NEW YORK-After 2001 and Beyond L.L.C. posted strong sales of Intek Global Corp.’s Linear Modulation technology-based wireless products in the Dallas and El Paso, Texas, areas, Intek Global said it …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-GWcom Inc. said it received investment funding from Intel Corp., which GWcom plans to use to expand its business activities and provide it with the opportunity to collaborate …
CANNES, France-CDMA proponents have their voice in the CDMA Development Group. TDMA advocates have their say through the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium. Now the GSM world has its own lobbying …
Customers want their questions answered the way they want and in the most convenient manner possible, say mobile phone carriers and analysts. As carriers try to understand how their customers …
WASHINGTON-When children squabble about whether one is being nice to the other, a parent often must render a judgment about the situation. When members of the Federal Communications Commission squabble, …
STOCKHOLM-Ericsson Inc. said it received its third contract from Entel PCS in Chile to provide Global System for Mobile communications 1900 MHz network equipment to accommodate Entel’s rapidly expanding customer …
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration last week formally opposed a bill to relax export restrictions on encryption products. Encryption is scrambling technology used to keep electronic communications, including wireless telephony, private. The …
NEW YORK-Deloitte Consulting announced it has developed an evaluation system to help telecommunications carriers and equipment vendors think like portfolio managers before jumping at cross-border opportunities in the burgeoning but …
WASHINGTON-Sen. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio), chairman of the Judiciary antitrust subcommittee, has introduced legislation to speed up Federal Communications Commission review of telecom mergers. Two deals before the FCC-the proposed $53 …
A recent survey by the Lucas Group found that telecom professionals are looking for more balance between their work and home life. “The top reason candidates seek a job change …
WASHINGTON-Continuing its strategy to get some of Pocket Communications Inc.’s personal communications services licenses, National Telecom PCS Inc. last week offered to pay $13 million for the 12 C-block licenses. …
WASHINGTON-AT&T Corp. head C. Michael Armstrong envisions a global wireless world where Time Division Multiple Access and Global System for Mobile communications converge but TDMA and Code Division Multiple Access …
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp., through its 360
Sources close to International Telecommunication Union activity on third-generation technology say standards likely will not be set during the 31 March meeting in Brazil. The ITU had hoped ideally by …
TOKYO-Anticipating the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU’s) scheduled March decision regarding key characteristics for the third-generation cellular, IMT-2000, Japanese carriers are mounting efforts to be able to kick off their 3G …
BURLINGTON, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. announced it changed the accounting for its acquisition of Coral Systems Inc. in November 1997. The restatement results in an increase in net income for the fourth …
SAN DIEGO-Pegaso PCS, the Mexican operating company of Leap Wireless International Inc., last week launched its first market in Tijuana, Mexico. The company plans to build a nationwide network in …
NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service has changed to stable from negative its outlook on $279 million in Ba1-rated debt securities issued by SK Telecom Co. Ltd., Seoul, South Korea. “The change …
STAMFORD, Conn.-International Telecommunication Data Systems Inc., a provider of customer-care and billing services to wireless carriers and resellers, formed a strategic business alliance with Novazen Inc. The alliance calls for …
CANNES, France-InterWave Communications International Ltd. introduced its new packet-switched networking capability that provides interoperability between Global System for Mobile communications wireless and Internet protocol networks at the GSM World Congress …
