Yearly Archives: 1999

COMPTEL TO MARK 3RD ANNIVERSARY WITH CELEBRATION

WASHINGTON-The Competitive Telecommunications Association, also known as CompTel, planned to celebrate the third anniversary of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 Feb. 8 with a...

QUALCOMM CHIP ENHANCES FUNCTIONS

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. introduced its UD3000 chip, which will provide greater transmit functionality and enhanced performance of its 3000-generation chipset for an Interim Standard-95A...

WIRELESS CARRIERS LEARNING EPA RULES

WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers used to having their businesses governed by the Federal Communications Commission have a new agency to contend with-the Environmental Protection Agency.Last month,...

FINANCIAL APPLICATIONS COULD BE GATEWAY TO MESSAGING MARKET GROWTH

When BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. introduced its Interactive Paging service at PCS '98 last year, Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing Janet Boudris said...

GLENAYRE ELIMINATES POSITIONS

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced it has eliminated another 100 staff positions, equal to about 5 percent of its employee base. Previous job cuts...

WIRELESSKNOWLEDGE TO WORK WITH GENERAL MAGIC

DENVER-WirelessKnowledge L.L.C., the joint venture between Microsoft Corp. and Qualcomm Inc., said it will announce at Wireless '99 this week significant additions to its...

D.C. NOTES: REGULATORY ARBITRAGE

If only the wireless industry could have the Internet's deal. Oh, what a wonderful world it would be!The Internet, this brave new interior world...

NEXTEL COMPLETES NEXTEL PARTNERS DEAL

MCLEAN, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. announced it has completed agreements and consummated its previously announced transaction with Nextel Partners Inc. to provide enhanced specialized mobile...

PATHNET TO EXPAND SERVICES TO INCLUDE FIBER-OPTIC AND WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Pathnet Inc. announced it is expanding its business strategy to include construction and deployment of digital networks using both wireless and fiber-optic technologies."Our...

SCHLUMBERGER PRESENTS SELF-DESTRUCT CHIP FOR SMART CARD

NEW YORK-Beware would-be smart card hackers, Schlumberger Test and Transactions, San Jose, Calif., has developed 'SiShell', a process that renders the chip likely to...

BELLSOUTH WIRELESS USERS MOST SATISFIED, STUDY SAYS

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...

SUGRUE: IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST

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...

TELEMATICS EXPECTED TO SEE BOLD GROWTH AS PRICES FALL

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...

VIEWPOINT: THE TRIALS OF TODDLERHOOD

"Certainly 1996 is not that long ago chronologically, but for technology, it was a lifetime ago. When Congress put that final stamp with that...

WAVE SYSTEMS’ E-COMMERCE SYSTEM TARGETS TELECOM CARRIERS

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...

WHEELER: TIRED OF SEEING WIRELESS POLICY MADE IN FOOTNOTES

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...

FOUR MORE CARRIERS TRY THEIR HANDS AT ONE-RATE PLANS

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...

ALCATEL AND MOTOROLA TO BUILD JOINT PRODUCT

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...

BRAZIL DELAYS AUCTION OF REMAINING MIRROR LICENSES

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...

PRESIDENT’S EXPORT COUNCIL SAYS BACK AWAY FROM 3G CONVERGED STANDARD

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...

FINNISH ISP IS TEST CASE IN 3G TRADE ARGUMENT

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,...

INTEL ENTERS DSP MARKET

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,...

ITU MEMBERS SAY OK TO 3G TECHNICAL WORK

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...

IBS GETS TELECORP PCS CONTRACT

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...

HOW NIMBLE CARRIERS ARE BUILDING TELEDENSITY IN EMERGING MARKETS

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...
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