nigeria-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has signed a contract with wireless local loop provider Multi-Links Telecom Ltd. to expand its next-generation fixed wireless data network and to deploy new CDMA2000 1x networks in Abuja and Kaduna.The dollar amount was not disclosed."The network equipment...
Western Wireless Corp. announced the registration statement for the resale of its outstanding 4.625-percent convertible subordinated notes due 2023 and the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. ...
WASHINGTON-Bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. is asking its judge to allow it to conduct a $39 million trial of wireless broadband technology in Las Vegas using spectrum to be obtained from IPWireless Inc."Given the nascent nature of the wireless broadband technologies and services, proceeding with...
WASHINGTON-Bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. is asking its judge to allow it to conduct a $39 million trial of wireless broadband technology in Las Vegas using spectrum to be obtained from IPWireless Inc."Given the nascent nature of the wireless broadband technologies and services, proceeding with...
ATLANTA-America Connect and BellSouth announced the joint trial of a wireless broadband network in two rural North Carolina counties. "Wireless will allow us to economically provide broadband services into rural areas where there is little or no broadband competition today," said Joseph Forbes, chief...
WASHINGTON-WorldCom Inc., which is doing business under the name MCI, named five independent directors to its board late last month.Laurence Harris is a partner at the law firm of Patton Boggs L.L.C. Harris was an executive of Teligent Inc., a fixed wireless startup that...
CALGARY-Wi-LAN Inc., provider of broadband wireless communications products, said it was cash-flow positive from operations in its third quarter ended July 31. The company also reiterated its annual revenue and quarterly cash flow guidance. Revenue was approximately $5.28 million, compared with $4.26 million for...
BEIJING-China Mobile, China Netcom and China Unicom, each of which was recently awarded several 3.5 GHz fixed wireless access licenses in China, will deploy Cambridge Broadband's VectaStar fixed wireless access equipment.Cambridge Broadband's China-based partner, DG Telecommunications Equipment Co., will handle distribution, sales and support...
WASHINGTON-WorldCom Inc.'s proposed $144 million sale of fixed wireless assets to Nextel Communications Inc. potentially faces far more obstacles than initially thought, a situation that a federal bankruptcy judge is set to address at a hearing in Manhattan on Tuesday.U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Arthur Gonzalez...
WASHINGTON-A federal bankruptcy court in New York postponed to July 22 a hearing on objections and other issues regarding WorldCom Inc.'s $144 million sale of its fixed wireless properties to Nextel Communications Inc. A court hearing in Manhattan was set for yesterday before being...
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc., desperately seeking spectrum, came out of nowhere to win the auction of bankrupt WorldCom Inc.'s wireless assets with a $144 million bid, more than doubling the original offer by BellSouth Corp. last month.The results of last week's auction were disclosed in...
CAMPBELL, Calif.-Wireless product provider P-Com Inc. will acquire fixed wireless broadband solutions provider Speedcom Wireless Corp. for 67 million shares of P-Com common stock and the assumption of some liabilities of Speedcom, including $3 million in subordinated debt.In addition, P-Com is undertaking a recapitalization...
LONDON-Hong Kong-based PCCW has picked up 13 of 15 regional fixed wireless licenses auctioned in the United Kingdom. The auction for the 3.4 GHz spectrum generated $12.4 million for the U.K. government.Small companies that were outbid by PCCW criticized the terms of the auction,...
IDT Corp. has formed a spectrum-leasing unit within IDT Solutions to focus on leasing spectrum to telecommunication and wireless service providers. The move follows the Federal Communications Commission ruling that allows spectrum licensees to enter leasing arrangements with other companies.IDT Solutions is the marketing...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-The worldwide 802.11 market grew 1 percent sequentially in the first quarter of 2003, generating $411 million in revenues, according to a new study from Dell'Oro Group. Analysts believe the emergence of the 802.11g market offset the growth. 802.11g products made up...
BREMERTON, Wash. - Reality Wireless Networks Inc. and DONOBi Inc. say they intend to merge to build broadband service provider to commercial and residential users.Reality Wireless Networks is a fixed wireless broadband services provider based in California's Silicon Valley, while DONOBi Inc. is wireless...
WASHINGTON-The U.S. House of Representatives has issued a subpoena to the administrator of the Internet schools and libraries program for clean records related to the House Commerce Committee's investigation of E-rate management. The House Commerce Committee said it was necessary to serve a subpoena...
