MADISON, Wisconsin, United States-Airadigm Communications, a C-block winner, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection at a U.S. bankruptcy court. Airadigm was the first C-block licensee to begin service in March …
The mobile satellite industry is now under extreme pressure to justify itself. With Iridium’s and ICO’s bankruptcy filings last month, Globalstar is suddenly on the hot seat as industry defender-whether …
DDI Corp., the largest new common carrier (NCC) in Japan, plans to merge its nine PHS companies 1 January 2000, as part of an effort to revitalize its ailing PHS …
BEIJING-China Unicom has big ambitions. That’s no big news. When it was established in 1994, the company hoped to capture one-third of the mobile phone market and a 10th of …
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados-When the time came for the Dominica government minister to address Caribbean telecommunications executives at the annual conference of the Caribbean Association of National Telecommunication Organizations (CANTO) in May …
TORONTO-Canada has vast acreage and is sparsely populated in many areas, yet it has the most affordable wireless rates in the world, according to new research. A recent study by …
PCS carriers can be credited with spurring huge demand for wireless service in the United States, but they continue to struggle with brand awareness and perceptions customers have about coverage. …
Global Wireless is proud to announce the addition of Sandra Wendelken as its managing editor and to announce the recent receipt of two awards for its first year of publication. …
Australia The Australian government will auction a further 30 megahertz of paired spectrum in the 1.8 GHz band early next year. The auction, which will be conducted by the Australian …
SINGAPORE-After two years of bad debts and line terminations, wireless operators in the economically worst-hit Asian nations of Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia can finally look forward to better …
Australia Leap Wireless International announced that it is selling its wholly owned Australian subsidiary, OzPhone Pty. Ltd., to an affiliate of AAPT Ltd., Australia’s third-largest telecommunications company, for Australian $25 …
Handsets Nokia Nokia announced a new NMT 450 analog handset, to be available in the third quarter, that features true 3-volt technology and the Nokia NaviKey concept. The Nokia 640 …
ATLANTA-Satyam Enterprises Ltd., a regional partner of LHS Group Inc., said Global System for Mobile communications operator Fascel Ltd. in Gujarat, India, selected LHS’ client/server-based customer-care and billing system, BSCS, …
MCLEAN, Va.-LCC International Inc. said Ericsson Inc. will acquire the assets of LCC’s product divisions for approximately $22 million. Closing is expected to occur on or about Sept. 30. The …
MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill.-Illinois Superconductor Corp. announced it signed a test agreement with an international system supplier for Japan’s third-generation cellular system for its RangeMaster Extreme filter. Under terms of the …
Adding to the mounting woes of the mobile satellite services industry, ICO Global Communications reportedly filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late last week. Reuters news service broke the story, …
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio-Horizon Personal Communications Inc., an affiliate of The Chillicothe Telephone Co., expanded its management agreement with Sprint PCS to include 15 new markets in the Shenandoah Valley, northern West …
WASHINGTON-The recent dress rehearsal for the millennium bug-the rollover of the global positioning system-was successful, said the Air Force. “As expected, the satellite and associated ground facilities have successfully gone …
In yet another paging industry alliance aimed at wirelessly enabling personal digital assistants, Glenayre Technologies Inc.’s Wireless Access Group said it plans to partner with JP Systems Inc. to jointly …
WASHINGTON-Congressional offices and one senator are planning to fight a Justice Department proposal that would allow law enforcement to enter people’s homes and disable encryption products without the owners’ knowledge. …
