Comsat Corp. said it filed a breach of contract lawsuit against IDB Mobile Communications Inc. in U.S. District Court of Maryland, seeking to collect $5 million for satellite services it …
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.-Signal One Corp. recently started building nine new towers at major interstate locations in Tennessee. Eight locations will have 330-foot towers and the Monteagle location will have a 350-foot …
Brazil Microwave radio equipment manufacturer Harris Corp. announced plans to open a plant during the second quarter in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In addition to its manufacturing operations, the new facility …
WINNIPEG, Canada-MTS Mobility, the Province of Manitoba and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police signed a 10-year, $60 million contract calling for MTS to provide the police force with province-wide FleetNet …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced an agreement to replace the analog equipment in GTE Wireless’ Greensboro and Raleigh, N.C., and Charleston, S.C., networks, with Code Division Multiple …
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Microwave Power Devices Inc. announced it won a $900,000 order to supply Qualcomm Inc. with amplifiers for its Code Division Multiple Access cellular communications system base stations. The company …
AUSTIN, Texas-The microwave and radio-frequency components industry had a good year for earnings, but stocks did relatively poorly in 1997, primarily because of a severe price-per-earnings multiple contraction caused by …
Grumbling about wireless ways and means at the FCC. First, there is the claim the bureau is tinkering with its 931 MHz paging database in order to free up more …
LONDON-Cable & Wireless Panama announced it has launched Panama’s first competitive cellular service, eight months after successfully bidding for a 49-percent stake in Intel, when the company was privatized in …
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association said it is taking steps this year to accommodate international participants at the Wireless 98 convention and exposition Feb. 23-25 in Atlanta. Last year …
In the Jan. 12 edition, RCR incorrectly identified the pager watch offered by MTX Paging Products L.L.C., a joint venture of Motorola Inc. and Timex Corp. The watch is called …
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Technology Inc. and Boston Technology Inc. have merged in a tax-free, stock-for-stock transaction. As a result of the merger, each share of Boston Technology common stock was converted …
CommQuest Technologies Inc. today introduced a tri-band Global System for Mobile communications chipset that will allow global roaming in the 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 1900 MHz frequency bands using …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Mobile added almost 1 million customers and earned revenues in excess of $3 billion during 1997, the company recently announced. The company also expanded its Code Division …
WASHINGTON-Industry participants in a Jan. 21 open forum to review the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau’s rules and performance during the past two years agree that while the WTB has come a …
KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced that its joint venture in Taiwan, Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd., launched its dual-band wireless communications service in Taiwan. The Global System for Mobile …
AT&T Corp. is expected to announce to analysts today its operating strategy for the year that will include as many as 19,000 layoffs, management restructuring and the integration of its …
SINGAPORE-The Asia-Pacific currency crisis has taken its toll on the Personal Communications Industry Association’s first venture into the international trade-show arena. Wireless Showcase Asia, held here last week and touted …
SINGAPORE-The main effects of the Asia-Pacific currency crisis on wireless carriers will be to make both foreign-manufactured equipment and foreign-debt servicing more expensive, said Jonathan Tarlin, senior vice president-international for …
