Watching a cellular handset manufacturer that was once on top of the market exit from the U.S. handset business has broken Mal Gurian’s heart. The one-time president of Oki telecom, …
The industry’s first cellular phone manufacturer has become another casualty of the highly competitive handset business. Oki Telecom Inc. has ceased manufacturing, sales and marketing all mobile phones in the …
NEW YORK-NightFire Software Inc., Berkeley, Calif., debuted NetServ Express, which it said is “the first packaged software solution to automate the telecommunications service supply chain and simplify the order management …
SAN DIEGO-National Dispatch Center Inc. announced U S West selected it to provide operator dispatch service to U S West alphanumeric paging and personal communications services subscribers. U S West …
Motorola Inc.’s Mexican offices reported one of its employees was killed last weekend in Juarez, Mexico, the apparent victim of an ongoing drug war in the region that has left …
ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association said it published a new performance guideline for cellular Time Division Multiple Access and personal communications services networks. Interim Standard-727, or “TDMA Cellular/PCS-Radio Interface-Minimum Performance …
The vast number of players coupled with loads of savvy Wall Street money has set the stage for mass consolidation within the tower industry. The rate of acquisitions has moved …
In the past year, paging companies have engineered a striking makeover designed to change their “look” to better meet the business style of the new millennium. Just as the parachute …
Though the International Telecommunication Union is months away from reaching a consensus on third-generation standards, European and Japanese governments are revealing plans to auction third-generation spectrum next year. The race …
Lucent Technologies Business Communications Systems said it plans to develop aggressively the company’s U.S. network of 1,000 authorized dealers, distributors and value-added resellers, aiming to increase them by at least …
ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. said it signed a co-marketing agreement with Fujitsu Software Corp. to promote its new Premion Information Service through Fujitsu’s ByeDesk Link server software application. Fujitsu’s ByeDesk Link …
ATLANTA-BellSouth Mobility DCS is offering two new wireless products for international business travelers-Bosch’s World 718 Mobile Phone and DCS Fax Mailbox service. Bosch’s world phone operates on both 900 MHz …
NEW YORK-The DDI Cellular Group, parent company of eight regional Japanese cellular carriers with a total of 4.4 million customers, has selected the INfusion Home Location Register from DSC Communications …
NEW YORK-Convergys Corp. scaled back and sold an initial public offering Aug. 12 that is the prelude to its spinoff from Cincinnati Bell Inc. Convergys sold 13 million shares of …
ENCINITAS, Calif.-CommQuest Technologies has teamed with Hewlett-Packard Co. to provide a turnkey solution for in-line production testing of Code Division Multiple Access and Global System for Mobile communications wireless handsets. …
While many of its second-tier cellular counterparts have been acquired during the last year in an increasingly consolidated industry, Greensboro, N.C.-based Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. may continue to go it …
NEW YORK-Saying Teletrac Inc. faces “numerous competitive alternatives” to its wireless location services for commercial vehicles, Standard & Poor’s Corp. lowered speculative grade ratings Aug. 7 on $135 million of …
The government of Peru and telecommunications company Telefonica del Peru earlier this month agreed to end the company’s monopoly on conventional telephone service, according to published reports. Telefonica del Peru …
LONDON-The European Commission approved the formation of Symbian, a joint venture launched in June between Psion Software plc, L.M. Ericsson, Nokia Corp. and, eventually, Motorola Inc. Symbian plans to promote …
NEW YORK-SmarTalk TeleServices Inc., a Columbus, Ohio, prepaid calling card distributor, saw its stock price dip by 60 percent to a record low of $6.37 per share Aug. 11. The …
