Yearly Archives: 1998

BT MOBILE AWARDS CONTRACT TO CORSAIR

PALO ALTO, Calif.-BT Mobile, a paging service provider based in Leeds, United Kingdom, awarded Corsair Communications Inc. a three-year contract valued at nearly $5...

BRIGHTPOINT BUYS EUROCOM SYSTEMS

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. completed the previously announced acquisition of Eurocom Systems S.A., thereby establishing logistics services and distribution operations in France.Eurocom reported net sales of...

UNIVERSAL SERVICE IS CORNERSTONE OF TELECOM POLICY

Dear Editor,In recent months, editorial and feature pages of publications around the nation have focused on the theme that Americans are in for a...

OMNIPOINT SIGNS WITH ENTEL PCS

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Personal communications services provider Omnipoint Communications Inc. announced its 56th international roaming agreement in Chile with Entel PCS Telecomunicaciones."Today's activation is particularly...

ANALYSTS SEE POTENTIAL FOR DATA OVER CELLULAR TRANSMISSIONS

Strategy Analytics debated the future of data transmission over cellular networks in a conference call last week, and found that while current usage levels...

ERICSSON TO MAKE ROAMING PHONE

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced plans to introduce late next year a phone with roaming capability on Global System for Mobile communications 900 MHz and...

GLOBAL ACCESS TO MAKE PDA

LOS ANGELES-Global Access Pagers Inc. said it plans to introduce a pen-based personal digital assistant this fall that supports Motorola Inc.'s FLEX messaging protocol.The...

LHS RESULTS REFLECT INFOCELLULAR MERGER

ATLANTA-LHS Group Inc.'s second-quarter results will reflect a one-time charge of about $6.4 million for research and development in process that it acquired in...

VENDORS DELIVER IP DATA SOLUTIONS

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-With the popularity of Internet Protocol-based wireless networks for voice and data increasing, several vendors have announced products to meet this new demand.MotorolaMotorola...

J.D. POWER BEGINS 1998 USER SATISFACTION STUDY

WESTPORT, Conn.-Customers in 21 U.S. markets and one in Toronto are being asked to evaluate their wireless provider during the first phase of J.D....

D.C. NOTES: JAPAN IS KEY TO GLOBALIZATION

Could Japan, America's venerable trade nemesis, be the key to future global economic stability generally and the wireless revolution specifically?Without doubt.The Clinton administration believes...

QUALCOMM PROMOTES STAFF, DETAILS SPINOFF PLANS

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said Richard Sulpizio was promoted to president of Qualcomm. Harvey White, current president, will assume the role of vice chairman and...

RURAL CELLULAR COMPLETES ATLANTIC CELLULAR BUY

ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. received regulatory approval and completed the acquisition of the Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont cellular licenses, operations and...

SENATE WON’T BAN SATELLITE EXPORTS TO CHINA

WASHINGTON-The Senate, pressured by Democratic accusations the GOP wanted to embarrass President Clinton while he was in China, has declined for now to forbid...

INDUSTRY, GOVERNMENT WORK TO DEVELOP SITING GUIDES

WASHINGTON-Local government representatives and the wireless industry appear to be close to announcing procedures for local governments and industry to resolve disputes about siting...

SKYTEL TO DELIVER MSNBC NEWS

JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Communications Inc. announced it will deliver news from MSNBC to its subscribers at no additional cost.Subscribers will receive MSNBC headlines twice a...

ERICSSON-TOSHIBA VENTURE MERGES WITH ERICSSON-NIPPON VENTURE

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Toshiba Corp. have merged Ericsson Toshiba Telecommunications Systems K.K. with Nippon Ericsson K.K. in Japan.Ericsson Toshiba Telecommunications was a joint...

CHECKPOINT TO USE ARDIS NETWORK

RESTON, Va.-Checkpoint Systems Inc. will use the Ardis network to deploy Checkpoint's network services and solution development support for a nationwide wireless field-service application,...

CONDUCTUS ENTERS JAPAN CONTRACT

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. entered into an agreement to provide a cellular operator in Japan with a Japanese version of its ClearSite product to examine...

ECUADOR’S CONECEL RECEIVES `NEGATIVE OUTLOOK’ AFTER IPOCANCELED

NEW YORK-Consorcio Ecuatoriano de Telecommunicaciones S.A., Ecuador's largest cellular carrier, "may not be able to maintain access to sufficient capital to fully execute its...

PCIA FOLLOWS CTIA IN SEEKING CPNI LIMITS LIFTED

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association has asked the Federal Communications Commission not to enforce newly enacted rules on customer information.In February, the FCC enacted...

ASSOCIATIONS COMMENTS ON DISABILITIES ACCESS

WASHINGTON-Two wireless trade groups urged the government to develop flexible rules that do not impose undue cost on carriers, manufacturers and consumers in comments...

POWERTEL BUCKS DISTRIBUTION TREND BY MANAGING ITS OWN

While the majority of wireless carriers are moving toward outsourcing their handset distribution needs, Powertel Inc. is moving in the opposite direction.The West Point,...

GEOTEK GRASPS ONTO CHAPTER 11 FILING TO REORGANIZE

The sinking ship that is Geotek Communications Inc. wallowed deeper into troubled waters last week when the company filed voluntary petitions for Chapter 11...

`BLUEPRINT AND A PRAYER’ DEALS MAKE UP MUCH OF HIGH-YIELD DEBT MARKET

NEW YORK-The admonition that those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it applies to investors in high-yield bonds, many sold by companies...
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