Tadiran Microwave Networks, which has made several structural changes designed to improve operating efficiencies, won a $4.2 million contract with the Maricopa County, Ariz., government to replace its analog network …
WASHINGTON-House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.), compromising with Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) on privacy, liability and cancer-research funding, won bipartisan approval last week on legislation to improve E911 wireless …
Communication Solutions Inc. awarded Conductus Inc. a subcontract, valued at about $1 million, to build a multichannel wireless receiver front-end enhanced by superconductors. The Baltimore-based company plans to integrate the …
NEW YORK-Orange Communications SA said it awarded a contract, valued at $460 million, to a partnership of Nokia Corp. and Ascom AG to deliver a Global System for Mobile Communications …
MCLEAN, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. reported a second-quarter net loss of $531.3 million, or $1.94 per share, compared with a $261.6 million loss for the corresponding period last year. Total revenue …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is investigating possible wireless resale violations by Nextel Communications Inc., a probe that contributed to the agency rejecting the forbearance petition filed by the Personal Communications …
WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. last week vehemently denied transferring sensitive technology to Communist China after a leaked classified Air Force report concluded Chinese nuclear missile capabilities improved as a result of work …
NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. said cellular subscriber growth in its Asian markets has been negatively impacted by the region’s financial crisis and the devaluation of some Asian currencies. However, …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Three of Japanese cellular operator DDI Corp.’s regional service providers launched commercial Code Division Multiple Access service in Japan, according to Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group. Service is …
TAIPEI, Taiwan-Low-tier mobile phone service in Taiwan was opened to competition by the country’s Ministry of Transportation and Communications, with a tender announcement expected by December and commercial service rollout …
At a somewhat lavish press event at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Motorola Inc. announced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Starfish Software Inc., a leading supplier …
LUXEMBOURG-SENTELgsm, a company owned 75 percent by Millicom International Cellular S.A., was awarded a 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications license covering all of The Republic of Senegal. Located …
WASHINGTON-The Superintendent of Rock Creek Park, an urban national park, said it would take five months before an environmental assessment is completed to determine whether Bell Atlantic Mobile can site …
DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. introduced a nationwide roaming service for local and regional subscribers, as an alternative to full-time nationwide coverage. Local and regional subscribers who only travel occasionally can transfer …
Turns out there is not one but two million-dollar men in the Portals fiasco. Subpoenaed documents provided to congressional investigators by Tennessee developer Franklin Haney last week supposedly reveal that …
The success of the personal communications services industry has astounded industry analysts, PCS company executives and cellular carriers alike. The PCS industry is about two years old and already has …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. signed an agreement with Pegaso PCS S.A. de D.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pegaso Telecommunications S.A. de C.V., to supply about $650 million of infrastructure equipment …
To the Editor: In response to your article “Wireless data industry continues evolution,” I was somewhat surprised to see a figure of 132,000 wireless data users. We have at least …
CARACAS, Venezuela-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it has received a contract from Telcel valued at $100 million to upgrade the Venzuelan cellular operator’s network. Telcel will upgrade its system from analog …
NEW YORK-Proceeding toward its vision of the network as the computer, Sun Microsystems Inc., Palo Alto, Calif., is expected to introduce formally this week the successor to its Java programming …
