Yearly Archives: 1999

MOBEX EXPANDS SMR AND TWO-WAY PAGING

LAFAYETTE, Calif.-Mobex Communications Inc. announced it acquired Indianapolis-based Communications Maintenance Inc. and Richmond, Va.-based Radio Communications for its Commercial Services sector, expanding the reach...

MOTOROLA SETTLES COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT LAWSUITS

TORONTO-Motorola Inc.'s Commercial, Government and Industrial Solutions sector announced it settled its civil lawsuit, against defendant Ronen Katz of Toronto for copyright and trademark...

NATION BRIEFS

Safco Technologies Inc. announced the completion of TEC Cellular's integration into the company. TEC Cellular's products, services and training now will be sold under...

ENSURE JOINS BLUETOOTH

ANN ARBOR, Mich.-Ensure Technologies Inc. announced it joined the Bluetooth Special Interest Group. The company is a leader in the wireless personal computer security...

FCC EMPTIES COIN-IN-THE-BOX PLAN FOR PAY PHONES

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week rejected a proposal from the Personal Communications Industry Association to institute a caller pays, or coin-in-the-box, plan for...

WIRELESS MERGER MANIA: ARE WE DONE YET?

As the end of the millennium approaches, it is worth pondering whether the recent bout of mergers and acquisitions are precedents to some colossal...

MOTOROLA, SUN PARTNER ON WIRELESS DATA NETWORKING

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it plans to incorporate Sun Microsystems' Jini technology into a Motorola networking software project code-named Piano.Currently in the research and...

PINNACLE REVENUES UP 122 PERCENT

SARASOTA, Fla.-Pinnacle Holdings Inc. reported for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, an increase in revenue of 122 percent to $10.9 million compared with...

PAGENET COMBINES SALES, MARKETING

DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. announced it has combined its sales and marketing activities in an attempt to more aggressively address its targeted market segments.As part...

FCC EXPECTED TO GRANT CTIA’S NUMBER PORTABILITY REQUEST

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is expected to grant a request from the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association not to enforce wireless number portability rules until...

SYBASE AND SYMBOL WORK ON PLATFORM

EMERYVILLE, Calif.-Sybase Inc. and Symbol Technologies announced they jointly plan to develop a mobile enterprise platform, intended to create a new class of mobile...

PCS ROLLOUT CONTRIBUTES TO TDS LOSS

NEW YORK-In its fourth-quarter results released Jan. 27, Telephone and Data Systems Inc., Chicago, reported substantial increases in revenues and customers but a net...

CUE ENTERS SUPPLY DEAL WITH TEKNOW

LAS VEGAS-Cue Corp. announced it entered into a supply agreement with TekNow Inc., valued at $2.2 million, to provide voice paging terminals for Cue's...

TELETOUCH RECORDS $1.7 MILLION LOSS

TYLER, Texas-Teletouch Communications Inc. announced record revenues and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, as well as positive operating income for the second...

TELETOUCH ADDS RETAIL STORES

TYLER, Texas-Teletouch Communications Inc. announced it added five retail stores in Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi, to expand its presence to 43 stores in its...

TELLABS POSITIVE ON INCOME, REVENUE

LISLE, Ill.-Tellabs Inc. reported record sales and earnings for both the fourth quarter 1998 and the year ended January 1.Net income for the fourth...

TELSTRA REPORTS 2.2M GSM USERS

SAN FRANCISCO-Telstra MobileNet in Australia said strong December growth and increased migration of subscribers from analog to digital service increased its customer base to...

BC TELECOM, TELUS SHAREHOLDERS OK MERGER PLANS

BURNABY, British Columbia-BC Telecom Inc. announced its shareholders voted almost unanimously in favor of a merger between BC Telecom and Telus Corp. Earlier, Telus...

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EARNINGS REBOUND TO $189M

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. announced it increased its earnings in the fourth quarter, bouncing back from a loss in the same period a year ago.The...

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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