Yearly Archives: 1998

BUILD TO SUIT OR FORMULA FOR FAILURE?

The latest rage in the wireless industry has been the rush to purchase and build towers and facilities and lease them to wireless carriers....

BLAST TECHNOLOGY COULD BOOST FIXED WIRELESS CAPACITY

Lucent Technologies Inc. said scientists at its Bell Labs research and development arm have developed a technology that could boost capacity of some wireless...

VIEWPOINT: HONESTY SHOULD COUNT FOR SOMETHING

Iridium announced last week it does not plan to meet its commercial launch goal of Sept. 23 because the mobile satellite service provider needs...

ZSIGO WORKSHOP AIMS TO ATTRACT SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS

EAST LANSING, Mich.-Zsigo Wireless Data Consultants Inc. said it is launching a new workshop aimed at bringing software developers into the wireless industry in...

GLENAYRE SERVER ALLOWS SYNCHRONIZED WMTP NETWORKS

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. introduced a Distributed Network Configuration Server, which it said allows paging carriers to automatically synchronize WMtp-based networks over a single...

TRANSDATA CREATES INTEGRATED ELECTRIC METER

RICHARDSON, Texas-TransData announced it has created an electric meter that integrates national two-way automatic meter reading technology completely under glass using American Mobile Satellite...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Audiovox Corp. and Tendler Cellular introduced a system to provide location information for wireless 911 callers using a Global Positioning System receiver built into...

54 BIDDERS QUALIFY FOR TOMORROW’S 220 MHZ AUCTION

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week announced 54 bidders are qualified for the auction of licenses in the 220 MHz (220-222 MHz) band set...

DST SYSTEMS-USCS MERGER VALUED AT $874M

RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif.-DST Systems Inc. and USCS International Inc. announced an agreement to merge USCS with a wholly owned subsidiary of DST in a...

CARRIERS STILL BATTLE FOR USERS WITH PRICE

Wireless operators seem to be reacting to AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s Digital One Rate plan, but have fallen short of offering plans that mimic...

APPLIED CELLULAR GAINS CREDIT EXTENSION

PALM BEACH, Fla.-Applied Cellular Technology Inc. said it closed on a $20 million secured line of credit from Boston's State Street Bank and Trust...

FORMUS, UNISOURCE TO INTERCONNECT TELECOM NETWORKS

DENVER-Formus Communications Inc., a high-speed broadband wireless provider to overseas markets, and Unisource NV formed a strategic partnership to interconnect their communications networks in...

COLOMBIA: ONE-WAY CELLULAR SERVICE RINGS UP NICHE CUSTOMERS

WASHINGTON-A few carriers in Latin America, such as in Colombia and Bolivia, have solved the problem of employees making personal calls on the their...

WINSTAR OFFERS LNP

NEW YORK-WinStar Communications Inc. said it provides local number portability in 15 of its 27 markets and plans to deploy LNP service on a...

WAP FORUM MOVES FORWARD WITH EXPANDED MEMBERSHIP

LONDON-The Wireless Application Protocol Forum announced 23 companies have joined the organization since May, and it recently expanded and elected new officers to its...

CENTENNIAL MAKES CASH OFFER ON NOTES

NEW CANAAN, Conn.-Centennial Cellular Corp. announced an offer to purchase for cash all $250 million principal amount of its 8.875-percent senior notes due 2001...

CDG OPENS COSTA MESA OFFICE

COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced it opened a new office in Costa Mesa to serve as its global headquarters.The organization, which promotes...

CARRIERS CAN KEEP REVENUES FROM GOING DOWN THE DRAIN

"There's a hole in the bucket, dear Eliza, dear Eliza, There's a hole in the bucket, dear Eliza, my love. Then fix it, dear...

D.C. NOTES: HOW DO YOU SPELL RELIEF? T-I-A

When controversy comes calling, policy makers and wireless telecom firms turn to a high-tech sounding board whose work is based more on reality than...

MOODY’S PLACES C&W DEBT UNDER REVIEW

NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service, London, announced it has placed the long-term ratings of about $4 billion of Cable & Wireless plc debt under review...

CORSAIR DEVELOPS NETWORK-BASED WIRELESS LOCATION SYSTEM

Corsair Communications Inc. joined the ranks of companies hoping to capitalize on the Federal Communications Commission's mandate on wireless 911.The company, whose product history...

CELLNET DATA BRINGS ON 1.5M DEVICES

SAN CARLOS, Calif.-CellNet Data Systems Inc. announced it brought the 1.5-millionth device online in its networks. The devices are primarily monitoring metered energy usage...

SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES JOINS BLUETOOTH SIG

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Symbol Technologies Inc., which designs, manufactures and installs wireless local area network systems, bar-code systems and short-range wireless-connectivity products, today announced its support...

BILL WOULD LET COMPANIES HIRE MORE SKILLED FOREIGN WORKERS

WASHINGTON-The House is set to begin debate this week on legislation to allow more highly skilled foreign workers into the United States, an initiative...

MOTOROLA TO TRIAL TWO-SLOT PHONE IN EUROPE

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. plans to begin trials in Europe late this year of CardFone, which it hopes will be the first handset available commercially...
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