Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co. introduced three SmartDigital U.S.A. rate plans offering wireless calls for 20 cents to 25 cents per minute without roaming fees in more than 7,000 cities …
WASHINGTON-In a flurry of legislative horse-trading capping the close of the 105th Congress, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) got a provision tucked into the fiscal 1999 omnibus budget …
LEESBURG, Fla.-Wireless Data Solutions Inc. announced it has reached a formal agreement with Angell Communications Inc. involving a 220 MHz frequency project in Mexico. Under the terms of the agreement, …
MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communications Corp. said it was awarded a contract valued at about $30 million from Carolina PCS to supply the C-block operator with personal communications services equipment. AirNet also …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced its first two products supporting the Wireless Application Protocol at the GSM Asia-Pacific Congress in Singapore. The products are the WAP Gateway and a WAP Service …
Ask any wireless carrier to name its goals, and most would mention they want to build brand loyalty with their existing customers. Yet research from Technology Trends Inc. indicates carriers …
TAMPA, Fla.-BellSouth Corp. announced it launched its personal communications services network in the Tampa, Fla., market, offering bundled-billing wireless and local service, paging and wireless long-distance service. The Tampa Bay …
While Nextel Communications Inc. remains the darling of the wireless industry these days, other specialized mobile radio operators are beginning to build successful businesses on plain old two-way dispatch voice …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Schlumberger Smart Cards & Terminals said Microcell Connexions Inc. has purchased several hundred thousand of its SIMflex dual-mode subscriber identity module cards. The thumbnail-sized SIM cards that hold …
Philips Electronics NV could announce this week plans to scrap its consumer communications joint venture with Lucent Technologies Inc. A decision about the fate of Philips Consumer Communications is expected …
WASHINGTON-Frustrated with failing to make progress after months of negotiations with European officials, Qualcomm Inc. last week declared war by formally invoking intellectual property rights to five third-generation wireless standards …
SAN DIEGO-Willtech Inc. has licensed Qualcomm Inc.’s cdmaOne technology in a royalty-bearing agreement allowing the South Korea-based company to design and develop Code Division Multiple Access test equipment, said Qualcomm. …
WASHINGTON-Whether spectrum used by the private wireless industry will be included in future auction plans remains a murky matter as the Federal Communications Commission gets ready to debate a proposed …
NEW YORK-Cable & Wireless Optus, Australia’s second-largest multiservice telecommunications carrier, plans to raise about $600 million in a stock sale Nov. 16, its initial public equity offering. Merrill Lynch & …
Nextel Communication Inc.’s third-quarter operating results indicated it reached the financial milestone of achieving domestic positive operating cash flow, but investors clearly focused on other aspects of the financials, as …
DENVER-MobileMedia Communications Inc. again requested-and received-an adjournment of the bankruptcy court hearing to rule on its disclosure statement, scheduled for Oct. 14. MobileMedia spokeswoman Krista Grossman said the company’s lawyers …
LAS VEGAS-Microsoft Corp. announced last week at Wireless I.T. in Las Vegas plans to create a microbrowser designed specifically for handheld wireless devices to access Web content. According to Cameron …
While many personal communications services licensees have become disillusioned with the PCS market in the United States and have opted to bow out of the game, Leap Wireless International Inc. …
Patents are a common thread running through the great debates of the day concerning strongest/adequate signal, E911 federal land antenna siting, 3G, prepaid calling and other telecom issues. This should …
Amidst growing pressure from the Clinton administration, Japan’s Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications is set to begin studying other third-generation radio transmission technology proposals-namely cdma2000 technology-besides the W-CDMA proposal it …
