Yearly Archives: 1998

PINPOINT USES RF TO TRACK PEOPLE AND PERSONNEL

An indoor solution to wireless electronic asset tracking that uses digital radio-frequency technology to locate personnel and property has been developed by PinPoint Corp.,...

PAGEMART GIVES CREDIT FOR SATELLITE SNAFU

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. announced it will provide customers with a two-day airtime credit for the downed service time that occurred during the PanAmSat Galaxy...

MOBILEMEDIA CLOSES ACTIVATION CENTER

JACKSON, Miss.-MobileMedia Communications Inc. announced it will close its retail activation center in Jackson, Miss., and consolidate its functions at the Dallas-based call center...

POWERTEL LAUNCHES IN ATHENS

ATHENS, Ga.-Powertel Inc. said it launched commercial personal communications services in Athens, Ga.Powertel provides commercial service in 26 metropolitan areas and major highway corridors...

PRODUCTS

Interlink ElectronicsFreedom Writer OEM, the first application using Interlink Electronics Inc.'s new medium-range wireless communications technology, RemoteLink, is set to be introduced this month...

BEA DEBUTS OBJECT-BASED MIDDLE WARE FOR TELECOM

NEW YORK-BEA Systems Inc., a major player in providing mission-critical middleware solutions, announced BEA M3, which it said is the first and only production-ready...

BOSCH AND CISCO DEVELOP BROADBAND WIRELESS SERVICES

ATLANTA-Bosch Telecom Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. announced plans to develop and market broadband wireless networking solutions designed to help service providers offer integrated...

AIRTOUCH LEADS PROFIT GROWTH

NEW YORK-In a "three-peat" of its 1995 and 1996 performance, AT&T Corp. again took first place in revenues and net income among carriers last...

WIRELESS CEOS PICK FUTURE PLAYERS AND SERVICES

NEW YORK-After receiving "Big Daddy" T-shirts from BT Alex. Brown Inc. telecommunications analyst Jeffrey L. Hines June 10, top executives of four of the...

ALLIANCES CHANGE DSP LANDSCAPE

Competition among companies that supply digital signal processors to the wireless industry is beginning to heat up with new alliances and investments changing the...

RAM-PAGE LAUNCHES PREPAID

ASHLAND, Ky.-RAM-Page, a division of RAM Technologies, announced it has launched Pre-Paid Paging, a new service aimed at customers who require occasional paging service...

CANTEL LAUNCHES AT&T PAGE PARTNER

TORONTO-Rogers Cantel Inc. launched its AT&T Page Partner + service, a package that allows a wireless phone and up to five pagers to be...

SCC REPORTS E911 DEPLOYMENT

BOULDER, Colo.-SCC Communications announced the first two-state wireless Phase 1 E911 deployment is up and routing E911 calls to public-safety agencies in Washington County,...

SIGMAONE PRESENTS E911 PROTOTYPE SYSTEM

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.-SigmaOne Communications Corp. held the first prototype demonstration of its E911 system for locating and tracking wireless calls, said the company.Results showed...

FCC REJECTS SKYTEL APPEAL

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission rejected an appeal by SkyTel Communications Corp.-formerly Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp.-that argued the paging carrier deserved its narrowband personal communications...

SMALL BUSINESSES SURVEYED ON COMMUNICATIONS NEEDS

ATLANTA-A survey of 500 small business owners, released at SuperComm '98, demonstrated a "tremendous potential for sales in the coming years."The survey, conducted by...

SMARTALK ACQUIRES WORLDWIDE DIRECT

COLUMBUS, Ohio-SmarTalk TeleServices Inc. acquired Worldwide Direct, a direct-to-consumer prepaid cellular phone distributor, in a stock-for-stock transaction that provides it with terminal-based prepaid capability.Combined...

SMITH MICRO UPGRADES HOTPAGE SOFTWARE

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.-Smith Micro Software Inc. said it released its version 3.0 HotPage software, which provides message management and transmission to alphanumeric and numeric...

CONN. ATTORNEY GENERAL PUTS WRENCH IN SBC PLANS

A request by Connecticut's attorney general and state utility regulators that a combined SBC Communications Inc./Southern New England Telecommunications Corp. reduce its local telephone...

SPAIN TO AWARD 3RD LICENSE

MADRID-Spain's incumbent mobile phone operators Telefonica and Airtel could have some competition soon, as the country prepares to award a third license this month.Involved...

SPRINT PCS INKS FRANCHISE PACTS WITH FIVE CARRIERS

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Sprint Spectrum L.P. formed affiliation agreements that will bring Sprint PCS personal communications services to key cities in Georgia, Missouri,...

LHS COMPLETES INFOCELLULAR BUY

ATLANTA-LHS Group Inc. said it completed its acquisition of Marlborough, Mass.-based InfoCellular Inc.The acquisition provides LHS with a point-of-sale software solution, which expands its...

IRELAND’S ESAT PLANS SECONDARY STOCK OFFERING

NEW YORK-Esat Telephone Group plc, Dublin, plans a secondary offering of 6 million American Depository Shares that Credit Suisse First Boston, New York, will...

IRIDIUM SIGNS DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTS

WASHINGTON-Iridium L.L.C. announced it has signed distribution agreements with 209 regional wireless service providers and roaming partners across the globe.The distribution agreements bring Iridium...

WIND TAKES THIRD ITALY LICENSE AFTER LENGTHY TENDER

The Italian government named the Wind consortium the winning bidder for the country's third mobile phone license, bringing to a close a tender process...
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