MINNEAPOLIS-The Minnesota Department of Public Safety, the Minnesota Department of Transportation, Hennepin County, Metropolitan Council and the city of Minneapolis jointly announced contracts have been completed and construction has begun …
After defaulting on both its $800 million senior secured credit facility and its $750 million guaranteed credit facility last week, Iridium L.L.C. filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Iridium …
WASHINGTON-Nearly lost in the cacophony over the now-defunct law that unleashed Ken Starr on President Clinton is that Labor Secretary Alexis Herman remains under investigation by one of the few …
ATLANTA-GTE Wireless introduced two new wireless service packages-the Personal Productivity Pack for individual business people and Group Calling Packages for mobile work groups. The Personal Productivity Pack offers half-price domestic …
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. said it ended negotiations to sell its Quincy, Ill., manufacturing plant to Solectron. The two signed a letter of intent earlier this year calling for Solectron …
BASINGTOKES, England-Dolphin Telecom, Basingstokes, England, has launched commercially its enhanced specialized mobile radio service in the United Kingdom. A subsidiary of Montreal-based Telesystem International Wireless Inc., Dolphin said it started …
Two years after deploying Lightbridge Inc.’s FraudBuster product, Canada’s Rogers Cantel said it has seen measurable results. “Prior to implementing FraudBuster, we had a significant problem with cloning and subscription …
WASHINGTON-The telecommunications industry and the Federal Communications Commission late Thursday held off an attempt by two members of Congress to allow states to make decisions regarding the allocation of telephone …
BRAMPTON, Ontario-Nortel Networks said it entered into agreements with five manufacturing services companies to outsource and/or divest certain manufacturing and repair operations. Earlier in the week, Nortel announced it is …
Nissan Motor Co. said last week it will sell its stakes in nine Japanese cellular operators, a move that is sure to pave the way for consolidation in a wireless …
WELLINGTON, New Zealand-Telecom New Zealand announced it will adopt cdmaOne technology, but keep investing in its Time Division Multiple Access network. The company said it will continue to invest in …
WASHINGTON-With telephone penetration as low as 20 percent on some Indian reservations, the Federal Communications Commission last week began exploring ways to extend telecommunications services to tribal lands. The lack …
NEW YORK-Metromedia International Group Inc. said it received notification from China Unicom stating a department of the Chinese government requested termination of one of Metromedia International’s four joint telecommunications projects. …
FRANKFURT, Germany-Mannesmann’s D2 mobile carrier said sales for the first half of 1999 increased by 34 percent to $2.47 million compared with the same period the previous year. Mannesmann saw …
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The millimeter wave device market is expected to grow from 314,000 shipments this year to nearly 3 million shipments in 2004, according to Allied Business Intelligence’s new report …
Last time around, you’ll remember we made special note of Herculean Gore 2000 fund-raising efforts by one J. Shelby Bryan, wireless pioneer and FOB. Well, there’s more. For all his …
One of Iridium L.L.C.’s main lenders, Chase Manhattan Bank, has asked Iridium to demand that Motorola Inc. provide a guarantee of $300 million under Iridium’s $800 million secured credit facility. …
France France Telecom said it signed a partnership agreement with the Sonae group in Portugal. The two already have a working relationship as stakeholders in Optimus, the third mobile operator …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. unveiled its i500plus multiservice wireless phone. The integrated Digital Enhanced Network handset is a Wireless Application Protocol-compliant phone that features an Internet microbrowser, two-way e-mail and wireless …
IRVING, Texas-GTE Corp. reported revenues for the second quarter ended June 30 of $6.29 billion, a slight increase over the $6.28 billion reported for second-quarter 1998. GTE’s net earnings also …
