MOSCOW-Globalstar L.P. and Rostelecom JSC, Russia’s largest telecommunications operator, signed an agreement to form a joint venture company that will provide mobile satellite services in Russia. Globalstar Space Telecommunications (GlobalTel) …
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Glenayre Technologies Inc. reached agreements with several Latin American companies while participating in a trade mission in Brazil, Argentina and Chile. William Daley, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, led …
WASHINGTON-Lockheed Elementary School in Marietta, Ga., became the 100th school involved in the ClassLink program, which evolved from a challenge issued by U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich to the wireless …
SAN DIEGO-General Instrument Corp., a supplier of end-to-end digital transmission systems, signed a letter of intent to co-produce digital DVB satellite receivers in China with joint venture partners Xi’an Yellow …
DALLAS-DSC Communications Corp. said it will demonstrate products designed to meet the requirements of the telecom act this week at SuperComm ’97 in New Orleans. Products designed to solve problems …
WASHINGTON-C-block personal communications services licensee NextWave Telecom Inc. went through another round of downsizing last week, but would not disclose anything more than that the cuts were nationwide and that …
ARLINGTON, Va.-Bell Atlantic Network Services Inc. selected DSC Communications Corp. to supply equipment and software for the company’s 1998 launch of a high-speed data communications service for consumers using Asymmetric …
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Audiovox Corp. acquired a 20 percent equity interest in Bliss-tel Company Ltd., a Bangkok, Thailand-based distributor of cellular, cordless and corded telephones. Audiovox acquired the interest for 250,000 shares …
TORONTO-Microcell Telecommunications Inc. signed a handful of new roaming agreements with European operators, and announced its Fido personal communications services network will be active in Toronto starting next week. Microcell …
DALLAS-DSC Communications Corp. reached an agreement to purchase Texas Instruments Inc.’s Telecommunications Systems Division in a cash transaction. Additional financial details were not disclosed by the companies. DSC said it …
Qualcomm Personal Electronics, a division of Qualcomm Inc. and Sony Electronics Inc., reduced its temporary work force in response to a planned transition to new product lines, automated production methods …
In the beginning, it was Reed Who? But by last week’s resignation announcement, the only question was, When? Arguably the most controversial, yet most constructive Federal Communications Commission chairman in …
PARAMUS, N.J.-Wireless Telecom Group Inc. received an initial order for satellite test systems to be used in the ICO Global Communications satellite network. The company values the agreement at $1.5 …
FRANKFURT, Germany-WorldCom Inc.’s wholly owned German operating company signed an agreement to interconnect its public network with that of Deutsche Telekom. The agreement, which includes all technical, operational and commercial …
After network difficulties hampered Sprint Spectrum L.P.’s projected launch of “15 to 20 markets” by the end of 1996, the company last week finally launched its premiere New York market. …
Noise/Com Inc. introduced its BS-800 Dual Interference Signal Generators to aid in interference testing of Code Division Multiple Access and Time Division Multiple Access base stations. The products include two …
The Portuguese government said it plans to open a tender for a personal communications services license this month and issue a third mobile phone license by the end of this …
As any business owner stuck with cartons of obsolete business cards and letterhead can attest, “portability”-at least in terms of a phone number-can be a real headache. That’s because changing …
Poland has opened a tender for a Digital Cellular System 1800 MHz license. Interested companies are expected to submit offers by mid-July. Sources in Poland report that Minister of Telecommunications …
DENVER-CommNet Cellular Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Arnold C. Pohs has been elected chairman of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, the wireless industry’s trade association. “Throughout the past 14 …
