Monthly Archives: April, 1997
CLEARNET INKS DEAL FOR LIBRARY SITES
OTTAWA-Clearnet Communications Inc. reached an agreement with the Canadian Library Association to provide high-speed Internet access to certain local libraries in exchange for the...
ALPHATRAK 9000 IN FINAL BETA TEST
SANTA ANA, Calif.-PageStar Inc. said final beta testing has begun on the first production run of its AlphaTrak 9000 vehicle tracking and recovery system.The...
COMSAT APPROVES CHANGES TO ITSO
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico-Comsat Corp. said it is pleased with the progress that has been made toward restructuring the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, during a...
D.C. NOTES
With former President George Bush displaying courage (or insanity depending on how you look at things) by parachuting out of a plane at 30,000...
FLORIDA PAIR CHARGED FOR INTERCEPTING CELLULAR CALL
WASHINGTON (AP)- A Florida couple agreed Wednesday to plead guilty to federal criminal charges of intercepting a cellular telephone call between House Speaker Newt...
AT&T PREMIERES PREPAID SERVICE
SAN ANTONIO-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its FlexCall prepaid wireless service in eight counties in the greater San Antonio area.Counties included in the launch...
ATX PICKS AT&T FOR ONGUARD SERVICE
SAN ANTONIO-ATX Technologies Inc. selected AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s Wireless Data Division to provide the wireless communications for its OnGuard product.OnGuard uses wireless communications...
BRIGHTPOINT SALES INCREASE IN QUARTER
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana-Brightpoint Inc. reported it had increased sales and net income for the first quarter ended March 31.Net sales for the first quarter were...
AMERITEL’S PAGERS FEATURED IN CATALOG
NORCROSS, Ga.-Ameritel Communications Inc. signed an agreement to sell pagers and paging services through Shop At Home, a subsidiary of The Signature Group, which...
CYLINK DATAMETRO OFFERS INEXPENSIVE INTERCONNECT
NEW YORK-Wireless Internet and intranet access over long distances, even in remote areas without a wireline infrastructure, is about to get easier and less...
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE APPROVES BELL ATLANTIC, NYNEX MERGER
NEW YORK-The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division gave its approval April 24 for Bell Atlantic Corp.'s $23 billion takeover of Nynex Corp. The...
NOKIA WILL SUPPLY MURMANSK NETWORK
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. signed an agreement to supply and install an analog Nordic Mobile Telephone cellular network in Murmansk, Russia, for AOZT Tele-North.Nokia will...
CORSAIR EXTENDS FRAUD PROTECTION
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc. said it activated its real-time fraud prevention system for users roaming between Mexico and the United States.The company's PhonePrint...
VOICE PLUS INSTALLS PROCESSING SYSTEMS FOR VOICESTREAM
NEWARK, Calif.-Voice Plus Inc., a subsidiary of NHancement Technologies Inc., said it installed and launched the voice processing systems for Western Wireless Corp.'s VoiceStream...
AIRTOUCH SERVICE MOVING TO TEMPE
TEMPE, Ariz.-AirTouch Cellular announced plans to move its customer service operation for the Southwest region from Bellevue, Wash., to Tempe, Ariz.The site for the...
ALABAMA TELEPHONE COMPANIES ARM THEMSELVES WITH WIRELESS
A C-block enterprise created by two Alabama telephone companies is methodically slipping into position to rival big-name wireless players in the Gulf Coast area.The...
LEGISLATION WOULD STOP PRIVATE WIRELESS SPECTRUM FROM AUCTION: SEPARATE BILL AIMS TO STOP AUCTION FLOOD
WASHINGTON-Congress is ready to spring two major spectrum bills that seek to stabilize the Federal Communications Commission's aggressive auction program and that would apply...
GEOWORKS EXPANDS NOKIA RELATIONSHIP
ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks will expand its cooperation with Nokia to provide packaged content and services for Smart Messaging, the Nokia-developed Global System for Mobile communications...
DIGITAL MICROWAVE GETS RADIO ORDER
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Digital Microwave Corp. received an order for digital microwave radios from Mutiara Telecom of Malaysia. The company values the agreement at $17.8...
BRIGHTPOINT BUYS MANAGER’S EQUITY
INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. acquired complete ownership of its subsidiaries, Brightpoint China Ltd., Brightpoint Ltd. and Brightpoint Australia Pty Ltd.The 20 percent interests were owned by...
CAW MADE WEST COAST DISTRIBUTOR
ELMSFORD, N.Y.-Varta Batteries Inc. made Cellular Accessory Warehouse its West Coast distributor for Varta's High Endurance cellular phone batteries and Titanium alkaline pager batteries.
ARCH CHOOSES TO KEEP NAME TO UNIFY OPERATIONS, RETAIN IDENTITY
Arch Communications Group Inc. introduced its new national brand name, Arch Paging, created to unify the company's many acquired operations and punctuate its position...
ORBCOMM APPROVES STELLAR'S UNITS
DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. granted type approval to Stellar Satellite Communications Ltd., a subsidiary of Elisra Electronics Systems Ltd. of Bene Beraq, for the...
NOKIA SIGNS DEAL FOR THAI EXPANSION
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. signed an agreement to expand the Global System for Mobile communications and Nordic Mobile Telephone networks operated by Advanced Info Service...
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