The Romanian Ministry of Communications awarded two 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications licenses to the consortia of Mobil Rom, led by France Telecom International Mobiles, and to MobiFon, …
NEW YORK-Qualcomm Inc. announced Nov. 18 a drop in net income for the fourth quarter and the fiscal year, accompanied by a sharp increase in revenues for the same period. …
WASHINGTON-NextWave Personal Communications Inc. has responded to detailed questions put forth by the Federal Communications Commission Nov. 15 regarding that agency’s investigation of the C-block winner’s fitness to be a …
WASHINGTON-In an amici curiae brief submitted by four members of Congress, the Federal Communications Commission is taken to task for taking telecommunications law into its own hands in the currently …
NEW YORK-In a very successful initial public offering, Deutsche Telekom AG, the German government’s telecommunications monopoly, went public Nov. 18. The IPO consisted of 600 million shares sold to outsiders …
WASHINGTON-With China potentially becoming the biggest wireless export market in the world, the Clinton administration is challenged with keeping disputes over human rights, arms sales and Taiwan separate from its …
CAPE TOWN, South Africa-The South African Police Services in Cape Town, South Africa, has decided to install Motorola Inc.’s SmartZone system following the recent completion of a successful trial of …
The board of directors of AirTouch Communications Inc. declared Dec. 15 the record date for a contingent payment on its 6 percent Class B mandatorily convertible preferred stock, Series 1996. …
The sale of Bellcore to a high-tech California information company will sever one of the final threads binding the former Bell empire, and mark an era of possessive competition between …
ARLINGTON, Va.-Omnipoint Corp. announced an offering and pricing of $200 million of 11 5/8 percent Senior Notes due Aug. 15, 2006 in a private placement. The notes were priced at …
So Thanksgiving is only a few days away. But for days, weeks and months leading up to the great pheasant feast folks have been talking turkey in telecom and political …
OULU, Finland-Nokia Telecommunications announced plans to expand its base station production in Oulu, Finland, due to increased demand. Beginning next spring, the base stations will be manufactured in a new …
Mike Lorelli will resign as president and chief executive officer of MobileMedia Corp., the latest in a chain of events that has shareholders, industry and Wall Street wary of the …
Omnitel Pronto Italia, Italy’s privately owned GSM operator, said it has filed a lawsuit against state-owned Telecom Italia Mobile for $62.5 million with the court of appeals in Rome. Omnitel …
Several C-block licensees are questioning the 7 percent interest rate used by the Federal Communications Commission in payment plan notes, but the government stands behind the figure. The difference between …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson will supply Global System for Mobile communications infrastructure to Telecel Comunicacoes Pessoais S.A. between 1997 and 1999 to expand its network in Portugal. Ericsson values the contract …
AirNet Communications Corp. entered an agreement with the Thomsen Group of Denmark, appointing Thomsen as AirNet’s authorized business representative in Denmark and certain Far Eastern countries. Thomsen will distribute AirNet’s …
How do you market a phone shield designed to protect people from “potentially harmful radiation from your cell phone” when 1.) there is no evidence that the radiation is harmful …
ISSAQUAH, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp.’s InfoStream technology allows mobile professionals to send faxes and e-mail, and access office databases and the Internet, from a laptop computer using a digital personal communications …
