Yearly Archives: 1999

BUSINESS BRIEFS

SkyTel Communications Inc. introduced two new pagers branded by strategic partner eBay, an online trading and auction service firm, as part of a new...

AT&T, BT PROGRESS ON CANTEL DEAL

NEW YORK-AT&T Corp. and British Telecommunications plc completed their deal to jointly buy 33.3 percent of Canadian telecommunications company Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications for...

CCF INVESTORS IN CHINA MAY NOT GO QUIETLY

China Unicom is working to oust foreign investors from its telecommunications projects this fall, and it appears investors may not leave quietly.The Chinese government...

DSP OPENS DESIGN CENTER

CUPERTINO, Calif.-DSP Communications Inc. announced it opened a new design center facility in San Diego.The design center will focus on providing DSPC's customers with...

ERICSSON TO SUPPLY NETWORK TO GUANGDONG

STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson signed a contract valued at $80 million with Guangdong Mobile Communications Co. Ltd. to expand the carrier's Global System for Mobile communications...

WIRELESS FACILITIES TO GO PUBLIC

SAN DIEGO-Wireless Facilities Inc., a San Diego company that helps carriers plan, design and deploy wireless telecommunications networks, registered with the Securities and Exchange...

FOCUS REPORTS NET LOSS, LOWER REVENUES

CHATSWORTH, Calif.-Focus Wireless Communications reported revenues for the first quarter ended June 30 of $7.5 million, a decrease from the $8.7 million reported for...

4 MORE GLOBALSTAR SATELLITES UP

NEW YORK-Globalstar L.P. announced it successfully launched an additional four low-earth-orbit satellites into its constellation, bringing the total number of satellites to 36.The company...

GTE TO TEST INTERNET INFORMATION SERVICE

BELLEVUE, Wash.-GTE Wire-less said it will test @mobile.com's Internet-based information services to customers in its Seattle and Spokane, Wash., markets.Services include a group text...

WIN AND IP COULD LEVEL PLAYING FIELD AMONG CARRIERS

NEW YORK-It was just this year that the camel's nose of wireless intelligent networks appeared under the mobile communications' tent, and it is not...

INTERNET BILLING FIRM RAISES FUNDS

SAN FRANCISCO-Just In Time Solutions, a San Francisco provider of Internet billing and interactive customer-care software, said earlier this month it had raised $10...

SPRINT PCS LICENSES INTERMAIL SOFTWARE

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Software.com said its InterMail software was licensed by Sprint PCS to provide the Internet Protocol-based communications infrastructure for Sprint PCS' wireless messaging...

FCC UNDER FIRE FOR MERGER DELAYS

WASHINGTON-The most powerful telecommunications policy members of the House of Representatives are questioning the process used by the Federal Communications Commission to review mergers.Rep....

NEWS BRIEFS

The Ginger Media Group, owners of U.K.-based Virgin Radio, is collaborating with L.M. Ericsson in early trials of wireless third-generation technology that would allow...

NEXTEL CALLS PRIVATE WIRELESS A SUBSIDY

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. is charging that private wireless receives a subsidy because it does not pay for its licenses. The enhanced specialized mobile radio...

NEXTEL DROPS PLANS FOR NEXTWAVE PERMITS

While Nextel Communications Inc.'s pursuit of personal communications services licenses held by bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. appears to have come to an end, the...

SONERA CLAIMS STAKE IN POWERTEL

Finnish operator Sonera Ltd. agreed to purchase 9.1 percent of GSM operator Powertel Inc. last week, giving Powertel a financial partner to pursue strategic...

CELLULAR PENETRATION IN EUROPE TO SURPASS 70 %, SAYS STUDY

LUTON, England-Cellular penetration in western Europe is expected to surpass 70 percent within five years, according to a new report by Strategy Analytics titled...

MOTOROLA COUNTERSUES QUALCOMM

Motorola Inc. said it filed counterclaims against Qualcomm Inc., the latest punitive move in a more than two-year dispute between the companies that is...

SCHWAB TO OFFER WIRELESS TRADING

SAN FRANCISCO-Charles Schwab Corp., San Francisco, plans to offer customers who trade securities more than 48 times each year access to this service over...

VIEWPOINT: NEXTEL-FCC-NEXTWAVE

Anyway you slice it, the Nextel-government-NextWave thing is weird.Nextel Communications Inc. gets government approval to go after NextWave Telecom Inc. licenses, even though NextWave...

WCA NAMES TEAM LEADERS

WASHINGTON-The Wireless Communications Association International's unlicensed council, created earlier this month, modified its group name and selected ADC Telecommunications, Clearwire Communications and WaveRider Communications...

WINSTAR ADDS 18 MORE LICENSES

WinStar Communications Inc. said it has been awarded 18 additional licenses from the Federal Communications Commission to operate in the 38 GHz band. Additionally,...

WORLD ACCESS TO TIE KNOT WITH FACILICOM INT’L

NEW YORK-World Access Inc., Atlanta, announced Aug. 17 it would acquire FaciliCom International Inc., Washington, D.C., by paying FaciliCom's shareholders about $436 million and...

T-MOBIL TESTS ERICSSON GPRS

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -L.M. Ericsson reported July 29 that German cellular operator T-Mobil has now deployed its Ericsson General Packet Radio Service system for testing....
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