WASHINGTON-Bill Daley, brother of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and a big Democratic supporter, has been named Commerce Department secretary. Daley would succeed Mickey Kantor, who left as U.S. trade representative …
As part of a holiday promotion, Powertel Inc. is offering unlimited local calling within its entire coverage area for $50 per month for all of next year. Customers who sign …
WAKEFIELD, Mass.-Boston Technology Inc. said it will provide hardware, software and services to SBC Communications Inc. for enhanced telecommunications services. According to the agreement, Boston Technology will supply its Access …
LOS ANGELES-The CDMA Development Group has said it wants to create a single name for the Code Division Multiple Access family of products. Wireless local loop, cellular and personal communications …
Sprint PCS to announce launch Sprint Spectrum L.P. is expected to announce today its personal communications services launch. The company did not note the markets where it expected to launch …
WASHINGTON-C-block personal communications services bidders Antigone Communications L.P. and PCS Devco Inc. continued to put NextWave Personal Communications Inc.’s feet into the fire regarding its pending C-block licenses. This time …
DENVER-Cellmart, a Web site for consumers to shop for local cellular service and cellular phones, was introduced by Nlytn Technologies Corp. Trent Sutton, chief executive officer of the company, said …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-CTI Movil, a cellular network operator in Argentina, selected Lucent Technologies Inc. to expand its Advanced Mobile Phone Service network and install an online billing platform. Lucent values …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s International Cellular Infrastructure Group signed a contract to expand a Global System for Mobile communications network in Kuwait. Motorola values the contract at $7 million. When …
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-International Business Machines Corp. introduced a handheld wireless system for retailers to use as a portable or docked point-of-sale workstation, as an inventory management device and a connection …
Northern Telecom Ltd. signed a three-year agreement to supply equipment to Mobility Canada for its 800 MHz cellular network. “Our enhanced 800 MHz cellular platform will allow Mobility Canada to …
As European countries progressively open and grow their wireless markets, the contest for licenses is hot. But in Germany, only one group entered a bid for a second personal communications …
MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications Inc. received the first shipment of Subscriber Identity Module cards from Gemplus Card International Corp., said the U.S. subsidiary of Gemplus SCA of Gemenos, France. The …
Qualcomm Inc. has made a double-barrel response to claims by L.M. Ericsson that Qualcomm’s Code Division Multiple Access products infringe on Ericsson technology patents. Both Qualcomm and Ericsson hold CDMA …
The end of the Cold War six years ago signaled the end of defense as a driver of technology creation. Engineers have since sought ways to apply defense designs to …
Financial catastrophe has MobileMedia Corp. in the news almost daily with talk of corruption, stockholder lawsuits and bankruptcy. But the company now faces heightened pressure from competitor Paging Network Inc., …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-With the delivery of 3,000 base stations to Japanese cellular operator NTT DoCoMo, L.M. Ericsson’s base stations support more than 2 million subscribers in Japan. NTT DoCoMo has more …
WASHINGTON-The cellular and paging industries experienced similar declines in revenue per subscriber and operating expenses this year. But despite jitters on Wall Street, the operating performance of most wireless companies …
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Embarc and Paging Partners Corp. launched the Street Line paging service to offer financial news and stock quotes from CNBC. Breaking news-including business, financial, national and international news-will …
LOS ANGELES-Ever since PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. launched service in 11 markets last month, many Code Division Multiple Access proponents believe the technology has passed its first test-widespread deployment. Now …
