Monthly Archives: December, 1997

F-BLOCKERS WANT C-BLOCK REFINANCE OPTIONS: FCC MAY PUSH BACK COMMITMENT DATE, CONSIDER PRESENT VALUES

WASHINGTON-What's good for the goose should be good for the gander, commenters say, when it comes to personal communications services financial-restructuring relief offered by...

BELLSOUTH HAS 36-CENT DIVIDEND

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. announced a regular quarterly dividend of 36 cents per share last week.The dividend, payable Feb. 2, is the 56th consecutive quarterly dividend...

MSS INDUSTRY MAY CONSOLIDATE AS CARRIERS PREPARE TO LAUNCH

NEW YORK-As the new year approaches in the horse race that is commercial deployment of low earth orbit mobile satellite systems, "we're still at...

MOTOROLA CDMA SYSTEM UP IN CHINA

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group last week said it completed a new Code Division Multiple Access system for China's first CDMA operator,...

FCC ORDER COULD RESOLVE INTERCONNECTION COMPLAINTS QUICKLY

WASHINGTON-"The view is better from up here," commented Bill Kennard as he banged the gavel in his first Federal Communications Commission meeting as chairman...

ARCH PURCHASES SATELLITE CHANNEL

TULSA, Okla.-Arch Communications Group Inc. said it bought a fourth satellite channel from SpaceCom Systems to expand its transmission capacity.The company said it expects...

CARRIERS GET ILLUMINET SUPPORT

OLYMPIA, Wash.-Several wireless carriers selected Illuminet's Cellular Administration and Operations Support Service to manage seamless roaming in new markets and to establish roaming with...

BRIGHTPOINT WINS ESAT DIGIFONE PACT

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc.'s new subsidiary, Brightpoint (Ireland) Ltd., will supply Esat Digifone with "Digipacks" that will include fulfillment and distribution services, and wireless handsets and...

GSM MOU’S NUGTER PREDICTS 3 STANDARDS FOR THIRD-GENERATION: ASSOCIATION COUNTS 60M USERS WORLDWIDE BY THE END OF YEAR

As the Global System for Mobile communications community celebrates the inroads the technology has made throughout the world, the GSM MoU Association said it...

VLSI OFFERS NEW ONEC GSM CHIP

SAN JOSE, Calif.-VLSI Technology Inc. introduced the OneC Global System for Mobile communications platform, a customizable, single-chip baseband silicon solution.The OneC chip enables manufacturers...

NOKIA WILL EXPAND CHINESE NETWORKS

ESPOO,Finland-Nokia Corp. signed agreements to expand Global System for Mobile communications networks for two carriers in China.An agreement with Jiangxi Post and Telecommunications Administration...

PRICES DOWN 6 PERCENT AS PCS AND CELLULAR FIGHT FOR CUSTOMERS

NEW YORK-Competition among wireless carriers has driven down per-minute use charges by 6 percent on average, with some carriers slashing prices by more than...

LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY EMBRACES WIRELESS DATA SERVICES

The use of mobile data products by police departments has gained such rapid acceptance across the country this year that it may be emerging...

PEOPLE

Qualcomm Inc. announced it promoted Dr. Mark Epstein to senior vice president of development. Epstein will lead Qualcomm's international standards activities and develop corporate...

TELULAR DELIVERS WLL SERVICE TO THE REPUBLIC OF GUINEA

VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. said it will begin delivering PhoneCell fixed wireless terminals to the West African Republic of Guinea this month, after being...

LITTLE LEOS FAIL TO SECURE SPECTRUM

WASHINGTON-The United States failed once again to secure spectrum below 1 GHz for little low-earth-orbit satellites at the World Radio Conference in Geneva, but...

FRANCE TELECOM AIMS FOR 3M USERS

PARIS-As a leading cellular service provider in France, with a 55-percent market share, France Telecom Mobile is hoping to have 3 million Itineris Global...

OMNIPOINT USERS CAN ROAM IN SINGAPORE

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications' wireless services customers can roam in Singapore, following a recent operational roaming agreement with Singapore Telecom. The addition of Singapore...

STAYTUNED OFFERS INSTANT INFORMATION TO PAGERS AND WIRELESS HANDSETS

SACRAMENTO, Calif.-StayTuned, a new Web-based company that provides information services for pagers and personal communications services handsets with short messaging service, has announced it...

TELLABS, ERICSSON EXTEND PARTNERSHIP

LISLE, Ill.-Tellabs Inc. and Ericsson Radio Access announced they will extend their collaboration partnership for another seven years. The terms of the new joint...

INTELLICELL PLATFORM PART OF PHS SYSTEM

SAN JOSE, Calif.-ArrayComm Inc. recently announced the incorporation of its IntelliCell Personal Handyphone System platform into the next generation of cell stations to serve...

CELLULAR ONE GIVES HOMELESS FREE CALLS

MADISON, Wis.-Cellular One of Wisconsin and Northern Illinois said it will provide cellular phones and airtime to homeless people again this Thanksgiving so they...

800 MHZ SMR AUCTION SLOWS; FCC RELEASES ’98 BIDDING DATES

WASHINGTON-With the numbers showing net revenues of $80.7 million at the end of round 142 last Wednesday, and with 14 new high bids garnered,...

VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT MAY SCHEDULE JANUARY LICENSE AUCTION: ANALYST DOUBTS TIME FRAME

Shortly after the Venezuela telecom regulatory agency Conatel was forced to lift the ban prohibiting the country's two cellular operators from adding new subscribers,...

VIEWPOINT

'Tis the season to buy!And with some wireless carriers estimating that between 30 percent and 40 percent of their business takes place this quarter,...
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