The National Telecommunications Commission in the Philippines announced it will issue one nationwide and four regional permits for new mobile phone operators there. Kari Roe, analyst for Asia and the …
Astronet Corp. announced the promotions and additions of several employees. Dave Segbers was promoted to vice president of sales and marketing, from director of the same division. Max Ohyama was …
Combining paging technology and personal organizer, PageMart Wireless Inc. announced agreements with Motorola Inc. and 3Com Corp. and with Texas Instruments Inc. to bring messaging capabilities to 3Com’s PalmPilot handheld …
Dear Editor: As detailed in “Leahy bill could gut antenna pre-emption” (Nov. 3), Jeffrey Silva reports on groundbreaking legislation introduced Oct. 30th by Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and James Jeffords …
NEW YORK-Despite losses associated with ongoing construction of a personal communications services network, the third-quarter financial performance of Omnipoint Corp. was ahead of analysts’ expectations, company executives said. Omnipoint Corp., …
House and Senate conferees, Rep. Harold Rogers (R-Ky.) in particular, apparently have had it with CALEA squabbling between the wireless industry and the FBI and will not appropriate any money …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Standard Telecom Inc., manufacturer of the Nixxo brand of pagers, and Qualcomm Inc. have signed a license agreement allowing Standard Telecom to use Code Division Multiple Access technology. …
WASHINGTON-A NextWave Telecom Inc. plan that would defer interest payments for C-block personal communications services companies for five years was circulating last week on Capitol Hill. The plan would circumvent …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced the forthcoming availability of a small Personal Handyphone System handset. Motorola said the phone will be available in Japan through NTT Personal Communications Network Inc. under …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it has successfully defended itself against the patent infringement case brought against it by BTG USA Inc., and that BTG has voluntarily dismissed its case against …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced it completed tests for Code Division Multiple Access intersystem network roaming in Beijing. The tests were conducted jointly with China Telecom Greatwall …
WASHINGTON-Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) said last week he opposes the Leahy-Jeffords bill to repeal the antenna siting pre-emption law and will intervene if the wireless industry and …
PARSIPPANY, N.J.-Philips Consumer Communications L.P. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said that Philips will provide AT&T with multifunction, digital wireless handsets under an agreement previously entered into with Lucent Technologies …
CEDAR CREST, N.M.-Speciality Teleconstructors Inc. acquired substantially all of the assets of Ellis Tower Co. Inc., a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based wireless transmitting and receiving facilities builder. Ellis Tower reported revenues …
NEW YORK-Working with Ericsson Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc., Powertel Inc. has just completed a successful “beam firing antenna” trial. The beam firing antenna array, tested in Auburn, Ala., increases …
PARSIPPANY, N.J.-Philips Consumer Communications L.P. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said that Philips will provide AT&T with multifunction, digital wireless handsets under an agreement previously entered into with Lucent Technologies …
RALEIGH, N.C.-The state of North Carolina completed the first phase of the installation of a statewide public-safety mobile data network provided by Motorola Inc. The North Carolina Criminal Justice Information …
KANAGAWA, Japan-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it is establishing a Bell Laboratories presence in Japan at the Yokosuka Research Park to develop and test a prototype Wideband Code Division Multiple Access …
HAIFA, Israel-Elbit Ltd., a communications company in Israel, announced it has formed a joint company with Hutchison Telecommunications Ltd. and Matav-Cable Systems Media Ltd. to bid on a cellular license …
WASHINGTON-Fourteen subsidiaries of Dallas-based General Wireless Inc., the third-ranked bidder at the C-block personal communications services auction last year, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Company attorneys Skadden Arps Slate …
