Yearly Archives: 1999

RF MICRO DEVICES ORDERS TEGAL TOOL

PETALUMA, Calif.-Tegal Corp. said RF Micro Devices Inc. placed a follow-on order for Tegal's 901G diode plasma etcher.The tool will be used for etching...

3G SPECTRUM AND ACCEPTANCE TOP PANEL CONCERNS

NEW ORLEANS-The fiery politics that once characterized the third-generation standards-setting process is rapidly dying, members of a 3G panel said at the PCS '99...

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...

SPRINT PCS TO OFFER SANYO INTERNET PHONE

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS and Sanyo Fisher Co., a division of Sanyo North America Corp., announced an exclusive agreement that calls for Sanyo Fisher...

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...

NORTEL TO EQUIP SPAIN’S AIRTEL WITH PACKET SYSTEM

MADRID, Spain-Nortel Networks was selected by Airtel Movil S.A. to supply a wireless/wireline packet network valued at about $50 million during the next two...

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...

TELSTRA LAUNCHES AUSSIE SERVICE

SAN FRANCISCO-Telstra Corp. Ltd. announced the commercial availability of its Code Division Multiple Access wireless network across the metropolitan Adelaide, Australia, area. Coverage also...

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...

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...

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...

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...

AIRNET NABS HIGH PLAINS PACT

MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communications Corp. signed a multimillion dollar contract for Global System for Mobile communications base station subsystem equipment with High Plains/Midwest L.L.C., a...

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...

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...

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS CHIP DESIGNED FOR TELEMETRY APPLICATIONS

DALLAS-Texas Instruments plans to introduce today a chipset that combines radio-frequency data transmission and reception with a microcontroller unit.The chipset consists of the TRF6900...

AQUIS TO BUY SOURCEONE PAGING: CEO SAYS CUSTOMERS, CHICAGO MARKET DROVE SALE

NEW ORLEANS-Aquis Communications Group Inc. is in the process of buying bankrupt paging carrier SourceOne Wireless Inc. of Chicago.John Adiletta, Aquis president and CEO,...

SEVERAL WIRELESS HEALTH-RELATED LAWSUITS SET TO HIT COURTS NEXT MONTH

WASHINGTON-Key lawsuits are set to go forward next month involving claims of fraudulent auditing and privacy violations against Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. and an...

ERICSSON SIGNS DEALS WITH THAI CARRIER

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it signed two contracts, valued at more than $55 million, with Advanced Info Service Public Co. Ltd. in Thailand for...

WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCES THREE-PRONGED ENCRYPTION PLAN

WASHINGTON-The federal government moved closer to life in the 21st century with two actions that will help law enforcement, while allowing companies to develop...

FIXING THE NETWORKS WILL STOP THE CHURN

Three quarters of the way into 1999, we are inundated with good news from many of the wireless carriers showing record numbers of new...

PANEL DIVES INTO E-COMMERCE TAXATION WATERS

NEW YORK-The Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce is engaged in a monumental juggling act with significant implications for levies on telecommunications in general, judging...

DSPC OFFERS KIT, CHIPSET FOR NEXT-GENERATION CDMA PHONES

Cupertino, Calif.-based chip manufacturer DSP Communications Inc. today plans to introduce two new products for current and future Code Division Multiple Access handsets.Immediately available...

S.V. DESIGNS ADDS TO SERVICE AREA

TIVERTON, R.I.-S.V. Designs Inc., which provides wireless phone companies aesthetic concealment solutions for their antennas and cables, announced it expanded its service area from...

STC CREATES METHOD FOR UNIVERSAL PAYMENT ON PREPAID

WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. announced its CellEase program has evolved into a universal payment method for prepaid wireless services.As a central payment and...
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