Yearly Archives: 1999

STUDY: SHORT-TERM MEMORY INCREASE?

NEW YORK-The National Radiological Protection Board of the United Kingdom said April 8 it will establish an ad hoc group of independent experts to...

FINAL WIRELESS TTY REPORT TO BE SENT TO FCC IN JUNE

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry hopes to give the Federal Communications Commission a final report in June on how the deaf community can use text telephones...

PCS RE-AUCTION SLOWING DOWN

WASHINGTON-By the end of nearly three weeks of bidding, action has all but stopped on the major markets left in the re-auction of personal...

U.S., CHINA STRIKE TELECOM DEAL BUT FAIL TO SEAL WTO PACT

WASHINGTON-The United States and China, submitting to a hostile political atmosphere that will delay any decision on Chinese entry into the World Trade Organization...

CTIA SETS LOBBY DAY

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association will hold its first Lobby Day Wednesday, an event that will celebrate the success of the wireless industry and...

DESPITE FENCE-MENDING, STANDARDS WAR CONTINUES

Some Telecommunications Industry Association members and U.S. carriers were angered last week by comments attributed to a TIA senior executive by the French Press...

MARKET SHUFFLE BRINGS GTE, AMERITECH CLOSER TO PENDING MERGERS

GTE Corp. last week announced plans to purchase 20 Ameritech Corp. wireless properties in the Midwest, ending months of speculation about who would acquire...

ITALY TAKEOVER BATTLE COMES TO A HEAD

ROME-The takeover battle engaged by Olivetti spa for Telecom Italia spa was scheduled to come to a head Saturday, when Telecom Italia shareholders were...

COMPANIES AGREE TO NEGOTIATE AS TAUZIN, FURCHTGOTT-ROTH PROTEST

WASHINGTON-The chief executive officers of Ameritech Corp. and SBC Communications Inc. agreed last week to FCC Chairman William Kennard's request for a 90-day negotiation...

MOBILEMEDIA SUPPORTS ARCH OVER TSR

FORT LEE, N.J.-MobileMedia Communications Inc. on Friday filed a statement with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware supporting the acquisition bid...

ERICSSON, NOKIA SUPPORT 450 MHZ GSM STANDARD

HELSINKI, Finland-L.M. Ericsson and Nokia Corp. said they support the European Telecommunications Standards Institute's work on a global standard for Global System for Mobile...

SIEMENS, OMNIPOINT ENTER INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Siemens Information and Communication Networks Inc. and Omnipoint Communications signed a $200 million deal under which Siemens will supply Global System for...

TOWER COMPANIES FACE ROUGH ROAD

While many of their counterparts in the high-flying build-to-suit industry are prospering, tower manufacturers are finding the road ahead may be a difficult one....

SKYTEL ADDS COMPETITIVE MUSCLE THROUGH AMSC DEAL

Amid speculation that it could be a takeover target by MCI WorldCom Inc., SkyTel Communications Inc. announced a new pricing plan and a major...

WESTERN TO FCC: CLARIFY ETC STATUS

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission would like to see wireless companies compete in the local exchange carrier market, but this is not likely to happen...

PHILIPS SIGNS STANDSTILL AGREEMENT WITH VLSI

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Royal Philips Electronics announced it has signed a confidentiality and standstill agreement with VLSI Technology Inc.The two have agreed that: VLSI will provide...

WYND REPORTS AAA ALLIANCE

ATLANTA-Wynd Communications Inc. announced an exclusive strategic alliance with the American Automobile Association to deliver national wireless roadside assistance service to deaf and hard...

BAM ANNOUNCES SHARE-A-MINUTE

PHILADELPHIA-Bell Atlantic Mobile introduced Share-A-Minute, a new digital service plan that allows wireless phone users to activate up to three separate lines and share...

COURT GRANTS STAY OF CALEA LAWSUIT

WASHINGTON-A federal court granted a stay request from the telecommunications industry for a 60-day hold of a lawsuit against the federal government over the...

ERICSSON CLARIFIES 3G POSITION

L.M. Ericsson said it supports the third-generation TDMA proposal and a group of 3G CDMA technologies that accommodates three different modes and various chip...

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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