Monthly Archives: March, 1997

SAFCO TO PURCHASE TEC CELLULAR ASSETS

SAN FRANCISCO-Gilbert Associates Inc. said it will purchase the stock of TEC Cellular Inc.Melbourne, Fla.-based TEC, a provider of Windows-based wireless system design software...

LUCENT DEVELOPS TESTING CENTER TO GROW AUTOPLEX CAPABILITIES

SAN FRANCISCO-Lucent Technologies Inc. is introducing a design, development and interoperability testing facility designed to speed new applications for wireless carriers to market.Lucent's Wireless...

FCC PITCHES WCS AS EXCITING WIRELESS OPPORTUNITY, BUT NOT RISK-FREE

WASHINGTON-"This is an exciting wireless opportunity for businesses with clear vision and a good business plan," commented Michele Farquhar, chief of the Federal Communications...

VIEWPOINT

More than 20,000 people with more than 20,000 different views. And yet, I kept hearing one recurring theme at CTIA Wireless '97 last week....

SURVEY SHOWS: TWO DIFFERENT WIRELESS USERS

SAN FRANCISCO-Results from a recent survey of wireless phone users showed personal communications services users are more likely younger, male professionals, while cellular users...

HUNDT ADAMANT ABOUT GAINING MARKET-DRIVEN SPECTRUM POLICY

WASHINGTON-Despite being overruled by his fellow commissioners, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt has signaled his intention to campaign aggressively for a highly deregulatory,...

WIRELESS CARRIERS SWARMED BY CUSTOMER CARE SYSTEMS VENDORS

NEW YORK-With at least several hundred billing and customer care systems providers out there today, wireless carriers, especially new players, are suffering an embarrassment...

TETRA CHAIRMAN GETS SIMOCO DEMO

CAMBRIDGE, England-During a visit to Simoco International Ltd., Ole Lauridsen, chairman of the TETRA MoU, was given a demonstration of Simoco's Trans European Trunked...

THE SHOW KEEPS GROWING

SAN FRANCISCO-More than 230,000 square feet of exhibit space already has been leased for next year's Wireless '98 industry trade show-hosted by the Cellular...

INDUSTRY LEADERS AGREE, DIFFERENTIATION IS KEY TO MARKET SUCCESS

SAN FRANCISCO-Market segmentation and minimizing costs are critical success factors for wireless operators, and as countering forces, these topics were hot conversation at this...

NEXTEL TAKES TO CAPITAL FINANCING MARKETS WITH 2 DEALS LAST WEEK

NEW YORK - Nextel Communications Inc. made a big splash in the capital markets last week with two big deals, neither of which will...

FARQUHAR’S EXIT FROM WIRELESS BUREAU LEADS TO RESHUFFLING AT FCC

WASHINGTON-Major reshuffling at the Federal Communications Commission last week has Dan Phythyon succeeding Michele Farquhar next month as chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau...

ICG PLACES $200 MILLION IN FINANCING

NEW YORK-ICG Communications Inc. was expected to place privately last week $100 million in senior unsecured discount notes and $100 million in exchangeable preferred...

SMR ENTREPRENEUR WINS PARTIAL VICTORY AGAINST FCC IN LICENSE DISPUTE

WASHINGTON-Southern California specialized mobile radio entrepreneur James Kay Jr. last week won a partial victory at the Federal Communications Commission regarding the FCC ordered...

MOTOROLA SAYS Q COPIES STARTAC

Motorola Inc. said it intends to file a patent infringement lawsuit against Qualcomm Inc., claiming Qualcomm's new Code Division Multiple Access "Q" phone copies...

LGC ANNOUNCES IN-BUILDING SYSTEM

SAN FRANCISCO-LGC Wireless announced its distributed in-building antenna system, LGCell, at Wireless '97 last week. Using a system of hubs and active antennas connecting...

JOINT PARTNERSHIP SPEAKS ON WIRELESS 911 SYSTEM

SAN FRANCISCO-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, in conjunction with the Federal Communications Commission and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, announced a joint public/private...

NOKIA TO BUILD HANDSETS USING CDMA TECHNOLOGY

SAN FRANCISCO-Saying the timing is right to pursue the Code Division Multiple Access technology-based handset market, Nokia Mobile Phones Inc. announced it plans to...

CELLCOM AND NORTEL JOIN TO OFFER INTERNET ACCESS

SAN FRANCISCO-Cellcom and Northern Telecom Ltd. are working together to prove the commercial viability of delivering Internet access to desktop computers over cellular networks...

PRODUCTS

Siemens Components Inc. introduced its Model CMY210, a GaAs MMIC that can be used for designing cellular or personal communications services handsets based on...

DATAQUEST STUDY SHOWS SHAKEUP IN HANDSET RANK

SAN JOSE, Calif.-The digital handset market saw significant growth in 1996, an indication that this market is developing into a formidable one, says a...

STATES STUDY DRIVING AND DIALING BILLS

NEW YORK-Dialing and talking while driving are getting a closer look in state capitols lately, as legislatures in at least three states-California, Illinois and...

DSP FORMS ALLIANCE WITH SIEMENS BCS

CUPERTINO, Calif.-DSP Communications Inc. and Siemens Wireless Terminals, a division of Siemens Business Communications Systems Inc., announced they have signed a worldwide strategic agreement...

EDS PRODUCT STOPS ROAMING OVER-BILLS

WALTHAM, Mass.-EDS Personal Communications said Century Cellunet Inc. and Radiofone Inc. will be the first U.S. carriers to use new enhancements of EDS' core...

ICO GLOBAL DEAL GOES TO ERICSSON, HUGHES, NEC

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-ICO Global Communications, a global mobile satellite communications company, awarded a contract to a consortium consisting of L.M. Ericsson, Hughes Network Systems Inc....
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