Yearly Archives: 1997

NEXTWAVE EXPERTS FIND FAULT WITH FCC DEBT-EQUITY ANALYSIS

WASHINGTON-Paperwork filed at the Federal Communications Commission April 1 by NextWave Telecom Inc. has the country's largest C-block personal communications services winner stating once...

TELLABS BUILDING FACILITY IN FINLAND

LISLE, Ill.-Tellabs said it is building a new production plant and research facility in Espoo, Finland, near Helsinki. The facility, which is scheduled to...

MCI SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE BT MERGER

WILKES-BARRE, Pa.-MCI Communications Corp. shareholders voted 77 percent in favor of the proposed merger with British Telecommunications plc during MCI's annual meeting.The merger still...

DOCOMO SELECTS ERICSSON, LUCENT FOR 3RD GENERATION

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Lucent Technologies Inc. were among the vendors selected by NTT DoCoMo of Japan to develop an experimental "third generation" wireless...

WIRELESS USERS INTERESTED IN MOBILE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET

WASHINGTON-More than half of wireless subscribers and 40 percent of non-users expressed an interest in two-way wireless e-mail, representing a potential market of 44.3...

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,...

SOUTHWESTERN BELL UPGRADES ROUTING FOR CELLULAR 911 CALLS

ST. LOUIS-Southwestern Bell Wireless began a program in St. Louis that enables cellular 911 calls to be automatically routed to the area's largest police...

CLINTON REPORT SAYS TELECOMMUNI CATIONS TRADE BARRIERS REMAIN

WASHINGTON-Despite major progress recently on opening up global telecommunications markets, the Clinton administration last week said barriers to equipment and services trade remain.The 387-page...

WORLDWIDE WIRELESS TRIALING B-CDMA

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. signed a letter of intent with Worldwide Wireless Inc. to trial its TrueLink broadband Code Division Multiple Access...

WORLD ACCESS BUYS INFRASTRUCTURE FIRM

ATLANTA-World Access Inc. acquired Cellular Infrastructure Supply Inc., a Burr Ridge, Ill.-based provider of equipment and related design, installation and technical support services to...

COURT TO RULE ON KEY ISSUE IN CELLULAR PHONE, CANCER CLAIM SUIT

WASHINGTON-A key hearing in Illinois state court early next month could determine whether a major case proceeds in which consumers claim cellular pocket phones...

WYREX OPENS FIRST U.S. SALES OFFICE

TORONTO-Wyrex Communications Inc. established its first U.S. sales office in Birmingham, Ala. The company said it plans to open additional sales offices in the...

AMTA CHALLENGES FCC FREEZING POWER

WASHINGTON-The American Mobile Telecommunications Association asked that the Federal Communications Commission's authority to implement a licensing freeze be examined as part of the FCC's...

ARCH EXTENDS CREDIT TO BUY SPECTRUM, MOODY’S DOWNGRADES DEBT

Arch Communications Group Inc. amended two credit agreements for various subsidiaries, in part to help finance future purchases of narrowband personal communications services spectrum.In...

AT&T MAKES OFFER TO BOMB TRIAL PRESS

DENVER-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. issued a special offer to members of the media covering the Oklahoma City bombing trial, which is set to begin...

BANM PREMIERES CDMA IN NEW YORK

ORANGEBURG, N.Y.-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile launched its DigitalChoice service in New York and New Jersey. The company said the 13-kilobit per second, Code Division...

BEARCOM ACQUIRES WEST COAST ASSETS

DALLAS-BearCom Inc., a distributor of two-way radio equipment, acquired certain assets of West Coast Radio Communications.BearCom said it completed four acquisitions in the last...

BELLSOUTH SELECTS GEOPROBE SYSTEM

PLANO, Texas-BellSouth Cellular Corp. selected Inet Inc.'s GeoProbe system to access instantaneous data from its network to support network management, fraud detection and usage...

VIEWPOINT

The sixth largest PCS carrier (by pops) went bankrupt long before it ever got to market. Pocket Communications has $1.5 billion in liabilities, most...

ALLTEL COMBINES CELLULAR, WIRELINE

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it is combining its wireline and cellular operations into a single organization. Alltel Telephone Services Corp., Alltel Mobile Communications...

CELCORE SET TO SHIP DOWNSIZED GLOBALSWITCH FOR GSM NETWORKS

NEW YORK-Celcore Inc. expects to begin shipping its new GlobalSwitch in April, which the Memphis, Tenn., computer hardware and software designer believes is the...

CONSTRUCTION FIRM GROWS IN CALIFORNIA

PORTLAND, Ore.-Cord Communications Inc., a site construction company, expanded its California operations to meet an increasing demand for wireless communications in the state's major...
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