RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-Ericsson Inc. last week introduced a snap-on wireless modem that allows users to browse the Internet and send or receive faxes and e-mail without cable hookups or …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Radio Systems announced it bought telecommunications consulting company Edgecom for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition effectively splits Ericsson’s consulting activities from its sales and installation activities. Edgecom will …
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry and the hearing-impaired community appear headed on a collision course over the implementation of the 1996 telecom act’s mandate that equipment and service be accessible and usable …
COPENHAGEN, Denmark-The Danish telecommunications services group Tele Danmark A/S said it sold some of its stake in Hungarian cellular operator Pannon GSM Tavkozlesi Rt. Tele Danmark sold 70 percent of …
LONDON – Cable & Wireless plc announced plans to sell its 25-percent interest in Mobile Telephone Networks Holdings (Pty) Ltd., a South African Global System for Mobile communications operator, to …
WASHINGTON-In comments filed late last week with the Federal Communications Commission, CTIA asked the regulator to provide nationwide liability protection for wireless service providers when their systems are used to …
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc. said it is developing a network-based wireless location system called PhoneTrack using elements of time difference of arrival and angle of arrival technologies. The system …
In the July 27 story about the Audiovox agreement with CommQuest, the wrong photo inadvertently was used. The photo that ran was of the LSI Logic baseband processor chip. In …
I saw two stories over the news wire this week that made me wonder if wireless is heading the way of smoking as far as being labeled a public nuisance. …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. was awarded a contract to develop low-loss tunable microwave devices for applications in wireless and satellite communications, said the company. The contract, which is valued at $1.67 …
NEW YORK-As mergers among telecommunications giants tear around the track at breathtaking speed, it may seem that domestic deregulation, intended to promote competition, has instead achieved consolidation. However, a glance …
NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service has assigned a speculative grade rating of B2 to a proposed $1.21 billion in secured credit facilities that will be used to fund Centennial Cellular Corp.’s …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission plans to re-auction returned C-block licenses March 23. The announcement, made last Wednesday, means the FCC will not wait for various bankruptcy courts to determine the …
NEW YORK-After dramatically reducing the size and price of its initial public offering, Crown Castle International Corp., a Houston-based wireless tower company, sold 14 million shares at $13 each Aug. …
Embattled Clinton Democrats, like FCC Chairman Bill Kennard and the First Family itself, know they’ve got a friend in Cape Cod and the islands, where I just returned from vacation …
WASHINGTON-A decision to allow law enforcement access to location information as part of the digital wiretap upgrade may have an impact on which technologies are deployed under the enhanced 911 …
GoAmerica Communications Corp. announced it signed an agreement to become a value-added reseller of Information Mechanics Inc.’s line of wireless data applications for smartphones and other handheld devices. Under the …
AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s Advanced Messaging Division introduced two new services last week-a guaranteed delivery service and a nationwide paging alternative. The first, called AlphaTrack, is a guaranteed-messaging service reselling …
In what is no doubt the single-largest transaction in the history of the paging industry, Arch Communications Group Inc. and MobileMedia Corp. confirmed they have completed a definitive merger agreement …
FOSTER CITY, Calif.-Century Telephone Enterprises Inc. said it agreed to sell its Alaskan assets to financial investor Fox Paine & Co. L.L.C. and a management team led by Charles E. …
