NEW YORK-SkyTel Communications Inc. said declining investments per subscriber and strong cash flow has put it in position to show positive net income figures by the fourth quarter. Net loss …
WASHINGTON-A powerful Senate resolution that was to promote third-generation wireless harmonization was thoroughly diluted by U.S. backers of European-based mobile phone technology last week, a bizarre turnabout that drew a …
With American carriers and manufacturers gallantly fighting here and abroad for global wireless supremacy and the U.S. government pocketing billions from the sale of airwaves that fuel pagers and mobile …
VIENNA, Va.-Teligent Inc. entered into a master building access agreement with U.S. RealTel Inc., a telecommunications site landlord, to provide communications services to 51 office properties. Teligent will provide local, …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it was awarded a contract valued at up to $45 million from Shyam Telelink Ltd. to supply a turnkey cdmaOne Wireless Local Loop network to the …
IRVINE, Calif.-Powerwave Technologies Inc. will acquire Hewlett-Packard Co.’s radio-frequency power amplifier business and its manufacturing facility located in Folsom, Calif., for about $59 million, the companies announced. The business, part …
Succumbing to marketplace pricing pressures, Omnipoint Communications Inc. began offering bundled-minute pricing plans and new prepaid packages last week. “This is the first major pricing change we’ve made since starting …
Philips Semiconductors last month introduced the SA1921, an RF receiver front-end designed for Asian Cellular Satellite System (ACeS) dual-band mobile phones. ACeS is a regional satellite-based mobile telecommunications standard designed …
DALLAS-PageMart Wireless, Inc. announced it plans to extend its narrowband personal communications services ReFLEX network in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Tennessee in September. …
NEW YORK-Australia’s Optus Communications, a multiservice carrier, announced fiscal year-end results Aug. 31 that showed significant declines in operating losses compared with the prior year. Optus closed out Fiscal 1998, …
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-NumereX Corp., which owns a controlling interest in Cellemetry L.L.C., announced a third-quarter net loss of $808,000, or 7 cents per share, compared with a net gain of …
NEW YORK-Northern Telecom Ltd., Toronto, completed its $7 billion-plus acquisition of Bay Networks, Santa Clara, Calif. Nortel is the third-largest wireless infrastructure supplier in the world. Wireless telecommunications remains the …
AirNet Communications Corp. announced it has received a $17 million contract to supply personal communications services wireless infrastructure equipment and services to Message Express Co., owner of two Michigan basic …
AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. introduced a new chip last week designed to bring paging capability to personal digital assistants and other devices not traditionally used for paging. The MMC2080 chip can …
Sweden-based L.M. Ericsson said it has found no reason to believe the current W-CDMA 3G standard chosen by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute would infringe on any valid intellectual property …
SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.-During the next decade, worldwide cellular phone users are expected to more than double to 715 million from this year’s subscription numbers of 268 million, according to Baskerville …
I need your help. The next few weeks at RCR and everywhere else in the wireless industry are going to be crazy. It’s too late to try to clean off …
U.S. stock markets, like most markets around the world, last week experienced a roller-coaster ride that left many companies with no choice but to hold on and hope for the …
LISLE, Ill.-Tellabs Inc. and Ciena Corp. canceled the special stockholder meetings scheduled for Sept. 9 to vote on the proposed merger of the companies. The meetings are expected to be …
An old Chinese saying may be relevant to the commercialization of CDMA mobile phone networks in China-“Those who know don’t talk, and those who talk don’t know”-at least on the …
