NEW YORK-Siemens Telecom Networks will provide point-to-multipoint equipment and systems-integration services for WinStar Communications Inc.'s wireless broadband demonstration network in Washington, D.C.WinStar has engaged...
IsraelSamsung Electronics Co. Ltd. used the code-generation technology in Jerusalem-based Emultek Ltd.'s Rapid Plus software suite to build a fully functional Code Division Multiple...
VLSIVLSI Technology Inc. said its president and chief operating officer, Richard M. Beyer, left the company for personal reasons. "We have a very solid...
WASHINGTON-The head of the Federal Communications Commission told RCR last week he believed assurances he received from Europeans that they would not discriminate against...
Arthur Andersen predicts continued convergence within and amongst the industry segments well into the next century, thanks to the advent of digital technology.Seven of...
Stratus Computer Inc. and Ascend Communications Inc., which makes wide area networking solutions for telecom carriers and Internet service providers, announced plans to merge...
NEW YORK-Ultralife Batteries Inc., a Newark, N.J., company developing lithium-ion solid-polymer rechargeable batteries for portable electronic devices, was sued Aug. 3 by investors alleging...
NEW YORK-Telecommunications carriers broke records Aug. 6 in the debt markets, with WorldCom Inc. selling the largest corporate bond issue ever and a Bell...
NEW YORK-Amid a broader trend of increasing mergers and decreasing initial public offerings among information technology, communications and media companies, carriers seized both options...
WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data announced it offers frame-relay connectivity to its nationwide Intelligent Wireless NetworkSM."For companies that already have frame relay, our company is...
Paging Network Inc.'s Internet gateway experienced sporadic outages over a space of 30 hours late last month, during which customers nationwide were unable to...
WASHINGTON-The telecommunications industry last week again urged the Federal Communications Commission to extend the digital wiretap act compliance date to Oct. 25, 2000, instead...
The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating CellStar Corp.'s compliance with federal securities laws, and the handset distributor said it believes the inquiry is...
NEW YORK-Celumovil S.A., Bogota, Colombia, plans to raise $680 million by a private debt sale and a revolving bank loan to refinance outstanding debt...
LONDON-London Underground Ltd. selected the CityLink Telecommunications consortium to replace and manage its communications network in a private finance initiative project valued at more...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and wireless operator Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH began a live trial of adaptive antenna technology-both downlink and uplink-on Mannesmann's Global System for...
Joining a slew of other industry captains abandoning ship for various reasons, Ericsson Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Bo Hedfors last week decided...
BURLINGTON, Mass.-Symbio Systems Inc., a worldwide consulting and systems-integration provider, selected Lightbridge Inc. to provide local customer support for its FraudBuster clients in Taiwan,...
The first half of this year has produced several landscape-changing events in the wireless industry. If completed, the proposed mergers between SBC Communications Inc....
NEW YORK-Cantel AT&T's Pay As You Go prepaid cellular and paging services, launched nationwide in May in Canada, is using prepaid technology and customer...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission again extended the buildout time on the so-called Goodman/Chan licenses until current litigation can be resolved.In a July 31 ruling,...
