Yearly Archives: 1999

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

LEHMAN BROTHERS REVISES WIRELESS GROWTH ESTIMATES FOR THE POSITIVE

Convinced that wireless growth was significantly outpacing its own estimates, Lehman Brothers Inc. last week dramatically upped its long-term forecast for the wireless industry...

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...

RF MICRO DEVICES WINS CHINA RFIC ORDER

GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. received its first major order from China for radio-frequency integrated circuits, which are used in dual-band Global System for...

RIM, DESCARTES FORM ALLIANCE

WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd. said it formed a strategic alliance with Descartes Systems Group Inc. to provide wireless mobile communications solutions for delivery...

WHITE HOUSE SUPPORTS R&D TAX CREDIT DESPITE THREAT

WASHINGTON-Despite a vow to veto the Republican tax-cut bill when it is sent to the president, the White House Chief of Staff said the...

PRIMECO, VOYAGER.NET FORM PROMO ALLIANCE

MILWAUKEE-PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. and Voyager.net Inc., an Internet service provider focused on the Midwest, announced a marketing and promotional agreement designed to jointly...

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...

SATSMART TO BUILD COMMUNICATOR FOR ORBCOMM NETWORK

DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. said it signed a subscriber communicator manufacturing agreement with Satellite Smart Solutions Ltd., an Israeli company specializing in wireless telemetry...

GENERAL REVENUES SHOULD FUND UNIVERSAL SERVICE, FELLOW CONTENDS

WASHINGTON-The universal-service fund should be paid for out of general revenues, not from taxes on telephone bills, said Philip M. Burgess, president and senior...

ROHDE LIKELY NEW NTIA HEAD

WASHINGTON-While President Clinton's nomination of Greg Rohde to head the National Telecommunications and Information Administration progressed toward Senate conformation last week, the White House's...

SPEEDIA DELIVERS INTERNET STREAM TO VARIOUS DEVICES

NEW YORK-Speedia L.L.C. announced a communications initiative to enable delivery of Internet information, news and messaging services for mobile and fixed communications devices.Speedia said...

SNAPTRACK AWARDED PATENT FOR E911 TECHNOLOGY

SnapTrack Inc., a wireless location solution provider, was awarded a key patent that is part of the foundation of its Wireless Assisted GPS system.SnapTrack's...

WIRELINE CRITICIZES WIRELESS ATTEMPTS TO GET SUBSIDIES

WASHINGTON-A cellular provider that wants universal-service subsidies played tug-of-war last week with the incumbent local exchange carriers receiving those funds.The scene was the CEO...

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...

ATIS TO DEVELOP STANDARDS FOR WIRELESS FIXED ACCESS

WASHINGTON-A standards subcommittee of the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions plans to create a new working group to develop standards for fixed-access solutions.The Standards...

GLENAYRE TO EXPAND NANJING CITY FLEX NETWORK

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. said the Jiangsu GuoXin Radio Paging Co. in Nanjing City, China, awarded it a $3.8 million expansion contract for a...
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