December 1998

NEW YORK-The failure Nov. 30 of a PanAmSat satellite used by Pasific Satelit Nusantara in Indonesia is the latest problem “in an unprecedented year for us,” said Chuck H. Noski, president of Hughes Electronics Corp. Hughes, based in Germantown, Md., …

PLANO, Texas-Inet Inc. said it introduced its Spider II modem, a type II Cellular Digital Packet Data modem designed for Windows CE. Casio’s Cassiopeia personal digital assistant uses the modem in a product combination to offer a complete wireless access …

Canada Research in Motion Ltd. announced it received a $1.3 million contract to supply its original equipment manufactured wireless modems to GMSI Inc.’s fleet management and communications systems. GMSI’s systems are sold to taxi, trucking and transit companies and are …

MCI Worldcom in published reports indicated it would be interested in buying a mobile phone service company in the coming years as competition drives down the value of wireless companies. MCI Worldcom management previously has insisted that wireless service was …