EAST LANSING, Mich.-Zsigo Wireless Data Consultants Inc. announced it plans to broker more than $250,000 of software development work to its channel of certified developers in the next year. According …
WASHINGTON-The House Science subcommittee on technology will hold a hearing this Thursday to address third-generation wireless technology, an issue that appears to be mushrooming into a major trade dispute between …
DENVER-Investors in two start-up prepaid cellular phone businesses have filed a class-action lawsuit against the businesses’ promotors, claiming they bilked investors out of more than $58 million. The lawsuit, filed …
NEW YORK-“If I leave you with nothing else, remember that legal and regulatory issues are the most important, and they pose challenges and obstacles up ahead for the satellite industry,” …
Qualcomm Inc. indicated last week it is considering spinning off most of its international assets in part to boost the company’s earnings in future quarters. The San Diego-based company wants …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced it is deploying data and fax capabilities on commercial Code Division Multiple Access wireless networks. Motorola CIG is deploying circuit-switched data in …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. announced it will collaborate on a joint distribution fulfillment strategy with Motorola Inc. according to a strategic partnership the two entered. Under the agreement, the two will …
In the upcoming months and years, several events in space have the potential to threaten the existing array of satellites orbiting the planet. Any one of these events has the …
Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Octel Messaging Division introduced the first product in its unified messaging portfolio, Message Notifier, which provides cross-notification of messages from different mediums. Message Notifier, jointly developed with …
CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. has filed paperwork for an initial public offering of stock expected to raise $435 million. Convergys, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cincinnati Bell Inc., filed a registration statement …
LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc announced plans to purchase MCI Communications Corp.’s Internet backbone service business for $625 million, which should help clear the way for the European Commission to approve …
MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Dolphin Telecom plc, raised about $700 million in financing it plans to use to deploy enhanced specialized mobile radio networks …
TORONTO-Telular Canada Inc. announced that its Wireless Business Group changed its name to Global Data Wireless to reflect a more focused business plan for the division. Global Data Wireless concentrates …
Trying to address the various issues systems integrator companies face in the telecommunications industry is like stepping into a mine field, say industry experts. The increased level of competition spurred …
WASHINGTON-In the midst of such weighty issues as antenna siting, taxes and digital wiretap implementation, the cellular lobby has chosen to lock onto a lesser-known-albeit important-matter involving a proposal to …
NASHUA, N.H.-Spike Technologies Inc. announced that it completed the first phase of a $2 million broadband wireless local loop project in Merida, Venezuela. Spike installed its Prizm broadband delivery system …
The Western European cellular service market will grow from $31 billion in 1997 at an annual growth rate of 7.6 percent to become a $52 billion industry by 2002, according …
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico-Puerto Rico Telephone Co. plans to expand its prepaid services offered by its wireless services division, Celulares Telefonica, as well as its paging network from Motorola Inc. …
NEW YORK-Two bond rating agencies have placed the outstanding and planned debt of Citizens Utilities Co. on a credit watch for possible downgrade because of the power company’s planned spinoff …
DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. announced Andrew Weisheit, formerly vice president of the company’s carrier service division, has been named vice president of national accounts. PageMart said this move points to its …
