Yearly Archives: 1999

WOLFETECH UPGRADES POCKETGENIE

CLAREMONT, Calif.-Wolfe-Tech Corp. released PocketGenie 2.0k, an upgraded version of its flagship two-way pager software product designed to extend Internet-based information services to the...

FCC CAN CUT ACCESS CHARGES; MUST JUSTIFY FORMULA

WASHINGTON-An appeals court last week told the Federal Communications Commission it could impose a cut in access charges but that it must review its...

AMSC EQUIPS ACS’ ATM TECHNICIANS

RESTON, Va.-American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced it reached an agreement with ACS to provide wireless data communication service for automatic teller machine field services...

ADC BUYS SAVILLE

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced it acquired Saville Systems plc, a worldwide provider of customer-care and billing software solutions.Under terms of the agreement, each ordinary...

BELLSOUTH DATA TO LAUNCH AD CAMPAIGN

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data Ltd. revealed plans to roll out a new national advertising campaign to support its Interactive Paging Service.The multimillion dollar print...

ALLTEL TO BUY LIBERTY CELLULAR

Alltel Corp. last week expanded its wireless reach with a definitive agreement to buy Liberty Cellular Inc., a privately held company operating under the...

BEARCOM ACQUIRES NET WIRELESS

DALLAS-To increase its prominence in the wireless industry, BearCom Group Inc. said it acquired Net Wireless, a San Ramon, Calif.-based dealer of Nextel Communications...

NORTEL, BELLSOUTH SIGN SUPPLY MOU

ATLANTA-Nortel Networks and BellSouth Corp. signed a memorandum of understanding regarding a long-term global supply agreement that makes Nortel Networks' communications equipment, software and...

RF MICRO, ERICSSON ENTER AGREEMENT

GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. said it entered into a development agreement with Ericsson Mobile Communications AB to design specific solutions for Ericsson's third-generation...

SAMSUNG, AIRTOUCH SIGN PURCHASE PACT

DALLAS-Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. and AirTouch Communications Inc. completed a master purchase agreement for Samsung's open interface Code Division Multiple Access infrastructure equipment, said...

CELL PHONE STAMP TO DEBUT IN APRIL

WASHINGTON-Based on votes by the American public, the U.S. Postal Service declared the cellular phone the most popular 1990s memory, and will depict the...

BELL ATLANTIC’S STRIGL HINTS OF IPO

WASHINGTON-Bell Atlantic Corp. continues to study ways to take its wireless business public, said Dennis F. Strigl, chief executive officer of Bell Atlantic Global...

VIEWPOINT: FAST-FORWARD TO CYBERSPACE

Have you seen the bit Jay Leno does where he is out on the street asking people if they know basic historical facts, such...

TEKTRONIX TO SPLIT IN TWO COMPANIES FOR BETTER FOCUS

WILSONVILLE, Ore.-Tektronix Inc. said it will split its businesses into two separate, publicly traded companies-a measurement business division and a color printing and imaging...

TELIGENT TO LAUNCH DATA SERVICE

VIENNA, Va.-Teligent Inc. next month will launch SmartWave DSL, a high-speed data service that will combine the advantages of digital subscriber line copper technology...

TRIQUINT FILES FOR STOCK OFFERING

HILLSBORO, Ore.-TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement relating to the proposed offering of approximately 3.8 million shares...

AOL, 3COM TEAM TO OFFER E-MAIL ON HANDHELDS

DULLES, Va.-America Online Inc. announced a strategic relationship with 3Com Corp., designed to extend AOL e-mail to Palm Computing handheld devices.3Com said it will...

WORLD BRIEFS

Geoworks Corp. said it provided the engineering expertise behind a new handset from Seiko Epson Corp. of Japan, called the Locatio. The multi-purpose phone...

LUCENT TO BUY NEXABIT

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it will acquire Nexabit Networks for about 14 million shares of Lucent common stock, or approximately $900 million.Nexabit...

OMNITEL SPA LICENSES PHONE.COM SERVER SUITE

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Phone.com Inc. revealed that Italian Global System for Mobile communications operator Omnitel Spa has licensed Phone.com's UP.Link Server Suite for its new...

3COM PC CARD CONNECTS TO GSM NETWORK

NEW YORK-3Com Corp. introduced a wireless modem PC card, called the 3Com Megahertz 56K Global GSM & Cellular Modem PC Card, which connects laptop...

CONVERGYS, IBM TEAM ON BILLING SOLUTION

CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. announced it is teaming with IBM Corp. to market and deliver billing and subscriber management solutions for the wireless industry.The alliance provides...

GEOWORKS PREMIERES DISCOPRO.COM

Geoworks Corp. last week introduced its Discopro.com free mobile information service, which delivers discount and promotional messages to subscribers' pagers or text-enabled phones.Interested users...

WHITE HOUSE BLASTS DOD BILLS

WASHINGTON-While 911, encryption and commercial space launch bills advanced in Congress last week, other wireless-related bills remain steeped in controversy and uncertainty.As important as...

ERICSSON UNVEILS NEW SUITE OF PHONES

NEW YORK-Ericsson Mobile Phones, Research Triangle Park, N.C., introduced a suite of new handsets June 21 at MobileFocus '99 that the company plans to...
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