Yearly Archives: 1999

NEWS BRIEFS

Western Wireless Corp. reported revenues for the second quarter ended June 30 of $136.6 million, an increase from the $98.4 million reported the same...

NOKIA INKS DEAL TO DELIVER GSM TO CHINA

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...

D.C. NOTES: EARTH IN THE BALANCE

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...

PCIA ANNOUNCES LEADERSHIP AWARDS

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...

PEOPLE

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

NOKIA EQUIPS PRIMATEL IN HUNGARY

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...

PCIA, ITA OPPOSE CHANGES TO 450 MHZ BAND

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...

PRODUCTS

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

RCC REVENUES DOUBLE

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...

CRAZY PACE OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IMPACTS REGULATION

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...

ROGERS ADDS RECORD SUBSCRIBERS

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...

SMART-CARD INDUSTRY A THREAT TO CELLULAR CARRIERS

BOSTON-Smart cards are poised to move beyond their role in identifying Global System for Mobile communications subscribers, due to momentum outside wireless and beyond...

WIRELESS KNOWLEDGE PROGRAM ADDS MEMBERS

SAN FRANCISCO-Wireless Knowledge L.L.C. announced it added five new members to its recently launched Integrators Alliance Program.They include Science Applications International Corp., Technology Integration...

WYND TO OFFER MOVIE LISTINGS FOR DEAF VIEWERS

LOS ANGELES-Wynd Communications Inc. revealed plans to develop a service enhancement of its two-way paging service for the deaf so customers may receive movie...

ALLTEL INCOME DIPS

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. reported revenues for the second quarter ended June 30 of $1.47 million, a 13-percent increase over the $1.3 million reported...

SPRINT PCS REACHES 4M CUSTOMERS

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Corp. released second-quarter earnings results for the period ended June 30, reporting a $1.25 loss per share and subscriber additions of...

NEWS BRIEFS

Qualcomm Inc. placed 6.9 million shares of its common stock in a public offering at $156.50 per share for total net proceeds of about...

UK’S ORANGE LAUNCHES WILDFIRE WITH STAR WARS ADS

LEXINGTON, Mass.-Wildfire Communications Inc. announced Orange plc Group has launched the Wildfire virtual personal assistant in the United Kingdom.In conjunction with the launch, Orange...

PHILIPS’ VLSI BUY, LOWER SEMICONDUCTOR SALES BRING EARNINGS DOWN

AMSTERDAM-Philips Electronics NV released its second-quarter results, reporting a 28-percent drop in net earnings. The Dutch group posted net income of $288 million, down...

PAGEMART REPORTS $25.3M LOSS

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc.'s second-quarter earnings results showed a net loss of $25.3 million, or 63 cents per share, compared with $11.7 million, or 29...

PONDERING THE FATE OF PIONEER’S PROGRAM

A U.S. Court of Appeals Friday ordered the Federal Communications Commission to grant Qualcomm Inc. a pioneer's preference license, ending the seven-year battle between...

SBC WIRELESS ADDS 305,000 SUBS IN 2Q

SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. said its wireless business added 305,000 net wireless subscribers during the second quarter, including 167,000 personal communications services subscribers in...

SIEMENS EARNINGS CLIMB 17 PERCENT

MUNICH-Siemens reported a 17-percent earnings increase to $1.12 billion for the first nine months of fiscal 1999, ended June 30. In addition, sales were...

SKYTEL REPORTS $6.7M NET INCOME

JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Communications Inc. reported a second-quarter net income of $6.7 million, or 8 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $9.7...

NEW FIRM ENTERS SURVEYING INDUSTRY

CALGARY, Alberta-Tokyo-based Sokkia Co. Ltd., a provider of optical surveying instruments, and Calgary-based NovAtel Inc., developer of global positioning system technology, signed an agreement...
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