Yearly Archives: 1999

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

SPRINT CLARIFIES NUMBER POOLING POSITION

WASHINGTON-Sprint Corp. was forced last month to clarify its position on the use of number pooling as a way to preserve telephone numbers after...

GLOBALSTAR NAMES EXEC TEAM

NEW YORK-Globalstar L.P., shifting focus from a development company to an operating company, named a new senior operating team in preparation for its impending...
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