Yearly Archives: 1999

DOLPHIN TELECOM REPORTS REVENUE INCREASE

MONTREAL-Dolphin Telecom plc, the specialized mobile radio subsidiary of Telesystem International Wireless Inc., reported revenues for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31...

ANADIGICS AMP SUPPORTS ERICSSON I 888

WARREN, N.J.-Anadigics Inc. said its dual-band power amplifier supports the Ericsson I 888, a Global System for Mobile communications world phone that works on...

GLOBALSTAR PRESIDENT DWYRE RETIRES

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. announced its president, Douglas G. Dwyre, will retire from his position at the end of the month but will...

TEKELEC, TELCORDIA TEAM ON IN

MORRISVILLE, N.C.-Tekelec and Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bell Communications Research Inc., or Bellcore) said they formed a strategic marketing and sales alliance to provide intelligent...

THE OLD BELLCORE SHOWS NEW HAND TO MATCH NEW NAME, TELCORDIA

Bellcore last week renamed itself Telcordia Technologies Inc. and unveiled a suite of products designed to meet the needs of next-generation networks that will...

CELLGATE TO BUY CDPD TERMINAL ADAPTORS

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii-CellGate Technologies L.L.C. announced it will buy at least 100,000 of Tellus Technology's new Cellular Digital Packet Data point-of-sale terminal adaptors.

VIEWPOINT: IRONY, NAIVETE, STUPIDITY?

Sometimes you just have to laugh ..."When parents are on the car phone talking to their kids explaining why they can't get home for...

TOWER INDUSTRY ‘GAME’ FAR FROM OVER

NEW YORK-Television programming often can be as good a barometer as hard numbers about trends that are hot, and so it is with the...

VLSI INCORPORATES BLUETOOTH TECHNOLOGY

SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS, France-VLSI Technology Inc. announced it has incorporated Bluetooth technology into its portfolio of wireless technologies and, with L.M. Ericsson, has co-developed a Bluetooth...

VLSI BOARD AMENDS SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AGREEMENT TO GUARD AGAINST TAKEOVER

VLSI Technology Inc. announced its board of directors adopted a new shareholder rights agreement and bylaw amendments to fend off a hostile bid from...

NORTH AMERICAN GSM ALLIANCE JOINS WDF

WASHINGTON-The Wireless Data Forum, a technology-neutral trade association for wireless data and mobile computing, announced the North American GSM Alliance L.L.C. became its newest...

WESTERN WIRELESS: DON’T TREAT RURAL CARRIERS ‘SPECIAL’

WASHINGTON-In a policy paper presented to the Rural Task Force on universal service, Western Wireless Corp. reiterated that rural local exchange carriers should not...

NORTEL SHOWS BASE STATION COVERAGE INCREASE

OTTAWA, Ontario-Nortel Networks said it has developed and demonstrated an order of magnitude increase in the coverage radius of 800 MHz cdmaOne base stations...

PATHNET EXPANDS TO FIBER-OPTIC CABLE

WASHINGTON-In reporting its year-end 1998 results, Pathnet Inc. also announced it expanded its wholesale-to-carriers digital broadband access provision strategy beyond wireless to include fiber-optic...

QUALCOMM BATTLE FOR PIONEER’S PREFERENCE CONTINUES

Qualcomm Inc. seems to be waging an uphill battle with the Federal Communications Commission over its quest for a pioneer's preference mobile phone license...

COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY FIRM RADISYS EXPANDS INTO TELECOM

NEW YORK-RadiSys closed March 1 on a $28 million purchase of IBM Corp.'s Arctic business, the first of up to 10 acquisitions the Hillsboro,...

TAUZIN TO START HEARINGS ON FCC REFORM

WASHINGTON-House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) this week kicks off the first in a series of hearings on Federal Communications Commission reform.All five...

NEXTEL STAYS WITH AMTA

SAN DIEGO-Contrary to persistent rumors, Nextel Communications Inc.-the largest specialized mobile radio operator-will remain a member of the American Mobile Telecommunications Association for at...

SMRS JUGGLE MULTIPLE TRADE GROUP MEMBERSHIPS

SAN DIEGO-If you are a small specialized mobile radio operator, which trade association, if any, should you belong to?Three trade associations, all based in...

HUTCHISON WHAMPOA UNIT’S BOND ISSUES MET FAVORABLY

NEW YORK-A subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., which holds a minority stake in both Orange plc and Western Wireless Corp., plans to...

TELECOM ITALIA BOARD OKS MERGER WITH MOBILE UNIT

DENVER-Telecom Italia Spa has received permission from its board of directors to merge with its mobile phone operator subsidiary, Telecom Italia Mobile, as a...

L-3 TO ACQUIRE AYDIN

NEW YORK-L-3 Communications signed an agreement to acquire Aydin Corp., under which L-3 Communications will purchase all of the outstanding common stock of Aydin...

VERMONT DELEGATION AIM TO RETURN TOWER-SITING POWER TO LOCALS AGAIN

WASHINGTON-Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and James Jeffords (R-Vt.), reacting to persistent complaints that federal law inadequately addresses the impact of antenna proliferation on property...

HUNDT FAVORS KEEPING SPECTRUM CAP

WASHINGTON-The cellular industry apparently knew what it was doing when it waited for Reed Hundt to retire as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission...

LETTERS

Polson on target regarding public's RF perceptionThank you for Peter Polson's excellent article "Public opposition expected to rise about RFR radiation," Feb. 8 in...
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