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 access names, addresses, telephone numbers and …
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 with a 10-year lease, with …
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 and corporate database access to mobile …
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 technologies for Internet-friendly third-generation mobile phones, …
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 small packet data messaging service provided …
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, Teligent offers small- and mid-sized …
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 the fixed-wireless assets of Bosch Telecom …
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 Program’s Ernst & Young Leadership Award …
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. The company said U.S. Cellular Corp., …
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 from various members of the …
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, called 3G.IP, consists of AT&T …
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 and unlimited airtime to as many …
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 Boeing Delta II launch rocket …
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 Service. “By staging this trial in …
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 connections for schools and libraries and …
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 spectrum to bail it out. And …
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, D.C. The dinner brought together key …
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 no better words that a …
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 as a result improve service quality …
As the arms of wireless communications continue to stretch across the country, wireless local loop services are becoming increasingly popular, especially in rural areas where landline phones don’t reach many …
