Monthly Archives: December, 1997

MOTOROLA AIMS TO DRIVE MESSAGE MARKET WITH CAR PAGING APPS

Motorola Inc.'s FLEX Architecture Solutions Division has introduced the CreataLink Control Module, a messaging receiver developed for wireless, wide-area automotive applications.Essentially, the CreataLink module...

ANALYSTS FORESEE FUTURE FULL OF SEGMENTED CARRIER OPPORTUNITIES

ORLANDO, Fla.-Put four analysts up on a podium, ask them what they think and while their answers don't always agree on specifics, their big...

CASTLE AND CROWN TOWER FIRMS MERGE

HOUSTON-Castle Tower Corp. and Crown Communications merged, announced the companies. Castle Tower is a subsidiary of Castle Tower Holding Corp., now know as Crown...

MOTOROLA SHOWS CDMA-BASED MICROCELLULAR BASE STATIONS

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group introduced two Code Division Multiple Access microcellular base stations.The SC 614 and SC 614T base transceiver stations...

BELL ATLANTIC BARTERS INFOSTRADA STAKE FOR GREATER OMNITEL SHARE

Bell Atlantic Corp. announced it sold its 33-percent ownership stake in the Italian telephone carrier Infostrada to its partner in that venture, Olivetti spa,...

LIGHTBRIDGE, DUN & BRADSTREET DESIGN TOOL TO ASSESS RISK

BURLINGTON, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. and Dun & Bradstreet plan to offer the Wireless Telecommunications Industry Score, a software tool that assesses risk of doing business...

SK TELECOM COMPLETES OFFER OF $100M ADRS

SK Telecom announced it has filed a registration statement with Korea's Minister of Finance and Economy, completing a $100 million offering of nearly 19...

QUALCOMM SELECTS LUCENT CONVERTERS

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J.-Qualcomm Inc. has chosen DC-to-DC power converters from Lucent Technologies Inc. to power its next generation of satellite communications equipment, announced the...

GEOWORKS OS TO AID SMART PHONE DESIGN

Geoworks announced a significant evolution to its GEOS operating system that will allow handset manufacturers to quickly produce a range of low-end to high-end...

IS SPRINT SEARCHING FOR NEW PCS MATE?

Sprint Corp. reportedly is intensifying its search for a European partner to construct a possible merger or partnership scheme that could give the long-distance...

PRICE WINS STATE CONTRACT FOR ALA.

MONTGOMERY, Ala.-The state of Alabama awarded Price Communications Wireless Inc. a two-year contract for cellular service effective Dec. 1, said the company..The contract includes...

SIEMENS DELIVERS ITS FIRST DIGITAL HANDSET, PRICED TO SELL

RICHARDSON, Texas-Siemens Wireless Terminals began delivery of its first digital handset, the g1050, which features a high-resolution graphic display, noise-canceling microphone and voice memo...

GOAMERICA SEEKS BUSINESS USERS TODAY, MASS MARKET TOMORROW

GoAmerica Communications Corp., a wireless Internet and intranet service provider, hopes to enter the consumer market in the next couple of years and is...

KENNARD SAYS SPECTRUM PROBE MAY BE COMPETITIVELY MOTIVATED: FCC PLANS TO REVIEW TELEDESIC, TELIGENT AGREEMENTS NEXT YEAR

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard, under fire from Capitol Hill, last week defended a compromise with the Clinton administration to protect U.S. spy...

LUCENT EQUIPS AT&T IN DETROIT

DETROIT-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its Time Division Multiple Access personal communications services network in Detroit, using infrastructure equipment supplied and installed by Lucent...

RCC OWNER SAYS ARTICLE MISGUIDED

Dear Editor: Mr. Jeffrey Silva's "Little LEO's fail to secure spectrum" (Dec. 1, p.1) is one-sided and incorrect. The first line stated that the "United...

METROCALL ORDERS TEKNOW PLATFORM

PHOENIX-TekNow Inc., which markets advanced wireless messaging systems to replace existing paging terminal equipment, announced Metrocall Inc. bought its platform of integrated messaging solutions.The...

MCCAW TO REJOIN TELEDESIC AS CEO

Teledesic Corp. announced Craig McCaw will return to his former post as chief executive officer of the company, where he will share the position...

QUALCOMM SECURES WLL DEAL FROM NIGERIAN STARCOMMS LTD.

SAN DIEGO-Nigerian Starcomms Ltd., a privately licensed wireless local loop operator, has agreed to provide service to the Lagos area of Nigeria using a...

CONGRESS MAY NOT WANT FCC TO MOVE TO THE PORTALS IN THE END

WASHINGTON-The House Commerce Committee said a law partner of Peter Knight, lobbyist for Portals developer Franklin Haney and former Clinton-Gore campaign manager, told the...

PAGEROLA BECOMES GOCOMM WIRELESS

Pagerola Corp. announced that it changed its name to GoComm Wireless Corp., pursuant to an undisclosed agreement with Motorola Inc., which had threatened to...

ATTENTION TO WORDING IS ESSENTIAL TO AVOID SECURITIES LAWSUITS

NEW YORK-A year after enactment of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995-designed to prevent frivolous shareholder lawsuits-the caliber of the federal cases...

GLOBAL MOBILITY DEVELOPS OPEN PLATFORM TO LET APPS GO WIRELESS

A new company led by former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. executive Michael Buhrmann has developed a client-server operating platform designed to let wireless carriers...

GRUPO IUSACELL PLANS UPGRADE IN MEXICO CITY, TO BUILD CDMA

PHILADELPHIA-Grupo Iusacell, Bell Atlantic Corp.'s communications venture in Mexico, plans to launch Mexico's first Code Division Multiple Access network as part of a $200...

WIRELESS HOUSEHOLD WILL BE IN CREASINGLY MORE DIFFICULT TO PROFILE

The state of wireless technology and devices is in good shape today, and should continue to stay healthy well into the future, as long...
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