Yearly Archives: 1999

NEXTLINK BEGINS WIRELESS TEST IN L.A.

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Nextlink Communications Inc. announced it has begun a field test of its broadband wireless technology in the Los Angeles area."This is another important...

MOTOROLA OFFERS PAGING SOFTWARE FOR TRACKING HURRICANES

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-In response to the devastation caused last year by Hurricane Georges, Motorola Inc. made available its Hurricane Tracker software application.Developed for Motorola's...

INFOWAVE SECURITY PRODUCT READY FOR MARKET

ATLANTA-Infowave Software Inc. said it unveiled the final version of Infowave for the Net, a client/server solution designed to provide secure wireless access to...

MORE FIRMS ENTER WIRELESS ACCESS MARKET IN JAPAN

TOKYO-Softbank, Microsoft Corp. and Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) announced in August they will establish a joint company to provide wireless access line services.According...

FRED KUZNIK APPOINTED PRESIDENT

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. has appointed Fred Kuznik president of Motorola's operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Kuznik returns to the region after...

WIRELESS DATA IS REBORN

In 1989, I started my career in wireless as an outside sales rep for Metro Mobile (which would later become part of Bell Atlantic...

POINT.COM ADDS NEW ACCESS POINTS FOR SHOPPING

SEATTLE-Point.com, an online retailer of wireless phones, service plans and accessories, announced two separate agreements allowing users of ZDNet, The New York Times on...

Q COMM INKS PREPAID DEALS WITH PAGE TEL

OREM, Utah-Q Comm International Inc., a regional telecommunications provider specializing in prepaid cards and wireless phone services, announced it signed an agreement with Page...

VOICESTREAM SELECTS RIGHTPOINT E-MARKETING

SAN MATEO, Calif.-RightPoint Inc. said VoiceStream Wireless Corp. is implementing RightPoint's real-time e-marketing suite to personalize its customer sales and support Web site.RightPoint said...

UNIFIED MARKETING GOALS CAN INCREASE INT’L JV PROFITS

International joint ventures formed by manufacturing concerns, and the failure rates of these companies, have been well-documented over the years. The pioneering efforts of...

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...

HERTZ CARS TO CARRY NEVERLOST SERVICE

DULLES, Va.-Navigation Solutions L.L.C., a joint venture formed earlier this year by Orbital Sciences Corp. and The Hertz Corp., said it will begin installing...

WIRELESS ONLINE OFFERS TWO-WAY MESSAGING ANTENNA

LOS ALTOS, Calif.-Wireless Online Inc. introduced an antenna system for two-way messaging called the WOL-2000R, which it said reduces the cost of planning, deploying...

TIA LAUNCHES IP STANDARDS INITIATIVE

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association announced an initiative to develop wireless Internet Protocol standards under the guidelines of the American National Standards Institute's open...

AT&T PRICES $450M BOND

NEW YORK-In fulfilling a commitment made earlier this year, AT&T Corp. announced it had priced a three-year $450 million all-minority lead and underwritten bond...

AT&T-BT ERASE WIRELESS BORDERS

The need to add a wireless play in global telecommunications alliances became clearer last week as AT&T Corp. and British Telecommunications plc announced a...

BUDGET SHOWDOWN COULD HURT WIRELESS BILLS’ CHANCES

WASHINGTON-With just two weeks left in the fiscal year and many appropriations bills still pending, Congress and the White House once again are on...

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...

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...

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...

PCIA: CONSOLIDATION WILL CURB ANTENNA-SITING GROWTH

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association last week attempted to neutralize legislation to curb antenna siting by telling Congress that consolidation in the tower business...

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...

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...
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