Monthly Archives: April, 1999
COMPETITION HEATED FOR GERMANY’S TOP TWO CELLULAR OPERATORS
GENEVA-The ferocious competition that has characterized the $40 billion German telecommunications market since the introduction of full telecom competition a year and a half...
ERICSSON SMART PHONE TO INCLUDE CIC HANDWRITING RECOGNITION
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Communication Intelligence Corp. announced it completed a licensing agreement with Ericsson Mobile Communications AB to bundle CIC's Jot handwriting recognition system and...
WORLD BRIEFS
GermanyInterDigital Communications Corp., through its subsidiary InterDigital Technology Corp., entered a worldwide, royalty-bearing Time Division Multiple Access patent license agreement with Robert Bosch GmbH...
KYOCERA DEVELOPS CDMAONE PROTOTYPE USING EMULTEK SOFTWARE
PASADENA, Calif.-Emultek Ltd. announced Kyocera Corp. of Japan has developed a fully functional prototype cdmaOne phone using Emultek's RapidPLUS software, which graphically models, simulates...
MOTOROLA PCS GROUP TO USE DSPC’S ISOTEL SOFTWARE
CALGARY, Alberta-Motorola Inc.'s Personal Communications Services Group has licensed Isotel Corp.'s software for use in Motorola wireless communication devices, announced DSP Communications Inc., which...
INTELLISOFT WINS ORDERS FOR BILLING, ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE
MIAMI-Intellisoft Inc. announced it has sold 4,000 of its Beep Plus billing and accounting software suites.The software integrates control of daily operations and financial...
WORLD ACCESS TO ISSUE SHARES
ATLANTA-World Access Inc. announced it entered into an agreement to raise $50 million in equity capital through the sale of 50,000 newly issued shares...
MOTOROLA BACKS OFF PAGING SYSTEM BUSINESS
Motorola Inc. and Glenayre Technologies Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding that, if fulfilled, will license Glenayre to manufacture all Motorola's paging infrastructure-effectively heralding...
TELCORDIA, SYMBOL TEAM ON SOLUTION FOR GIANT FOOD COMMUNICATIONS
CHICAGO, Ill.-Telcordia Technologies Inc. said its AirBoss middleware server will be deployed as part of an integrated hardware, software and services solution developed by...
TELCOS WANT TO BE RID OF SEPARATE WIRELESS SUB RULE
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will decide next month whether mid-sized incumbent local exchange carriers must continue to have a separate subsidiary to offer wireless...
NEXTEL WANTS TO WRITE RULE BOOK
Dear Editor: In a March 29 letter in RCR from Daniel F. Akerson, chairman and CEO, Nextel Communications Inc., Mr. Akerson states "what we are...
IRIDIUM CEO LEAVES UNEXPECTEDLY
Capping a string of negative developments leading up to its first-quarter earnings report this week, Iridium L.L.C. announced Edward Staiano-the company's vice chairman, chief...
XIRCOM FORMS RESELLER PARTNER PROGRAM
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.-Xircom Inc. announced it formed a reseller partner program to provide members with market development services to increase sales and profits.The Mobile...
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM MAKES MOVE FOR TELECOM ITALIA
Just when Telecom Italia Spa seemed to have no defense left to ward off the hostile takeover bid from rival Italian telecom operator Olivetti...
FOUNDING FAMILY TAKES BACK FWT FOR REORGANIZATION
After watching the company their parents founded 40 years ago begin to fall apart, Roy Moore and his two brothers decided earlier this month...
SPRINT PCS POSTS $1.46 PER SHARE LOSS
Sprint Corp. announced April 20 first-quarter consolidated revenues of $4.72 billion, a 16-percent increase from the $4.08 billion posted for the same period of...
GAO PROBES FCC ABOUT REGULATORY FEES
WASHINGTON-The General Accounting Office, the investigative unit of Congress, is looking into the internal controls of how the Federal Communications Commission collects regulatory fees,...
CONGRESS FIGHTING IRS ON RURAL COOPERATIVE RULING
WASHINGTON-The Internal Revenue Service is coming under attack from Congress again. IRS-bashing is common sport. But this time it is not taxpayer abuse that...
JAGUAR TO USE MOTOROLA TELEMATICS
WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. announced an agreement with car manufacturer Jaguar to develop a telematics system called Jaguar Assist as an option on all 2000 model-year...
IN KOSOVO, CELLULAR PHONES OFFER HOPE, RELIEF
In recent weeks, U.S. and European telecommunications companies have been pooling their resources to provide wireless phones, airtime and money to the refugees, relief...
HONGKONG TELECOM BEGINS STAFF REDUCTION
LONDON-In response to staff requests and changes in company structure, Hongkong Telecom said it has begun a voluntary exit program for approximately 4,000 of...
ERICSSON INCOME DROPS 50 PERCENT
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson's net sales grew 8 percent during the first quarter while income before taxes and income per share fell by 51 percent...
DATACOM/TECHVEST STUDY EXPECTS WIRELESS TO BENEFIT E-COMMERCE
CHESTERFIELD, Mo.-A new study conducted by Datacomm Research Co. and Techvest International found Internet-based e-commerce will skyrocket, but only companies that develop and implement...
GSM CELLULAR TO LAUNCH PREPAID FROM TELEMAC
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-GSM Cellular Ltd. announced it entered into a technology license and development agreement with California-based Telemac Corp. under which GSM Cellular will...
SBC IMPLEMENTS RIGHT RATE PLAN
CHICAGO-SBC Communications Inc. introduced its Cellular One Digital Edge Right Rate minute packs that eliminate long-distance charges for calls placed from Cellular One's home...
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