GENEVA-Five rivals made the shortlist in the bid for control of the United Kingdom's fourth-ranked mobile operator, One-2-One, which was put up for sale by owners Cable & Wireless and MediaOne in March following MediaOne's acquisition by AT&T in a deal worth US$62.5 billion.While...
DUBLIN, Ireland-The phenomenal growth of cellular services around the world has created problems for operators as their networks become increasingly congested, encouraging companies to develop technologies and systems to increase the volume of traffic that can be carried over existing infrastructure.Several established infrastructure vendors...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Phone.com Inc. revealed that Italian Global System for Mobile communications operator Omnitel Spa has licensed Phone.com's UP.Link Server Suite for its new Omnitel 2000 Internet portal.The Wireless Application Protocol solution will allow WAP-enabled mobile phones to access the integrated voice and data...
WASHINGTON-David Aaron, undersecretary of Commerce for international trade, told wireless executives last week the Clinton administration intends to press the European Union to affirm a carrier compromise on harmonizing competing Code Division Multiple Access standards for third-generation mobile phones.Aaron, according to a participant at...
HONG KONG-The future of cdmaOne technology was the theme of this year's CDMA World Congress in Hong Kong, and while data services are the future, wireless executives are struggling with how to price and package services."Everyone uses the lack of a killer application as...
Phone.com Inc., formerly Unwired Planet, entered the public realm with a bang last Friday with an initial public offering that proved exceptionally successful in a market where technology stocks don't always fare so well.The company commenced its IPO at $16 a share, the high...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc. will deploy its PhonePrint fraud-prevention system for MobileTel Inc., a B-band cellular operator in southern Louisiana, announced Corsair.Corsair will use its RF fingerprinting system to provide fraud protection for the carrier beginning this month."As our neighboring markets implement fraud-containment...
WASHINGTON-In reaching an out-of-court antitrust settlement with Nextel Communications Inc. last week, the Department of Justice found itself defending a deal on grounds that its own antitrust lawyers shot down just months earlier.The proposed settlement would halt Nextel's purchase of Geotek Communications Inc. for...
HONG KONG-China United Telecommunications Corp.'s plan to deploy Code Division Multiple Access technology ensures its survival into the next generation and creates momentum for cdmaOne technology throughout the Asia-Pacific region, cdmaOne proponents indicated at the CDMA Development Group's fourth annual CDMA World Congress in...
As the arms of wireless communications continue to stretch across the country, wireless local loop services are becoming increasingly popular, especially in rural areas where landline phones don't reach many homes and businesses.In the past year, companies such as Western Wireless Corp. and Frontier...
BURLINGTON, Mass.-Telia Telecom A/S, a new Danish telecommunications operator and subsidiary of Telia Sweden, has selected the FraudBuster solution from Lightbridge Inc. for its network, which offers converged mobile and wireline services, announced Lightbridge.Telia will use the product to reduce losses attributable to subscription...
NCRNCR Corp. introduced a software product that allows carriers to perform event-driven marketing by analyzing customer behavior and predicting a customer's readiness to respond to particular marketing efforts. Called MarketingAgent, the software is part of NCR's Customer Relationship Management Solutions 4.0 portfolio. "Businesses that...
NEW YORK-Turkcell, the largest Global System for Mobile Communications operator in Turkey, said June 8 it has asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for permission to go public later this year in the United States."We have just applied for an to the...
It has been more than 15 months since the first local multipoint distribution service auctions ended and brought broadband wireless access networks to reality. By all accounts, the prospect for broadband wireless access in the United States remains positive.As evidence is the amount of...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-CMT Partners Inc., the owner and operator of Cellular One Kansas/Missouri, launched Easy Connect, a directory assistance service that enables customers to access names, addresses, telephone numbers and zip codes by dialing 411 on their wireless phone.Easy Connect has four main categories...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc.'s contract with Comunicacion Celular S.A., a cellular operator in the eastern region of Colombia, has been upgraded to provide full nationwide deployment of PhonePrint 5.0, said Corsair.PhonePrint 5.0 is a fraud-prevention system using radio-frequency fingerprinting to authenticate legitimate customers...
When Congress passed Section 309(j) of the Communications Act and the government developed rules to implement this law, the goal was to increase diversity in telecommunications by providing opportunities for small businesses, women and minorities.Diversity in telecommunications is beneficial because it provides opportunities for...
DAPHNE, Ala.-Communitronics of America Inc. announced it has completed integrating Data Paging Inc. into the company, following its acquisition in December.Communitronics is a paging and specialized mobile radio operator with coverage in the Southeast. Its acquisition of Data Paging is the sixth in as...
CLEVELAND-Reltec Corp. officially adopted Marconi Communications' corporate name, logo, signage and letterhead, said Marconi, establishing a North American operator for the United Kingdom-based company.In March, General Electric Co. plc acquired Cleveland-based Reltec for $2.1 billion. GEC subsequently merged Reltec into its wholly owned subsidiary,...
NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service, London, assigned a speculative grade rating of Ba3 to Orange plc's planned private placement of $562 million in 10-year senior notes."The Ba3 rating factors in the risks associated with Orange's funding of its capital ... requirements to provide sufficient capacity...
Sprint PCS announced it will stop operating its Global System for Mobile communications network in Washington, D.C., by the end of the year, ending months of speculation and denials from the nationwide Code Division Multiple Access operator.Sprint PCS, which once held a 58.5-percent interest...
Another U.S. mobile phone carrier has announced definitive plans to commercially launch Internet access during the fourth quarter.Code Division Multiple Access operator Sprint PCS said it has signed an agreement with Yahoo! Inc. to deliver Web content and services to Sprint PCS customers in...
As Telephone and Data Systems Inc. pursues a spinoff of personal communications services operator Aerial Communications Inc., it is dealing with sticky issues involving Sonera Ltd.'s investment in Aerial.Aerial announced last week Finland-based Sonera's right of first negotiation to acquire the company terminated after...
NEW YORK-Nextlink Communications Inc., a Bellevue, Wash., provider of competitive wireline local and long-distance services, plans a $750 million offering of 10-year notes to help finance its network buildout.In according the proposed debt issue a speculative grade rating of B3, Moody's Investors Service Inc.,...
