NEW YORK-Carriers, resellers and handset makers involved in domestic prepaid wireless services have much in common with ancient mariners navigating the narrow Straits of Messina where the mythical monsters of …
DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. announced an agreement with JP Systems Inc. that will allow users of Palm III and Windows CE personal digital assistants to transmit and receive e-mail and text …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Oki Semiconductor said it is taking steps to expand and strengthen its organization in Sunnyvale, Calif. As part of the expansion, Oki Semiconductor’s former general manager of the LSI …
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil-Motorola Inc. signed a $188 million contract with Brazil’s Telefonica Celular to provide its StarTAC ST7760 and MultiTAC SC3160 Code Division Multiple Access dual-mode 800 MHz phones. …
HELSINKI-MobileOne and Nokia Corp. signed a $30 million contract for the sixth expansion of MobileOne’s Global System for Mobile communications 900 network in Singapore, said Nokia. Under the contract, Nokia …
BEIJING (AP)-China announced the breakup last week of the government’s telecommunications monopoly into four specialized companies, a move that comes as U.S. and Chinese negotiators hold down-to-the-wire talks on China’s …
WASHINGTON-Radio licensees beware: In 18 days, on May 1,if you file an application for a radio-frequency license with the Federal Communications Commission and there is an error or omission, the …
BOSTON-Strategy Analytics’ recent study, “US Wireless Voice Market Forecast,” reports that between 1999 and 2004, wireless minutes of use will grow at a compound annual rate of 34 percent, eventually …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Lucent Technologies Inc. signed a $48 million contract with CTI Movil of Argentina to provide wireless Code Division Multiple Access equipment for the digitalization of CTI’s network in …
The telecommunications authority in France is asking the mobile phone industry to comment on licensing procedures for third-generation mobile phone systems with the goal of issuing licenses by 2000. The …
WASHINGTON-As the Federal Communications Commission moves closer to setting guidelines to make telecom equipment and services accessible to disabled individuals, the wireless industry is pressing regulators to back off proposed …
Bell Atlantic Mobile announced a new flat-rate price plan for wireless Internet access based on its AirBridge Internet Access service. For $25 a month, customers receive unlimited e-mail access and …
SAN RAMON, Calif.-U.S. Wireless Corp. said it has completed the pilot rollout of its RadioCamera wireless location system in Baltimore. The system is installed in active base stations throughout the …
GERMANTOWN, Md.-Hughes Network Systems announced Hughes Ispat Ltd. of India completed an in-service cutover of its wireless local loop network from an NEC NEAX61E switch to an NEC NEAX61 Sigma …
NEW YORK-The European Telecommunications Standard Institute’s approval and publication of a new Europe-wide narrowband specification has given the licensing of Intek Global Corp.’s proprietary linear modulation technology a major boost, …
DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. announced an exclusive agreement under which C-SPAN will provide public affairs information to PageNet subscribers, including breaking coverage of House of Representatives and U.S. Senate votes. PageNet …
My mom is flying into Denver today to see her 3-year-old granddaughter, (and the rest of us, too, I suppose.) Luckily, there is a direct flight from the small North …
GREENSBORO, N.C.-Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. reported revenues for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 of $102.3 million compared with revenues of $98.7 million for the same time the previous year. …
Unwired Planet Inc. last week filed a registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of common stock in June, and also announced the first …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it expects paging carriers to periodically review information in the Universal Licensing System to ensure it is correct. However, paging carriers are not required to …
