Yearly Archives: 1999

REGIONET USES MARITIME LICENSES TO OFFER SMR SERVICE

While most of the recent attention surrounding specialized mobile radio services has circulated around enhanced SMR provider Nextel Communications Inc., some smaller dispatch providers...

TELECOM EQUIPMENT SALES UP 18 PERCENT

ARLINGTON, Va.-U.S. factory sales of telecommunications products in the first half of the year rose to nearly $41.6 billion, an 18-percent increase from last...

SCHLUMBERGER TO EQUIP PITTSBURGH WITH TELEMETRY APP

PITTSBURGH-Schlumberger Resource Management Services Inc. won a contract to supply an advanced meter reading solution to the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority.The product will...

SKYTEL MESSAGE CENTER LETS TWO-WAY USERS REDIRECT MESSAGES

JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Communications Inc. introduced a unified messaging service, called SkyTel Message Center, which notifies users on their two-way pagers when they receive voice...

SPRINT CREATES BROADBAND DIVISION

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Corp. last week announced it created a new organization that will be responsible for building a broadband fixed wireless network in...

PCS TROUPE CLOSING THE GAP ON CELLULAR

The economy is rolling along, wireless subscriber additions are climbing and merger and acquisition activity is heating up.This is good news for the personal...

DECISION ON LIFTING SPECTRUM CAP TO BE MADE BY YEAR’S END

WASHINGTON-Whether the spectrum cap should stay or go-one issue that distinguishes incumbent cellular operators and upstart personal communications services operators-"will hopefully" be decided by...

SPRINT PCS TURNS OUT INTERNET-ACCESS PACKAGE

Sprint PCS's awaited introduction of nationwide commercial Internet-access services will begin in late September, announced the company.Targeting business users and a wide range of...

SUN, FRONTIER COLLABORATE ON IP-BASED MESSAGING SOFTWARE

NEW YORK-Sun Microsystems Inc. and Frontier Communications, a unit of Frontier Corp., announced they have joined forces to provide "sophisticated, outsourced messaging software...

TOPP, TELEMAC QUIBBLE OVER PATENT DISPUTE RULING

NEW YORK-In a war of words following delivery of a judicial verdict, both sides claimed victory last week after the U.S. District Court for...

CANADIAN COMPANY TOUTS WIRELESS BANKING SOLUTION

NEW YORK-Citigroup and Sonera Ltd. announced last week they are taking an undisclosed ownership stake in 724 Solutions, a Canadian software company that is...

ELEMENT 14 RAISES $13M

CAMBRIDGE, England-Element 14, a U.K. developer of digital signal processor chips, said it has raised $13 million in first-round financing led by Atlas Venture."Element...

MANAGING SPECTRUM TO BE CORE GOAL OF 21ST CENTURY

WASHINGTON-One of the core goals of the Federal Communications Commission in the 21st century is to effectively manage radio-frequency spectrum, the FCC said last...

NEXTEL’S PURSUIT OF NEXTWAVE RAISES EYEBROWS

News that Nextel Communications Inc. received government approval to pursue 95 personal communications services licenses held by bankrupt designated entity NextWave Telecom Inc. dumbfounded...

QUALCOMM HANDSETS USED IN KT FREETEL DATA TRIALS

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced its participation in high-speed packet data trials on Korea Telecom Freetel's Interim Standard-95B Code Division Multiple Access technology network.Qualcomm's MSM3000-based...

STC SHARES START TRADING ON NASDAQ

WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. announced its shares began trading Aug. 10 on the Nasdaq National Market.The company's shares previously traded on the Nasdaq...

SONERA PROFITS UP 19 PERCENT

HELSINKI-Finnish telecommunications operator Sonera posted profits before taxes and extraordinary items of $238.9 million (EUR224 million), a 19-percent increase over the same period in...

SPOTCAST TRIES AD-SPONSORED WIRELESS IN HONG KONG

Spotcast Communications Inc., Silver Spring, Md., is billing itself as the world's first provider of localized, advertisement-sponsored mobile communications.The company recently completed a beta...

MEXICAN CARRIER CUSTOMER ADDS SKYROCKET

MEXICO CITY-Telefonos de Mexico reported significant subscriber gains in its second-quarter earnings results. The company said the subscriber base for cellular subsidiary Telcel had...

TURKCELL SELECTS ERICSSON SOLUTION

STOCKHOLM-Ericsson Inc. said Turkish telecommunications operator Turkcell signed an agreement for Ericsson's WISE high-speed Internet solution, a five-component system designed to provide fast connections...

U.K. JUDGE SAYS GOV’T CAN’T FORCE ROAMING ON CARRIERS

The U.K. government is determined to keep its third-generation licensing time frame despite a ruling from a London High Court judge, who said the...

VIRGIN TEAMING WITH ONE2ONE

LONDON-Virgin Group and Britain's One2One reportedly have confirmed plans to form a joint venture to sell Virgin-branded cellular phones, according to a Reuters report.The...

WIRELESS KNOWLEDGE, RAZORFISH JOIN WAP FORUM

SAN DIEGO-Wireless Knowledge L.L.C. and Razorfish Inc. have joined joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum.Wireless Knowledge said it also intends to support all existing...

FRONTIER CELLULAR SELECTS ALLTEL E-BILLING

ATLANTA-Alltel Corp. said it implemented its electronic bill presentment and payment application with Frontier Cellular of Rochester, N.Y.The system allows Frontier Cellular customers to...
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