Monthly Archives: August, 1999
URALTEL EXPANDS RUSSIA GSM CELLULAR SERVICE
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-MCTR announced its affiliate, Uraltel, extended Global System for Mobile communications 900 cellular service to the Russian city of Nizhny Tagil and the...
SEIKO TO TARGET JAPANESE WITH SPYGLASS TECHNOLOGY
NAPERVILLE, Ill.-Spyglass Inc. said it licensed its Spyglass Prism product to Seiko Epson for use with a new wireless device specifically designed to target...
PCIA URGES WIRELESS CONDITION IN SBC/AMERITECH MERGER
WASHINGTON-The Personal Communi-cations Industry Association and Paging Network Inc. last week submitted proposals to the Federal Communications Commission to take the proposed conditions of...
NOKIA TEXAS TO PRODUCE HANDSETS
DALLAS-In response to the increasing popularity of its products, Nokia Corp. said it is converting its Fort Worth, Texas-based manufacturing facility-which currently makes mobile...
ANGELLCOM, STARTEK.COM MERGE
MARINA DEL RAY, Calif.-Startek.com Inc. and Angell Communications Inc. have agreed to merge, according to a letter of intent both signed.The deal is expected...
LIBERIA RECEIVES TDMA SYSTEM
VANCOUVER-Telos Engineering said it successfully deployed its digital cellular telecommunications system for ICOM-Liberia, the first cellular provider in Liberia. The contract, valued at $1...
LUCENT TO REPLACE ERICSSON IN AT&T’S NEW YORK MARKET
Amidst increased media publicity over capacity problems in its New York City market, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. last week granted a contract to Lucent...
MATSUSHITA, SANDISK, TOSHIBA OFFER DIGITAL MEMORY CARD
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Matsushita Electric/Panasonic, SanDisk and Toshiba Corp. introduced a secure digital memory card that can support numerous new consumer products and enable mass...
PROTECTION ONE COMPLETES UNIT SALE TO ATXTECHNOLOGIES
CULVER CITY, Calif.-Protection One Inc. completed the sale of its Mobile Services Group to ATX Technologies for $21 million cash, plus a note and...
QUALCOMM AND EX-EMPLOYEE BLISS SETTLE LAWSUIT OUT OF COURT
WASHINGTON-Qualcomm Inc. and Richard Bliss, a former employee temporarily imprisoned in Russia on espionage charges in 1997, have reached an out-of-court settlement to end...
SPECTRUM RESOURCES, TOWERCOM, FORM COLLOCATION VENTURE
FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Spectrum Resources Towers L.P. and Towercom L.L.C. announced a joint venture to develop new towers for carrier collocation.Under terms of the partnership,...
AT&T MAY CONSIDER STOCK RESTRUCTURE
AT&T Corp. reportedly is revisiting the idea of issuing tracking stock for its cable and wireless businesses.The Street.com reported last week AT&T consulted with...
COOPERATION HAILED ON 3G FRONT DESPITE RENEWED HOSTILITIES
WASHINGTON-Experts from the world's leading wireless telecom standards bodies last week pledged cooperation on third-generation mobile phone technology, number portability, electromagnetic compatibility, fixed wireless...
ATHENE, EXCHANGE FORM MARKETING EFFORT
BOULDER, Colo.-Athene Software Inc. said it formed an alliance with Exchange Applications Inc. to jointly market new technologies that combine Athene's APT Churn and...
CONXUS FILES CHAPTER 7, SHUTS OFF NETWORK
Just three months after entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Conxus Communications Inc. Friday abruptly shut off its entire network and ceased all operations, leaving...
AIRTOUCH ENHANCES PREPAID OFFERINGS
SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Cellular announced prepaid customers who purchase talk time in standard denominations of $30, $50 or $100, now will have six months rather...
MCI CALLS FOR REVIEW OF ABBREVIATED NUMBERING ALLOCATION
WASHINGTON-A plan from the U.S. Department of Transportation to institute a nationwide three-digit number for traffic information may be derailed by a call from...
CONEXANT OPENS CHINA OFFICES
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.-Conexant Systems said it opened a wireless communications research and development center in Shanghai, China, and a sales office in Beijing. The...
INDIA GSM CARRIER SELECTS LHS GROUP’S BILLING SYSTEM
ATLANTA-Satyam Enterprises Ltd., a regional partner of LHS Group Inc., said Global System for Mobile communications operator Fascel Ltd. in Gujarat, India, selected LHS'...
BELLSOUTH LAUNCHES NET EXCHANGE FOR CARRIER DATA
ATLANTA-BellSouth International Wireless Services launched BellSouth Net eXchange, a Web-based interface that facilitates the upload and download of customer data files, said the company.BellSouth...
UNIFORM TOWER BILLS DIE IN COMMITTEE
NEW YORK-Companion bills to enact the Wireless Facilities Siting Act never made it out of New York State Assembly and Senate committees before the...
NORTHWEST, SPRINT CREATE PROMOTION
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS announced a Northwest Airlines WorldPerks mileage program that allows WorldPerks members to earn frequent-flier miles when they sign up for...
POLAND RECEIVES TWO BIDS FOR TPSA STAKE
WARSAW-Poland only received two bids by the Aug. 23 preliminary bid deadline for a 25-percent to 35-percent stake in government-controlled Telekomunikacja Polska (TPSA), according...
AETHER TO BUY MOBEO
Aether Systems Inc. announced it will acquire mobeo Inc., a company that provides financial news and stock updates on wireless devices such as pagers.Formerly...
COMSAT APPROVES LOCKHEED MERGER
BETHESDA, Md.-Comsat Corp. said its stockholders approved the proposed merger with Lockheed Martin Corp.About 99 percent of votes cast were in favor of the...