Yearly Archives: 1998

RF COMPLIANCE: IS THERE A CRISIS LOOMING?

Last month marked the first anniversary of the Federal Communications Commission's revised radio-frequency radiation guidelines. Those guidelines constituted the first major overhaul of RF...

GLOBECOMM BUYS STAKE IN MCKIBBEN

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Globecomm Systems Inc. acquired an 18.75-percent interest in McKibben Communications, a privately held Los Angeles-based company providing global TV program origination and distribution...

FULL PRIVATIZATION OF TELSTRA DENIED

MELBOURNE, Australia-The Australian Liberal government has been forced to abandon plans to fully privatize Telstra Corp. in the face of a threatened revolt by...

PINPOINT COMMUNICATIONS CHOOSES AIRNET, GSM

MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communications Corp. was awarded a contract to supply a turnkey 1900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications network to Pinpoint Communications, which...

COMMQUEST GSM CHIP TO IMPROVE POWER EFFICIENCY

NEW YORK-By incorporating Silicon Germanium into its components for wireless handsets, CommQuest Technologies, Encinitas, Calif., announced Sept. 14 it has advanced significantly toward its...

CABLE & WIRELESS ADDS INTERNET BACKBONE TO MIX

LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc completed its $1.75 billion cash acquisition of MCI Corp.'s U.S.-based Internet business, including its Internet backbone services, about 1,000 specialist...

NATION’S BRIEF

Applied Cellular Technology Inc.'s board of directors approved a strategic plan aimed at growing its earnings per share by 20 percent that calls for...

NORTEL’S SUPERSLEUTH ENTERS FRAUD-PREVENTION MARKET

DALLAS-Northern Telecom Ltd. entered the fraud-detection and prevention market with its new product offering called SuperSleuth, which combines neural network-based technologies with more traditional...

ORBCOMM SIGNS THREE RESALE AGREEMENTS

NEW YORK-Orbcomm USA L.P., Dulles, Va., a provider of low-earth-orbit satellite-based data and messaging communications, announced Sept. 10 it has signed reseller agreements with...

INDUSTRY PREPARES PORTABILITY ARGUMENT FOR COURT

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry this week is preparing to argue before a federal appeals court in Oklahoma City that the Federal Communications Commission's rules requiring...

KENNARD VOWS TO SUPPORT AFRICAN TELECOM EFFORTS

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard vowed to support telecommunications development in Africa, a continent with emerging markets that is looking to wireless technology...

VIEWPOINT: TIME TO COMPROMISE

Is anyone else in the industry weary of the debate over the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994?Finally admitting that you can't...

POWERTEL LAUNCHES PCS IN CHATTANOOGA

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.-Powertel Inc. launched wireless personal communications services in Chattanooga, Tenn., expanding its market to 27 metropolitan areas and major highway corridors throughout 12...

FCC APPROVES ULS RULES

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, in moves that will largely wipe out the huge wireless backlog and automate future licensing, dismissed 50,000 multiple address system...

NATION’S BRIEFS

The global market for in-vehicle intelligent transportation systems is expected to grow from $1 billion today to more than $18 billion annually during the...

JAPAN: CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE ON 3G

Recent developments in Japan suggest standards leaders there realize they must deal with the cdma2000 third-generation proposal. Japan's standards body, the Association of Radio Businesses...

NORTEL ANNOUNCES REORGANIZATION PLAN

Northern Telecom Ltd. last week said it plans to lay off 3,500 employees, or about 4 percent of its work force.Shares of Nortel on...

SYNCHRONIZATION SOFTWARE SHARES DATA BETWEEN PCS AND HANDSETS

Extending desktop personal computer information to mobile phones has become a point of differentiation for several wireless companies of late, and Paragon Software plans...

TELECOM POWER TO LAUNCH CELLULAR IN NEW DELHI, MUMBAI

BANGALORE, India-State-owned Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL) last year announced its plans to give private cellular operators in New Delhi and Mumbai a run...

NORTEL GARNERS EXPANSION DEAL IN TAIWAN

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Northern Telecom Ltd. recently was awarded a contract valued at more than $40 million to provide equipment for the third expansion of Chunghwa...

WESTERN WIRELESS FIGHTS LECS FOR KANSAS SERVICE SUBSIDIES

WASHINGTON-A Kansas state law creating the Kansas Universal Service Fund discriminates against wireless carriers and should be pre-empted, the wireless industry told the Federal...

NOKIA PRODUCT HELPS HARD OF HEARING

IRVING, Texas-Nokia Mobile Phones announced the Telecoil-a hearing-aid compatible accessory designed to provide improved communications for the hearing impaired.The new product works with Nokia...

SPECIALTY TELECONSTRUCTORS RENAMED OMNIAMERICA

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.-Specialty Teleconstructors Inc. changed its name to OmniAmerica Inc. and now trades on the Nasdaq Stock Market under a new ticker symbol, XMIT....

WINSTAR EXPANDS SALES EFFORTS TO 15 U.S. CITIES

NEW YORK-Following the successful launch in eight initial target markets, WinStar Communications Inc. announced plans to expand its accounts sales initiative to 15 major...

NEXTEL BATTLES WITH INTEK FOR 220 MHZ LICENSES

Nextel 220 License Acquisition Co. and Intek License Acquisition Corp. appear to be in a fierce bidding battle for licenses in the 220 MHz...
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