Monthly Archives: May, 1999
CORRECTION
The dates were wrong in a May 17 story about an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network outage in New York. The outage occurred on...
CONXUS FILES FOR CHAPTER 11 PROTECTION
Confirming rumors that started when the company announced layoffs in March, voice paging provider Conxus Communications Inc. filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11...
OPTUS ENHANCES AUSTRALIAN GSM NETWORK
AUSTRALIA-Cable & Wireless Optus announced enhancements to its Global System for Mobile communications network to bring high-speed data services to the Australian market.The carrier...
COST DATA PROVES CALEA PUNCH LIST IS TOO EXPENSIVE
WASHINGTON-The cost of complying with law enforcement's demands for implementing the digital wiretap act is substantial, said the wireless industry last week.Responding to revenue...
VIEWPOINT: WHAT ABOUT LOYALTY?
When did the universe get so topsy-turvy?(I'd venture to guess right around the time the Dow hit 8,000 for the first time?)The stock market...
TOWER MANAGEMENT FIRMS BRING CONSTRUCTION EFFORTS TO THE FOLD
In addition to adding towers to their portfolios, tower management companies also have started to bring wireless construction capabilities in-house in an effort to...
WIRELESS BROUGHT INTO E-RATE DEBATE
WASHINGTON-Two powerful telecommunications lawmakers have brought the wireless industry into the debate about the amount of funding for Internet connections for schools and libraries,...
CARRIERS HOPE TO CAPITALIZE ON CONTENT
While paging carriers work to upgrade their network technology to fit the advanced messaging paradigm, several also are working to upgrade the services available...
CELLSTAR DISTRIBUTES PREPAID IN ARGENTINA
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. said it signed a one-year agreement to distribute prepaid cellular phone kits for CTI Compania de Telefonos del Interior S.A., the...
WTB LIKELY TO GRANT NEXTEL WAIVERS
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau told private wireless advocates it is inclined to grant 54 waivers by Nextel Communications Inc., which would...
POLITICAL FIGHTS REMAIN AMONG 3G PLAYERS
Industry executives in February hailed the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue agreement as a major breakthrough in the 3G debate, but today it appears standards bodies...
HEROIC, HELPFUL WIRELESS PHONE USERS HONORED BY CTIA
Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association President Tom Wheeler has announced this year's Vita Wireless Samaritans, all of whom used their wireless phones to save, protect...
TELEFONICA AND PARTNER TO BUY UP BRAZILIAN OPERATORS
Telefonica Internacional announced plans to launch public tender offers to buy 100 percent of the preferred and common stock of two Brazilian mobile wireless...
SBA TO GO PUBLIC
NEW YORK-SBA Communications Corp., a Boca Raton, Fla., owner of wireless communications towers, plans to go public in June via an offering of 11.54...
NOKIA OFFERS BRIDGECONNECT
SINGAPORE-Nokia Inc. entered into a partnership agreement with Bridge Information Systems to provide BridgeConnect, a financial information service for digital mobile phone users, said...
MANUFACTURERS TO BUY TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DSPS
NEW YORK-Texas Instruments announced eight of the world's top 10 producers of third-generation wireless base stations said they plan to use TI's latest and...
NATIONAL SECURITY COMPROMISED, SAYS REPORT ON CHINA
WASHINGTON-A House panel probing U.S.-Sino ties is expected this week to release a long-anticipated report that concludes satellite technology transfers and nuclear espionage by...
BELL ATLANTIC UNVEILS MOBILE TEST VEHICLE
ORANGEBURG, N.Y.-In an effort to maintain and improve its service quality and reliability in the New York metro area, Bell Atlantic Mobile unveiled its...
ENREV AIMS TO CHARGE UP SATISFACTION WITH BATTERY BOOST
One invention can boost customer satisfaction, make mobile phones more powerful and create higher revenue for carriers, a Norcross, Ga., company believes.Enrev Corp., formerly...
RCR MAKES CHANGES TO WEB SITE
DENVER-Access to two portions of RCR's Web site, rcrnews.com, has been restricted to paid subscribers effective May 14. Paid subscribers can use the last...
EUROPEAN CELLULAR USERS SPENDING LESS, SWITCHING MORE
LUTON, United Kingdom-A new report compiled by Strategy Analytics shows low-spending customers and the introduction of prepaid services in Europe are causing average revenue...
CLEARNET 1Q REVENUES UP
SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Clearnet Communications Inc. reported revenues for the first quarter ended March 31 of $47 million, an increase from the $27.4 million reported for...
CELLEMETRY ADDS TWO CUSTOMERS
ATLANTA-Cellemetry L.L.C. announced it signed agreements with Cellular One Kansas/Missouri and Coastel Communications Co., extending Cellemetry's footprint to needed areas in the Kansas and...
DIGINET SECURES CONTRACT IN PERU
WASHINGTON-Diginet Americas Inc. said it has secured a local carrier license and spectrum concessions from the Peruvian Transportation and Communications Ministry for the province...
DOLPHIN COMPLETES TRANS-ATLANTIC 3G CALL
MONTREAL-Dolphin Telecom plc said it completed the first trans-Atlantic third-generation wireless call using a wideband-Code Division Multiple Access network in Canada and Dolphin's Trans...