March 23-April 1 The International Telecommunication Union. Velletta, Malta. +356 356 356. Wireless Marketing Summit ’98 March 30-31 Shorecliff Communications International. The Wyndham Anatole Hotel, Dallas. (800) 608-9641. Inter Comm …
NEW YORK-Gaining overseas business contracts while also obeying U.S. laws against bribery of foreign government and corporate officials remains a significant challenge for American businesses. In the “danger zone” for …
What does wireless have in common with toothpaste? Maybe not much now, but perhaps the toothpaste industry has learned a marketing secret that wireless carriers could benefit from. Toothpaste companies …
NEW YORK-Aspiring to reorganize its data services capabilities, Bell Atlantic Corp. announced the formation of the Bell Atlantic Data Solutions Group and named Joseph Farina president and chief executive officer …
Nine companies are set to bid in the Australian personal communications services spectrum auction April 14, amid uncertainties surrounding the auction process and an economic crisis gripping many nations in …
RESTON, Va.-American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced two new customers for its Multi-Mode Mobile Messaging Service-Dart Transit Co. and J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. AMSC’s messaging service provides seamless nationwide coverage …
SALT LAKE CITY-World Wireless Communications Inc. said it received initial orders from Cirque Corp. to manufacture a variety of Cirque GlidePoint touchpad products. The orders are for labor-only contract services …
DALLAS-United States Cellular Corp. selected Northern Telecom Inc. to build new Code Division Multiple Access and Time Division Multiple Access networks in its markets, said Nortel. Milwaukee will be the …
WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Resellers Association last week defended its study that claims a “resale blockage” exists in broadband personal communications service and specialized mobile radio service. TRA President Ernie Kelly, in …
TORONTO-TMI Communications announced it launched a new mobile packet data network available in all 50 states and in Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean using its MSAT geostationary satellite. TMI said …
Last Sunday at church the main reading was the parable of the Prodigal Son. You remember the one, about the wealthy farmer with two sons. One son asks for his …
Strategy Analytics, a research firm based in Delafield, Wis., gave perhaps the most conservative forecast of the paging industry to date during a teleconference coinciding with the release of its …
NEW YORK-Ameritech Corp., which said in December it would sell its 24.95 percent stake in Telecom Corp. of New Zealand, announced the structure for the global public offering of 437 …
Cellnet, a United Kingdom-based cellular operator, selected Brite technology to deliver its traffic information services to its subscribers. Cellnet’s Traffic Line provides in-car traffic reports on a digital network direct …
A few years ago, United Airlines aired a commercial that featured a company’s chief executive officer admonishing his sales force for relying too much on faxes, phone calls and e-mail …
WASHINGTON-No one was more surprised at the eventual outcome of the most recent Federal Communications Commission spectrum auction as was Thomas Jones, president of WNP Communications Inc., who walked away …
BURLINGTON, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. announced the opening of a lead office for the Asia-Pacific region in the Philippines. Lightbridge said Curtiss Waters will be responsible for the strategic development and penetration …
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry will be gearing up soon for cutover to a universal electronic licensing system that will consolidate 11 systems and databases into one and allow a one-day turnaround …
MCLEAN, Va.-LCC International Inc. announced the opening of its Cellular Institute to the public worldwide. Established in 1991, the Cellular Institute offers a process-based, just-in-time job-skills curriculum, said the company. …
NEW YORK-U S West Communications Inc.’s long-term debt ratings were downgraded from Aa3 to A2 by Moody’s Investors Service Inc. for several reasons. Moody’s said it is concerned about public-policy …
