NEW YORK-Solaris 7, the newly released version of Sun Microsystems Inc.’s operating system, promises to provide wireless carriers improved capabilities for fraud control, data mining, bundled and enhanced services and …
WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. signed an agreement with Boston Communications Group Inc. that will allow STC, in cooperation with Boston’s wireless carrier customers, to provide nationwide prepaid service with …
CARY, N.C.-SpectraSite Communications Inc. acquired GlobalComm Inc., a wireless carrier collocation company. Since 1995, GlobalComm has completed more than 600 collocation agreements in the Southeast, said SpectraSite. “Collocation is a …
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.-Metromedia International Group Inc. and its subsidiary Metromedia International Telecommunications Inc. have completed two transactions overseas-one to enter the wireline and wireless phone market in Russia, and another …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is preparing to vote this month to resolve most of the remaining issues regarding the tortured refarming docket. The refarming docket began several years ago as …
Qualcomm Inc. and Microsoft Corp. plan to announce this week they are creating a new wireless communications company to focus on the integration of wireless data, information technology and computers. …
WASHINGTON-Qualcomm Inc. is waging a major court battle against the Federal Communications Commission to gain recognition of Code Division Multiple Access technology innovation in personal communications services and the potentially …
NEW YORK-Wristwatch maker Swatch introduced Swatch the Beep Box-a FLEX-enabled numeric pager shaped in a circle. Customers can buy the round pager, which features a trackball activation system, from Swatch’s …
A Texas electric company has asked the Federal Communications Commission to revoke personal communications services licenses owned by PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. Brazos Electric Power Cooperative Inc. has accused the …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-iReady Corp. said Seiko Instruments Inc. licensed its Internet Tuner technology to enable a line of next-generation liquid crystal displays in consumer electronics devices that can cheaply link …
The MapFactory, a Walnut Creek, Calif., company specializing in adding value to imaging and mapping products, has developed a product that could impact the way wireless carriers build out their …
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-ANI Site Development announced it signed a new agreement to manage all of Renda Broadcasting Corp.’s broadcast towers. ANI manages more than 200 communications sites in the Southeast. …
My Oct. 19 column was titled, “Patently Controversial.” It certainly was. We received feedback in one form or another from Captain Joe Hanna of Richardson (Texas) Police Department’s communication division …
My Oct. 19 column was titled, “Patently Controversial.” It certainly was. We received feedback in one form or another from Captain Joe Hanna of Richardson (Texas) Police Department’s communication division …
WASHINGTON-Yoshio Utsumi was elected secretary-general and Roberto Blois deputy secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union. The two replace Pekka Tarjanne and Henry Chasia, respectively. Voting was completed at the ITU’s …
The new head of Italy’s communications ministry said the government expects to hold its tender for a fourth mobile phone license by the middle of next year. The ministry originally …
NEW YORK-The Federal Communications Commission announced it approved the transfer of licenses and authorizations from Southern New England Telecommunications Corp. to SBC Communications Inc., thereby granting the companies’ merger application. …
NEW YORK-Because of costs associated with its acquisition of Bay Networks, Nortel Networks posted a net loss of $306 million, or 54 cents per share, during the third quarter, the …
NEW YORK-Communications Ventures, a Palo Alto, Calif., venture capital firm specializing in early-stage communications companies, said it has raised $125 million for its third venture fund. Several new limited partners …
NumereX Corp. announced Cellemetry L.L.C. signed an agreement with Bell Atlantic Mobile, expanding its Cellemetry Data Service footprint into the Eastern corridor. Gordon Ray, chairman, president and chief executive officer …
