Yearly Archives: 1999

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...

FRONTIER CELLULAR SELECTS LIGHTBRIDGE CHURN PRODUCT

BURLINGTON, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. announced Frontier Cellular, a wireless services provider in upstate New York, will use Lightbridge's Churn Prophet and Channel Wizard solutions to...

D.C. NOTES: CLICK & CLACK RAP

As if the wireless industry didn't have enough to worry about with local zoning boards, citizen activists, organized labor, environmentalists, Civil War buffs and...

MOTOROLA CONTRACTS WITH JP REALTY

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced it signed a multiyear contract with JP Realty Inc. in Salt Lake City to manage the radio-frequency communications equipment facilities...

QUALCOMM SHIPS FIFTH-GENERATION CDMA SOFTWARE AND CHIPSET

SAN DIEGO - Qualcomm Inc. said it has begun production shipping its integrated fifth-generation Code Division Multiple Access chipset and system software for use...

TI TO BUY BUTTERFLY VLSI

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. announced it entered into an agreement to acquire Butterfly VLSI Ltd. for approximately $50 million.Butterfly, with sites in Tel Aviv, Israel,...

POWELL ENTERS FORBEARANCE-TEST FRAY

WASHINGTON-FCC Commissioner Michael Powell has entered the forbearance fray with a strongly worded statement about the burden-of-proof test the Federal Communications Commission uses to...

PRODUCTS

ZetronZetron Inc. launched the Model Z907 PCS Fault Finder, which provides fast notification of power amplifier and antenna problems at personal communications services sites....

QUALCOMM NET INCOME RISES 32 PERCENT

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported its net income for the first quarter of fiscal 1999 was $49 million, or 65 cents per share, compared with...

CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST LET’S TALK

NEW YORK-The law firm of Abbey, Gardy & Squitieri L.L.P. announced a class-action lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern...

RIM LICENSES DIVERSINET SECURITY TECHNOLOGY

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Research In Motion Ltd. has licensed Diversinet Corp.'s security technology for the RIM Inter@ctive Pager, Diversinet announced.Under terms of the agreement, Diversinet...

PCIA ARGUES FOR ROOFTOP ACCESS FOR LMDS CARRIERS

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association last week urged the Federal Communications Commission to re-visit its rooftop access rules.The rules adopted in November to implement...

TIBCO ANNOUNCES INFORMATION SERVICES

PALO ALTO, Calif.-TIBCO Software Inc. introduced a new information integration and e-business service for Internet companies, corporate Web sites and wireless telecom carriers, called...

MESSAGING ASSOCIATION FORMED

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-Several leading voice messaging companies in North America have formed the TeleMessaging Industry Association, aimed at better educating the public about the benefits...

ERICSSON TO IMPLEMENT GPRS

STOCKHOLM-Ericsson Inc. announced it signed a contract with German operator Deutsche Telekom MobilNet to implement General Packet Radio Service into T-Mobil's Global System for...

TRITON OFFERS SERVICE IN SOUTHEAST U.S.

MALVERN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc., an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network affiliate, announced it has begun providing commercial wireless service to customers in six markets...

ERICSSON, TRITEL ENTER INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL

RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. and Tritel Communications Inc. announced they signed a $300 million agreement for Ericsson to supply Time Division Multiple Access infrastructure equipment...

CELLNET NETS UI METERING PACT

SAN CARLOS, Calif.-The United Illuminating Co. Inc. and CellNet Data Systems Inc. announced a memorandum of understanding to provide network meter-reading services to 312,000...
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