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TPS Utilicom says it paid far more than necessary for wireless licenses in a recent spectrum auction that was supposed to be weighted toward small bidders, because of deceptive business practices by AT&T Wireless. The carrier has sued AT&T Wireless and Alaska Native Wireless in California Superior Court in Los Angeles County, claiming AT&T Wireless […]

Deadline Hit, Missed Sprint PCS last Monday met the Federal Communications Commission deadline to begin selling wireless phones equipped with technology that allows emergency operators to determine a callers location with greater precision. AT&T Wireless, on the other hand, says it will need until March 2002 to roll out new Enhanced 911 services. Globespan, Virata […]

While microprocessor sales have hit the skids, the industrywide PC slump apparently hasnt hindered engineering development by semiconductor companies seeking to provide faster, more efficient chips. The worlds leading chip makers will convene in San Jose, Calif., next week for the annual Microprocessor Forum to unveil more than 30 processor designs. “In spite of the […]

Government efforts to speed economic recovery and minimize the threat of terrorism could lead to the most significant upgrade of the nations telecommunications network in a quarter-century, industry experts said. While the revamp of the public switched telephone network (PSTN) to handle IP communications has made middling progress in recent years, incumbent carriers that have […]

The Problem Ace Realty has an 80-user network running an Oracle 7 database on NetWare 4.1. The company recently acquired Budget Realty, which has a 15-user peer-to-peer network running a FoxPro 5.0 database. The company intends to consolidate both databases into a new database running on a new server environment that requires VPN access. Please […]

EDITORIAL–Like the coming of winter, the arrival of Microsofts Windows XP seems inevitable. But while most of us know how to prepare for the coming season, not many IT professionals stand a chance of being ready for XP and the security challenges that it entails. Do we need more reminders of the problems with security […]

The U.S. Supreme Court last week heard the first of several arguments that could lead to huge dips and spikes in the relative fortunes of regional Bells, competitive carriers, cable companies, wireless providers and the Internet itself. The high court is reviewing 10 lawsuits grouped into three cases that challenge the Telecommunications Act of 1996, […]

Managing Partner NextLevel Venture Partners Elevator Pitch Bhandaris firm invests in early-stage technology companies, focusing on such areas as financial services, telecom and biotech. “It is a perfect time for early-stage investors,” he asserts, noting that those involved in later-stage funding are fighting to keep their portfolios afloat. Claim to Fame Co-founding Accentures Business Launch […]

The Bush administration is turning out to be more aggressive on antitrust enforcement than many critics ever anticipated. Just ask Computer Associates International and Platinum Technology, the latest victims of a Department of Justice that seems bent on keeping software and technology companies in line. Late last month, the DOJ filed suit alleging the companies […]

If AT&T Chairman and CEO C. Michael Armstrongs plans had worked out, the Broadband cable unit would be spinning away from the mother company as an independent operator this winter, freeing the core telephone and long-distance business from a competing in-house technology. Armstrongs goal of partitioning of AT&T was to create four strong companies — […]

Global sales of semiconductors continued to spiral downward as the summer drew to a close, but an industry group is predicting that sales will rebound before the end of next year. Worldwide sales of semiconductors in August fell 42 percent from the same period a year ago, and the numbers for last month may be […]

IT Grades Itself Too Generously Recent findings about ROI studies wouldnt surprise schoolteachers. They know that most students would grade themselves higher than is perhaps warranted. Enterprises conducting their own ROI studies also are too generous, with 59 percent giving themselves a positive result, found Jupiter Media Metrix Inc. in a survey of 471 IT […]