Stories about: NextLink

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VerticalNet to integrate NextLink global trade software 26 April, 2001 08:20

VerticalNet Inc., a provider of business-to-business e-commerce solutions, announced that it will integrate technology from Nextlink Communications Inc., a global trade management solutions provider, into its technology platforms.
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Startup Plans Wireless Broadband Internet Access 28 June, 2000 12:01

A new startup, this week launched by former McCaw Cellular and NextLink Communications Inc. veterans, has been granted a U.S. Federal Communications Commission experimental license to test a portable broadband Internet access technology.
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Business Briefs 24 June, 2000 12:01

Nextlink Communications Inc. this week sewed up its US$2.54 billion acquisition of Concentric Network Corp., a supplier of broadband access and Internet services. The combined company initially will target small to midsize business customers, offering an array of IP-based services, according to the companies.
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Carrier Briefs 22 June, 2000 12:01

Sprint PCS President and Chief Operating Officer Andrew Sukawaty resigned recently to "pursue a new opportunity," the company announced. Sukawaty has agreed to consult over the next month with Sprint Corp.'s Ronald LeMay, president and chief operating officer, who is temporarily taking over his position. Sukawaty joined Sprint PCS as its CEO in 1996 and was appointed president and CEO in 1998 when Sprint acquired control over its joint venture with TeleCommunications, Comcast Corp. and Cox Communications Inc.
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Ex-Microsoft Execs Fund Wireless Startups 12 June, 2000 12:01

Three months ago, a group of former top Microsoft Corp. executives started a venture capital firm to foster what they believed to be "the next big thing" -- wireless technology. Now, that firm, Ignition Corp., has put its money where its mouth is, by announcing Monday that it has taken a US$13 million stake in an e-mail management product for cell phone users.
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Nextlink Spreads Its Wings Overseas 01 June, 2000 12:01

Nextlink Communications Inc. is expanding its network overseas with a US$306 million investment in dark fiber throughout Europe.
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No One Has National Broadband Access Yet 12 May, 2000 12:01

New DSL, cable modem and fixed-wireless services are growing in availability at residential and remote-office locations. But a widespread, low-cost replacement for corporate T-1 access lines still seems to be beyond the horizon.
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Carriers Debate 'Last Mile' Strategies 09 May, 2000 12:01

While they are racing to provide the "last mile" of service into the homes of customers, telecommunications companies are eyeing each other warily to see who is gaining competitive advantage. At the NetWorld+Interop (N+I) show here today, several carriers had a chance to sound their rivals out in a rough-and-tumble debate.
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NextLink to Provide DSL-Based Enterprise Solutions 02 May, 2000 12:01

Wireless networking company NextLink Communications Inc. announced that the company will offer DSL-based solutions.
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Speeding the Last Mile 01 May, 2000 12:01

Widespread broadband access is becoming a reality, but it's the last-mile products and services of the future that customers will find most intriguing, industry experts say.
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Which one- DSL, Cable Modem or Fixed Wireless? 24 April, 2000 12:01

The Internet of the future is based on everybody having blazingly fast access. So how do we get that broadband speed over the crucial last mile?