Monthly Archives: February, 1999
CTIA CLAIMS PCIA MISREPRESENTS STATE OF COMPETITION
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association has filed reply comments with the Federal Communications Commission arguing entities-including the Personal Communications Industry Association-that say the spectrum...
NEWS BRIEFS
Iridium L.L.C. announced that Kyocera Corp. has completed its handset testing process and has been approved to begin volume distribution of its single-mode satellite...
FINLAND TO GRANT 3G LICENSES BY SPRING
The Finnish government said it will be the first European country to grant third-generation mobile phone licenses by spring, and one company's bid to...
BID TO BAN DRIVING AND DIALING DROPPED
Utah state representative Ralph Becker said he has withdrawn his bid to ban drivers from using wireless phones."After careful consideration, I have decided not...
GLENAYRE POSTS $45.5M LOSS
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced a fourth quarter net loss of $45.4 million, or 73 cents per share, compared with $37.1 million, or 61...
FRONTIER PAVES THE WAY FOR U.S. WLL
While the domestic wireless industry struggles to determine the demand for wireless local loop services in the United States, Frontier Cellular in May will...
ERICSSON NABS EUROTEL CONTRACT
STOCKHOLM-Ericsson Inc. and EuroTel Bratislava said they have signed a $51 million contract to expand EuroTel's Global System for Mobile communications system in Slovakia.Under...
DANIELS & ASSOCIATES REPORTS RECORD M&A AND FINANCING DEALS
DENVER-Daniels & Associates said it set an all-time record during 1998 by completing 118 transactions with an aggregate value of $5.7 billion.The year marked...
OMNIPOINT STILL SEEKING INVESTORS
NEW YORK-Omnipoint Corp., parent of personal communications services provider Omnipoint Communications Inc., began a second round of serious discussions in January with potential strategic...
FCC OKS AT&T-TCI MERGER
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission approved the $57 billion merger between AT&T Corp. and Tele-Communications Inc.As expected, TCI must divest its interest in Sprint Corp.'s...
RESELLER CELLNET FILES TO BLOCK AIRTOUCH/VODAFONE MERGER
CLEVELAND-Wireless reseller Cellnet of Ohio last week filed a petition with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to delay approval of the proposed merger...
FCC LOOKS FOR POLICY GOALS TO SOLVE ‘DEAD ZONE’ ISSUE
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission appears to be attempting to develop policy goals to solve the "dead zone" problem.The FCC then would leave it to...
SPRINT PCS LAUNCHES IN OHIO
CLEVELAND-Sprint PCS said it launched service in northeast Ohio. The market includes Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Summit, Portage, Mahoning, Trumbull, Lake, Geauga, Wayne and Erie...
SAMSUNG ENTERS CANADIAN MARKET
DALLAS-Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. announced it entered the Canadian telecommunications market through an agreement to provide Bell Mobility with the dual-mode/dual-band Code Division Multiple...
ORBCOMM SIGNS SERVICE PACT WITH GTE
DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. said it signed a service-provider agreement with GTE Government Systems, a supplier of telecommunications systems to defense and civilian federal...
SIEMENS OUT OF INTERDIGITAL ALLIANCE
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said Siemens AG of Germany intends to withdraw from InterDigital's B-CDMA Alliance."We are obviously disappointed with Siemens decision,"...
ERICSSON, PACIFIC BELL TEST ‘GSM ON THE NET’
STOCKHOLM-Ericsson Inc. said its "GSM on the Net" solution for providing Internet Protocol-based wireless multimedia services will enter trials with Pacific Bell Wireless during...
AMAZON.COM BUYS GEOWORKS STAKE
ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. announced Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. has bought a minority interest in the company by investing some $5 million in Geoworks common...
ARCH MUST PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. announced it must provide a supplemental disclosure statement to MobileMedia Corp.'s Class 6 general unsecured creditors, and then resolicit...
BELLSOUTH INTRODUCES MOBILE COMPUTING PLATFORM
Called one of the largest deployments of mobile computing technology to date, BellSouth Corp. introduced a new, $163 million mobile computing platform created to...
FCC CLEARS GTE HOLDINGS TAKE OVER OF PUERTO RICO PHONE COMPANY
NEW YORK-The Federal Communications Commission announced it has permitted the takeover of Puerto Rico's government-run "principal local exchange service provider by a well-financed and...
NEW ZEALAND TO AUCTION SPECTRUM
DENVER-The New Zealand government said it will begin auctioning spectrum within the 2 GHz frequency bands March 29.The Ministry of Commerce will auction 35...
CONDUCTUS REVENUES DOWN 36 PERCENT
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. reported revenues for the fourth quarter, ended Dec. 31, decreased by 36 percent to $1.3 million, compared with $1.9 million of...
D.C. NOTES: A PYRRHIC VICTORY
Increasingly, for wireless regulators, striking a policy balance on issues affecting competition, consumer safety and law enforcement is a big challenge. Owing in part...
PCIA URGES WTB TO ACT ON OUT STANDING 800 MHZ ISSUES
WASHINGTON-In an effort to spur the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau to act on outstanding issues regarding the 800 MHz band, the Personal Communications Industry...