Yearly Archives: 1998

DOBSON EXTENDS EQUIPMENT CONTRACT TO NORTEL NETWORKS

DALLAS-Dobson Cellular Systems said it will install Nortel Networks' digital infrastructure equipment in Maryland, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania under a three-year, $30-million contract.Nortel...

CPUC ORDERS PHONE AND ELECTRIC UTILITY FIRMS TO OPEN ACCESS TO POLES, RIGHTS OF WAY

SAN FRANCISCO-The California Public Utilities Commission has ordered local telephone and electric utility companies to allow telecommunications firms and cable TV companies equal access...

MOTOROLA TO JOIN SYMBIAN VENTURE

LONDON-Motorola Inc. said it completed agreements to become a shareholder in the Symbian joint venture. Symbian is a venture of Psion Software, L.M. Ericsson...

WESTERN WIRELESS CONSIDERS SPLITTING OFF PCS BUSINESS

Western Wireless Corp. said it is considering spinning off its 80.1-percent ownership interest in its personal communications business VoiceStream Wireless Corp. to its shareholders...

TRITON SELECTS CONVERGYS SOFT WARE

CINCINNATI-Triton PCS selected Convergys Corp. to provide billing and customer-care software for the company's personal communications services markets, said the companies.

FRANCE TELECOM TO TEST CELLPOINT GSM POSITIONING

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Technor International Inc. subsidiary, CellPoint Systems AB, agreed to allow French Global System for Mobile operator France Telecom Mobiles to test and evaluate...

ITA BEGS FOR (POSITIVE) ATTENTION FROM FCC

WASHINGTON-At a time other sectors of the telecommunications industry are urging the Federal Communications Commission to go away and leave them alone, Mark Crosby,...

WTR TO RECOMMEND POST-MARKET SURVEILLANCE IN CANCER DEBATE

WASHINGTON-Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. Chairman George Carlo is expected to recommend early next year that basic scientific research be de-emphasized in the future in...

THREE COMPANIES UNVEIL SMART-CARD PLANS

Microsoft Corp. last week announced plans to enter the smart-card market with a new standards-based operating system called Smart Cards for Windows.The system will...

ITU ELECTS NEW LEADERS

WASHINGTON-Yoshio Utsumi was elected secretary-general and Roberto Blois deputy secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union.The two replace Pekka Tarjanne and Henry Chasia, respectively. Voting...

SPRINT DELAYS IPO

Sprint Corp., citing poor market conditions, said it is postponing its planned public offering of its Sprint PCS venture.The Kansas City, Mo.-based long-distance carrier...

PCS Markets

CELLNET TO DEPLOY TELLABS ECHO CANCELERS

LISLE, Ill.-United Kingdom mobile phone operator Cellnet will deploy Tellabs EC Duo 8000 echo cancelers in 13 switching centers to eliminate background noise from...

D.C. NOTES: 'PATENTLY CONTROVERSIAL' REVISITED

My Oct. 19 column was titled, "Patently Controversial." It certainly was.We received feedback in one form or another from Captain Joe Hanna of Richardson...

MELCHER CARES ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY

To the Editor: The D.C. Notes column by Jeff Silva, Oct. 19 issue, is of considerable concern to me as executive director of the Greater...

NOKIA LAUNCHES HIGH-CAPACITY GSM IN CHINA

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it launched a new high-capacity Global System for Mobile communications system in Beijing, China.Nokia said the new system offers a...

LOOKING FOR PAYING USERS, IRIDIUM LAUNCHES SERVICE

What began as an idea 11 years ago is a reality today as Iridium L.L.C. brought its constellation of 66 low-earth-orbit satellites online for...

BRIGHTPOINT SHOWS EARNINGS INCREASE FOR 3Q

INDIANAPOLIS-In its third quarter report, Brightpoint Inc. of Indianapolis reported net income of $9.42 million, or 18 cents per share, up from $5.93 million,...

COMPETITION FOR CONTRACTS INTENSIFIES

AirTouch Communications Inc. reportedly is close to awarding a new contract to Nortel Telecom Inc. to replace existing Motorola Inc. Code Division Multiple Access...

ADC TO ACQUIRE HADAX ELECTRONIC

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. said it signed a definitive agreement to acquire for about $25 million Hadax Electronic Inc. of South Hackensack, N.J. Hadax makes...

NATCOM CEO BEN KERN DIES

Ben J. Kern Jr., president and chief executive officer of Natcom Inc., died Oct. 17 of complications from leukemia. He was 64.Mr. Kern founded...

BELL MOBILITY TO TEST WITH OMNIVOICE

SAN DIEGO-OmniVoice Technologies Inc. announced Bell Mobility of Canada soon will begin testing its digital voice paging technology. OnmiVoice's VoiceOver technology compresses voice messages...

ALASKA CO. GETS OK TO BUY CELLULAR PROVIDER

FOSTER CITY, Calif.-The Municipality of Anchorage in Alaska approved Alaska Communications Systems Inc.'s offer to acquire the operations of Anchorage Telephone Utility for $295...

COMPANIES, REGULATORS CREATE FORUM TO PROMOTE COMPETITION ABROAD

NEW YORK-Telecommunications carriers, equipment manufacturers, regulators and financiers are invited to attend the second steering committee meeting Nov. 9 of a new organization being...

TELEDATA SHAREHOLDERS OK ACQUISITION BY ADC

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced its plan to acquire Teledata Communications Ltd. has been approved by Teledata shareholders at a price of $15.75 per share,...
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