Yearly Archives: 1999

WIRELESS ON VERGE OF LIABILITY VICTORY

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry is on the verge of arguably its biggest victory since congressionally mandated state deregulation in 1993: liability protection.Congress is poised this fall...

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...

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...

CREATING SOLUTIONS FOR CELLULAR SKEPTICS

The U.S. cellular adoption level is fast approaching 30 percent-not bad. However, it's also a long way from the penetration rates we see in...

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...

TIA PUBLISHES STANDARDS FOR OVER-THE-AIR SERVICES

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association published a new interim standard, "Cellular Radiotelecommunications Intersystem Operations-Over-the-Air-Service Provisioning and Parameter Administration."The document presents Stage-1 recommendations for OTASP...

AIRNET TESTS INTEROPERABILITY WITH LUCENT SWITCH

MELBOURNE, Fla.-Interoperability testing between AirNet Communications Corp.'s base station subsystem and a Lucent Technologies Inc. mobile switching center was successfully completed and will be...

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...

SHOPNOW.COM SIGNS DEAL WITH CELLMANIA

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-CellMania.com entered into a partnership with ShopNow.com Inc. under which ShopNow.com's customers will have access to CellMania's wireless shopping site.ShopNow.com also will...

MOTOROLA TO BUY TOSHIBA’S STAKE IN WAFER PLANT

TOKYO-Motorola Inc. will purchase Toshiba's interest in Tohoku Semiconductor Corp., Toshiba's wafer manufacturing joint venture in Sendai, Japan, said the companies."TSC will support our...

LOCATION SERVICES COULD BE PUT IN PLACE TODAY

Wireless carriers could deploy commercial location services in advance of the phase II enhanced 911 services deadlines mandated by the Federal Communications Commission.Gary Ritter,...

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...

REPLACEMENT HANDSET SALES DRIVING TERMINAL GROWTH

This analysis explains why initial terminal forecasts for 1999 averaged 55 million units below what will likely be 260 million terminals shipped. It reveals...

INTEL INVESTS IN FORMUS

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. said it invested in Formus Communications in an effort to build out Formus' networks, which will provide improved broadband Internet...

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...

CARRIERS NEED TO STOP SHOUTING AND START LISTENING

We recently heard a captivating story that has ramifications for the wireless industry, and for that matter, any industry that deals with the nasty...

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...

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...

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...

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...

3COM SET TO SPIN OFF PALM UNIT

Confirming weeks of speculation, 3Com Corp. announced it plans to spin off its Palm Computing subsidiary into an independent public company by next year.The...

DOJ URGES COURT TO DISMISS ARC, GEOTEK MISGIVINGS ABOUT NEXTEL DECREE

WASHINGTON-The Justice Department, already embroiled in controversy over a secret wireless licensing pact with Nextel Communications Inc. and the Federal Communications Commission, last week...

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...

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...
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