Yearly Archives: 1999

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...

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...

BANDWIDTH TO BE TRADED AS COMMODITY

NEW YORK-Bandwidth on demand is a concept that will advance to a new level by fall when AIG Telecom's inaugurates the first commodities forwards...

LATE NEWS

Leap gains FCC OK on license transfersSAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. announced the Federal Communications Commission issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order, which conditionally...

HUTCHISON MAY LIST STOCK FOR ISRAELI FIRM

JERUSALEM-Hutchison Whampoa is considering listing its Israeli mobile phone unit, Partner Communications Co. Ltd., in London or on the Nasdaq National Market to secure...

GOVERNMENT LIFTS HEAVY LICENSE FEES IN INDIA

Much to the delight of India's private telecommunications providers, the Indian government is offering private telecommunications companies some relief from high licensing fees in...

INTELLIGENT AGENTS CLAMOR TO FIT WIRELESS MODEL

Intelligent agent technology has been long considered a potential boon for messaging applications looking to provide meaningful content to wireless devices.Agents are small bits...

IOWA WIRELESS EXPANDS ROAMING

DES MOINES, Iowa-Iowa Wireless Services will offer its customers roaming capabilities in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Florida, Connecticut and...

JAPAN 3G DEVELOPMENT MEETS INTERFERENCE WITH PHS

Japan, pushing to be the first in the world to deploy third-generation mobile phone systems, is facing a potential deployment delay as the Ministry...

SBC IN ILLINOIS SELECTS ERICSSON’S JAMBALA

STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson said it will deploy its Jambala open application platform over SBC Wireless' Time Division Multiple Access wireless networks in Chicago and Springfield,...

CORRECTION

In the July 19 issue of RCR, the story on Arch Communication Group Inc.'s introduction of prepaid paging products in 7-eleven stores should have...

HOW DO WE EDUCATE CUSTOMERS ABOUT PACEMAKER USE?

To the Editor,Use of mobile phones is strictly prohibited in hospitals, planes and other specific areas because they may interfere with the normal functioning...

DSP TECHNOLOGY FIRM MORPHICS GETS $13.5 MILLION IN FINANCING

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Morphics Technology Inc., a privately held company that designs and sells software-programmable/hardware-configurable semiconductor products for the wireless industry, raised $13.5 million in its...

MOTOROLA TO SELL NEXTEL SHARES

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it plans to sell 2.8 million shares of Nextel Communications Inc. common stock during the third quarter in order to...

AGENCIES WEIGH IN ON DOD SUPREMACY BILLS

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration stepped up its campaign to kill provisions in defense bills giving the Pentagon priority access to shared spectrum and to the...

QUALCOMM TRIES TO TAKE CDMA PERMIT FROM MOTOROLA

Apparently irritated over a dispute that has lasted more than two years, Qualcomm Inc. is suing Motorola Inc., asking the court to terminate Code...

AMERICAN WIRELESS OPENS MIAMI OFFICE

CAMPBELL, Calif.-American Wireless has opened an office in Miami to serve its expansion into Latin America. Gilbert Valdesuso, formerly with CellStar Corp., was named...

AMERITECH SUBS GROWTH, EARNINGS UP

CHICAGO-Ameritech Corp. reported 8-percent subscriber growth during the second quarter to reach a total of 3.7 million customers.The company's second-quarter earnings grew 20.9 percent...
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