TOKYO-NTT, Japan’s largest telecommunications company, is consolidating its Personal Handyphone System business with its cellular phone company, say published reports. NTT DoCoMo group companies took a non-recurring charge this fiscal …
Bell Atlantic Mobile Bill Davidson was named vice president of wireless data marketing and sales for Bell Atlantic Mobile. In his newly created position, Davidson will be responsible for the …
SHELTON, Conn.-ADC Telecommunications Inc.’s ADC NewNet introduced its CALEAserver software that allows wireless and wireline service providers to meet intercept-wiretap requirements outlined in the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act. …
BETHLEHEM, Pa.-Omnipoint Communications Services L.L.C. last week held two job fairs to fill an immediate need for 100 employees at its customer care center. The company said it would be …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia introduced a small, dual-band phone for 900 and 1800 MHz Global System for Mobile communications networks, the Nokia 6150. The phone, based on true 3-volt technology, weighs a …
Conxus Communications Inc. said it completed a $100 million convertible senior subordinated note offering. Conxus plans to use proceeds from the private placement to fund network buildout, operating expenses, working …
WASHINGTON-In a stunning setback for the Clinton administration that bodes well for the wireless industry, a bipartisan group of top telecom lawmakers last week ordered the Federal Communications Commission to …
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia-MT&T Mobility announced it is investing $12.4 million to bring advanced Code Division Multiple Access technology to customers in Nova Scotia. According to an agreement, Northern Telecom will …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced it has established an online purchasing site for customers in the United States to buy wireless phones, two-way radios and accessories as part of its product …
Paging is growing in popularity, and to profit from it, carriers better get their networks prepared now. That is the message Motorola Inc. is pushing with a new campaign and …
VANCOUVER, Wash.-Wireless tower builder and owner Westower Corp. last week acquired privately-held MJA Communications Corp. for $10 million in stock. The acquisition of the Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.-based tower-construction company …
ATLANTA-World Access Inc., and Telco Systems Inc. announced the boards of directors of both companies have agreed to merge. Each Telco share will be converted into shares of World Access …
NEW YORK-Boston-based American Tower Systems Corp. will become a stand-alone company following CBS Corp.’s acquisition of its parent and its spin-off, which involve a secondary offering of the tower company’s …
WASHINGTON-While lawmakers and industry executives toiled last week through the minutia of competing third-generation wireless technologies, Qualcomm Inc. was laying the foundation to parlay an esoteric standards dispute into a …
NEW YORK-Texas Instruments, Dallas, announced June 8 the release of its new TRF3040 Modulator/Synthesizer, designed to make it easier and cheaper to manufacture lighter dual-band, dual-mode wireless handsets that use …
LISLE, Ill.-Telecommunications equipment providers Tellabs Inc. and Ciena Corp. announced they have agreed to merge in a pooling-of-interest that will make Ciena a subsidiary of Tellabs. Under the terms of …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson GmbH and two German operators-Mannesmann Mobilefunk GmbH and T-Mobil GmbH-announced they will conduct a research and evaluation project in Dusseldorf, Germany, to test Wideband Code Division Multiple Access …
MANCHESTER, N.H.-Summa Four Inc. announced it will demonstrate Project Sigma this week at the Supercomm show in Atlanta. This new addition to Summa Four’s product family is a telco-capable, standards-based …
WASHINGTON-Cellular and personal communications services subscribers are expected to more than double from 210.7 million at the end of 1997 to 450 million by the end of 2000, according to …
Motorola Inc., warning investors of another poor financial quarter, announced a restructuring plan that includes cutting employees by 15,000 worldwide and taking a $2 billion blow in special charges. The …
