Yearly Archives: 1998

CTIA’S FONTES SELECTED TO HELP CREATE BOSNIAN FCC

WASHINGTON-For all of the grumbling that some in the communications industry do about the Federal Communications Commission, what would happen if it didn't exist?...

ALLEN TELECOM AND LCC TO SWAP BUSINESS UNITS

BEACHWOOD, Ohio-Allen Telecom Inc. and LCC International Inc. announced they formed an agreement in which LCC will swap its test and measurement equipment and...

BATTLE FOR HIGH-END WIRELESS USERS BEGIN

Let the battle for the high-end mobile phone users begin.Sprint Spectrum L.P. late last week introduced three new all-inclusive national pricing plans that eliminate...

TIME FOR FCC TO GET OFF DIME IN AIRPORT COMMUNICATIONS SAFETY

To the Editor: Back in June of 1992 my company, LMR Systems Inc., asked the Federal Communications Commission's permission to build private land mobile radio...

GEOTEK SHUTS DOWN WIRELESS NETWORKS

MONTVALE, N.J. - Geotek Communications Inc. announced it is shutting down all U.S.-based digital wireless networks and will no longer provide its proprietary wireless...

METROCALL SHAREHOLDERS OK ACQUISITION

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. announced its shareholders have approved the company's acquisition of AT&T Wireless Inc.'s Advanced Messaging Division and set the stage for a...

ALARMNET OFFERS CELLULAR ALARM SERVICE

SYOSSET, N.Y.-AlarmNet announced a new radio alarm signal service called the AlarmNet Control Channel Cellular (AlarmNet-C) in conjunction with its newest alarm transmitter, the...

NETTECH BEGINS DEVELOPER SUPPORT

PRINCETON, N.J.-Nettech Systems Inc. launched the Nettech Developer Program, a support program for mobile application developers.The program offers developer partners-such as systems integrators, corporate...

ERICSSON REORGANIZATION SIGN OF THE TIMES

Swedish telecommunications equipment manufacturer L.M. Ericsson released details of a reorganization plan that signals an increased focus on markets and customers, said the company....

FCC CONVERGES ENFORCEMENT, IN FORMATION FUNCTIONS

WASHINGTON-Like the communications industries it regulates, the Federal Communications Commission is converging.Last Thursday, FCC Chairman William Kennard announced the FCC would reform itself along...

GLENAYRE PLATFORM OPENS ENHANCED SERVICES TO PREPAID

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s Integrated Network Group introduced its Intelligis Services Platform, the first component of the company's new AIN/WIN platform architecture product.The IntelligisSP...

CHINA GOV’T MAY BLOCK FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN TELECOM

NEW YORK-Concerns are mounting that recent deliberations by federal government leaders in China could lead to a lock-out of foreign investors from its telecommunications...

ERICSSON DELIVERS JAMBALA OPEN PLATFORM

ORLANDO, Fla.-L.M. Ericsson launched an open wireless intelligent network platform, called Jambala, initially available to Time Division Multiple Access Interim Standard 136 providers.Jambala is...

SEC CHAIR CALLS FOR CHANGES IN QUARTERLY REPORTS

NEW YORK-Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt accused Corporate America of "manipulation" and "illusion" when accounting for certain costs."In the zeal to satisfy...

ARCH COMPLETES SECOND SEGMENT ON SALE OF SITE MANAGEMENT UNIT

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. announced it completed the second phase in selling its site management business to OmniAmerica Inc.The three-part transaction is valued...

FCC ELIMINATES INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS ON GWCS

WASHINGTON-On the same day that the House Commerce Committee was voting to delay the auction of licenses for the general wireless communication service (GWCS),...

MOBILECOMM OFFERS SERVICE TO IBM

FORT LEE, N.J.-MobileMedia Corp., dba MobileComm, was selected as the preferred U.S. paging service provider of IBM Corp.MobileComm will sign up all IBM employees...

TOWER MANAGEMENT BASICS

The appetite for tower sites is increasing rapidly as a wider variety of wireless carriers-from utilities companies to personal communications services carriers-are coming into...

NORTEL TO TEST NETWORK

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Northern Telecom Ltd. signed a memorandum of understanding with the Taiwan National University for a trial of a broadband wireless access demonstration network.The...

OMNIVOICE BETA TRIALS DIGITAL PAGING TECHNOLOGY

SAN DIEGO-OmniVoice Technologies Inc. announced plans to commence beta trials of its digital voice paging technology with Mexican paging provider Digitel.OmniVoice's technology allows paging...

ORBCOMM LAUNCHES EIGHT LEO SATELLITES

DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. reached a major milestone in its plan to provide global satellite communications service with the successful launch of eight low-earth-orbit...

CALENDAR

September 28 - October 2The Division of Executive & Management Development at Southern Methodist University. Cox School of Business on the SMU campus, Dallas....

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Global information technology spending will increase at a 10-percent compound annual growth rate from $1.59 trillion last year to $2.62 trillion in 2002, according...

PACBELL MOBILE TO UPDATE NAME

SAN FRANCISCO-Pacific Bell Mobile Services, the wireless subsidiary of Pacific Telesis Group, announced it will conduct business as Pacific Bell Wireless and Nevada Bell...

BUSH TO SPEAK AT CTIA’S WIRELESS ’99

WASHINGTON-Former President George Bush is scheduled to speak as an honorable guest at the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's Wireless '99 conference, on Wednesday, Feb....
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