1999

PARIS-Nortel Networks said it will deploy a General Packet Radio Service trial in selected areas of Paris for French operator Bouygues Telecom, the companies announced. The trial will demonstrate personalized …

WASHINGTON-Efforts are under way in Congress and at the Federal Communications Commission to protect wireless heart monitors and other medical telemetry devices from interference. This week, the FCC will consider …

TOKYO-Hitachi Ltd., Intel Corp., Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and Sharp Corp. agreed to standardize specifications for stacked chip scale packages, a multiple memory module for mobile communications and handheld computing applications. …

WASHINGTON-In another salvo in the war to reform the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.), ranking Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee, introduced legislation that would require all …

United Kingdom British Telecommunications plc said it will buy Control Data Systems Inc., a software company based in Arden Hills, Minn., for $340 million. The purchase will expand British Telecom’s …

NEW YORK-Intek Global Corp. announced the tender offer and merger price for the outstanding shares of Intek Global by Securicor plc is expected to be increased from $2.75 cash per …

WASHINGTON-National Telecommunications and Information Administration head Larry Irving last week reiterated the administration’s opposition to Department of Defense spectrum priority bills, but sidestepped the question of whether the legislation signals …

WASHINGTON-A new study, “Prepaid Cellular/PCS in Latin America: Market Potential and Business Strategies,” compiled by The Strategis Group, Washington, D.C., reports prepaid cellular/personal communications service is driving growth in Latin …

ATLANTA-LHS Group Inc. said it has been accepted as a member of the new Multimedia Super Corridor in Malaysia, an initiative to encourage technological innovation and attract foreign partners who …

NYON, Switzerland-Europe’s two paging industry trade associations, the European Public Paging Association and the ERMES MoU Association, announced they have merged, presenting a united front to promote paging on the …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Teledesic L.L.C. has completed a major launch contract with Lockheed Martin and signed a system agreement with Motorola Inc. to build Teledesic’s satellite communications network, said the company. Under …

WASHINGTON-Just days before going to trial last month, high-level Justice Department officials may have overruled government antitrust lawyers who appeared ready to make a strong case in federal court against …

The echoes of MCI WorldCom Inc.’s proposed acquisition of SkyTel Communications Inc. continue to ring loudly throughout the industry, as two other paging companies found themselves linked to telecom carriers …

WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. said it registered the Internet domain name “CellEase.com” and will begin taking orders immediately for prepaid cellular phones, CellEase airtime cards, cellular phone rentals and …

LINCOLN, Neb.-Transcrypt International Inc. said it signed a memorandum of understanding with lead plaintiffs’ counsel to settle the pending stockholder class-action lawsuits against the company and certain of its current …

The wireless handset market has proven that a strong brand name doesn’t guarantee success. Sony Electronics Inc. announced last week it is pulling out of the North American handset business …

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. announced it has agreed to resell its paging and messaging services for a five-year period to Sprint Corp. According to the agreement, Sprint initially will offer traditional …

U S West Wireless recently completed field tests of Qualcomm Inc.’s High Data Rate product, saying it was impressed with the solution, but didn’t indicate plans to deploy the technology …

NEW YORK-WinStar Communications Inc. announced its Wireless Fiber service will be made commercially available in buildings owned by Boston Properties Inc. Under terms of the agreement, WinStar will offer its …

SAN DIEGO-Wireless Knowledge L.L.C. introduced its Integrators Alliance Program, offered to system integrators and value-added resellers interested in the wireless data market. The program was created to ensure seamless integration …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it is deploying Lightbridge Inc.’s FraudBuster fraud detection software. “FraudBuster will alert us when wireless accounts show a pattern of activity that match one of …

Although they believe the future growth of the paging industry lies in advanced messaging, paging carriers continue to search out new ways to attract customers to traditional paging services as …

Portugal Telecom announced the consortium, Medi Telecom, won the second Global System for Mobile communications license in Morocco. The Medi Telecom consortium, led by Telefonica and including Portugal Telecom, the …

PRINCETON, N.J.-Nettech Systems Inc. has agreed to market its middleware product offerings in conjunction with Internet Image Inc.’s TargetLink remote software deployment technology. Together, the two hope to provide a …

PARAMUS, N.J.-Following closely on the heels of its launch in Washington, D.C., Nextlink Communications Inc. launched commercial service for small- and medium-sized businesses in northern and central New Jersey, said …