Euristix Ltd. and Tellabs are working together to develop Tellabs’ Titan 550 Element Management System using the Euristix Raceman EMSX platform development toolkit based on Windows NT. The companies said …
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc.’s Integrated Network Group signed a letter of intent with Northern Telecom Ltd. to jointly market Glenayre’s MVP modular voice processing system with Nortel’s new DMS-Programmable Services …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a rulemaking that would allow almost limitless foreign ownership of U.S.-based telecommunications carriers. The commission, however, vowed to retain certain safeguards that would restrict …
LAS VEGAS-Easy Cellular Inc. began prepaid residential and long-distance services in Miami. The company said it received more than 1,000 inquiry calls and 70 service activations. Last month, Easy Cellular …
Congress last week approved an $8.6 billion disaster relief bill. Relief, that is, for states throughout the country humbled, yet not humiliated, by floods, tornadoes, mud slides and other natural …
The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association’s Foundation for Wireless Telecommunication honored several people at a dinner last week for their role in developing wireless communications. Pictured from left to right: William …
In a number of “hot” markets around the country, a tidal wave of demand for new personal communications services is swamping some companies’ customer service departments-forcing scores of would-be customers …
Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group and Coral Systems Inc. reached an agreement to allow Motorola to offer its customers Coral Systems’ FraudBuster fraud management system as part of its IN2 …
The source information on the chart on page 1 of the May 19 issue was incorrect. The information originally was compiled by Goldman Sachs.
GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. has signed a contract for its wireless prepaid calling service with Cellular One of Wisconsin and Northern Illinois, which will offer the service to more than …
NEW YORK-Competition from personal communications services companies in the United States is proving to be good news for wireless carriers and their stocks, David A. Freedman, managing director of Bear …
AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s plan for a digital personal communications services nationwide network has finally kicked off. After receiving its long-awaited shipment of dual-band, dual-mode handsets from Ericsson Inc. last …
New lawsuit filed on Motorola patents Motorola Inc. last week filed a new patent infringement lawsuit against Qualcomm Inc. in San Diego federal court, claiming all of Qualcomm’s wireless phones …
Aerial Communications Inc. launched personal communications services June 2 in Kansas City and Pittsburgh-the latest of five markets the PCS provider has rolled out in the last 11 weeks. Aerial’s …
Sen. Ernest Hollings is holding up Joel Klein’s nomination to head the Justice Department’s antitrust division because Hollings thinks Klein can’t read-at least as far as deciphering the Telecommunications Act …
Western PCS BTA 1 Corp. lost the first round of its battle with the city of Tucson, Ariz., over the city’s new zoning ordinance. Western claims the law prohibits it …
REDMOND, Wash.-Zetron Inc. named Lenbrook Wireless Communications its exclusive distributor for trunking products throughout Canada. The agreement covers Zetron products including trunking repeater controllers and wide area networking solutions, said …
MINNEAPOLIS-Personal communications services licensee WirelessNorth introduced its “Wireless Partners Program” during the North Dakota Telephone Association’s 35th Annual Tri-State Telephone Operations Conference last month in Fargo, N.D. The program defines …
The announcement of a proposed merger between a large New York investment firm and CommNet Cellular Inc. increased CommNet’s already high profile in the rural cellular market while boosting the …
Telemac appointed Peter McCracken chief executive officer, with responsibility for overseeing the development of innovative software technology and formulating strategic alliances with wireless industry leaders. Previously, McCracken was president and …
