1999

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 of Posts and Telecommunications works to …

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, Ill. The implementation will increase flexibility …

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 said the product is being tested …

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 of the electronic or magnetic …

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 second round of equity financing. The …

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 return its ownership interest in Nextel …

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 satellite-based global positioning system, flooding key …

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

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 vice president of the operation, said …

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 to $840 million, or 76 …

NEW ORLEANS-At the CA World conference, American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced a technology development partnership with Computer Associates International Inc. and cStar Technologies Inc. The partnership is designed to deliver …

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp.’s U.K. subsidiary, Castle Transmission International Ltd., increased its revolving senior credit facility to $236 million. The bank syndicate led by Credit Suisse First Boston has expanded …

President Clinton last week signed legislation giving wireless and other high-tech firms limited protection against lawsuits for year-2000 computer problems. The issue threatened to become a political liability for Vice …

FRANKFURT, Germany-Deutsche Telekom AG is rumored to have entered an $11.75 billion bid to acquire British mobile phone company One2One, according to a Reuters report. “We have no comment,” Deutsche …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Datalink.net announced a strategic partnership in which paging reseller Positive Communications will market Datalink.net’s information services suite to its 320,000 subscribers. The partnership includes Internet marketing, representative training …

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association last week applauded a new Federal Communications Commission’s ruling that Ameritech Corp.’s imposition of local number portability end-user charges on commercial wireless carriers is illegal. …

Telecom Italia and France Telecom have agreed to increase their stakes from 32.5 percent each to 50 percent each in Nortel Inversora, the holding company that owns 60 percent of …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Telcordia Technologies Inc. signed what it said is its biggest international agreement to date with South Africa’s incumbent telecommunications carrier Telkom. Telcordia will provide its end-to-end integrated service …

DALLAS-Texas Instruments, Dallas, announced July 20 earnings per share of 92 cents for the second quarter, a dramatic 163-percent increase from the year-ago quarter. Revenues for the latest complete quarter …

NEW YORK-Telphia Inc., a San Francisco-based collector and marketer of wireless network and marketing data, said July 19 it raised $2.2 million in private equity capital during its latest financing …

Two weeks after the ouster of L.M. Ericsson’s President and Chief Executive Officer Sven-Christer Nilsson, the company revealed in its second quarter earnings report some of the financial factors contributing …

Yet another study has been done on the merits of reselling wireless service. This one, conducted by Professor John Mayor of the Georgetown University School of Business, Mark Burton of …

The industry has seen AT&T Wireless Services Inc. pick up smaller cellular carriers in order to fill in gaps and avoid paying high roaming fees, and Vodafone AirTouch plc’s acquisition …

TORONTO-Diversinet Corp. has joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum, a move expected to bring added encryption security standards to the wireless data transmission technology. Diversinet said it plans to work …

STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson Inc. said it launched its Wireless Applications Validation Environment Laboratory technology initiative at the company’s U.S. headquarters in Richardson, Texas. The initial project will show Ericsson’s Time Division …