Teligent

VIENNA, Va.-Teligent Inc. said it launched wireless broadband services in Columbus, Ohio. The launch brings to 41 the number of U.S. markets in which Teligent provides service.

WASHINGTON-With the House up for grabs this fall and a slew of high-tech bills pending before Congress, the high-tech lobby is flexing its muscle on Capitol Hill and shaping the …

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 …

Teligent Inc.’s board of directors authorized a two-for-one stock split subject to shareholder approval of an amendment to the company’s certificate of incorporation authorizing an increase in the number of …

Real estate owners told a House Judiciary subcommittee that forcing private building owners to give access to all telecom service providers would violate constitutional rights of landowners. The Real Access …

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 …

DENVER-The government of Norway awarded broadband wireless access licenses to Formus Communications Inc. and Broadnet. Formus said it plans to invest about $23.7 million in its Norway network, which will …

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 …

PHOENIX, United States-Some observers have compared the broadband wireless industry to a hockey game: lots of skating around, many dramatic clashes, but not much scoring. Still, like a hockey game, …

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 …

NEW YORK-In a Valentine’s Day announcement, Teligent Inc., a point-to-multipoint carrier based in Vienna, Va., and Mannesmann Arcor AG & Co., said they had partnered to provide fixed wireless voice …

NEW YORK-As 1999 drew to a close, two mutual fund managers, one overseeing a diverse investment portfolio, the other specializing in telecommunications, offered contrasting views of the year-2000 stock market …

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 …

NEW YORK-Diginet Americas Inc., Washington, D.C., a wireless broadband access provider in Latin America, signed a $100 million vendor supply and credit facility agreement with Lucent Technologies Inc. The company …

SpectraSite Holdings Inc. last week signed a definitive agreement to acquire property management firm Apex Site Management Inc. The stock-for-stock transaction, which is expected to close by the end of …

VIENNA, Va.-Teligent Inc. said it raised $500 million in new capital through an investor group led by Microsoft Corp. and private equity firm Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Inc. Other …

WASHINGTON-When it comes to spending money to open doors and change hearts and minds in official Washington, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association is King of the Hill. As a wireless …

SkyTel Communications Inc. introduced two new pagers branded by strategic partner eBay, an online trading and auction service firm, as part of a new paging service called “eBay a-go-go.” The …

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. completed its reorganization into five businesses and began operating under its new corporate structure July 1. The company split into three companies under the control …

NEW YORK-For bond investors, high-yield debt deals by telecommunications and media companies are hard to ignore since they have constituted 30 percent to 40 percent of all new dollar-denominated issues …

WASHINGTON-Canada announced last month it will award 354 licenses for spectrum in the 24 GHz and 38 GHz bands by both auction and first-come-first-served, beginning in August. The spectrum allocations …

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 …

VIENNA, Va.-Teligent Inc. announced it launched its services in Seattle. Using its SmartWave technology, which integrates point-to-point and point-to-multipoint radio equipment with broadband wireless technology, Teligent offers small- and mid-sized …

Liberty Media Group’s announcement last week that it plans to acquire The Associated Group Inc. would give Liberty, the Tele-Communications Inc. offshoot traditionally focused on video programming, a foothold in …