DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. said the European Regulatory Commission issued two rulings positively affecting the company’s effort to bring mobile satellite-based data services to the continent. First, the ERC decided …
WASHINGTON-Those wishing to bring to market new and updated technologies, including access to the Information Superhighway, should look at the wireless industry to provide that access, said Kathryn Condello, vice …
BOSTON-Wireless Internet service provider GoAmerica Communications Corp. announced it will provide an end-to-end sales force automation outsource solution that bundles hardware and software products from several companies. It includes Practical …
MALVERN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc. said it selected Systems/Link Corp. to provide its RoamEx fraud control platform and FraudTec2000 system to help Triton PCS combat cloning and subscription fraud. “Systems/Link’s applications …
WASHINGTON-Congress declined to act on two spectrum fee approaches crafted by the Congressional Budget Office that likely would have drawn opposition from commercial wireless operators and private wireless licensees. The …
DENVER-Evolving Systems Inc. said it provided its local number portability number pooling feature to three telecommunications services providers in order to continue participating in the Illinois Number Pooling trial in …
STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson said it signed a Global System for Mobile communications expansion contract with Guangxi Post and Telecommunication Administration, valued at $160 million. Ericsson said Guangxi PTA began the first …
By the time Jan. 19 rolls around, newest Wireless Telecom Bureau Chief Tom Sugrue will be in for an education that goes far beyond the quirks and quarks (B.S. in …
DAPHNE, Ala.-Communitronics of America Inc. announced it completed the integration of the recently acquired Crescent Paging Inc., adding coverage in the New Orleans market area.
CINCINNATI-The Board of Directors of Cincinnati Bell Inc. declared a regular quarterly dividend of 10 cents per common share, payable Feb. 1 to shareholders of record Jan. 6. The company …
Sweden-based L.M. Ericsson said it will cut roughly 10,000 employees as economic problems in Asia and Latin America squeeze some of the company’s operations. Ericsson head Sven-Christer Nilsson announced last …
SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. introduced a network optimization tool for field test engineers. The Retriever pilot scanner/test phone provides technicians with portable, wireless over-the-air testing of network and handset performance …
Studies indicate the mobile phone industry may be in for more alarming churn figures as increased competition threatens to erode carriers’ customer bases. Richard Siber, associate partner with Andersen Consulting …
NEW YORK-Denmark-based Bosch Telecom Inc., which introduced the World 718 phone in June, has decided to close its Dallas office for U.S. sales and marketing, although it will continue selling …
Brightpoint Inc. announced it entered into an agreement to provide integrated logistics services for Nextel Communications. Under the agreement, Brightpoint’s wholly owned subsidiary, Wireless Stockroom, will provide a variety of …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Mobile announced it has seen a 100-percent increase in its digital customer service activations in the three months since it launched the DigitalChoice SingleRate pricing plans. The …
NORCROSS, Ga.-Atomic Software Inc. announced it selected and certified the Sage Wireless IP (Internet Protocol) Modem from Novatel Wireless Inc. for its Authorizer for Windows 95/98 NT electronic payment software. …
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.-Amica Wireless Phone Service said it expects to begin offering digital wireless calling Dec. 14 in Bloomington, Champaign, Dectaur and Springfield, Ill., using Code Division Multiple Access technology. Among …
RICHARDSON, Texas-TransData Inc. announced its Mark-V Series Energy Meter was selected by Alabama Electric Cooperative for its wireless packet data network substation automation project. The Mark-V is interfaced with the …
DALLAS-Aethos Communication Systems Inc. announced it has agreed to provide its Odyssey RF Planning Tool to Paging Network Inc., the first time Aethos has entered the paging sector. According to …
