Yearly Archives: 1998

LACK OF ACCESSORIES POSES PROBLEM FOR END USER

To the EditorI wanted to alert you to a lead on problems that some end users face when a manufacturer doesn't have accessories stocked...

AMERICAN ALPHA SERVES SPRINT PCS USERS

HICKSVILLE, N.Y.-American Alpha Dispatch Services announced it is offering operator-assisted text messaging to personal communications services users who subscribe to Sprint PCS nationwide.The 100-message...

2C HAS PROVEN LAUNCH TRACK RECORD BEFORE IRIDIUM

To the Editor: I would like to clarify a point contained in your Aug. 3 article about export controls on U.S. communications satellites. Motorola Inc.'s...

CENTURY SELLS ALASKAN ASSETS

FOSTER CITY, Calif.-Century Telephone Enterprises Inc. said it agreed to sell its Alaskan assets to financial investor Fox Paine & Co. L.L.C. and a...

ARCH, MOBILEMEDIA MAKE IT FORMAL

In what is no doubt the single-largest transaction in the history of the paging industry, Arch Communications Group Inc. and MobileMedia Corp. confirmed they...

AT&T EXPANDS PAGING SERVICES

AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s Advanced Messaging Division introduced two new services last week-a guaranteed delivery service and a nationwide paging alternative.The first, called AlphaTrack,...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

GoAmerica Communications Corp. announced it signed an agreement to become a value-added reseller of Information Mechanics Inc.'s line of wireless data applications for smartphones...

CALEA AND 911: IS THERE A CONNECTION?

WASHINGTON-A decision to allow law enforcement access to location information as part of the digital wiretap upgrade may have an impact on which technologies...

D.C. NOTES: MARTHA’S WOODSHED

Embattled Clinton Democrats, like FCC Chairman Bill Kennard and the First Family itself, know they've got a friend in Cape Cod and the islands,...

CROWN CUTS DOWN IPO, RAISES $151 MILLION

NEW YORK-After dramatically reducing the size and price of its initial public offering, Crown Castle International Corp., a Houston-based wireless tower company, sold 14...

FCC GOES FORWARD WITH RE-AUCTION; SETS MARCH 23 DATE

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission plans to re-auction returned C-block licenses March 23. The announcement, made last Wednesday, means the FCC will not wait for...

CENTENNIAL DEBT GETS B2 RATING

NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service has assigned a speculative grade rating of B2 to a proposed $1.21 billion in secured credit facilities that will be...

CLECS COULD PLAY NEW ROLES IN WIRELESS

NEW YORK-As mergers among telecommunications giants tear around the track at breathtaking speed, it may seem that domestic deregulation, intended to promote competition, has...

CONDUCTUS GETS MICROWAVE CONTRACT

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. was awarded a contract to develop low-loss tunable microwave devices for applications in wireless and satellite communications, said the company.The contract,...

TELE DANMARK SELLS PANNON INTEREST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark-The Danish telecommunications services group Tele Danmark A/S said it sold some of its stake in Hungarian cellular operator Pannon GSM Tavkozlesi Rt.Tele...

INDUSTRY WRESTLES WITH DISABILITY DEFINITIONS

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry and the hearing-impaired community appear headed on a collision course over the implementation of the 1996 telecom act's mandate that equipment...

ERICSSON BUYS EDGECOM

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Radio Systems announced it bought telecommunications consulting company Edgecom for an undisclosed amount.The acquisition effectively splits Ericsson's consulting activities from its sales...

GEOTEK 2Q RESULTS SHOW RESTRUCTURE EFFORTS

NEW YORK-Geotek Communications Inc., a Montvale, N.J., provider of wireless communications geared to mobile workers, reported second-quarter and first-half results Aug. 17 that reflect...

BELL CANADA INTERNATIONAL BUYS STAKES IN KOREAN CARRIER HANSOL

Bell Canada International Inc. and New York-based insurance and financial services firm American International Group Inc. agreed to invest a combined $265 million to...

HOLLINGS ENTERS 3G FRAY

WASHINGTON-In perhaps the strongest signal to date of congressional concern about U.S. global competitiveness in the future third-generation mobile phone market, Sen. Ernest Hollings...

WORLD BRIEFS

The CDMA Development Group formed an interest group within the CDG that will focus on Latin America. The CDG said the interest group builds...

COMMISSION DOES NOT SERVE SPECIAL-INTEREST GROUPS

To the Editor: I am writing in response to two recent articles-"McCain: FCC is Running a Do Nothing Wireless Bureau," (July 20) and "McCain Lays Foundation...

INTERNET ACCESS MOST LIKELY USE FOR LMDS

The race is on for local multipoint distribution service carriers to launch service, but many players remain confused about which services to offer and...

FCC SETS LMS AUCTION FOR DEC. 15

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission plans to auction 528 multilateration Location and Monitoring Service licenses Dec. 15. LMS is used to locate or monitor mobile...

NEWS BRIEFS

Airadigm Communications Inc. signed a contract to sell its entire tower inventory to SpectraSite Communications Inc., said the companies. The purchase price was not...
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