Monthly Archives: June, 1997

METROSITE HELPS CITIES MARKET POSSIBLE TOWER SITES TO CARRIERS

Antagonism is high between wireless carriers and local governments these days as carriers continue to fight with municipalities about zoning ordinances and tower sites."Cities...

CELL-LOC UNVEILS PRODUCT FOR WIRELESS E911 TRADE

Cell-Loc Inc. will develop and market Cellocate, a network-based call location technology for cellular equipment providers and wireless carriers in the United States.The company,...

VIEWPOINT

Consolidation as a means to expansion has been the tradition in the wireless industry. Look no further than Craig McCaw, amassing a wireless fortune...

THAILAND TO USE VSAT TECHNOLOGY

SAN DIEGO-ComStream Corp. won a contract to supply its VSATPlus II technology to the Telephone Organization of Thailand for a large Time Division Multiple...

AIRTEL MOVIL CLEARS UP ISSUES WITH ITS COMPETITION IN SPAIN

Nearly two years after Airtel Movil SA became the second Global System for Mobile communications licensee in Spain, the company and its competitor, Telefonica...

WIRELESS COMPANIES TAP HIGH-YIELD DEBT MARKET

NEW YORK-Wireless telecommunications carriers have placed high hopes on high-yield debt to help finance their early and intensive capital needs, and the junk bond...

PROFIT GROWTH LEADERS

Rank/Company % Change 1996 1995 Net Income Net Income (000) ...

ROMANIA HAILS 2ND GSM CARRIER

Mobil Rom, a consortium led by France Telecom Group, launched Global System for Mobile communications digital cellular services in Romania.Called Dialog GSM, the service...

MICROWAVE POWER WINS LUCENT ORDER

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Lucent Technologies Inc. awarded Microwave Power Devices Inc. a follow-on order to supply highly linear, single-channel, Code Division Multiple Access personal communications services...

GLENAYRE SUPPLIES SYSTEM IN TAIWAN

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. won a contract to install a nationwide high-speed paging network in Taiwan for ChungHwa Telecom, Taiwan's national communications company. Glenayre...

RENO PRAISES NENA EFFORTS

BALTIMORE-U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno praised the National Emergency Number Association for its 911 service in Miami during her 15-year stint there as a...

WORLD BRIEFS

Globe Telecom selected Nokia Corp. to supply infrastructure equipment and wireless local loop subscriber terminals for a fixed telephone project in the Philippines. Nokia's...

COMPUSERVE BUYS SCI AIRSOURCE APP

CALABASAS, Calif.-Silverlake Communications Inc. said it provided Airsource, a wireless messaging and network monitoring application, to CompuServe Inc.The Internet access provider will use the...

FCC TO SET ANTENNA SITE RULES

WASHINGTON-The wireless telecom industry apparently has failed to secure support from federal regulators and the Clinton administration for broad pre-emption of antenna moratoria, though...

LEGISLATION PAVES WAY FOR JAPANESE DEREGULATION

In a move characterized by some as bowing to industry pressure and by others as seizing a golden opportunity, the Japanese government approved landmark...

DESPITE SPINOFF, AT&T TOPS CARRIERS IN REVENUES AND NET INCOME

Editor's note: Following are five charts ranking major telecommunications carriers according to revenues, net income, percentage change in revenue from 1995 to 1996, percentage change...

MILLICOM CELLULAR UPS STAKE IN PARAGUAY FIRM

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. increased its ownership interest in Telef

LUCENT AND PHILIPS CREATE JOINT VENTURE

Lucent Technologies Inc., the equipment division spun off by AT&T Corp. last year, and Netherlands-based Philips Electronics N.V., one of the world's largest electronic...

COMSAT, HYUNDAI FORM PARTNERSHIP

HERNDON, Va.-Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. Ltd. and Comsat RSI Plexsys Wireless Systems formed a purchase agreement and product development alliance.Terms of the agreement call...

SENATE AUCTION BILL AVOIDS SPECTRUM FEES, TOLL-FREE NUMBER BIDS

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee last week rejected spectrum fees and toll-free telephone number auctions, but embraced lease fees for private wireless licensees in budget...

QUALCOMM STARTS BRAND CAMPAIGN

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. launched a multimillion dollar national advertising campaign to help build brand identity for its Code Division Multiple Access subscriber products.The initial...

CHASE CHOOSES $125M PRIVATE PLACEMENT TO BUILD PCS NETWORK

NEW YORK-Chase Telecommunications Inc., a C-block personal communications services carrier waiting for favorable stock market conditions before going public, was expected to place privately...

PAGING FIRM GOES TO COURT ON UNIVERSAL SERVICE RULE

WASHINGTON-Celpage Inc., a top paging company that dominates the Caribbean region, last week challenged the Federal Communications Commission's universal service ruling in federal appeals...

N.J. FIRM TO OPEN WEST COAST OFFICE

MORRISTOWN, N.J.-Edwards and Kelcey Wireless, a nationwide engineering and construction firm, opened an office in Glendale, Calif., to serve the California wireless market.Daniel Haggerty...

MOTOROLA’S CELESTRI PROPOSAL FLIES IN TELEDESIC’S FACE

WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. has revealed a plan to build, launch and operate a satellite-based video and data network aimed at going head-to-head with the Bill...
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