Yearly Archives: 1997

NEXTEL STARTS $35M AD CAMPAIGN

WASHINGTON-In a four-pronged simultaneous marketing announcement McLean, Va.-based Nextel Communications Inc. will unveil today a $35 million nationwide advertising campaign, the introduction of enhanced...

COMPANY TO BUY BACK ITS STOCK

CEDAR CREST, N.M.-Specialty Teleconstructors Inc. announced it intends to redeem all outstanding common stock warrants March 26. Holders of the warrants may exercise the...

SPECTRALINK WILL REPURCHASE STOCK

BOULDER, Colo.-SpectraLink Corp.'s board of directors authorized a repurchase of up to 500,000 shares of the company's common stock. The shares will be repurchased...

STANDARD TO SHOW WIRELESS MODEM

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Standard Communications Corp.'s Wireless Datacom Division announced it will show its new cellular modem module and cellular radiofrequency module at the Cellular...

PAGING STOCKS STARTING TO STABILIZE, WILL CONSOLIDATION FOLLOW?

After a year of declining prices on paging stocks, market values among the industry's leaders are starting to stabilize."The bottom is here, the worst...

SYNOPSYS, LUCENT JOIN FOR GSM TOOLS

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Synopsys Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc.'s microelectronics group have agreed to jointly develop hardware and software design tools and services for Global...

STANDARDS ISSUE BECOMES FLASHPOINT AT MOBILE COMPUTING SHOW

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.-Laissez-faire capitalists repeatedly faced off with supporters of de facto or government-mandated high-technology standards during last week's Mobile Insights '97 conference on...

PALM’S PILOT IS HONORED WITH `PRODUCT OF YEAR’

The clear leader in innovation as honored at the third annual Mobile Insights Mobility Awards dinner was Palm Computing Inc.'s Pilot organizer, a diminutive...

PAGEMART WIRELESS STARTS INTL. SERVICE

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. said it will begin international service during the second quarter, allowing subscribers to roam in Canada, Mexico and Central America.International numeric...

PEOPLE

Metawave Communications Corp. named Vito Palermo senior vice president and chief financial officer, with responsibility for the company's financial and administrative operations including accounting,...

PAGEMART ESTABLISHES ROAMING NETWORK IN NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA

PageMart Wireless Inc. has crossed all borders in North America and some in Central America with its formation of the PageMart Network.The international network...

TOWER GROUP FORMS FOR CONSTRUCTION

ST. LOUIS-Project Group 2000 L.L.C. formed a new division to provide wireless site construction, antenna and feedline placement and site inventory in the Midwest...

DIVERSE APPS DEVELOPERS PURSUING WIRELESS DATA OPPORTUNITIES

Since unveiling its MobileWeb Internet Web server/controller technology one year ago, CellPort Labs Inc. reports a diverse group of innovators are using the platform...

PORTUGAL MOBILE LICENSE IS COMING AT 1800 MHZ

Portugal's telecommunications authority, Instituto das Comunicacoes de Portugal, is expected to issue a mobile phone license at 1800 MHz, for service to begin next...

PRE-PAID ADDED TO PRIORITY’S PLATFORM

WILMINGTON, Mass.-Priority Call Management added pre-paid cellular applications to its Oryx Platform. The pre-paid function includes on-line recharge capability."A major challenge for cellular service...

PRODUCTS

ACT Communications Inc. developed two personal communications services and cellular protection products. The ACT 452-120-400L is a two-line, single phase surge arrestor that provides...

ALLEN GROUP PICKS PURPOSEFUL NAME

BEACHWOOD, Ohio-The Allen Group Inc. changed its name to Allen Telecom Inc., to more strongly reflect the company's purpose."All of the company's continuing operations...

MCCAW’S PROJECT ANGEL GIVEN LIFE BY AT&T WIRELESS SERVICES

What began as a Craig McCaw idea became a definitive project for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. last week when the company announced plans to...

OVERCOMING DECISION-MAKER FEAR TO EARN ANTENNA SITE APPROVAL

Fear is a powerful emotion. It keeps people behind locked doors. It makes them give up their chance to find the love of their...

ARDIS DATA NETWORK ADDED IN 13 CITIES

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.-Ardis extended its nationwide wireless data network to include 13 new cities. The company also extended 19.2 kilobits per second coverage to five...

LINK READY TO LAUNCH SYDNEY NETWORK

Link Telecommunications of Australia is gearing up to launch a two-way messaging network in Sydney, using technology supplied by Nexus Telecommunications Ltd. of Israel.The...

AVDATA FINALIZES VSAT SUPPLY DEAL

ATLANTA-AvData Systems Inc. announced it has finalized a $17 million contract to supply a very small aperture satellite terminal network infrastructure to PageMart Wireless...

DEVELOPING NATIONS WILL BE SPARED SIGHT OF UGLY TELEPHONE POLES

The University of Vermont's Law School Environmental Law Program recently held a conference called "Unplugged" dealing not with MTV, but with the wireless phone...

A NEW SPECTRUM POLICY: LETTING THE MARKET WORK

In January, Greg Rosston and Jeff Steinberg released a staff working paper that clearly articulated how a market-based approach to spectrum management would maximize...

LAW REVIEW PAPER CLAIMS FLEXIBLE SPECTRUM POLICY IS NOT LEGAL

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt's flexible spectrum policy violates the law, according to a Catholic University communications law review article.Though published a year...
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