PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P., which stunned the wireless world with the largest simultaneous launch of a personal communications services network in November 1996, is on the verge of being broken …
Intellicell Intellicell Corp. announced Mike Hedge and Michael King, both previously with CellStar Corp., are heading up Intellicell’s sales and marketing group. Hedge will be responsible for the implementation of …
WASHINGTON-The Alliance for Telecommunications Solutions submitted a report last week to the Federal Communications Commission indicating no Year 2000-related problems were discovered in recent testing of the public switched telephone …
WASHINGTON-With the Clinton administration’s failure to close a deal on Chinese World Trade Organization membership, U.S. firms and congressional moderates have become angry and concerned about China backing off commitments …
In the first major initiative since the group formed in December, the WirelessReady Alliance held its first member meeting last week in Vancouver, where members discussed the state of the …
European telecom operators made headlines last week with involvement in several potential mergers and buyouts. The United Kingdom’s largest cellular operator, Vodafone Group plc, said it agreed to buy the …
SAN FRANCISCO-Vodafone Group plc and AirTouch Communications Inc. said they received a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service concerning their proposed merger. The ruling says the transaction will …
WASHINGTON, D.C.-UTC, The Telecommunications Association, announced the inauguration of Associacao dos Proprietarios de Infra-estrutura e Sistemas Privados de Telecommunicacoes, a sister organization in Brazil. APTEL will represent the owners of …
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Unwired Planet Inc. announced it changed its name to Phone.com Inc. and elected former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt to the company’s board of directors. “The reason …
“To see what competitive telecommunications will look like tomorrow, look at wireless today,” read a banner at CTIA’s Wireless ’99. That’s not the way Ernest Kelly, president of the Telecommunications …
NEW YORK-Ericsson Inc. acquired Maryland-based Torrent Networking Technologies Corp. for $450 million and Silicon Valley-based TouchWave Inc. for $46 million, in an effort to move into next-generation Internet-protocol carrier networking, …
RICHARDSON, Texas-The Components Group of Ericsson Inc. announced it is establishing a new design center in Phoenix that will focus on developing gold metallized products, bipolar products and replacement devices …
WASHINGTON-Five senators last week introduced legislation to change the law governing the export of encryption technology. Encryption technology is used to scramble computer data. The computer industry has been trying …
CUPERTINO, Calif.-DSP Communications Inc. reported revenues for the first quarter ended March 31 of $35.9 million, an increase of 56 percent over revenues reported for the same period the previous …
PITTSBURGH, Pa.-Crown Communications said it won a contract to provide build-to-suit services in Texas for Western Wireless Corp., increasing Crown’s domestic tower portfolio by about 50 towers. Crown Communications is …
MESA, Ariz.-Copper Key Technologies Inc. sold a nationwide license for its CK-Enterprise product to AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which uses it as the foundation for its Comprehensive Mapping, Analysis and …
The Personal Communications Industry Association supported Cook Telecom Inc. in its continuing battle for interconnection rights and termination compensation from Pacific Bell Inc. Cook Telecom is a one-way paging carrier …
DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. announced it signed a reseller agreement with AlliedSignal Technical Services Corp. to deliver Orbcomm satellite-based data services to government agencies. ATSC services the Air Force, Navy, …
MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communication Corp. signed a contract with OnQue Communications Inc. to supply Global System for Mobile communications wireless infrastructure equipment, which is earmarked for deployment in the Fort Smith …
NEW YORK-The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission expects to hold a full public hearing at its next meeting, tentatively scheduled for May 20, on a proposed regulation to …
