Yearly Archives: 1997

ORBCOMM DELIVERS SATELLITES FOR LAUNCH

Orbcomm Global L.P. said 10 satellites were delivered to Orbital Sciences Corp.'s launch vehicle preparation facility at Vendenberg Air Force Base in California.The satellites,...

U S WEST, LUCENT OFFER NEW MAILBOX

DENVER-U S West Communications Inc., with Lucent Technologies Inc.'s Octel Messaging Division, announced it will offer a consolidated wireline and wireless voice mailbox, called...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

FLEX GAINS SPEED WITH RUSSIAN FIRMS

FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc.'s Messaging Systems Products Group announced that Moscow-based Complex Communications Systems Ltd. and Page-Link Technology are now licensees of Motorola's FLEX...

POWELL SAYS TELECOM ACT NEEDS TIME TO OPEN UP COMPETITION: COMMISSIONER WON’T BE RECKLESS WITH C-BLOCK RULES

WASHINGTON-In his first press briefing last Thursday, new Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Powell admitted that a stack of trade and consumer newspapers prepared him...

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...

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...

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...

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...

DUTCH GOVERNMENT LIKELY TO POSTPONE WIRELESS AUCTION TO SPRING

The Dutch government most likely will auction two mobile phone licenses in the spring, rather than the end of this year, because the European...

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...

HONGKONG TELECOM ATTRIBUTES STRONG RESULTS TO USER GROWTH

NEW YORK-Hongkong Telecom showed strong growth in revenues, net income and earnings for the six-month period that ended Sept. 30, according to results the...

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...

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...

JUST 23 BIDDERS LEFT, BUT AUCTION COULD SLIDE INTO THANKSGIVING

WASHINGTON-The number of bidders has been whittled down to 23, but the bargaining continues during this 12th day of the 800 MHz specialized mobile...

GSM ALLIANCE MARKS 1M CUSTOMER WITH FOOD BANK DONATION

SAN FRANCISCO-Personal communications services carriers using Global System for Mobile communications technology in the United States and Canada now have more than 1 million...

GOAMERICA OPENS CENTER FOR CARRIERS

HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Communications Corp. opened its wireless data service center for wireless network operators.The center provides carriers with a single source for marketing end-to-end...

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...

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...
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