ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Personal Communications Industry Association announced that Lucent Technologies Inc. joined the nearly 1,300 members of PCIA. Headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., Lucent designs, builds and delivers a wide …
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. announced its broadband Code Division Multiple Access wireless local loop field trial with Pioneer Holdings L.L.C. and North West Rural Electric Cooperative is now …
WASHINGTON-A majority of the board of directors of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association last week signed a letter to Bill Kennard, Federal Communications Commission chairman, strongly urging the FCC to …
BOULDER, Colo.-Century Telephone Enterprises Inc. selected SCC Communications Corp. to implement wireless enhanced 911 services for the carrier, announced the companies. CenturyTel will use SCC’s 911Connect Service, which includes collection …
WASHINGTON-Did the Federal Communications Commission’s further notice of proposed rule making on implementing the digital wiretap act show the industry interim standard is deficient, as the government claims? Or did …
WASHINGTON-The House Commerce Committee last week referred its final report on the Portals investigation to the Justice Department. The year-long investigation of the 20-year, $400 million lease with the Portals, …
WASHINGTON-The Justice Department’s denial of Nextel Communications Inc.’s request to modify a 1994 antitrust consent decree kept the nation’s top dispatch radio operator from bidding on bankrupt Geotek Communications Inc.’s …
DALLAS-Formus Communications reported it selected Nortel Networks to supply solutions to deliver high-speed, broadband wireless services to Poland. “There is tremendous growth potential for voice, data, video and Internet services, …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, in actions designed to foster domestic and global competition, last week proposed allocating spectrum for fixed wireless access and approved a spectrum plan for broadband wireless …
MINNEAPOLIS-WirelessNorth of Plymouth, Minn., announced it opened a new retail location in Duluth, Minn. WirelessNorth is a personal communications management company locally owned by independent companies that provide service in …
CUPERTINO, Calif.-DSP Communications Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Isotel Research Ltd., a Calgary, Canada-based developer of call-processing software and Java-based products and services. DSPC said the acquisition fits …
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. announced it entered into an agreement to acquire all the assets of BellSouth Mobility’s cellular operations in the Dothan, Ala., area. “The purchase will allow us …
WASHINGTON-WebCel Communications Inc. continues to push forward with its challenge of a Federal Communications Commission 1997 decision to reallocate spectrum from the 18 GHz band to the 24 GHz band, …
Wireless carriers and handset vendors may be overlooking an important market segment in their rush to increase revenues by targeting high-end and entry-level cellular phone users, according to a report …
DENVER-SpectraSite Communications Inc., a provider of site and tower development services, said it acquired certain tower assets of Airadigm Communications Inc., a provider of personal communications services. Under the terms …
SINGAPORE Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group signed a contract valued at $23 million to upgrade M1’s digital wireless telephone network in Singapore. In addition to its SC 4852 base transceiver …
ORLANDO, Fla.-Brite Voice Systems announced it entered into a two-year contract with U S West Wireless to supply BriteDebit prepaid calling for U S West’s personal communications services business. This …
WARREN, N.J.-Anadigics Inc. has joined the Bluetooth Special Interest Group. Anadigics manufacturers gallium arsenide integrated circuits for high-volume communications applications, such as mobile phones.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-The number of cellular and personal communications services subscribers in Southeast Asia will grow from more than 8.5 million this year to more than 19.8 million by 2003, according …
DALLAS-Cellular One celebrated its 15th anniversary Dec. 16. On the same day in 1983, Cellular One initiated wireless service in Washington, D.C. “Before cellular technology, there could only be a …
