Yearly Archives: 1998

CORRECTIONS

In the March 25 issue of RCR, an article on Metrocall Inc.'s Direct View product incorrectly stated the required devices to use the service....

STAR DATA SERVICE APPROVED IN CALIF.

SPOKANE, Wash.-Star Data Service, a joint venture between Itron Inc. and UK Data Collection Services Ltd., was approved as a meter data management agent...

FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS SETTLES LITIGATION AFTER 7+ YEARS

After more than seven years of investigation and litigation, Frequency Electronics Inc. has settled all outstanding criminal and civil cases brought against it by...

TECNOMEN GROUP GETS CROATIAN ERMES DEAL

ESPOO, Finland-The Tecnomen Group announced it will supply the Croatian Post and Telecommunications (HPT) with a nationwide ERMES paging system for Croatia, according to...

USWD’S TRANZ ENABLER GROWING MORE POPULAR

EMERYVILLE, Calif.-U.S. Wireless Data Inc. announced several restaurant customers have begun using its Tranz Enabler, USWD's wireless credit card processing solution.Customers include Ponderosa Steak...

VIEWPOINT: ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT FOR TCI

"These things come together. You date and date and date and one day you decide to get married. One day you decide there's enough...

MICROCELL ESTABLISHES 3G TEST FACILITY

MONTREAL-Microcell Connexions Inc. announced plans to establish an advanced testing facility for third-generation wireless communications services, in cooperation with its partners in the North...

ALLTEL, 360° SHAREHOLDERS OK MERGER

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Shareholders of Alltel Corp. and 360

CUCCIO JOINS AIRTOUCH PAGING

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc. announced it named Gary D. Cuccio president-elect of AirTouch Paging.Cuccio, 52, will assume the role July 13, in anticipation of...

ARCH CONSIDERS MOBILEMEDIA BUY

When Arch Communications Group Inc. last week disclosed it was in talks with MobileMedia Communications Corp. about acquiring the bankrupt company, it sparked a...

FCC SETS SOME GROUND RULES FOR LMS AUCTION

WASHINGTON-Imagine for a moment that you own a local package delivery business. Wouldn't it be great to be able to pinpoint the exact location...

MOTOROLA CIG GARNERS CHINA CONTRACTS

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group was awarded several contracts in China to provide Global System for Mobile communications infrastructure.They include a $21...

NETTECH DEBUTS SMART IP TO DELIVER DATA

VANCOUVER-Nettech Systems introduced a communications solution called Smart IP that enables Internet and intranet applications to run over wireless networks without the challenges associated...

CALEA EXTENSION UNCERTAIN DESPITE HOUSE WIN

WASHINGTON-A much ballyhooed victory by the telecommunications industry to get the dates for compliance with the digital wiretap act extended is less certain as...

PEOPLE BRIEFS

CTIA FOUNDATIONThe Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Foundation for Wireless Telecommunications announced Stan Hamm, group president of mobile systems for BellSouth Personal Communications, is the...

WIRELESS DATA INDUSTRY CONTINUES EVOLUTION

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada-Armed with nearly 300 attendees at its show, a new way to count the number of wireless data subscribers and strong...

ERICSSON ANNOUNCES CONTRACTS

ECUADORSTOCKHOLM, Sweden - L.M. Ericsson was awarded a five-year frame agreement valued at more than $250 million by BellSouth Ecuador to upgrade its Advanced...

EVOLVING SYSTEMS SUBJECT OF SHAREHOLDER LAWSUIT

DENVER-Shareholders of Evolving Systems Inc. filed a federal lawsuit against the Englewood, Colo.-based company saying it misrepresented its financial position in filings related to...

GLENAYRE PREMIERES NEW TWO-WAY DEVICE

Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s Wireless Access Group introduced its next-generation interactive two-way messaging device, called the AccessLink II.Based on Motorola Inc.'s ReFLEX two-way paging protocol,...

UTILITIES CONTINUE TO TEST WIRELESS WATERS

U.S. utility companies could become significant players in the wireless telecommunications industry in coming years if they can figure out the right strategy to...

CROWN CASTLE FILES FOR IPO

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. recently filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the initial public offering of $300 million of...

GTE, SIERRA ANNOUNCE CDPD SOLUTION

VANCOUVER, B.C.-GTE Wireless and Sierra Wireless Corp. announced their combined circuit switched cellular digital packet data solution now is commercially available, the first end...

EC ISSUES GUIDELINES TO LIMIT RF EXPOSURE

WASHINGTON-As House Telecommunications Subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) and Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) negotiate funding federal cancer research with revenue from E911 legislation, a...

AT&T DIALS UP TCI

AT&T Corp. last week stepped outside of the telecommunications industry to buy the nation's second-largest cable company, Tele-Communications Inc. The move is the latest...

DISCORD IS COMMON NOTE IN HARMONIZATION EFFORT

SINGAPORE-The International Telecommunication Union has some difficult work ahead of it to harmonize the various third-generation proposals standards bodies around the world will submit...
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