Monthly Archives: March, 1997

VENTURE CAPITAL HAD RECORD YEAR IN 1996 BUT GROWTH MAY SLOW

NEW YORK-Led by technology companies in communications and software, 1996 was a record year for venture capital investments, and it may therefore be a...

VPTI, MOBILEMEDIA MAKE SETTLEMENT

SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.-Voice Powered Technology International Inc. signed an agreement with MobileMedia Corp., settling a dispute between the companies.MobileMedia paid VPTI $252,400 in settlement...

AVDATA FINALIZES VSAT SUPPLY DEAL

ATLANTA-AvData Systems Inc. announced it has finalized a $17 million contract to supply a very small aperture satellite terminal network infrastructure to PageMart Wireless...

GLOBAL WIRELESS GROWTH IN INFRASTRUCTURE STEADY

NEW YORK-The global market for cellular and personal communications services infrastructure is growing, according to research conducted by Northern Business Information Inc.Results of the...

SIMOCO TO SUPPLY GEAR TO GRAND PRIX

CAMBRIDGE, England-Simoco International Ltd. will supply radio communications equipment to the 1997 Qantas Australian Grand Prix.The company will provide a radio communications trunking system,...

QUALCOMM LANDS U S WEST CONTRACT

SAN DIEGO-Sony/Qualcomm CDMA Sales, a division of Qualcomm Personal Electronics, will provide Code Division Multiple Access handsets to U S West Communications Inc. Sony/Qualcomm...

READYCOM PLANS TO LAUNCH TWO-WAY VOICE PAGING OVER CELLULAR

ReadyCom Inc. is in line to launch two-way voice paging services over networks already built, offering nationwide coverage and roaming capability. Its secret is...

SEATTLE FIRM PROMOTES CREATIVE ADD-ON REVENUE SCHEMES FOR CARRIERS

Operators with new 1900 MHz personal communications services networks need add-on services that are meaningful revenue generators and offer something customers repeatedly need, says...

LAW REVIEW PAPER CLAIMS FLEXIBLE SPECTRUM POLICY IS NOT LEGAL

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt's flexible spectrum policy violates the law, according to a Catholic University communications law review article.Though published a year...

ROAMEX HELPS CARRIERS SAFELY FACILITATE NORTH AMERICAN ROAMING

Four years ago Systems/Link Corp. introduced RoamEx, which "allowed carriers with fraud problems in big cities access to what was going on," said Diane...

SABRE GROUP OFFERS FLIGHT PAGER SERVICE

FORT WORTH, Texas-The Sabre Group is offering a flight paging service, which alerts business and leisure travelers of departure and arrival times, gate changes...

DEVELOPING NATIONS WILL BE SPARED SIGHT OF UGLY TELEPHONE POLES

The University of Vermont's Law School Environmental Law Program recently held a conference called "Unplugged" dealing not with MTV, but with the wireless phone...

ROBOTIC MODULE IS AVAILABLE NOW

TUSTIN, Calif.-Activator Systems Inc. said its robotics-controlled automated phone programming module now is available.The A-Key uses ASI's patented programming process, using only encrypted data.Accuracy...

JAPAN STRIKES BLOW TO GSM BACKERS BY PICKING CDMA STANDARD

The Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications is close to officially introducing Code Division Multiple Access technology as a pocket telephone standard.The indication comes...

ITRON SELLS METERS TO SWISS DISTRIBUTOR

SPOKANE, Wash.-Itron, a provider of automatic meter reading (AMR) equipment and services to the utility industry, announced the sale of 50,000 Genesis Meter Modules...

INTERNET SOFTWARE AVAILABLE FROM IBM

SAN JOSE, Calif.-IBM Corp. announced the availability of software that allows access to World Wide Web and Internet applications using wireless radio frequency networks...

WTB FINALLY SETTLES 931 MHZ PAGING DISPUTE IN NEW YORK CITY

WASHINGTON-A settlement agreement between seven radio common carriers that have been squabbling since 1988 over a 931 MHz paging channel in New York City...

ORANGE CONTRACTS FOR CBR SOFTWARE

LONDON-Orange plc signed a contract with Inference Corp. for its customer service software.Inference's case-based reasoning (CBR) products will assist staff in responding to customers'...

ORGA PREMIERING PRODUCTS FOR GSM

PAOLI, Pa.-Orga Card Systems Inc. announced it will debut several products supporting Global System for Mobile communications networks at the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's...

ORTEL CORP. INTRODUCES A NEW CDMA REPEATER

SAN FRANCISCO-Ortel Corp. has introduced a Code Division Multiple Access repeater, the first to meet the industry standard for CDMA, said the company.Ortel also...

ILLUMINET PARTNERS FOR OCTEL SERVICES

OLYMPIA, Wa.-Illuminet announced it has partnered with Octel Communications, allowing Octel's voice messaging services to be offered to members of Illuminet's Procurement Consortium.Through the...

ORTEL SUPPLIER OF WIRELESS ’97 NET

SAN FRANCISCO-Ortel Corp. supplied its Series 5800 in-building coverage product to Cellular One for use in San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center during the Wireless...

TMS STUDY CONCLUDES INTELLIGENT NETWORKS TO BE LARGER CONCERN

Wireless service providers' uncertainty about wireless intelligent network revenues and their focus on switching and radiofrequency infrastructure means intelligent network spending has taken a...

A NEW SPECTRUM POLICY: LETTING THE MARKET WORK

In January, Greg Rosston and Jeff Steinberg released a staff working paper that clearly articulated how a market-based approach to spectrum management would maximize...

WORLD BRIEFS

Celcore Inc. introduced a Global System for Mobile communications system, designed specifically for emerging markets around the world-at the GSM World Congress in Cannes,...
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