BALTIMORE-A judge handling the Pocket Communications Inc. bankruptcy case ruled Feb. 11 that a $1-billion lawsuit against Pocket principles Dan and Janis Riker filed by National Telecom PCS Inc. can …
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Microwave Power Device Inc. said its wholly owned subsidiary, MPD Technologies Inc., will demonstrate its multichannel, multiprotocol, linear power amplifiers and single-channel, Code Division Multiple Access and Global System …
PARIS-Alcatel, Schlumberger and Sendit introduced a wireless application, based on the Global System for Mobile communications smart card, for adding Internet e-mail capability to mobile phones, said the companies. The …
CANNES, France-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group introduced a Global System for Mobile communications base station for in-building networks, the smallest and lightest base transceiver station to date for GSM microcellular …
Like a tsunami we don’t see until it’s too late, number portability is heading toward the wireless industry, and few companies seem prepared for the impending storm. While phones, technology …
To the Editor: I cannot believe the deafening silence from the wireless community with regard to MobileMedia Corp.’s plan to extinguish the equity in the company. If the industry has …
To the Editor: You’ll probably get a lot of response on this one. Methanol is derived from wood and is highly toxic. It is not present in hard liquor. Ethanol …
WASHINGTON-While the mounting Asian financial crisis cuts into the booming wireless business worldwide, the threat of a longer-term impact depends on whether a workable rescue plan can be implemented by …
WASHINGTON-MCI Communications Corp. reported a net loss of $391 million, or 56 cents per share, for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, compared with net income of $303 million, or …
Two wireless infrastructure manufacturers signed agreements last week giving them a foothold in the emerging broadband access market. Lucent Technologies Inc. announced plans to acquire Hewlett-Packard Co.’s local multipoint distribution …
NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, N.J., has created a venture capital subsidiary to identify and invest in emerging technologies. Henry Schacht, who retired Feb. 18 as chairman of the …
LOS GATOS, Calif.-Metricom Inc. announced that GTSI, a government reseller in the United States, will resell the Ricochet wireless line of products and services. The Ricochet wireless modem and Internet …
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. reported a net loss of $121.5 million, or $2.01 per share, for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, compared with a net gain of $16.7 million, …
MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. said it closed a previously announced series O and Q preferred shares exchange offer. The offer was for preferred holders to exchange a total of $22.3 …
STAMFORD, Conn.-International Telecommunications Data Systems Inc. introduced its next generation of billing, customer care and management information solutions, including a new authentication-key management system. The new solutions are designed for …
MELVILLE, N.Y.-Interantenna-AMC, based in Moscow, has selected and installed the In-Touch II paging billing and management system from In-Touch Management Systems Inc., said the company. The installation, In-Touch’s first in …
WASHINGTON-Iridium L.L.C. announced that five additional satellites were launched Feb. 18, following several delays caused by unfavorable upper-level winds, said the company. The satellites were carried on a Delta II …
NEW YORK-Intek Diversified Corp., Princeton, N.J., has signed an agreement allowing use of its patented linear modulation technology by Kukjae Electronics Ltd. Co., Seoul, one of South Korea’s leading mobile …
NEW YORK-Two Denver companies joined forces this year as Liberty Telecom L.L.C., which they formed to fill a void caused by the paucity of financial institutions offering capital lease financing …
MCLEAN, Va.-LCC International Inc. offered GSM World Congress attendees in Cannes, France, a sneak peek at its next-generation wireless network planning and optimization software, the company said. The pre-commercial version …
