Yearly Archives: 1998

JAPAN LAUNCHES CDMA

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Three of Japanese cellular operator DDI Corp.'s regional service providers launched commercial Code Division Multiple Access service in Japan, according to Motorola...

MILLICOM’S ASIA GROWTH IMPACTED BY FINANCIAL CRISIS

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. said cellular subscriber growth in its Asian markets has been negatively impacted by the region's financial crisis and the...

MOTOROLA DENIES CHARGE IT TRANSFERRED TECHNOLOGY TO CHINA

WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. last week vehemently denied transferring sensitive technology to Communist China after a leaked classified Air Force report concluded Chinese nuclear missile capabilities...

FCC PROBES NEXTEL’S RESALE POLICY

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is investigating possible wireless resale violations by Nextel Communications Inc., a probe that contributed to the agency rejecting the forbearance...

NEXTEL RESULTS, GOOD AND BAD, EXCEED ANALYST EXPECTATIONS

MCLEAN, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. reported a second-quarter net loss of $531.3 million, or $1.94 per share, compared with a $261.6 million loss for the...

NOKIA, ASCOM TO EQUIP ORANGE’S SWISS SYSTEM

NEW YORK-Orange Communications SA said it awarded a contract, valued at $460 million, to a partnership of Nokia Corp. and Ascom AG to deliver...

MCCAIN: FCC IS RUNNING A DO-NOTHING WIRELESS BUREAU

WASHINGTON-Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.), turning the tables on the Clinton administration, has accused the Democratic-controlled Federal Communications Commission of running a...

C&WBUYS MCI’S INTERNET BIZ

LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc announced plans to purchase MCI Communications Corp.'s Internet communications business for $1.75 billion in cash.An agreement previously announced May 28...

SBC BUY LEADS COMMUNICATIONS M&A ACTIVITY

NEW YORK-The $61.4 billion purchase of Ameritech Corp. by SBC Communications Inc., the second-largest merger in history, accounted for the lion's share of communications...

METAPATH PRODUCT CAN GIVE CARRIERS ACTIVATION OPTIONS

Metapath Software Corp. today introduced its Cerve Provisioning Manager 2.0, which will be commercially available during the fourth quarter.The Cerve product is a real-time...

WASHINGTON GAS TO RESELL METRO CALL’S SERVICES

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. announced a two-year strategic marketing agreement with Washington Gas, under which the utility will offer Metrocall pagers and services to its...

CARRIERS CHOOSE FUJITSU SOFTWARE

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Fujitsu Software Corp. extended its ByeDesk Link wireless server software to Metrocall Inc., PageMart Wireless Inc. and Paging Network Inc., as well...

FBI SEEKS CALEA REWRITE AMENDMENT

WASHINGTON-The FBI and the Department of Justice are shopping an amendment to congressional appropriators to change the Justice Department budget in a way that...

ANALYSTS SEE OPPORTUNITY IN CANADIAN WIRELESS STOCKS

Analysts are indicating now is the time to buy some cheap Canadian wireless stocks, as the mobile phone market finally has rebounded from its...

CBIS CLIENTS ABLE TO USE E-BILLING SOLUTION FROM IBS

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif.-International Billing Services' electronic billing solution will be offered to the entire client base of Cincinnati Bell Information Services, which provides...

CELLULAR ONE OFFERS DIGITAL LONG-DISTANCE PLAN

WARWICK, R.I.-Cellular One of Rhode Island and Bristol County, Mass., launched its digital wireless network and is offering calling plans that provide for free...

PCS CHURN CLIMBS HIGHER THAN AVERAGE

With personal communications services carriers reporting average monthly churn levels about twice as high as cellular carriers, bad debt increasingly is being blamed for...

FCC CREATES ACCELERATED DOCKET TO RESOLVE COMPLAINTS FASTER

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission created a new "accelerated docket" for complaint resolutions between telephone companies. Complaints that are accepted for the docket will be...

ORANGE OFFERS NETWORK GUARANTEE

LONDON-U.K. mobile operator Orange plc introduced the Orange Network Performance Promise, which offers to automatically credit the company's Talk Plan customers with up to...

PCS MEETS WITH MIXED SUCCESS

In the eyes of some, the Federal Communications Commission's great experiment with personal communications services licensing has been a smashing success. Facilities-based competition is...

VIEWPOINT: WIRELESS NOT APPRECIATED IN DALLAS

I was once told that Dallas has such a great highway system because during the oil bust in the mid '80s, business people ruled...

EC APPROVES MCI, WORLDCOM MERGER

WASHINGTON-The European Commission last week gave conditional approval to the proposed merger between MCI Communications Corp. and WorldCom Inc.The approval is subject to the...

PRICE REPORTS SUBSCRIBER INCREASES

NEW YORK-Price Communications Corp. said it added 20,429 new cellular subscribers during the second quarter, compared with 12,607 new subscribers during the second quarter...

PRODUCTS

QualcommQualcomm Inc. announced its shipment of samples for its fifth-generation chipset, including the MSM3000 single-chip Mobile Station Modem and the IFT3000 and IFR3000 fully...

RELTEC FORMS BRAZILIAN VENTURE

CLEVELAND, Ohio-Reltec Corp. said it established a joint venture with Splice do Brazil Telecommunicacoes e Eletronica S.A. to capitalize on opportunities provided by the...
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