Yearly Archives: 1998

BELLSOUTH DIVISION OFFERS F-R CONNECT TO IN NETWORK

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...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

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...

TELECOM GROUPS BACK HYDE AND CONYERS ON CALEA DATE CHANGE

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...

SEC PROBES CELLSTAR

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...

CELUMOVIL EXPECTS TO RAISE $680M IN PRIVATE DEBT SALE

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...

CITYLINK TO REPLACE AND MANAGE LONDON UNDERGROUND NETWORK

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...

CORRECTIONS

In the July 27 issue of RCR, the name of Mike Engle, vice president of international sales and worldwide marketing for Tadiran Microwave Networks,...

CONGRESS CORRUPTED FCC

Dear Editor: I don't know about you, but I'm getting a tad bit tired of hearing how upset Billy Tauzin, John McCain and others are...

ERICSSON TRIALS ANTENNA TECHNOLOGY WITH MANNESMANN

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...

ERICSSON’S HEDFORS EXITS TO MOTORLA

Joining a slew of other industry captains abandoning ship for various reasons, Ericsson Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Bo Hedfors last week decided...

SYMBIO SELECTS FRAUDBUSTER

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,...

PRIME WIRELESS PROPERTIES COULD BE UP FOR GRABS

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....

BOSTON COMMUNICATIONS ENTERS PREPAID MARKET IN CANADA WITH CANTEL

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...

FCC EXTENDS BUILDOUT ON GOODMAN/CHAN

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,...

CARRIERS CREATE WIRELESS VENTURE-CAPITAL FUND

NEW YORK-"One of the humbling things about this business is that, for three out of four years, we are unapproachable and obnoxious, but in...

DOBSON COMMUNICATIONS TO BUY SYGNET WIRELESS

Dobson Communications Corp. signed an agreement to acquire Sygnet Wireless Inc., which has been looking for a buyer since April.The agreement will expand Dobson's...

FCC TO ISSUE PUBLIC-SAFETY RULES FOR DTV SPECTRUM

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is expected on Thursday to approve service rules for using the public- safety spectrum in the 746-806 MHz band. This...

ERICSSON TO SUPPLY WIND IN ITALY

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced it signed a three-year framework agreement with the Wind consortium, which recently won Italy's third mobile cellular license. The agreement...

SOME QUESTION NEED FOR 3G TECHNOLOGY

JERSEY CITY, N.J.-As the International Telecommunication Union wound up its meeting in South Korea July 24 to consider 15 third-generation wireless proposals, Telecom Analysis...

EUROPE SIGNS ON 10M PREPAID USERS

CHICAGO-Prepaid cellular subscribers in Western Europe exceeded the 10 million mark during the first quarter of 1998, while the United States isn't expected to...

WORLD BRIEFS

CANADARogers Cantel announced the beginning of a rollout of Cantel AT&T Pay As You Go cellular service to more than 25 new markets in...

ICO REDUCES, THEN SELLS IPO

NEW YORK-After significantly reducing the size and price of its offering, ICO Global Communications Ltd., London, went public July 31, selling 10 million common...

Paging Carriers

UNIDEN OFFERS NEW PAGER

FORT WORTH, Texas-Uniden Corp. announced it released a four-line alphanumeric pager called the ALP 9094 Contaq IV, which features 40-message storage capability and can...

GROWTH RATES SLOWING AS ARPU STARTS CLIMBING

Total paging subscribers will reach 68.9 million by year-end 2002, according to The Strategis Group report, "The State of the U.S. Paging Industry: 1998."Of that...
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