BROWSING: IDC
ASIA-PACIFIC BRIEFS
AUSTRALIATelstra will extend its CDMA network in Australia to include country locations currently covered by its GSM network but lacking in analog coverage, said the company.Hutchison Telecoms in Australia announced it will adopt the brand name Orange, the global communications brand of the Hutchison...
C&W’S IDC TENDER OFFER CONCLUDES
LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc announced its tender offer for Japanese telecommunications carrier International Digital Communications was successfully concluded, with sufficient shares having been tendered to take Cable & Wireless' holding in IDC to 97.69 percent.Of IDC's 141 stockholders, 134 have tendered their shares. Prior...
C&W RAISES OFFER FOR JAPAN’S IDC
LONDON-Following an offer made by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone for Japanese carrier International Digital Communications, Cable & Wireless plc announced it is raising its previous offer for IDC and extending the term of the offer to June 15 from June 5, to comply with...
SCC INTRODUCES INFOCONNECT SERVICES
BOULDER,Colo.-SCC Communications Corp. said it plans to offer its InfoConnect suite of location-based services to wireless carriers.Applications of InfoConnect include localized traffic and weather updates and emergency roadside services.The InfoConnect product combines SignalSoft Corp.'s local.info software product with SCC's National Data Service Center, which...
PEOPLE
Power ProductsPower Products Unlimited Inc. selected Ken Donofrio as its new marketing director. He will orchestrate all aspects of the company's marketing and carrier services program. Donofrio previously was director of marketing and carrier support for Cliffco Wireless.WirelessNorthWirelessNorth promoted its market development coordinator, Heidi...
STUDIES DISSECT EUROPEAN WIRELESS MARKET
The Western European cellular service market will grow from $31 billion in 1997 at an annual growth rate of 7.6 percent to become a $52 billion industry by 2002, according to a new forecast from International Data Corp."The cellular market in Europe is maturing...
HALF OF ALL PAGING USERS UNDER 30
DALLAS-Half of all pagers in North America today are used by people under 30 years of age, according to a recent survey conducted by IDC/Link Resources."We found that paging is alive and well and has excellent growth potential," said Iain Gillott, IDC vice president...