Monthly Archives: November, 1997

NEVADA WIRELESS PROVIDER FIGHTS TELCO OVER INTERCONNECT ISSUES

WASHINGTON-Nevada-based wireless companies owned by Mark Edwards have been shut down due to long-standing disputes between Edwards and Nevada Bell, and now he is...

D.C.NOTES

I wonder how many Americans fired up their cellular phones last Thursday morning to see if a call to 911 would go through. I...

LMDS AUCTION DELAY

Addressing a chief concern from designated entities over upfront financing, the Federal Communications Commission has postponed the Local Multipoint Distribution Service auction until Feb....

IRELAND’S ESAT TELECOM OPENS TO PUBLIC, TRADING STARTS AT $13

NEW YORK-Dublin, Ireland-based Esat Telecom Group plc, a minority owner of Ireland's second cellular carrier, went public Nov. 7 with an initial offering of...

U S WEST GROWS IN EASTERN EUROPE

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-U S West International said the number of customers served through its wireless joint ventures in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia...

GENERAL MAGIC NARROWS MARKET FOCUS WITH SERENGETI SERVICE

Hoping to cash in on the expected integration of wireless voice and data applications, Sunnyvale, Calif.-based General Magic Inc. has been striving to complete...

CARRIER VERIFIES 3G INTERNET ACCESS: SK TELECOM FINISHES TEST

SK Telecom Co. Ltd., South Korea's largest cellular operator, has completed test trials of third-generation services, which it expects to offer to the public...

SPRINT UP IN BOSTON WITH BIG HOME AREA

BOSTON-Sprint Spectrum L.P. launched its personal communications services network in Boston, offering competitive service plans like $30 per month for 300 minutes.The company said...

US UNWIRED IS LAUNCHED IN TEXAS AND LA.

LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired, an operating partner in C-block winner Meretel Communications, launched service in Baton Rouge and Lafayette, La., and Beaumont, Texas. The...

VIEWPOINT

Some sociologists pointing to the decline of morality in America comment that no one feels shame any more and that people are too quick...

ILLINOIS SUPER HAS $3 MILLION NET LOSS

MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill.-Illinois Superconductor Corp. announced a third quarter net loss of $3 million, or 58 cents per share, compared with a net loss...

THAILAND TELECOM EXPERIENCE

The Personal Communications Industry Association hosted representatives from the Telephone Organization of Thailand to discuss the U.S. wireless experience, said PCIA. The delegates, who...

TELIGENT PLANS TO CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING WITH FINANCING FEAST

NEW YORK-Teligent Inc. hopes to celebrate Thanksgiving in a major way, assuming its plans to hit the public capital markets big time before month's...

NEC FORMS JOINT VENTURE WITH INDIAN FIRM

NEW YORK-NEC Corp. said it will establish a joint venture company in India with Crompton Greaves Ltd., a leading electronics and telecommunications systems maker...

TELULAR CLOSES BUY OF WIRELESS DOMAIN

VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. announced it completed its acquisition of Wireless Domain Inc. in an all-stock deal.Telular previously had owned 50 percent of the...

SEMA STARTS BILLING VIA BUREAU SERVICE

ATLANTA-Sema Group, a systems integration, consulting and outsourcing company, launched a customer care and billing service bureau for wireless network operators in the United...

QUALCOMM PURCHASES NOW SOFTWARE

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. has acquired Now Software, a pioneer in cross-platform, personal productivity software.With the purchase, Qualcomm gains Now's range of advanced scheduling and...

ANALYST: WIRELESS WON’T BE PRIORITY FOR WORLDCOM

Nearly one year after British Telecommunications plc and MCI Communications Corp. announced plans to merge, MCI last week terminated the agreement and accepted a...

MOTOROLA PAGERS TO RECEIVE FREE NEWS

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-InfoPower Inc., a subsidiary of Motorola Inc., introduced a free news service to be available exclusively on all Motorola Inc. alphanumeric pagers.According...

HONG KONG CARRIER SELECTS METRICA

WINCHESTER, Mass.-Hong Kong's New World Telephone Group selected ADC Metrica's network performance management system for use in its personal communications services network, which was...

HOLIDAYS PROMISE BIG BUCKS AND BIG RISK FOR WIRELESS CARRIERS

The holiday season is just around the corner, and wireless carriers will be looking to cash in by marketing their products and services as...

SENATE OKS BILL TO STOP WIRELESS PHONE CLONING

WASHINGTON-The Senate last week approved legislation to curb illegal cloning of wireless phones, setting the stage for passage next year of a bill that...

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MAY ASK FOR AUCTION $ TO PRESERVE TV SHOWS

WASHINGTON-The Library of Congress may ask the Federal Communications Commission for a piece of the auction-revenue pie to promote a program to preserve TV...

SCI WINS CONTRACT FROM PUERTO RICO

IRVINE, Calif.-Subscriber Computing Inc. said it has signed a contract with Celpage, Puerto Rico's second largest telecommunications paging carrier, to provide an integrated customer...

MOTOROLA TO EXTEND SICHUAN NETWORKS

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group was awarded two contracts to expand the Sichuan Posts and Telecommunications Association's analog and digital cellular phone...
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