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Infowave Thomas U. Koll was appointed Infowave Software Inc.’s new chief executive officer. He previously was vice president of Microsoft’s Network Solutions Group and was responsible for the company’s worldwide business with telecommunications companies in wireline and wireless markets. Koll …

Band-X Stephen Beynon was hired as Band-X’s new chief executive officer. He was previously in a management position in the data and business services division of Cable & Wireless Optus. Electrofuel Patrick R. McCool was appointed the vice president of …

NEW YORK-In this year’s RCR Wireless News Major Players Vendors listing, Nokia Corp. and Ericsson Inc. each moved up a notch, rising to first and second place respectively among equipment vendors that are net income leaders. Lucent Technologies Inc., which …

InterWave Wireless networking provider InterWave Communications International Ltd. introduced TurboMax, a macro network product offering wireless community network service providers extended coverage capabilities to meet the needs of community networks with dispersed populations. The company said the solution is ideally …

IPmobile Wireless communications infrastructure company IPmobile Inc. hired Louis Wooldridge as its vice president of sales in Asia, and Chuck Derrick as its vice president of product development. Wooldridge will spearhead the company’s initiative to secure and capitalize on the …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. announced its subsidiary, InterDigital Technology Corp., entered into a royalty-bearing Time Division Multiple Access patent license agreement with Japan Radio Co. Ltd. Under terms of the agreement, ITC has received an upfront payment from …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said William A. Doyle resigned from his positions as president and member of the board of directors. The company said it is continuing its search for a chief executive officer. Howard E. Goldberg, president …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said it expects to surpass the current estimates by the financial community for earnings per share in fiscal 1999. The current estimate is 25 cents per share, and InterDigital believes its earnings per share …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. reported revenues for the first quarter ended March 31 of $35.1 million, a significant increase from the $10.1 million in revenues reported for first-quarter 1998. Net income for the quarter was $21.2 million, or …

Germany InterDigital Communications Corp., through its subsidiary InterDigital Technology Corp., entered a worldwide, royalty-bearing Time Division Multiple Access patent license agreement with Robert Bosch GmbH of Germany. According to the agreement, InterDigital granted Bosch the license under its TDMA patent …

With vendors putting their time and energy into the three main U.S. digital standards and into developing standards for third-generation technology, there hardly seems room for commercialization of the more obscure technologies touted years ago. “You need volume production and …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said Siemens AG of Germany intends to withdraw from InterDigital’s B-CDMA Alliance. “We are obviously disappointed with Siemens decision,” said William Doyle, InterDigital president. “However, we have been informed by Siemens that its decision …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. and Nokia Corp. announced a long-term cooperation agreement involving the development of new technology for third-generation wireless telecommunications products designed for high data rate applications, such as Internet access. According to the multiyear agreement, …

INTERDIGITAL Gerard Pepenella was hired by InterDigital Communications Corp. as vice president and general manager of broadband Code Division Multiple Access technology. He will collaborate with Gary Lomp, chief technology officer, on growth and enhancement of the company’s technology and …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp.’s board of directors approved the repurchase of up to 1.5 million shares of the company’s outstanding common stock, the company said. “We believe that InterDigital’s stock is undervalued at current price ranges and does …

I need your help. The next few weeks at RCR and everywhere else in the wireless industry are going to be crazy. It’s too late to try to clean off my desk, but I’d like to be able to file …

The Federal Communications Commission affirmed a 1997 decision to move Teligent Inc. wireless local loop licenses from the 18 GHz band to the 24 GHz band. Laurence Harris, senior vice president at Teligent, applauded the decision. “Teligent continues to move …

NEW YORK-InterDigital Communications Corp., King of Prussia, Pa., will field test its new wireless local loop product in northwest Iowa this fall in conjunction with Pioneer Holdings L.L.C. The agreement represents the first full U.S. field trial of InterDigital’s TrueLink …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. announced InterDigital Technology Corp. entered into a worldwide, royalty-bearing Time Division Multiple Access patent license agreement with Toshiba Corp. For an upfront payment of $15 million, ITC granted Toshiba a paid-up license for Personal …

MACH India Pvt Ltd. entered into a contract with Bharti Cellular of India to offer cellular clearinghouse services for the country. The agreement includes MACH Data, the clearing service for automatic roaming; MACH Finance, financial clearing and settlement services; MACH …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Technology Corp. entered into patent license agreements with two unnamed Japanese manufacturers of digital cellular equipment, resulting in up-front payments of $33 million. One licensee will pay the ITC future royalties on the sale of products …

Nextel Communications Kevin Gleason was hired at Nextel Communications Inc. as Indiana General Manager and Sherri Cobb joined the company as market branch manager for Knoxville, Tenn. Prior to joining Nextel, Gleason served as vice president and general manager of …

AUTHENTIX NETWORK INC. William W. Erdman was named president and chief executive officer of Authentix Network Inc., a company offering enhanced roaming solutions to wireless service providers. Erdman was one of the founding members and the first chairman of the …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said it received orders for UltraPhone wireless local loop systems from Telecom Namibia, Vietnam PJT, Kenya KPTC and Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications. The company cumulatively values the deals at $1.3 million. InterDigital said several …

HANNOVER, Germany-InterDigital Communications Corp. and Siemens AG said they are first to market with a broadband Code Division Multiple Access-based wireless local loop solution that delivers advanced broadband services. Both companies are displaying their version of the system at CeBIT …