Yearly Archives: 1999

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

SBC COMPLETES CCPR BUY

SAN ANTONIO, Texas-SBC Communications Inc. completed its acquisition of Cellular Communications of Puerto Rico Inc. following approval of regulatory agencies, announced SBC.The company will...

U.S. TO RESUME TRADE TALKS WITH CHINA THIS WEEK

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration is expected to resume trade talks with China this week, but prospects appear dim for congressional approval this year of Chinese...

S&P LOWERS PAGENET RATINGS

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Corp. said it lowered the rating on Paging Network Inc. to a B+ from BB-, citing the company's low cash...

D.C. NOTES: FORTRESS KENNARD

FCC Chairman Bill Kennard had an excellent opportunity last Tuesday to set the record straight on the side deal his top legal officer cut...

AAPT SELECTS SAMSUNG TO BUILD CDMA NETWORK

NEW YORK-AAPT Ltd. announced last week it awarded Samsung Electronics of South Korea a $205 million turnkey contract to design, construct, operate, maintain and...

WYND OFFERS AAA EMERGENCY SERVICE

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.-Wynd Communications Inc. announced it has completed the beta testing of its AAA Emergency Roadside Service for deaf and hard of...

ERICSSON AIMS FOR NEW BUSINESS TO OFFSET AT&T LOSS

Ericsson Inc. said last week its displacement from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as the majority vendor hurt the company and conceded part of the...

SUPERCONDUCTOR-U.S. CELLULAR CONTRACT INCLUDES STI STOCK

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Superconductor Technologies Inc. and United States Cellular Corp. signed a five-year agreement under which U.S. Cellular will purchase a minimum of 100...

TELEPHIA HOPES TO BECOME THE A.C. NIELSEN OF WIRELESS WORLD

Wireless carriers are about to get an education, one that San Francisco-based Telephia Inc. believes is long overdue.Founded in February 1998, by Tom Frangione...
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