SAN JOSE, Costa Rica-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it won a contract to expand the Time Division Multiple Access network for the Costa Rican national telephone company, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad. …
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced three South Korean wireless communications equipment manufacturers are including Lucent’s digital signal processor-based compression and decompression (codec) technology in their Code Division Multiple Access …
Northern Telecom Ltd. won a $780 million contract with Teligent Corp. and offered to purchase all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Broadband Networks Inc. on a fully …
ATLANTA-Ukrainian Mobile Communications and LHS Group jointly announced the launch of the first 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications network in Ukraine. LHS is providing the billing and customer …
DALLAS-BearCom Inc. acquired three dealers as part of its strategy to provide a worldwide network of local sales and support for wireless communications through a series of acquisitions. The company …
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. is on its way to a rout in the 800 MHz specialized mobile radio auction, leading its closest competitor in the race for licenses by nearly $29 …
KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its personal communications services network in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Lucent Technologies Inc. provided the Time Division Multiple Access infrastructure equipment for the …
GARDEN CITY, N.Y.-Communication Corporation of America said its wholly owned subsidiary, Ascot Communications Inc., began national marketing and sales of prepaid cellular service. The company began signing on regional and …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Advanced Radio Telecom Crop. announced it has entered into agreements to acquire 24 additional licenses in the 38 GHz band and has received new grants of seven other 38 …
AirCell Inc., a Boulder, Colo.-based company that has developed a system to provide ground communications for aircraft using cellular channels, has been in a holding pattern since early this year. …
The paging industry is gearing up for a fight over what one industry executive termed “one of the most important issues affecting our industry at this point.” The comment refers …
TEMPE, Ariz.-Arch Communications Group Inc. announced that its paging services will by resold by Chicago-based 360
NEW YORK-Xypoint Corp., Seattle, has developed a wireless Enhanced 911 solution that doesn’t require carriers to install a Home Location Register or other expensive hardware or software in their networks. …
ISSAQUAH, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. ended the third quarter with 101,000 personal communications services customers, adding 26,600 subscribers during the quarter. For the quarter ended Sept. 30, Western Wireless recorded a …
As far as first press conferences go, new Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard did well. In fact, he was nearly flawless as far as these thing go. Relaxed, composed …
WASHINGTON-In his last appearance Nov. 3 at the front of the Federal Communications Commission’s eighth-floor meeting room, outgoing Chairman Reed Hundt said to a packed house closed to outsiders, “It’s …
NEW YORK-Israel plans to open its telecommunications market to full competition by January 1999, Communications Minister Limor Livnat said at a news conference, Nov. 3. A week earlier, the Israeli …
MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill.-Illinois Superconductor Corp. announced it has received $5 million in equity financing, consisting of $3.5 million from new investors, Elliott Associates L.P. and Westgate International L.P., and $1.5 …
CHICAGO-United States Cellular Corp. announced it has completed the exchange transaction with BellSouth Corp. pursuant to agreements entered into in February. USCC acquired controlling interests in a 12-market cluster that …
CAMBRIDGE, England-The Technology Partnership plc and STNC Enterprises Ltd. announced a strategic alliance to create smart phones for Internet and World Wide Web browsing capability in cellular phones. The companies …
