1999

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s decision late last year to entertain waiver extensions of the October 2001 date for automatic location identification rollout has mushroomed into a huge controversy that pits …

While wireless data applications made a big splash at Wireless ’99 last week in New Orleans, a new company quietly slipped into the pool with the introduction of a new …

BURLINGTON, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. announced TMTouch, the digital cellular network service and product of Telekom Cellular Sdn Bhd in Malaysia, deployed Lightbridge’s FraudBuster to detect and reduce impact of fraud. “FraudBuster’s …

NEW ORLEANS-The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium, which represents the interests of Time Division Multiple Access technology proponents, demonstrated interoperability between 850 MHz and 1900 MHz networks at the Cellular Telecommunications …

NEW ORLEANS-Imagine you are in a horrible accident on a dark road, late at night. Your airbag deploys but you are unconscious, alone, so how will emergency personnel-or anyone for …

BALTIMORE-At press time Friday, Judge E. Stephen Derby told parties in the Pocket Communications Inc. bankruptcy case he would make a decision in the latest round of this convoluted case …

NEW ORLEANS-The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium and the GSM North American Alliance announced plans to work to achieve interoperability between TDMA and GSM technology, a move that could facilitate national …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Watkins-Johnson Co.’s unaudited results for 1998 showed revenue of $212.2 million, down from $291.3 million reported in revenue for 1997. The company experienced a net loss for the …

ROGERS, Conn.-Rogers Corp. reported 1998 sales of $216.6 million, an increase of 14 percent over 1997 sales of $189.7 million. The company’s net income for 1998 was $13.7 million, or …

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-CommNet Cellular Inc. reported results for the three months ended Dec. 31, 1998. The company added 36,865 subscribers during the period, 19,622 from increased penetration and 17,243 through certain …

MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.-A study conducted by Solomon-Wolff Associates showed AT&T Corp. has the highest level of satisfaction among the three largest long-distance companies. The study reported that among Internet users, …

WASHINGTON-Compliments and lavish words gushed from the moment word leaked out late last year that Thomas Sugrue would become the newest in a succession of brave souls to head the …

Telematics services are becoming increasingly popular in the United States, with at least five automotive original equipment manufacturers and several after-market vendors offering telematics hardware and services to customers. The …

“Certainly 1996 is not that long ago chronologically, but for technology, it was a lifetime ago. When Congress put that final stamp with that digital pen and signed the act …

NEW YORK-Wave Systems Corp., San Jose, Calif., may possess some important answers to questions wireless carriers have about reducing customer-service costs, promoting prepaid calling and data communications and capitalizing on …

WASHINGTON-Thomas Wheeler, the president and chief executive of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, does not want to enter the ‘holy war’ between local and long-distance companies. Rather, he wants to …

Roaming charges and long-distance fees increasingly are becoming a thing of the past as one-rate plans like the one AT&T Wireless Services Inc. offers take over the domestic wireless market. …

PARIS-Alcatel and Motorola Inc. announced a global agreement to work together to develop, market and deliver integrated Code Division Multiple Access network infrastructure to customers worldwide. The companies also have …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Anatel, Brazil’s telecommunications regulatory agency, announced the auctions for the remaining two mirror licenses would be delayed from March 11 to April 23. The two licenses, for the …

WASHINGTON-The President’s Export Council, confronting the Clinton administration on third-generation wireless policy, urged the White House against endorsing convergence of wideband mobile phone technologies being evaluated by the International Telecommunication …

A Finnish Internet service provider will test the European Commission’s claim it has not shut competing mobile phone technologies out of Europe. Clari Net Oy, wholly owned by Finnish ISP …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. and Analog Devices Inc. announced a joint development agreement to design a digital signal processor core architecture to process video, image, voice and data in emerging …

The CDMA Development Group and Qualcomm Inc. are in the minority in asking the International Telecommunication Union to stop work on third-generation technology development because of the intellectual-property-right standstill between …

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif.-TeleCorp PCS Inc. awarded a statement processing services contract to International Billing Services, according to the billing company. Under the terms of the agreement, IBS also will …

The domestic telecom market is abuzz with mergers, acquisitions and mega-deals. The industry is consolidating again, not so long after AT&T Corp. was broken up into Baby Bells; cellular and …