Yearly Archives: 1997

MOTOROLA’S BRAZIL UNIT IS PRODUCING

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group began producing analog and digital Code Division Multiple Access cellular base stations at its new manufacturing facility...

JAPAN CARRIERS USE CDMAONE BRAND

COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced that Japanese cellular service providers DDI Corp. and IDO Corp. will use cdmaOne as the brand name...

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...

U S WEST SELECTS CIBERNET SERVICES

WASHINGTON-U S West Wireless has chosen Cibernet's Financial Net Settlement Program as a means to settle roamer billings between roaming partners, allowing U S...

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...

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...

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...

TIA PUBLISHES 2 CELLULAR PROTOCOLS

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association said it published two new interim standards."Wireless Radio Telecom-munication Intersystem Non-Signaling Data Communication DMH (Data Message Handler)," or IS-124-A,...

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...

JURY AWARDS RESELLERS $2.5M IN 360° LAWSUIT

A Greenville, S.C., jury awarded four independent cellular dealers $2.5 million each in punitive damages and actual damages totalling nearly $2 million in a...

WIRELESS VENDORS WILL CONTINUE GLOBAL REVENUE TIDAL WAVE RIDE

Global industry trends regarding future sales of wireless communications equipment are going to include enough opportunity for everyone with something to offer, according to...

CELLULAR SET TO RING IN HOLIDAYS

For many cellular carriers, this holiday season marks the first in which more than two wireless carriers in each market will be competing to...

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,...

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...

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...

METROCALL COMMON RIGHTS EXPIRE

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. announced that the indexed variable common rights associated with its merger with A+ Network Inc. have expired without value.After the merger...

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...

WTO NATIONS MAY COMPETE IN U.S. MSS

NEW YORK-The Federal Communications Commission adopted policies Nov. 25 that permit non-United States licensed satellites to provide services in this country.As a result, the...

FASTEST-GROWING WIRELESS MARKETS

SpainJapanBrazilSouth KoreaChinaMexico

SECURICOR REFINANCES INTEK DEBT

PRINCETON, N.J.-Securicor Communications Ltd., the majority shareholder of Intek Diversified Corp., has agreed to a major refinancing of Intek's $23 million debt.Under the agreement,...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...
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