Yearly Archives: 1999

LHS OPENS NEW DELHI OFFICE

ATLANTA-LHS Group Inc. said it has established a new branch office in New Delhi, India. The office is a branch of LHS Asia Pacific...

TELIA IN DENMARK CHOOSES LIGHTBRIDGE’S FRAUDBUSTER

BURLINGTON, Mass.-Telia Telecom A/S, a new Danish telecommunications operator and subsidiary of Telia Sweden, has selected the FraudBuster solution from Lightbridge Inc. for its...

WLL STRENGTHENS IN RURAL MARKETS

As the arms of wireless communications continue to stretch across the country, wireless local loop services are becoming increasingly popular, especially in rural areas...

MAP PRODUCTS UNVEILED AT SUPERCOMM

ATLANTA-Two companies last week introduced mapping products designed to give carriers the ability to view the physical layout of their networks on maps and...

FCC LAUDS COMPETITION ON WIRELESS DAY

WASHINGTON-Noting competition abounds in the wireless industry, FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth said the Federal Communications Commission should put itself out of business."It's competitive. There's...

CTIA GIVES AWARDS

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's Wireless Foundation hosted its annual Industry Achievement Awards Dinner at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington,...

SPECTRUM POLICY UP FOR GRABS

WASHINGTON-The GOP-led Congress, squeezed by tight spending limits and determined not to lose another embarrassing budget battle to Democrats, is once again banking on...

COMMISSIONER CRITICIZES E-RATE PROGRAM

WASHINGTON-Outspoken Federal Communications Commission member Harold Furchtgott-Roth joined the wireless industry on June 4 in blasting the agency's latest plan to fund discounted Internet...

FRANCE TELECOM, NORTEL TEST 3G

PARIS-France Telecom Mobiles and Nortel Networks announced France's first trial of a third-generation mobile communications network based on proposed standards for Universal Mobile Telecommunications...

GLOBALSTAR PUTS UP FOUR MORE

NEW YORK-Globalstar L.P. announced the successful launch of four low-earth-orbit satellites, bringing the total in-orbit count to 24.The June 10 launch occurred aboard a...

AT&T WIRELESS OFFERS BUSINESS GROUP CALLING

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced Group Calling, a business offer with unlimited calling among a wireless group of five to 50 subscribers...

WIRELESS COMPANIES FOR 3G.IP GROUP

MONTE CARLO, France-Nine global wireless communications companies formed a focus group to promote an Internet protocol-based wireless system for third-generation mobile communications technology.The group,...

ABELSON NAMED TO HEAD FCC’S INTL. BUREAU

WASHINGTON-Donald Abelson, assistant U.S. trade representative for industry and communications, was named chief of the FCC's International Bureau effective July 1.Abelson received high praise...

AG LINES UP NEW CONTRACTS

PHOENIX-Phoenix-based AG Communications Systems, a Lucent Technologies Inc. subsidiary, announced the general availability of its ROAMEO Time Division Multiple Access wireless office telephone system....

JACOBS RECEIVES SMITHSONIAN AWARD

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced its chairman and chief executive officer, Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs, has been named the 1999 recipient of the Computerworld Smithsonian...

MOTOROLA, CISCO BUY BOSCH’S LMDS BUSINESS

NEW YORK-Anticipating a $2 billion market in Internet-based wireless services by 2003, Motorola Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. announced June 7 they would buy...

TELIGENT LAUNCHES IN SEATTLE

VIENNA, Va.-Teligent Inc. announced it launched its services in Seattle.Using its SmartWave technology, which integrates point-to-point and point-to-multipoint radio equipment with broadband wireless technology,...

TELULAR, AERIS OFFER ALARM SYSTEM

VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. and Aeris Communications Inc. introduced the Telguard DataBurst, a wireless alarm signaling system manufactured by Telular that uses MicroBurst, a...

ITU TASK GROUP OKS HARMONIZA TION EFFORT

WASHINGTON-An International Telecommunication Union task group in Beijing last week approved a carrier-crafted plan to harmonize competing U.S. and European Code Division Multiple Access...

NOVATEL DEBUTS MERLIN WIRELESS MODEM

Novatel Wireless Inc. introduced the Merlin Type II Cellular Digital Packet Data modem, a wireless modem that enables data and e-mail transmission, Internet connection...

CROWN ACQUIRES POWERTEL TOWERS

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. said it has acquired 619 wireless communications towers from Powertel Inc. for approximately $262 million in cash.The agreement provides Powertel...

CMT PARTNERS LAUNCHES EASY CONNECT

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-CMT Partners Inc., the owner and operator of Cellular One Kansas/Missouri, launched Easy Connect, a directory assistance service that enables customers to...

COMSAT WINS NAVY CONTRACT

BETHESDA, Md.-Comsat Corp. won a satellite services contract from the Navy, with a maximum value of $111.9 million during a five-year period, said the...

HUNDT SAYS `I TOLD YOU SO’ ON C-BLOCK

NEW YORK-The C-block auction for personal communications services radio-frequency licenses "was the only thing I presided over that was seen as a catastrophe," Reed...

WORLD BRIEFS

BelgiumBelgacom and Amdocs announced an agreement under which Belgacom will deploy Amdocs' order-management system to handle ordering services for its convergent lines of business,...
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