Wireless Internet

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WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, bowing to congressional and wireless industry pressure, scaled back a budget-driven proposal to raise $3 billion this year from the sale of flexible 2.3 GHz wireless …

Washington-The wireless telecom industry opposes funding proposals for the Clinton administration’s plan to link all schools and libraries to the Internet by 2000, a component of a sweeping $51 billion …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Pan American Wireless Infrastructure Division signed an agreement with GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. to jointly offer cellular and personal communications services providers Intelligent Network features and …

NEW YORK-Depending on who wins the battle of wills at the May 1 annual shareholders meeting of Metricom Inc., the public company might be sold. Metricom, headquartered in Los Gatos, …

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WASHINGTON-Sprint Spectrum L.P., which began offering personal communications service in Washington a year ago through partner American Personal Communications, has converted its marketing from a big-bang effort to one resembling …

Investee Company Investors Amount Raised Type of Financing Nature of Business SignalSoft Corp. Olympic Venture Partners $1.9 million First Wireless location software & services Boulder, CO Pathnet Inc. Corman Foundation …

WASHINGTON-Incoming House telecommunications subcommittee head Billy Tauzin (R-La.) said he’s irked by the Federal Communications Commission’s 2.3 GHz auction plan. “It’s a real serious problem,” said Tauzin, in an interview …

L.M. Ericsson on Jan. 1 plans to reorganize its five business areas into three: Telephones & Terminals, Mobile Systems and Infocom Systems. Telephones & Terminals will be responsible for consumer …

A new Phantom low profile antenna was introduced by Antenex. The antenna has a wide bandwidth and low angle radiation pattern. It also has an element that reduces dropped calls …

WASHINGTON-The wireless telecommunications industry is leery of a new budget-driven, flexible-use auction proposal that could create more competition for carriers on Main Street and Wall Street. The auction of the …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt has signaled concerns to the industry about potential disruptions to public telecommunications networks as a result of the Internet’s growing popularity. The FCC said …

RadioMail Corp. introduced the Mobile Communicator, a wireless Internet product tailored for deaf and hard of hearing people. Data conversations take place using e-mail, and other features are available including …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission this week is expected to unveil a new plan to auction $3 billion of spectrum for wireless Internet access and other applications, according to officials. Bidding …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration’s free Internet plan would discriminate against wireless carriers by forcing them to pay extra into the universal service fund without the likelihood of gaining access to monies …

Korean telephone service provider Shinsegi Telecomm Inc. awarded Lucent Technologies Inc. a contract to supply and install a Code Division Multiple Access-technology based cellular network in the southern cities of …

RadioMail Corp. announced the availability of its RadioMailer wireless Internet access solution for Cellular Digital Packet Data networks. Service previously was limited to Mobitex and DataTAC packet radio systems. “By …

NEW YORK-Metricom Inc. will mark its second commercial launch within a month when it begins offering its data-only wireless Internet access services in late September in the Washington, D.C., area. …

REDMOND, Wash.-InfoSpace Inc. announced it will make its directory services available via Unwired Planet Inc.’s wireless Internet access software platform. InfoSpace said it developed a patent-pending technology to fully integrate …

Comsat RSI Mark Antennas signed agreements with several contractors to supply antennas for Sprint Spectrum L.P.’s personal communications services network. The contractors include Black & Veatch and MFS Network Technologies, …

SAN DIEGO-Supporters of personal Air Communications Technology have created a pACT Vendor Forum to “enable, support and promote the adoption of the pACT two-way narrowband [personal communications services] standard worldwide,” …

Software developer Unwired Planet Inc. introduced an Internet access solution that promises to be a “Killer App” for wireless data services, beginning with Cellular Digital Packet Data. The Redwood Shores, …

AirTouch Communications Inc. announced it has officially opened its European headquarters in the Netherlands. The company said it opened the office because its cellular operations in Europe are becoming an …

“The Internet is the killer app!” declared futurist George Gilder at the Wireless Apps ’95 show hosted by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association last fall in Las Vegas. He was …