INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. said it has entered into an agreement with Tess S.A. of Brazil to distribute mobile phone prepaid cards. The company also announced its Brazilian logistics services distribution subsidiary, …
DENVER-Through its German subsidiary, ARCIS Media.Com of Munich, Formus Communications Inc. said it will be able to provide telecommunications services to the entire Austrian market. ARCIS recently was awarded regional …
CHICAGO-Ameritech Corp. wireless subscribers can call anywhere in the United States and most of Canada on Ameritech’s network without accruing long-distance or roaming charges using the company’s new ClearRate pricing …
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Matsushita Electric Corp. of America and Bell Canada joined The Centennial Funds, Vanguard Venture Partners and North River Ventures to form a new venture relationship called CenCom V …
WASHINGTON-Wireless telephones will work when the new millennium arrives-right? Well, maybe. The Federal Communications Commission last week refused to give a clean bill of health to the wireless industry regarding …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-VLSI Technology Inc. announced it received its largest-ever single order, valued at approximately $34 million, from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. for VLSI’s Global System for Mobile communications chipsets …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Despite extensive discussions between the two companies, VLSI Technology Inc. and Royal Philips Electronics have not yet reached an agreement that would allow Philips to participate in VLSI’s …
The second act of the European corporate drama between Telecom Italia Spa and Olivetti Spa began last week, cumulating in Olivetti raising the stakes of its hostile takeover bid for …
Metrocall Inc. may have gained a bit of a lead in the information services race last week, announcing the launch of OnTheGoInfo, a customizable suite of services using the i …
San Diego-based Ensemble Communications Inc. is approaching worldwide broadband wireless access markets with a point-to-multipoint wireless system that has three key technology layers with one thing in common-they can be …
WASHINGTON-Two powerful senators have come together on the sticky issue of encryption legislation. Encryption is technology used to scramble computer data. The computer industry has been trying for years to …
WASHINGTON-Despite the much-ballyhooed settlement of the patent dispute between Qualcomm Inc. and L.M. Ericsson and the global embrace of multiple third-generation mobile phone standards, it remains unclear whether American wireless …
Widespread consolidation among telecommunications carriers has concentrated buying power into fewer and fewer hands, with vendors experiencing many of the side effects. In the last year alone, at least half …
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Superconductor Technologies Inc. received an initial purchase order for 25 of its SuperFilter Systems from United States Cellular Corp. of Chicago, said STI. The SuperFilter System is a …
BETHESDA, Md.-The U.S. Department of Defense extended two global satellite service contracts with Comsat Mobile Communications, valued at more than $5.7 million, which include digital voice, data, high-speed data and …
WASHINGTON-Despite China’s agreement to open its doors to Code Division Multiple Access technology, differences over telecom foreign investment and other matters make it doubtful a deal will be struck on …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission in May likely will complete rules to address wireless 911 calls in areas where only one cellular carrier provides service coverage-an issue that has pitted the …
CALGARY-Cell-Loc Inc. said it completed the first international sale of its Cellocate System. The customer, which asked not to be identified, initially plans to deploy the system as a pilot …
WASHINGTON-The telecommunications industry is stalling on a lawsuit against the federal government over the implementation of the digital wiretap act. Briefs in the case were due today, but late last …
WASHINGTON-The personal communications services re-auction of C-, D-, E-, and F-block licenses picked up speed last week as rural markets, ignored during the first week, started gaining some attention. At …
