Yearly Archives: 1999

SPRINT PCS AFFILIATE AIRGATE PLANS IPO

NEW YORK-AirGate PCS Inc., a Sprint PCS affiliate headquartered in Atlanta, last week was hoping to raise about $100 million in an initial public...

Y2K-READY FIRMS TO FEEL EFFECTS FROM THE UNPREPARED

WASHINGTON-A new Senate report concludes most wireless carriers and other telecom service providers are not endangered by year-2000 computer glitches, but lawmakers warned that...

AMERICAN TOWER EXCHANGES LOAN FOR TOWER RIGHTS

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. entered into an agreement with TV Azteca S.A. de C.V. in Mexico under which American Tower will loan up to $120...

AT&T RESTORES SERVICE IN MOST OF N.Y. MARKET

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-AT&T Corp. reported 90 percent of its wireless cell sites are back on the air and cellular service in metropolitan New York/New...

AUDIOVOX UNVEILS HANDSETS

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-AudioVox Communications Corp. introduced a new line of "clamshell" style cellular handsets.The line will debut with the PCX-3500XL. Made exclusively for PrimeCo Communications...

SAMSUNG, SPRINT DEBUT CDMA DUAL-BAND INTERNET PHONE

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Samsung Telecommunications America and Sprint PCS introduced the Samsung SCH-3500 dual-band Code Division Multiple Access phone and announced an agreement, valued at...

H.O. SYSTEMS SIGNS WITH LEAP FOR BILLING, CUSTOMER CARE

SAVANNAH, Ga.-H.O. Systems announced it signed a long-term agreement with Leap Wireless International Inc. in which H.O. Systems will provide billing and customer care...

KOREAN FIRM TO MAKE PAGER USING OMNIVOICE TECHNOLOGY

SAN DIEGO - OmniVoice Technologies Inc. announced that Wide Telecom in Korea will produce a voice pager using OmniVoice's VoiceOver technology.Wide Telecom is the...

BELLSOUTH PLANS E-COMMERCE OFFERINGS

NEW ORLEANS-BellSouth Wireless Data said it plans to introduce a portfolio of secure wireless electronic-commerce offerings by the end of this year.The company also...

BELLSOUTH TO TEST WAP SERVICES IN GSM MARKETS

NEW ORLEANS-BellSouth Cellular Corp. announced it will begin a Wireless Application Protocol trial with customers in some of its Global System for Mobile communications...

JRC LICENSES TDMA FROM INTERDIGITAL

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. announced its subsidiary, InterDigital Technology Corp., entered into a royalty-bearing Time Division Multiple Access patent license agreement with...

J.D. POWER: PRICING CONTRIBUTES TO INCREASED USAGE

Competitive pricing strategies have contributed significantly to a steep increase in the average number of minutes used per month by wireless consumers, according to...

IPERIA AIDS IN IP MARKETING

NEW ORLEANS-IPeria Inc., a provider of Internet Protocol-based enhanced services platforms and applications, announced its BroadReach marketing support program that teams IPeria marketing personnel...

ITU DETAILS DATES FOR 3G SPECS

NEW ORLEANS-Standards bodies met with the International Telecommunication Union last week to prepare the detailed specifications of third-generation mobile-phone technology.The ITU is trying to...

AIRIQ TO USE AERIS SERVICE

SAN JOSE, Calif.-AirIQ, a global positioning system-based fleet management service provider, said it plans to implement Aeris Communications Inc.'s MicroBurst technology in its OnBoard...

NOKIA, IBM TO LAUNCH TEST FOR TRAVEL INFORMATION SERVICE

NEW ORLEANS-Nokia Corp. announced an agreement with IBM Corp. and Sabre for a pilot project designed to provide a travel interactive service for users...

ANDREW EQUIPS POWERTEL WITH NETWORK ACCESSORIES

ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. said it will supply Powertel Inc. with its Heliax coaxial cable, RingFlare connectors, SureFlex cable assemblies, SureGround radio-frequency grounding kits...

COMMISSIONER TELLS CONGRESS E-RATE PROGRAM IS ILLEGAL

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth told Congress the agency's administration of a discount Internet program for schools and libraries likely is illegal."Based on my...

BOSTON MARKETS PREPAID ARCHITECTURE TO SMALLER MARKETS

NEW ORLEANS-Boston Communications Group Inc., Woburn, Mass., announced Sept. 23 the availability of its new BCGI Prepaid Connection for wireless carriers serving small and...

INDUSTRY TEAMS WITH LAWMAKERS, ACTIVISTS FOR CALL TO PROTECT

WASHINGTON-Reps. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and John Dingell (D-Mich.), celebrity spokeswoman Gabrielle Reece, Denise Brown of the Nicole Brown Charitable Foundation, and Rita Smith, executive...

BILL PROMOTES COMPETITIVE ACCESS TO FEDERAL BUILDINGS

WASHINGTON-Reps. Thomas Davis (R-Va.) and James Moran (D-Va.) last week introduced legislation to foster nondiscriminatory telecommunications access to federal government buildings, bolstering competitive prospects...

BLUETOOTH DEVELOPER GETS FINANCING

SAN DIEGO-Widcomm Inc. announced it has secured more than $5 million in first-round financing led by Enterprise Partners.The company said the funding will allow...

MOTOROLA, AUDIBLE DOWNLOAD AUDIO CONTENT TO HANDSETS

NEW ORLEANS-Motorola Inc. and Audible, a provider of Internet-delivered spoken audio content, demonstrated at Personal Communications Showcase '99 in New Orleans the direct downloading...

READYCOM RUNNING IN PUERTO RICO, CHILE

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-ReadyCom Inc. said it introduced its two-way, advanced voice messaging technology with cellular carriers in Puerto Rico and Chile, and confirmed the...

AMERICAN WIRELESS TO REP FOR QUALCOMM

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. selected American Wireless to distribute a broad line Qualcomm's consumer products, American Wireless announced. Carriers, retailers, resellers, dealers and independent...
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