Yearly Archives: 1998

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...

NEXTEL FORMS PARTNERSHIP TO BUILD OUT SMALL MARKETS

MCLEAN, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc., along with other equity investors, announced an agreement with Nextel Partners Inc. to build and operate an integrated digital wireless...

BELLSOUTH LOSES ON EFFORT TO OFFER LONG DISTANCE IN LA.

WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice last week said BellSouth Corp. has not yet opened up its markets sufficiently enough to offer long-distance service in Louisiana.The...

LUCENT, SUN SHAKE HANDS ON UNIFIED MESSAGING PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT

Lucent Technologies Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc. announced a joint development and marketing agreement under which the two will create a unified messaging platform...

CINCINNATI BELL WIRELESS EXPANDS IN OHIO

CINCINNATI-Cincinnati Bell Wireless announced that it expanded its southwest Ohio operating region by launching personal communications services in Dayton.The launch coincides with the opening...

TELIGENT ADDS 5 CITIES TO `98 LAUNCH PLANS

VIENNA, Va.-Teligent Inc. reported a net loss of $59.1 million for the second quarter on revenues of about $143,000, reflecting the company's continued expenditures...

WORLD BRIEFS

EuroTel Praha awarded Nokia Corp. a three-year frame agreement valued at almost $200 million to continue as the sole supplier to expand its 900...

FCC SETTLES ISSUES IN PREPARATION FOR NEXT MONTH’S 220 AUCTION

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission recently settled some outstanding issues regarding the 220 MHz (220-222 MHz) band in preparation for an auction of licenses scheduled...

QUALCOMM LICENSES ACER

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. licensed Acer Peripherals Inc. of Taiwan to develop, manufacture and sell subscriber products based on its Code Division Multiple Access technology.Terms...

LIBERATOR OR LEASH: EXPLORING PAGING’S LEGACY

As a trade news reporter covering the paging industry, I talk with all sorts of marketing and public-relations personnel, as well as company executives,...

BEARCOM BUYS QUIGLEY COMMUNICATIONS

DALLAS-BearCom Group Inc., a Dallas-based two-way radio equipment dealer, acquired Quigley Communications Inc., a full-line sales dealership with three facilities and 26 employees in...

EXEC TAKES LEAVE

LISLE, Ill.-Tellabs Inc. said its executive vice president and chief financial officer, Peter A. Guglielmi, is taking a temporary medical leave of absence. Michael...

HYDE DEFENDS EXTENSION TO CALEA COMPLIANCE DATE

WASHINGTON-The real issue of the digital wiretap act is cost, according to the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. And, changing both the compliance...

CONDUCTUS REVENUES DOWN

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc.'s second-quarter revenue decreased 58 percent, from $2.5 million last year to $1 million during the recent quarter.The superconductive wireless systems manufacturer...

INSURANCE WEB SITE RATES HOW CELL PHONE USE AFFECTS DRIVING

NEW YORK-To get a better idea of the impact of cellular phone use while driving, tap the World Wide Web, but please don't do...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Arch Communications Group Inc. lowered its cash interest expenses by $4.55 million a year following a series of interest rate swaps in connection with...

HANDSET PIONEER EXITS PHONE BIZ

The industry's first cellular phone manufacturer has become another casualty of the highly competitive handset business. Oki Telecom Inc. has ceased manufacturing, sales and...

GURIAN RECALLS OKI’S EARLY DAYS

Watching a cellular handset manufacturer that was once on top of the market exit from the U.S. handset business has broken Mal Gurian's heart.The...

CARRIERS APPROACH TWO-WAY WITH DIFFERENT STRATEGIES

The recent commercial launch of PageMart Wireless Inc.'s facilities-based ReFLEX 25 narrowband personal communications services network has heralded in the new age of paging,...

D.C. NOTES: WELCOME TO AUGUST IN THE NATION’S CAPITAL

Well, it is August in the Nation's Capital and like almost everyone else (we'll get to that in a moment), Bureau Chief Jeffrey Silva,...
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