1999

WASHINGTON-The telecommunications industry and the Federal Communications Commission late Thursday held off an attempt by two members of Congress to allow states to make decisions regarding the allocation of telephone …

WASHINGTON-The Securities and Exchange Commission is continuing its investigation of alleged insider trading of Omnipoint Corp. stock prior to the announcement that VoiceStream Wireless Corp. is buying Omnipoint. On July …

TOKYO-Japan’s smart handheld device market finished 1998 with 1.42 million shipments, an annual increase of 24.3 percent, and the market is expected to reach just under 10 million units in …

I had an interesting conversation about wireless communications with the maintenance manager of the downtown Denver hotel where RCR had its recent editorial staff meeting. He is the supervisor for …

TOKYO-SnapTrack Inc. formed a Tokyo-based subsidiary called SnapTrack Japan Ltd. that will be responsible for expanding SnapTrack’s presence in the Japanese telecommunications market and providing local marketing and technical support …

Drive, fly, go to a movie, sit in the park, eat at a restaurant. Listen for the unmistakable high-pitched ring of a mobile phone traveling over the muffled chatter. Watch …

TOKYO-Sony Corp. reported its net income for the first quarter of fiscal year 1999, ended June 30, dropped sharply to $152 million, a 55-percent decrease from the same quarter a …

Riverbed Technologies Inc. and Spyglass Inc. said they have entered a worldwide licensing agreement under which Riverbed will incorporate Spyglass’ Prism technology with its ScoutWare mobile enterprise software. The agreement …

WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. said it has acquired all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Retail Cellular Inc. from Retail Distributors Inc., a provider of products to …

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Satellite Services Inc. announced it completed agreements under which AirTouch Cellular, Airstar Communications, GMPCS Personal Communications, O’Gara Satellite Systems and The Wireless Store will sell Globalstar L.P. satellite …

Having made partners of most wireless handset OEMs with its T9 Text Input technology, Tegic Communications Inc. said it plans to make customers of wireless carriers with a new instant …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-The five founding companies of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group-Ericsson Inc., IBM Corp., Intel Corp., Nokia Corp. and Toshiba Corp.-announced the release of the Bluetooth 1.0 specification. The …

Computer Associates International Inc. introduced a new wireless application infrastructure designed to give companies the ability to introduce corporate applications to mobile workers. The system is called The Wireless Intelligent …

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans ruled largely in favor of the Federal Communications Commission late Friday in a widely watched case involving universal …

Phone.com Inc.’s Unwired Universe conference attracted about 1,100 attendees from 29 countries, twice the number expected by conference planners. The conference was designed to act as a meeting point for …

HELSINKI-Nokia Corp. said it signed contracts with three branches of China United Telecommunications Corp. in Guangdong, Jiangsu and Shanghai to deliver a range of systems and equipment to further expand …

Gore 2000 lists ex-Clinton Commerce official Jonathan Sallet (MCI WorldCom chief policy counsel, husband of former FCC spokeswoman Susan Lewis Sallet and son-in-law of White House counsel Anne Lewis) and …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Personal Communications Industry Association Foundation announced the winners of its 1999 Leadership Awards, to be held at a reception at PCS ’99 in New Orleans in September. The …

TeleCorp PCS TeleCorp PCS Inc. hired Raul Burgos as vice president and general manager of its Puerto Rican operations. He most recently served as general manager and vice president of …

HELSINKI-Primatel, the new Global System for Mobile communications 1800 mobile operator in Hungary, selected Nokia Corp. to supply its GSM 1800/GSM 900 network, said Nokia. Nokia will supply a complete …

WASHINGTON-Associations representing private wireless users do not see a need for the petition, filed late Friday by the American Mobile Telecommunications Association, urging the Federal Communications Commission to auction large …

Coherent The Coherent original equipment manufacturer division of Tellabs launched a complete design verification kit for its CEC-128 Integrated Echo Canceller multichip module. The kit consists of a CEC-128 plug-in …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Rural Cellular Corp. reported revenues for the second quarter ended June 30 of $38.2 million, more than double the $17.7 million in revenues RCC reported for second-quarter 1998. RCC …

WASHINGTON-The pace of technological change-rapid and frenzied-will have an impact on regulation, and in turn, how regulation impacts the wireless industry in the next millennium, most policy makers agree. The …

TORONTO-Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications Inc. posted overall results for the second quarter, ended June 30, showing a 6.2-percent increase in total revenues to $215 million from $202.5 million for the …