August 1998

U.S. factory sales of telecommunications equipment during the first half of the year rose by 13.1 percent compared with last year, to more than $36.6 billion, said the Telecommunications Industry …

President Clinton’s rapid-fire retaliation against terrorists suspected of bombing two U.S. embassies Aug. 7 in Africa, all cynicism aside, is in a broad sense more about invaluable eavesdropping by law …

Conxus Communications Inc. will begin offering its Pocketalk portable answering machine service in the Boston metropolitan area beginning Sept. 7. The launch of Boston will extend Pocketalk’s reach to 12 …

If the promise of enhanced wireless services was a hot-fudge sundae with lots of toppings, about the only thing wireless customers have been served so far is vanilla ice cream …

DALLAS-Samsung Telecommunications America and Sprint PCS announced they have joined in a partnership to promote breast cancer awareness. The joint effort consists of an extensive breast-cancer-awareness campaign that includes providing …

Tom Wheeler, president and chief executive officer of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, last week opened the Location Technology Implementation Conference in San Francisco by calling for cooperation in the …

In Chicago, where the mobile phone penetration rate is one of the highest among the nation’s most populous markets, cellular carriers Ameritech Cellular Services Inc. and SBC Wireless have made …

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Microelectronics Group introduced flash-memory technology that can be used in digital signal processors operating at up to 80 million instructions per second. Lucent’s FlashDSP can be …

PRINCETON, N.J.-Radiocoms, a subsidiary of Intek Global Corp. that manufactures land mobile radio products based on its proprietary linear modulation technology, plans to sell its non-core distribution assets and activities …

Tellabs Inc. and Ciena Corp. revised the exchange ratio of their proposed stock-for-stock merger from an equal exchange to a ratio of 0.8 shares of Tellabs for each outstanding share …

DALLAS-Bosch Telecom Group Inc. said its Bosch World 718 mobile phone is available throughout North America from Quintex Communications Corp. The phone provides seamless access to worldwide Global System for …

HELSINKI-Two of Nokia Corp.’s joint ventures in China, Beijing Nokia Mobile Telecommunications Ltd. and Beijing Nokia Hang Xiang Telecommunications System Ltd., signed an agreement to supply equipment for the sixth …

WASHINGTON-The House and Senate are pushing bills to curb foreign bribery in international business, legislation that should aid the U.S. wireless telecom industry as trade barriers come down and carriers …

BURLINGTON, Mass.-Cedetel-Norcel, a division of Motorola Inc. that provides cellular services in Mexico-recently deployed Lightbridge Inc.’s FraudBuster fraud detection and reduction software. The company reported fraud has declined by more …

VIENNA, Va.-Omnipoint Communications Inc. awarded TeleworX a five-year, $4 million lease for wireless network design and optimization tools-including Max, Xcalibur and PlotworX-for use in all Omnipoint’s U.S. markets. Max is …

WIRELESS SYMPOSIUM & EXHIBITION AND PORTABLE BY DESIGN August 31 – September 3 Penton Media. Boston World Trade Center, Boston. (201) 393-6259. Wireless Product Development September 1-3 AiC Worldwide Inc. …

MENLO PARK, Calif.-Nuance Communications said it will provide its natural language speech-recognition technology to Motorola Inc. for its upcoming speech-enabled service code-named Myosphere. Nuance 6 allows users to speak to …

The head of Philips Consumer Communications quit last week amidst the company’s announcement it doesn’t expect to break even this year. PCC President and Chief Executive Officer Mike McTighe resigned …

L.M. Ericsson head Sven-Christer Nilsson told the Japanese press late last week his company will continue negotiations with Qualcomm Inc. and said it is ready to reach some form of …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-California Microwave Inc. announced it acquired Adaptive Broadband Ltd., gaining Time Division Multiple Access and asynchronous transfer mode technology to improve the data rates of its narrowband radio products …

BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. marks its re-entry into the paging market this week with the commercial debut of its two-way Interactive Paging Service. The service uses the new Inter@ctive 950 …

JAPAN NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc. filed applications with Japan’s Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications seeking approval for an international call service based on a service agreement between NTT DoCoMo …

WASHINGTON-Is Vice President Gore-paralyzed by prolonged industry confrontations and walloped by worsening Clinton-administration scandals-at risk of becoming a marginal player in a myriad of high-stakes, high-tech policy debates central to …

BURLINGTON, Mass.-Novera Software Inc. announced its jBusiness Solutions product will be used to create a customer-care system for Arch Communications Group Inc. Arch, which recently underwent an operational restructuring, will …

WASHINGTON-A Federal Communications Commission proposal to privatize the equipment-authorization process has been panned by parties directly impacted by the suggestion. The FCC released a notice of proposed rule making this …