Yearly Archives: 1999

OMNIPOINT ADDS GSM COVERAGE FOR PCS ’99

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications said it will supply a temporary Global System for Mobile communications digital network in New Orleans during the Personal Communications...

NEXTEL, NEXTWAVE EXTEND TRO IN GENTLEMEN’S PACT

Bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. and Nextel Communications Inc. have tentatively agreed to again extend terms of a temporary restraining order banning Nextel from proposing...

NEXTLINK CASTS BROADBAND NET WITH HOPES TO COMPETE NATIONALLY

Craig McCaw and his crew at NextLink knew what they were doing, even if the rest of the world wasn't as sure.Long characterized as...

BAM BUYS RIVGAM LICENSES TO BOOST CAPACITY

Bell Atlantic Mobile purchased six 10-megahertz personal communications services licenses from Rivgam Communications L.L.C. to increase voice capacity and prepare for the onslaught of...

PRODUCTS

TranscryptTranscrypt International Inc. said its EFJohnson subsidiary launched a new line of mobile and portable radios designed to operate on Motorola Inc.'s Smartnet and...

COMPANIES TARGET WIRELESS PDAS FOR SERVICE

That personal digital assistants have attracted the attention of the wireless industry is evident in the many announcements made last week targeting the popular...

TELESTA OFFERS MOBILE TEXT PHONE SERVICE

WASHINGTON-Telesta Inc. said it will offer mobile text phone service in the United States later this year, a development that will enable hearing- and...

TELSTRA LAUNCHES CDMAONE SERVICE

COSTA MESA, Calif.-Telstra in Australia formally launched cdmaOne service in Sydney and Melbourne, with plans to launch in Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth and Canberra next...

TELENOR EARTH STATION CERTIFIED FOR INMARSAT

EIK, Norway-Telenor said its satellite earth station for the Inmarsat system has been certified for the new Global Area Network, with plans to begin...

SOUTHERN LINC REPORTS GROWTH

ATLANTA-Southern LINC said its customer base increased 50 percent in less than a year, from 100,000 customers in October 1998 to 150,000 customers presently.Since...

FCC TO CONSIDER E911, SPECTRUM CAPS AT MEETING

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is expected this week to consider rules for the deployment of enhanced 911 automatic location identification technologies.The rules will come...

SKYBRIDGE TO COMPETE WITH LMDS CARRIERS

NEW YORK-When David Finkelstein looks up at the heavens and ahead to the future, he sees low-earth-orbit satellites as galactic warriors fighting to control...

MOODY’S COULD UPGRADE TPSA NOTES

LONDON-Moody's Investors Service Inc. placed on review for upgrade the Baa3 long-term ratings of both the $200 million senior notes due 2003 and the...

TIA PUBLISHES SPREAD SPECTRUM AND OTHER STANDARDS

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association published several new standards and documents. They include: The "Mobile Station-Base Station Compatibility Standard for Wideband Spread Spectrum Cellular...

VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRIPLE FROM A YEAR AGO

NEW YORK-Even amid the rapidly expanding parade of venture capital investments, the telecommunications/wireless sector of American industry stands head and shoulders above the crowd.Venture...

VIEWPOINT: NO HURRY

The wireless industry is lagging behind in two areas that are gaining a lot of attention lately: e-commerce and telematics.The immediate response when one hears...

EPHONE, SAIGON POSTEL TO BUILD WLL IN VIETNAM

FREMONT, Calif.-ePhone Telecom Inc. announced it secured an initial agreement with Saigon Postel Corp. for the development of a fixed wireless local loop telephony...

NORTEL WINS CONTRACT FROM VELOCOM IN BRAZIL

DENVER-VeloCom Inc. announced Canbra Telefonica, its consortium in Brazil, awarded a $500 million, five-year contract to Nortel Networks to design and build a wireless...

TELSTRA TO LIST SHARES IN OCTOBER

MELBOURNE, Australia-The Australian government said the second public offer of shares in Telstra Corp. Ltd. would list Oct. 18. With this 16.6-percent sale, the...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

PageMart Wireless Inc. has begun marketing its products and services through BizBuyer.com, a Web site accessed by small and mid-sized businesses nationwide.BellSouth Wireless Data...

WORLD WIRELESS FILES FOR COURT AC TION

SAN FRANCISCO-World Wireless Communications Inc. filed an action for permanent injunctive relief, defamation and fraud against Credit Bancorp N.V. dba Credit Bancorp Ltd., Douglas...

VODAFONE CONFIRMS BELL ATLANTIC TALKS

NEW YORK-Vodafone AirTouch plc confirmed Sept. 7 its intentions to forge a mobile telephony alliance with Bell Atlantic Corp., which has refused to comment...

PARADIGM4 TO EQUIP PUERTO RICO POLICE

FAIRFIELD, N.J.-Paradigm4 said the Police Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico awarded it a $9.23 million contract to add wireless data communications capability...

DATALINK.NET OFFERS SHARE TRADE

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Datalink.net Inc. is offering to trade shares of common stock for outstanding warrants, without the need to exercise warrants of "pay cash."Datalink...

TIW’S MOBIFON REPORTS GROWTH IN ROMANIA

MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. announced its Global System for Mobile communications subsidiary in Romania, named MobiFon S.A., surpassed the 500,000 subscribers mark after only...
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