Yearly Archives: 1996

CORSAIR AND TELCEL TEAM TO FIGHT FRAUD

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications and Telcel, Mexico's premier cellular carrier, are teaming up to prevent fraud throughout Mexico's B-side cellular markets.Corsair will provide Telcel...

THORN SET TO BUY ERICSSON MODEMS

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Thorn Security Ltd., a security services provider, has signed an agreement with L.M Ericsson for 5,000 Mobidem M2050 radio modems to be used...

TUNISIA WILL ISSUE A TENDER FOR GSM

TUNIS, Tunisia-Tunisia is expected to issue an international tender for a nationwide cellular network using Global System for Mobile communications technology.In 1985, L.M. Ericsson...

VENTURE CAPITALISTS INVEST IN WIRELESS

NEW YORK-Venture capitalists invested more than $160 million in 30 wireless industry companies during the second quarter, according to a survey by Price Waterhouse...

VIEWPOINT

I had the chance to use my cellular phone to dial 911 recently.It didn't work.On our way home from a recent visit with relatives...

WILDFIRE APPOINTS MECHALEY AS CEO

LEXINGTON, Mass.-Wildfire Communications Inc. said Robert G. Mechaley Jr. has been named president and chief executive officer of the company.Mechaley, 45, most recently was...

CONSULTANTS TEAM FOR WEB SERVICES

PHOENIX-Bobby G. Thompson & Associates, a land mobile radio management consulting services provider, and Internet Direct Inc. are teaming up to create specialized Internet...

FIVE-PERSON COMPANY IS BRAINS BEHIND MAJOR PAGING SOFTWARE

In three years, SilverLake Communications Inc. has pushed itself into the forefront of the paging software market.Last year, the privately held Calabasas, Calif., company...

SUCCESS IN SEATTLE LEADS METRICOM SYSTEM TO D.C.

NEW YORK-Metricom Inc. will mark its second commercial launch within a month when it begins offering its data-only wireless Internet access services in late...

BC TEL MOBILITY MOVES FORWARD WITH ROLLOUT OF CDMA SERVICE

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Following successful completion of field trials of Northern Telecom Ltd.'s 800 MHz Code Division Multiple Access network, BC Tel Mobility has committed...

MOTOROLA’S MEMOS IS DESIGNED TO EXPAND MESSAGING MARKET

Motorola Inc. unveiled a new open messaging software platform called Memos that is adaptable to all networks but optimized for the unique environment of...

MOTOROLA TO DEPLOY E911 IDENTIFICATION

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola's Cellular Infrastructure Group plans to begin implementing an emergency call location identification system called "Wireless E911," during the second quarter of...

MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR MAKES DEAL FOR NETCOM SHARES

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. has reached an agreement in principle to exchange its option to acquire 20 percent of Comviq GSM AB, the...

METROCALL TO RESET MEETING UNTIL FALL

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. announced it will reschedule a special meeting of shareholders concerning its merger with A+ Network Inc.The meeting, originally planned for mid-September,...

LETTERS: AUCTIONS DON’T AID SMALL BUSINESSES

As an embattled small business curmudgeon and wireless industry activist, I find it necessary to respond to Federal Communications Commission spokesperson Michele Farquhar's recent...

LEO SPECTRUM CONCERNS AD DRESSED BY FCC, NTIA

WASHINGTON-The U.S. low-earth-orbit data satellite market may end up far less competitive than envisioned as policymakers struggle to craft rules around a smaller-than-anticipated spectrum...

THE CASE FOR BUILDING CDMA-BASED WIRELESS LOCAL LOOP NETWORKS

This paper will show that wireless local loop systems provide more capacity than mobile cellular systems. Code Division Multiple Access technology has proven to...

ORGANIZED LABOR IS LOOKING TO WIRELESS INDUSTRY TO REGAIN CLOUT

WASHINGTON-Organized labor wants to make inroads in the wireless telecommunications industry as part of a broad makeover to regain political clout that has been...

POLITICS IS REASON FOR ABUNDANCE OF PCS LICENSES IN INDONESIA

The abundance of new wireless licenses in Indonesia could have as much to do with politics as market opportunity, said a Pennsylvania State University...

MOST CELLULAR CUSTOMER USE MOTIVATED BY SAFETY

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Safety tops the list of why customers use cellular phones, according to the Personal Wireless Communications Survey conducted by IDC/LINK, a division of...

GTE MOBILNET DROPS MOBILNET REFERENCE

ATLANTA-Focusing attention on GTE Corp.'s corporate identity, GTE Mobilnet Inc. will start referring to the company as just "GTE" in some of its marketing...

PCS PROVIDERS LOOK TO GSM TO DIFFERENTIATE MOBILE DATA SERVICE

Some Personal Communications Services contenders are looking to differentiate themselves in the new age of wireless competition with data services based on the established...

GLENAYRE, PAGENET SUCCESSFULLY TEST INFLEXION PRODUCT

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-The Wireless Messaging Group of Glenayre Technologies Inc. and Paging Network Inc., a wireless messaging company with 7.9 million subscribers, teamed up to...

AMERITECH AND BELL ATLANTIC NYNEX MOBILE ADD AUTHENTICATION

Ameritech Cellular Services has joined several other carriers in deploying authentication technology to combat cloning fraud.Concurrently, Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile announced it has extended...

SKYWIRE FUNDS EXPANSION WITH PRIVATE PLACEMENT

NEW YORK-Skywire Corp., a provider of wireless data products and services, announced Sept. 3 it completed a $12 million private placement.Marketed by Bear, Stearns...
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