Yearly Archives: 1998

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, in actions designed to foster domestic and global competition, last week proposed allocating spectrum for fixed wireless access and approved...

LISLE, Ill.-Indian mobile network operator BPL-US West Cellular Ltd. said it again selected Tellabs' MartisDXX managed transport network solution for the expansion of its...

CUPERTINO, Calif.-DSP Communications Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Isotel Research Ltd., a Calgary, Canada-based developer of call-processing software and Java-based products and...

WASHINGTON-The Justice Department's denial of Nextel Communications Inc.'s request to modify a 1994 antitrust consent decree kept the nation's top dispatch radio operator from...

Convergys extends pacts with carriersCINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. said it extended its contracts with L.A. Cellular and Houston Cellular well into the next century.Convergys' new outsourced...

Metawave Communications Corp. last week expanded its SpotLight 2000 product line to include a Code Division Multiple Access/Advanced Mobile Phone Service smart antenna system...

NEW YORK-The boundaries between internal and external computer networks are disappearing due to the warp-speed incursion of the Internet, raising security concerns within enterprises...

Sierra Wireless said it has brought together 17 other companies in an alliance formed to work together to offer more complete solutions so the...

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. and Triton PCS announced they entered into a contract in which American Tower will build 115 build-to-suit tower-development sites in North...

MIAMI-Topp Telecom announced it signed a licensing agreement with Motorola Inc. to incorporate Topp Telecom's prepaid software into select Motorola phones, including the StarTac...

FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc. announced it licensed its FLEX protocol decoder chipset to Korean equipment manufacturer Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.The agreement is expected to...

MELVILLE, N.Y.-In-Touch Management Systems Inc. and TSR Wireless announced the In-Touch II system has been successfully installed in 17 markets for TSR Wireless. The...

WASHINGTON-A Government Accounting Office report says the U.S. Postal Service has "put on hold" plans to expand an antenna-siting program, which could have significant...

MALVERN, Penn.-Triton PCS Inc. selected Lightbridge Inc. to provide integrated solutions for customer activation, retail management and fraud prevention.Triton PCS is building and will...

WASHINGTON-The battle over whether major local telephone companies will be allowed to merge-expected to be debated again today at the Federal Communications Commission-is tied...

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau will begin immediately using the Universal Licensing System for all licensing activity in the cellular radiophone service.Use...

NEW YORK-Sun Microsystems Inc., Palo Alto, Calif., released the Java 2 platform, which it said provides significant performance improvements, a flexible security model and...

FORT LEE, N.J.-MobileMedia Corp. announced the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware approved its disclosure statement, allowing the company to move forward...

WASHINGTON-Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) late Friday blasted Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard and his press office for staff statements to...

BOSTON-The success of wireless value-added services depends on the region where the services are being offered, according to a Yankee Group report on value-added...

DALLAS-CAI Wireless Systems Inc., Heartland Wireless Communications Inc. and CS Wireless Systems Inc. announced a master agreement under which CAI acquired Heartland's approximate 36-percent...

HOUSTON, BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Mobile and Crown Castle International Corp. announced an agreement to form a joint venture company that will own, operate and...

The semiconductor industry is showing signs it could be emerging from a slump that has plagued it this year.The Asian economic crisis, coupled with...

ATLANTA-Telecom Wireless Solutions Inc. announced it obtained $17 million in financing for strategic acquisitions, new ventures and product development initiatives.As a part of this...

Research companies predicting wireless handset market share have ruffled a few industry feathers.Qualcomm last week issued a statement disputing Dataquest research that had Qualcomm's...