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 installed more than 430 OmniTracs units, …
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 in telecommunications by providing opportunities for …
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 income in the world and average …
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 group of investors led by Qwest …
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 for Information Integration and Imaging …
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 Access phones. Hitachi’s C201H phone, the …
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 to a subsidiary of Sterling Holding …
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 benefit the Department of Defense at …
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 certification process for the phone in …
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. signed with Infowave Software Inc. According …
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 a new wireless platform based on …
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 be used for product development, …
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 week at SuperComm in Atlanta. The …
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 production line. Delivery of the equipment …
VENICE, Fla.-Frank Gunther, who devised some of the first radio communications devices, died last Monday. He was 91. Gunther helped create shortwave, two-way and FM systems, often working with the …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission received somewhat of a mixed message last week when consumer advocates, and state and local government representatives appeared at a forum discussing what the FCC should …
RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. won a $750 million contract to supply equipment to 14 BellSouth Cellular Corp. markets, including Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. Ericsson will provide base stations, …
CUPERTINO, Calif.-DSP Communications Inc. announced its sixth-generation Personal Digital Cellular chipsets are featured in Kyocera Corp.’s Digital Minimo 533G handset. Available from IDO Corp. in Japan, the Digital Minimo 533G …
CULVER CITY, Calif.-Digitcom Services Inc. announced it has developed a new routing hub that will allow any paging carrier in the world to link services with any other, on any …
DAPHNE, Ala.-Communitronics of America Inc. announced it has completed integrating Data Paging Inc. into the company, following its acquisition in December. Communitronics is a paging and specialized mobile radio operator …
