Yearly Archives: 1999

ERICSSON SAYS QUALCOMM COST

STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson said it paid less than $120.8 million net for Qualcomm Inc.'s Code Division Multiple Access wireless infrastructure operations in a deal settled...

CONGRESSMAN QUESTIONS FCC’S CONCERN ON CALEA COSTS

WASHINGTON-House Commerce appropriations subcommittee Chairman Harold Rogers (R-Ky.) last week sternly questioned the Federal Communications Commission's consideration of cost as a factor in arbitrating...

WTB SUSPENDS SMR BUILDOUT TIMETABLE

WASHINGTON-The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau temporarily has suspended the construction timetable for incumbent wide-area 800 MHz specialized mobile radio licensees.The decision was in reaction...

CDMA SUPPORTERS TEST SNAPTRACK

TAMPA, Fla.-A group of Code Division Multiple Access carriers, handset vendors and technology providers completed a trial of SnapTrack's handset-based location system on two...

COLOCATION PRODUCT DESIGNED TO MAKE COLLOCATION EASIER

With tower companies and carriers facing difficulties getting permission to build sites at local zoning boards and collocation increasingly becoming a favored business model,...

SPRINT TO AWARD 3RD PHASE SYSTEM CONTRACTS

Sprint PCS is expected to announce its next round of contract awards this week for the third phase of its personal communications services network...

SPRINT PCS TO OFFER NEW MOTOROLA PHONE

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS announced it is offering nationwide Motorola's Code Division Multiple Access 1900 MHz ST7762 StarTac phone.The ST7762 offers up to four...

LEHMAN BROTHERS REPORT SHOWS NO SURE LINK BETWEEN RF AND BRAIN CANCER

NEW YORK-No proven link yet exists for any human health effect resulting from wireless phone use, according to a review of available scientific data...

TELECORP LAUNCHES EASTERN MARKETS

NASHUA, N.H.-TeleCorp PCS Inc. launched its SunCom digital wireless services in Concord, Manchester and Nashua, N.H., and Worcester and Auburn, Mass. Launches in Cape...

VIEWPOINT: LEMMINGS

I have really tried to keep myself and my thoughts above the fray when it comes to the whole Y2K issue. It is difficult.At...

FCC TO ANNOUNCE LMDS BIDDERS

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission was expected late Friday or today to announce eligible bidders for the April 27 local multi-distribution point service re-auction.After initially...

CTIA RECIPE FOR LESS REGULATION: CREATIVE REPETITION

WASHINGTON-Policy makers this week will receive the last of nine bean-bag wireless phone toys designed to remind them "Competition, innovation and safety symbolizes the...

ANTITRUST PANEL REVIEWS MERGER ‘SHOT CLOCK’ BILL

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission needs a "shot clock" when reviewing mergers, said Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)Kohl, who owns NBA's Milwaukee Bucks, has sponsored a...

GLOBAL PLAYERS’ EXPANDING PORTFOLIOS DRIVE MERGERS

NEW YORK-On the strength of three large mergers, communications led domestic industry sectors in merger activity last quarter, a period in which the dollar...

HOUSE DEMOCRATS QUESTION MIR TECHNOLOGY LICENSES

WASHINGTON-Two high-ranking House Science Committee Democrats have asked Energy Secretary Bill Richardson to investigate allegations of misconduct by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in...

MMDS NEXT FRONTIER FOR LAST-MILE ACCESS

Wireless broadband service has finally received attention from the likes of big telecom players Sprint Corp. and MCI WorldCom Inc. The race is on...

TELEFONICA GROUP TO MAKE PLAY FOR MOROCCO LICENSE

MADRID, Spain-The consortium led by Telefonica InterContinental received notification it has prequalified to take part in the bidding for a second Global System for...

MESSAGELINK TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PAGING CONSOLIDATION

Don Buzzelli, president and chief executive officer of MessageLink Inc., Duluth, Ga., is looking to make a play in the paging industry's current consolidation...

WESTERN ISSUES SPINOFF STATEMENT FOR VOICESTREAM

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. announced it has mailed to shareholders a Schedule 14C information statement related to the spinoff of its 80.1-percent ownership of...

LEAP REPORTS $1.1M IN REVENUES

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. reported revenues of $1.1 million for the 1999 fiscal second quarter, compared with no revenues in the second quarter...

AT&T TO BUY HONOLULU CELLULAR

AT&T Corp. plans to purchase Honolulu Cellular Telephone Co. from BellSouth Corp., another move in AT&T's plan to expand its nationwide coverage.The two companies...

IPERIA PLATFORM ALLOWS BLENDED APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

Building on the convergence of voice and data networks, Wakefield, Mass.-based IPeria Inc. has developed an enhanced services platform designed to blend voice, fax,...

MOTOROLA CONFIRMS DEFENSE CONTRACT FOR IRIDIUM PHONES

Motorola Inc.'s Worldwide Information Network Services group confirmed the Defense Information Systems Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense awarded it a three-year contract...

LETTERS

Striking nervesDear Editor: I have been in the two-way radio communications business for over 35 years. Regardless of my field, one thing I have noticed...

MOBILEMEDIA’S FATE NOW UP TO COURTS, CREDITORS

More than two years after it first filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, MobileMedia Communications Inc. now has two reorganization plans before it to...
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