Yearly Archives: 1997

TWO FIRMS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF RF FINGERPRINTING OPPORTUNITIES

NEW YORK-Amid an expanding arsenal of competing fraud detection and prevention options, just two radio frequency fingerprinting companies have staked out a potentially lucrative...

SCOTTISHTELECOM CONTRACTS FOR WLL

PAIGNTON, United Kingdom-ScottishTelecom awarded a contract to Northern Telecom Ltd. for Nortel's Proximity fixed wireless access equipment and services designed for use in the...

TELECOM ANALYSIS JOINS CDMA GROUP

EATONTOWN, N.J.-Telecom Analysis Systems Inc. said the CDMA Development Group accepted its application to become a member of the consortium that focuses on Code...

TELLABS TO SUPPLY BEIJING WITH SYSTEM

LISLE, Ill.-Tellabs will supply its Martis DXX managed access and transport network system to the Beijing Telecom Great Wall Mobile Network. The network, which...

EQUIPMENT SHORTAGE UNDERMINES DIGITAL NETWORK TESTING EFFORTS

The lack of certain infrastructure testing equipment will slow the rate at which many digital wireless telecommunications providers roll out service, says a Maryland-based...

NEXTWAVE EXPANDS TYNAN’S CONTRACT

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-NextWave Personal Communications Inc., a personal communications services licensee, expanded a contract with TynanGroup Inc. to include Manhattan, Bronx, Nassau and Suffolk...

U S CELLULAR TO TRANSFER WIS. PROPERTIES

NEW YORK-PriCellular Corp. entered an agreement with United States Cellular Corp. to transfer cellular properties in Wisconsin from US Cellular to PriCellular. The arrangement...

VIEWPOINT

Paging stocks haven't budged much from their spot in Wall Street's basement. PCS companies continue to delay plans to go public. Pocket is trying...

WCS AUCTION PLAYERS

Name Markets Minimum SpectrumComcast WCS Communications Inc. All 5 MHzPCSCO Partnership Northeast 5...

ADJUNCT SERVICES ARE KEY TO WCS BIDDING STRATEGY

WASHINGTON-Most of the 24 bidders who made the cut to participate in tomorrow's start of the Wireless Communications Services auction remain mum regarding how...

MARKEY PROBES FDA ON CELLULAR RESEARCH

WASHINGTON-Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) last week launched a congressional investigation into the Food and Drug Administration's oversight of the struggling cancer research program funded...

NEXTEL NOW OFFERED IN 8 NEW MARKETS

MCLEAN, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. has rolled out its digital network in eight more major markets.Nextel digital service now is in Los Angeles, New York,...

NOKIA TO PROVIDE PAC BELL HANDSETS

IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. signed an agreement to supply personal communications services handsets to Pacific Bell Mobile Services. The companies value the agreement at $35...

OMNIPOINT MAKES IRISH ROAMING PACT

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications Inc. announced it has reached a roaming agreement with Eircell, a Global System for Mobile communications provider in Ireland. The...

PANAMSAT, GALAXY MERGER GETS APPROVAL

GREENWICH, Conn.-The proposed merger of PanAmSat Corp. and the Galaxy satellite services business of Hughes Communications Inc. received approval from the Federal Communications Commission...

QUALCOMM RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST MOTOROLA IS GRANTED

The U.S. District Court in the Southern District of California has granted Qualcomm Inc.'s request for a temporary restraining order against Motorola Inc.Qualcomm said...

WIRELESS LOCAL LOOP TOUTED BY ANALYSTS

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Wireless local loop technology could be the key to bringing telephone service to regions where landline service is unreliable or nonexistent, said...

FIFTEEN COMPANIES PLACE BIDS FOR BRAZILIAN CELLULAR LICENSES

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil-About 15 companies submitted bids last week for ten B-band cellular licenses in Brazil.One source reported that bids ranged from $200...

STM WINS CONTRACT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

IRVINE, Calif.-STM Wireless Inc. won a contract to supply satellite networking equipment for a rural telephony project in Southeast Asia. STM values the contract...

WESTERN WIRELESS UNHAPPY IN ARIZONA OVER ZONING ORDINANCE

A Western Wireless Corp. subsidiary has filed a lawsuit in Arizona U.S. district court against the city of Tucson, claiming the city's new zoning...

DIGIFONE INTENDS TO ADD 50K CUSTOMERS THIS YEAR

Ireland's second mobile phone operator has launched service with two compact packages and a goal of acquiring 50,000 customers by the end of the...

ERICSSON TO EXPAND MALAYSIAN NETWORK

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Telecommunications Sdn Bhd received an order to expand Mutiara Telecommunications Sdn Bhd's nationwide personal communications network in Malaysia. Ericsson values the contract...

ERICSSON TO SUPPLY RUSSIAN NETWORKS

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson won a contract to supply three new Advanced Mobile Phone Service and Digital AMPS networks in Russia.The contract with Millicom International...

FLORIDA GROUP REQUESTS TOWERS FAR FROM SCHOOLS

WASHINGTON-A freshman Florida congressman concerned with constituent complaints about wireless tower proliferation is considering legislation to overturn the antenna siting provision of the 1996...

CALENDAR

APRIL7-11 Infocom '97, by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., Kobe, Japan. (714) 856-5474.8-9 Wireless Interconnection '97, by Bellcore. Hotel Royal Plaza,...
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