Monthly Archives: September, 1998
BELLSOUTH UPDATES SAO PAULO STATUS
ORLANDO, Fla.-BellSouth Corp. reported the buildout of its Sao Paulo, Brazil, Time Division Multiple Access network is proceeding rapidly. The company is part of...
ADC TESTS COMPLY WITH CALEA
ADC Telecommunications Inc. said the NewNet CALEAserver tests on JSI Telecom's digital collection platform used by policing agencies, called VoiceBox, were successful for compliance...
VIEWPOINT: ON WEATHER, TRADE SHOWS AND RF AS A HEALTH AID
I have closed my door. I am ignoring the fax machine. The ringer on my phone is turned off. My e-mail has been disabled....
TRITON BUYS NORFOLK FROM AT&T
MALVERN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc. announced it reached a definitive agreement to purchase AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s Norfolk, Va., personal communications services operations for an...
MICROCELL OFFERS 1,000 MINUTES FOR $100
MONTREAL-Microcell Solutions Inc. announced a personal communications services pricing plan that began Sept. 24, offering its customers across Canada 1,000 minutes of airtime for...
BAM REFUSES TO BACK DOWN ON ANTENNA SITINGS
WASHINGTON-Bell Atlantic Mobile refuses to throw in the towel on antenna siting and continues to fight for sites the company claims are necessary for...
GE HARRIS, HARRIS SEMICONDUCTOR TEAM
MELBOURNE, Fla.-GE Harris Railway Electronics L.L.C. announced it has joined with Harris Semiconductor to develop and market a railroad-specific wireless communications system called TrainTalk...
AVANTGO 2.0 ALLOWS HANDHELDS TO RUN APPS ACROSS PLATFORMS
AvantGo Inc. released a new solution designed to extend enterprise and Web-based applications to handheld computers, allowing companies to deploy corporate applications to mobile...
WEBLEY, THE COMMUNICATIONS BUTLER, JOINS VIRTUAL ASSISTANT MARKET
Joining General Magic Inc. and Wildfire Communications Inc. in the voice-based virtual assistant game is Webley Systems Inc. with a unified messaging service bureau...
FCC GIVES GUIDANCE ON INSTALLMENT PAYMENT CHANGES
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, in its role as banker, is providing guidance on the newly established rules for installment payments for spectrum licenses. The...
DSP COMMUNICATIONS REPURCHASES SHARES
CUPERTINO, Calif.-DSP Communications Inc. said it repurchased 8 million shares of its common stock for $80.4 million under a buyback program originally announced in...
NEW GLENAYRE PLATFORM AIMS TO MAKE CARRIERS MORE MONEY
ORLANDO, Fla.-In an effort to move from a provider of mere product to that of end-to-end solutions, Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced at PCS '98...
ASIAN CRISIS HITS TELECOM VENDORS
The year-old Asian financial crisis is being blamed for an increasingly gloomy outlook for the third quarter, which ends this week. The situation is...
FRANCE TELECOM REPORTS DOUBLED CUSTOMERS IN LAST YEAR
NEW YORK-Paris-based France Telecom Group reported Sept. 17 that its Itineris Global System for Mobile communications customers totaled 4.26 million at the end of...
COMMERCE ADDS WIRELESS ISSUES TO SLAMMING BILL
The House Commerce Committee last Thursday added three wireless amendments to a bill to protect consumers from unauthorized changes by their long-distance providers. The...
HANGING ON TO A DREAM
To The Editor: Yes, my partner Jo Waldron and I, along with my daughter Michelle had a dream to bring the betterment of life to...
BELLSOUTH WIRELESS DATA LAYS OUT STRATEGY, FORMS ALLIANCE
ORLANDO, Fla.-BellSouth Wireless Data disclosed in greater detail its distribution strategy for its Interactive Paging service at PCS '98 last week, where the company...
KENNARD NOT BACKING OFF FROM STRONGEST SIGNAL
WASHINGTON-Federal agency head William Kennard said he is not backing off from support of the strongest-signal proposal to ensure emergency 911 calls are completed,...
WLL MARKET FORECAST TO GROW 50 PERCENT ANNUALLY THROUGH 2002
WASHINGTON-Factors such as new wireless local loop licensing, reduced equipment costs and increasing acceptance of wireless as an alternative to wireline communications will contribute...
FCC PORTALS HEARINGS NEXT WEEK
WASHINGTON-A House Commerce investigations panel plans hearings beginning next week to question James Sasser, U.S. ambassador to China, former Federal Communications Commission chairman Reed...
SHAREHOLDERS SUE ALCATEL, ALLEGING IT WITHHELD INFO
Alcatel Alsthom's woes continued last week as several shareholder lawsuits were filed against the company, connected with its earlier announcement that earnings would not...
PRICE, CELLULAR ONE SELECT XYPOINT E911 SOLUTION
SEATTLE-Xypoint Corp. announced it received contracts from Price Communications Wireless Inc. and Cellular One in San Francisco to provide its enhanced 911 solution, which...
UPS WORLDWIDE FORMS WIRELESS GROUP
ATLANTA-UPS Worldwide Logistics said it established the Wireless Industry Group to create supply-chain management solutions for cellular equipment manufacturers, retailers and wireless network providers.The...
DISABLED COMMUNITY CONCERNED OVER COMPLIANCE
WASHINGTON-Lawmakers for months have been deluged with letters from constituents who fear the Federal Communications Commission will not make the wireless industry comply with...
SIGNALSOFT CORP. LAUNCHES LOCAL.INFO
BOULDER, Colo.-SignalSoft Corp., a software developer for wireless services, launched its local.info product, a location-based application that will provide personalized, localized information to wireless...
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