Monthly Archives: August, 1998
NATION BRIEFS
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...
CALEA, MONICA MISSILES AND BUDDY
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...
NEWS BRIEFS
Conxus Communications Inc. will begin offering its Pocketalk portable answering machine service in the Boston metropolitan area beginning Sept. 7. The launch of Boston...
CARRIERS STILL SEARCHING FOR ENHANCED-SERVICES POT OF GOLD
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...
SPRINT AND SAMSUNG DONATE $500,000 FOR CANCER FOUNDATION
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...
CTIA SEEKS TO REACTIVATE E911 COALITION
Tom Wheeler, president and chief executive officer of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, last week opened the Location Technology Implementation Conference in San Francisco...
CLOSE-UP ON THE CHICAGO MARKET
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...
LUCENT INTRODUCES TECHNOLOGY FOR DSPS
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...
RADIOCOMS PLANNING TO SELL DISTRIBUTION ASSETS TO SECURICOR
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...
TELLABS, CIENA RENEGOTIATE MERGER
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...
BOSCH WORLD PHONE OFFERED VIA QUINTEX
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...
NOKIA JOINT VENTURES TO EXPAND CHINA NETWORK
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...
ANTI-BRIBERY BILL COULD AID TELECOM COMPANIES
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...
CEDETEL-NORCEL DEPLOYS FRAUDBUSTER
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...
TELEWORX TO SUPPLY OMNIPOINT NETWORK DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION
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...
CALENDAR
WIRELESS SYMPOSIUM & EXHIBITION AND PORTABLE BY DESIGNAugust 31 - September 3Penton Media. Boston World TradeCenter, Boston. (201) 393-6259.Wireless Product DevelopmentSeptember 1-3AiC Worldwide Inc....
MOTOROLA’S MYOSPHERE TO INCORPORATE NUANCE’S SPEECH-RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY
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...
PHILIPS-LUCENT VENTURE CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE
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...
ERICSSON WILL BEND ON 3G IPR
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...
CALIFORNIA MICROWAVE BUYS ADAPTIVE BROADBAND
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...
BELLSOUTH TACKLES TWO-WAY MARKET
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...
WORLD BRIEFS
JAPANNTT Mobile Communications Network Inc. filed applications with Japan's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications seeking approval for an international call service based on a...
IS GORE HIGH-TECH CLOUT WANING?
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...
ARCH TO USE NOVERA PRODUCT
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...
EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZATION PROCESS PANNED
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...