Yearly Archives: 1999

ELECTRIC FUEL READIES PRODUCT, CUTS WORK FORCE

NEW YORK-Electric Fuel Corp. announced its Consumer Battery Division completed its preproduction phase and the company is moving ahead with plans for its automated...

GRANITE AIMS TO SOLIDIFY NETWORK RECONCILIATION

Granite Systems Inc., a Manchester, N.H.-based provider of network configuration management systems for the telecommunications industry, plans to announce its Network Interface Module this...

GENERAL MAGIC FILES FOR STOCK OFFERING

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-General Magic Inc. registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell 10 million shares of its common stock.The company said proceeds will...

MOTOROLA, GERMAN INSTITUTE TEAM ON SEMICONDUCTORS

PHOENIX-Motorola Inc.'s Semiconductor Products Sector announced it signed a memorandum of understanding with the Institute for Semiconductor Physics of Frankfurt, Germany, to jointly develop...

GLENAYRE SIGNS STRATEGIC PACT WITH INFOWAVE

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Microsoft Exchange users soon will have wireless access to their desktop data via paging devices, according to a strategic agreement Glenayre Technologies Inc....

GLOBALSTAR FIXED PHONE GAINS EUROPEAN UNION APPROVAL

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Globalstar L.P. announced its fixed telephone terminal was approved for use throughout the European Union, which the company said will speed the...

DOD PLANS MAY ALTER SPECTRUM LANDSCAPE

WASHINGTON-The Pentagon, already at war in the Middle East and the Balkans, now faces a major confrontation at home over several bills that would...

HARRIS SELLS SEMICONDUCTOR UNIT

MELBOURNE, Fla.-In keeping with its strategy to focus exclusively on the worldwide communications equipment market, Harris Corp. announced it is selling its semiconductor business...

HITACHI ORDERS PHONE.COM’S UP.MICROBROWSER FOR CDMA

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Phone.com Inc. announced Hitachi Ltd. of Japan has selected its UP.Browser microbrowser to offer Internet and data features on Code Division Multiple...

I-CUBED APPLIES RADAR SATELLITE TO CELL-SITE MAPPING

A Fort Collins, Colo.-based company is collecting information from the wireless industry to determine the usefulness of radar satellites in mapping applications.I-cubed, which stands...

QWEST TAKES STAKE IN ART

NEW YORK-Advanced Radio Telecom Corp., a Bellevue, Wash., a provider of fixed-wireless broadband data networks, will receive a $251 million equity infusion from a...

ATLANTIC TELE-NETWORK SEES CARIBBEAN OPPORTUNITIES

NEW YORK-By July, Atlantic Tele-Network Inc. plans to launch service under the Cellular One brand in Bermuda, a tax-haven country with the third-highest per-capita...

LESSONS LEARNED FROM C-BLOCK AUCTIONS

When Congress passed Section 309(j) of the Communications Act and the government developed rules to implement this law, the goal was to increase diversity...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Qualcomm Inc. announced Nashville-based Star Transportation Inc. replaced its multimode, satellite and land-based communication system with Qualcomm's OmniTracs satellite-based information-management system. Star already has...

FIVE TELECOM CARRIERS CONVERT TO BELLSOUTH SETTLEMENT SERVICE

TAMPA, Fla.-BellSouth International Wireless Services announced five North American carriers, including BellSouth Mobility, converted to the BSI-WS International Settlement and Exchange Service.The BellSouth service...

INDUSTRY REQUESTS ADDITIONAL STAY IN CALEA LAWSUIT

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry has asked a federal court to grant an additional 60-day stay of a lawsuit regarding implementation of the digital wiretap act.The...

FCC DENIES C-BLOCK INTEREST-RATE APPEAL

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, in agreeing with the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, denied Omnipoint Corp.'s petition for a lower interest rate for the installment payment...

CDG REPORTS CDMA UPSWING IN JAPAN

HONG KONG-The CDMA Development Group announced cdmaOne technology has gained significant momentum in Japan as a result of the recent cdmaOne nationwide service launch...

FATTOUCHE NAMED CELL-LOC CEO

CALGARY, Alberta-Cell-Loc Inc. appointed company co-founder and President Michael Fattouche as its chief executive officer.Fattouche first served as president from November 1996 until June...

CHAT PAK VENDING TO SELL US UNWIRED PREPAID CARDS

LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired said Chat Pak vending machines at select Lake Charles, Westlake and Sulphur, La., Conoco/Sporty's locations now are dispensing its prepaid...

CHINA UNICOM PICKS UP 4 CDMA NETWORKS

China Unicom, which received the go-ahead from the Chinese government earlier this year to deploy cdmaOne technology, will gain control of four experimental Code...

CORSAIR EXPANDS COLOMBIA CONTRACT

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc.'s contract with Comunicacion Celular S.A., a cellular operator in the eastern region of Colombia, has been upgraded to provide...

PAGING RESELLERS WIN JUDGMENT AGAINST PAGENET

Paging resellers Your Phone Company Inc. of Portland, Ore., and Page Club USA of Seattle last week won a lawsuit against the Oregon branch...

STATES QUESTION VALUE OF CPP

WASHINGTON-State regulators are concerned the Federal Communications Commission this week will adopt an item suggesting calling party pays is a commercial mobile radio service...

WINSTAR TO EQUIP CRESCENT REIT

NEW YORK-WinStar Communications Inc. and Crescent Real Estate Equities Co. entered into an agreement under which WinStar will provide communications capabilities, including local and...
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