CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Northern Telecom Inc. will incorporate Glenayre Technologies Inc.’s Modular Voice Processing system into its Global System for Mobile communications’ wireless portfolio, announced Glenayre. The two companies have signed a …
DALLAS-Cellular service provider Uzdunrobita will double the size of its Advanced Mobile Phone Service/Time Division Multiple Access wireless network in the former Soviet Republic of Uzbekistan and add a variety …
ATLANTA-GTE Mobilnet Inc. began offering Cellular Digital Packet Data service in Hawaii on the island of Oahu. CDPD uses existing cellular networks to provide wireless access to the Internet and …
The free-trade global telecom pact inked in Geneva two weeks ago represents the emergence of commerce as a powerful new diplomatic tool the United States will employ to export a …
NEW YORK-Glenayre Technologies Inc. acknowledged Feb. 26 that a second shareholder lawsuit has been filed against the company and certain of its current and former board members. The lawsuit, filed …
German wireless phone operators continue to drop prices and restructure calling plans following the award of a fourth mobile phone license and growth in the consumer market. Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH, …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s second report and order that codifies new auction rules for common carrier and private carrier paging along with partitioning of geographic licenses follows in most cases …
WALTHAM, Mass.-Reflection Technology Inc. announced it is manufacturing and shipping interface cables to connect its FaxView personal fax reader to Motorola Inc.’s StarTac cellular phone. Motorola has authorized Reflection, a …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Motorola Inc. will use Microtec’s VRTX real-time operating system, optimizing C and C++ compilers and XRAY debugger to speed development of the application software in Motorola’s Code Division …
MEXICO CITY, Mexico- The Mexican government plans to resume auctioning of radio spectrum this year after defining frequency blocks for services that include personal communications services. According to the Mexican …
NEW YORK-In a record-breaking year for domestic mergers and acquisitions, telecommunications transactions accounted for four of the five largest deals announced or concluded in 1996. This year also promises a …
NEW YORK-McLeod Inc. is expected to sell publicly $200 million in debt by early March, some of which will be used to build out the 26 personal communications services licenses …
ATLANTA-MCI Communications Corp. introduced cellular service to Tampa-St. Petersburg and Orlando, Fla. The company recently began local wireline service in the area. The Tampa Bay cellular area covers Clearwater, New …
LYNCHBURG, Va.-L.M. Ericsson recently supplied a digital trunked radio system to the city of Las Cruces, N.M. The 800 MHz system provides the city’s police officers with encryption technology that …
WARREN, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. will use Agile Networks’ data networking products to allow telecommunications service providers to combine voice and data services over a single public network. Lucent will combine …
LaBarge Inc.’s telecommunications unit has found a way to offer its products and services to several parts of the wireless industry. The St. Louis-based company concentrates on designing and manufacturing …
RICHARDSON, Texas-Siemens Wireless Terminals reached an agreement with IDG Books Worldwide to publish a user guide for its new personal communications services handset. IDG Books is known for its …For …
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-ICG Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of ICG Communications Inc., is offering $100 million of senior discount notes and $100 million of exchangeable preferred stock. The company said the senior …
WASHINGTON-While Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt ratchets up pressure on local governments to break antenna siting gridlock around the country, regulators are working behind the scenes to craft guidelines …
SAN FRANCISCO-Hughes Network Systems Inc. completed interoperability tests with subscriber terminal suppliers for its enhanced full-rate voice coder for Interim Standard 136 Time Division Multiple Access technology. The company is …
