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Wireless broadband service provider Nextlink Communications Inc. ushered in a new look and feel for the company last week, announcing it changed its name to XO Communications and now will …

MCLEAN, Va.-Nextlink Communications Inc. signed a contract with Lucent Technologies Inc. to deploy Lucent’s WaveStar optical networking products to remotely manage bandwidth along Nextlink’s 16,000-mile fiber-optic network, the companies announced. …

Armed with approval from the state, a unit of Consolidated Edison Inc. is moving ahead with an ambitious plan to build a state-of-the-art, $115 million telecommunications network that will stretch …

Burst Wireless Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. are collaborating in a trial of high-speed wireless Internet services that Burst says will offer data rate speeds up to 144 kilobits per …

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 …

BSWD BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. has named cellular industry veteran Donald Kovalevich as its new president and chief executive officer. Former BSWD President and CEO William Lenahan left the company …

MCLEAN, Va.-Nextlink Communications Inc. reported revenues for the second quarter ended June 30 of $140.6 million, a 132-percent increase from the revenues reported for the same period last year. The …

NEW ORLEANS-A sense of urgency surrounded attendees of the Wireless Communications Association’s “Xtreme Wireless” conference in New Orleans last week as it became clear the marketplace is ready-but still waiting-for …

WASHINGTON-A group of wireless and telecommunications executives are planning to roll out a new service they hope will lead to residential wireless broadband service with what could be megabit data …

IPmobile Wireless communications infrastructure company IPmobile Inc. hired Louis Wooldridge as its vice president of sales in Asia, and Chuck Derrick as its vice president of product development. Wooldridge will …

MCLEAN, Va.-Nextlink Communications Inc. and equity firm Forstmann Little & Co. announced they signed a commitment letter under which Forstmann Little will purchase $400 million in Nextlink convertible preferred stock …

Nextlink Communications Inc. said it is beginning field trials in Boston and Dallas of consecutive-point broadband wireless access technology that is expected to be used to extend Nextlink’s local fiber …

Metrocall Inc. said it exchanged 1.5 million shares of common stock for $19.5 million in senior subordinated debt notes after the close of its exchange offer April 14. CenturyTel Inc. …

Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. reported more than 40,000 subscribers had signed up for the company’s wireless communications service as of March 31, an increase of 43 percent from the same …

WASHINGTON-While the mobile-phone industry knew from the start it faced an uphill battle to convince the U.S. government to embrace a multiband spectrum harmonization approach for third-generation technology at next …

SAN FRANCISCO-Wireless broadband network provider Nextlink Communications Inc. announced at the 2000 Broadband Wireless World Forum held in San Francisco last week that it has selected Nortel Networks’ Reunion ATM-based …

SAN FRANCISCO-More than 1,600 people converged on San Francisco last week to confirm what most attendees already knew-wireless broadband is going to be big. The Second Annual Broadband World Wireless …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Several former executives of Microsoft Corp. and McCaw Cellular have joined other wireless industry pioneers to form Ignition Corp., a holding company designed to fund, mentor and help build …

Broadband. It is a familiar term being tossed around the wireless industry like a hot potato, but its relatively new status is making its definition, applications and implications elusive to …

The enthusiasm surrounding the emerging broadband wireless access industry is creating an opportunity for a variety of new and established equipment vendors hoping to cash in on what is expected …

NEW YORK-Aided by a federal regulatory regime that has leveled the playing field for newcomers, broadband telecommunications competitors are coming on strong in their efforts to wrest business customers from …

Crown Castle International Crown Castle International Corp. announced Michael G. Ramke has been named vice president of business development for the United States and Philip M. Kelley has been named …

DENVER-RCR announced seven inductees into its first annual Wireless Hall of Fame, created to recognize the contributions of those people who have made significant contributions to the advancement of the …

Nextlink Communications Inc. and Concentric Network Corp. entered into a $2.9 billion merger agreement to create a new broadband communications company providing a variety of voice, data and Internet services, …

As pocket telephone companies cater to the mobile society and make tiny inroads into the monopolized residential sector, a new breed of wireless carriers are emerging to challenge Baby Bells …