Yearly Archives: 1999

TELEFONICA, IBM USE IP TO CREATE SOLUTIONS

MADRID-Telefonica and IBM Corp. announced an agreement under which the companies will create digital media solutions for Telefonica's Internet protocol-based networks in the Spanish...

BELLSOUTH WIRELESS DATA OFFERS OPERATOR SERVICE OPTIONS

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. announced its Interactive Paging Service customers now have four levels of operator service options through a deal with National...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

AdiCom Wireless Inc. signed an agreement with Marconi Communications giving the company distribution rights to market and sell AdiCom's wireless local loop products worldwide....

CCI MERGER COMPLETE

NEW YORK-The merger of Kensington Acquisition Sub Inc. with and into Cellular Communications International Inc. is complete, said Olivetti S.p.A. and Mannesman AG. As...

PCS POSES LITTLE THREAT TO RURAL CELLULAR CARRIERS

While many major cities are supporting up to seven mobile phone operators, cellular carriers operating in small markets aren't expected to face much competition...

LUCENT EXPANDS CHINA CDMA SYSTEM

GUANGZHOU, China-Lucent Technologies Inc. signed a contract with Guangdong Mobile Communication Co. Ltd. to expand its Code Division Multiple Access network in the Guangdong...

CONDUCTUS TRIES TO RAISE CAPITAL FOR NASDAQ LISTING

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Because its request to be listed on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market has been denied, Conductus Inc. said it hired Alliant Partners to provide...

FRANCE TELECOM TO FIELD TRIAL MOTOROLA GPRS

SWINDON, U.K.-France Telecom said Motorola Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector this summer will set up a General Packet Radio Service field trial on France Telecom's...

MOTOROLA GIVES $5M TO DIGITALDNA LAB

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Motorola Inc.'s Semiconductor Products Sector announced a $5 million grant to establish the Motorola DigitalDNA Laboratory at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge,...

COMPANY TO DISTRIBUTE ERICSSON MODEM

ATLANTA-Global Wireless Data announced it is the North American distributor for the new Ericsson M3090 Mobitex wireless modem."We chose Global Wireless Data as our...

INDIA TO REFORM TELECOM LAW

The government of India last month revealed a new telecommunications policy that aims, among other things, to rectify issues surrounding licensees of basic and...

INDUSTRY WRONG ABOUT ‘COLLOCATION’ TERMINOLOGY

Dear Editor: I have been troubled for the last few years with the increased incorrect use and mispronunciation of the words "collocate" and "collocation" being...

LUCENT, AT&T ENTER $1B EQUIPMENT AGREEMENT

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it signed a four-year agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to provide an expected $1 billion in equipment...

MEGA-MERGERS HIT SNAGS

WASHINGTON-Two telecommunications mega-mergers hit snags last week as the Federal Communications Commission said it had serious concerns about the SBC/Ameritech combination and the Virginia...

WIRELESS ADDS ALMOST 14 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS IN 1998

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry gained almost 14 million new subscribers by the end of 1998-a growth rate of nearly 25 percent in one year, said...

TELIGENT STARTS SERVICE IN CALIF.

VIENNA, Va.-Teligent Inc. announced it now is offering its high-bandwidth, local, long distance, high-speed data and Internet services to small- and mid-size businesses in...

TOSHIBA BUYS INTO AUDIOVOX

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Toshiba Corp. purchased newly issued shares of Audiovox Communications Corp. common stock for $5 million, giving Toshiba 5 percent of the shares outstanding,...

TSR MAKES BID FOR MOBILEMEDIA

In a surprising move, TSR Wireless L.L.C. announced April 1 it submitted a competing bid to acquire MobileMedia Communications Inc., challenging Arch Communications Group...

PAGING CARRIERS MUST REVIEW ULS DATA

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it expects paging carriers to periodically review information in the Universal Licensing System to ensure it is correct.However, paging...

UNWIRED PLANET TO GO PUBLIC

Unwired Planet Inc. last week filed a registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of common stock in...

VANGUARD REVENUE UP SLIGHTLY

GREENSBORO, N.C.-Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. reported revenues for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 of $102.3 million compared with revenues of $98.7 million for...

VIEWPOINT: ESSENTIAL SERVICE

My mom is flying into Denver today to see her 3-year-old granddaughter, (and the rest of us, too, I suppose.)Luckily, there is a direct...

PAGENET TO CARRY C-SPAN

DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. announced an exclusive agreement under which C-SPAN will provide public affairs information to PageNet subscribers, including breaking coverage of House of...

INTEK LM TECHNOLOGY MEETS ETSI NARROWBAND REQUIREMENT

NEW YORK-The European Telecommunications Standard Institute's approval and publication of a new Europe-wide narrowband specification has given the licensing of Intek Global Corp.'s proprietary...

HUGHES’ INDIA WLL SYSTEM UPDATED

GERMANTOWN, Md.-Hughes Network Systems announced Hughes Ispat Ltd. of India completed an in-service cutover of its wireless local loop network from an NEC NEAX61E...
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