Yearly Archives: 1997

ASSOCIATED TO ISSUE TWO-FOR-ONE SPLIT

PITTSBURGH-The Associated Group Inc. announced its board of directors approved a two-for-one stock split of the company's class A and B common stock.The split...

SENATE IS LIKELY TO OK KENNARD

WASHINGTON-President Clinton's four picks for the Federal Communications Commission won approval by the Senate Commerce Committee last week, and there were new indications that...

IOWA TEAM EXTENDS VOICESTREAM PCS

DES MOINES, Iowa-Iowa Network Services Inc. and Western Wireless Corp. announced a joint venture formed to expand personal communications services throughout Iowa.Called Iowa Wireless...

NEXUS TO BUY APTEL MESSAGING FIRM

TEL AVIV, Israel-Nexus Telecommunication Systems Ltd. said it plans to acquire Aptel Ltd., a private company owned primarily by DSP Group Inc., for 925,000...

PAGEMART EXTENDS 7-ELEVEN CHANNEL

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. announced it has expanded its distribution agreement with The Southland Corp.'s 7-Eleven stores to six additional states.In Virginia and Maryland 7-Eleven...

OBJECTIVE SYSTEMS RELEASES WEB TOOL

FOLSOM, Calif.-Objective Systems Integrators Inc. has released a software solution called WebOperator 1.0 that it says will allow users to monitor and control the...

ALLTEL TO MARKET PAGEMART’S SERVICES TO ITS TELEPHONY CUSTOMERS

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. and PageMart Wireless Inc. announced a five-year strategic alliance that will allow Alltel to offer its customers PageMart's numeric and...

BELL MOBILITY STARTS CDMA-BASED PCS

TORONTO- Bell Mobility launched its PCS Plus personal communications services network in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City.Subscribers can use dual-mode analog/digital phones, by...

MOTOROLA TO EXPAND PERU CDMA SYSTEM

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group was awarded a contract to expand the Code Division Multiple Access cellular network in Peru, the company...

PEOPLE

Lucent Technologies announced it promoted Richard McGinn, current president and chief operating officer, to chief executive officer, effective immediately. McGinn, 51, will replace Henry...

QUALCOMM JOINS WITH TELEBAHIA

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced two projects with Telebahia, the A-band cellular operator in Bahia, Brazil.Qualcomm announced a pioneering project with Nec Do Brasil S.A....

BOSTON TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPLY SERVICES

WAKEFIELD, Mass.-Boston Technology Inc. and Panafon S.A. formed an agreement calling for Boston to supply its Access NP Network Services Platforms, software and value-added...

CUSTOMERS CONFUSED ON PRICE, LOOKING FOR `LIFESTYLE’ MATCHES

With cellular, personal communications services and enhanced specialized mobile radio providers vying for an estimated 14 million new customers in 1997, the wireless industry...

NOKIA DEBUTS PHONE WITH ENHANCEMENTS

IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. announced its new Time Division Multiple Access IS-136 wireless handset, called the Nokia 2160i, will be equipped with a Nokia-developed enhanced...

PAGETAP AND ISS OFFER ROAD REPORTS

DENVER-Denver-based PageTap Inc. and Information Station Specialists of Zeeland, Mich., announced they will begin providing real-time information to travelers on the road.By using PageTap's...

PAGEMART EXPANDS DRUG STORE PLAN

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. announced it has expanded its distribution arrangement with Eckerd Drug Stores Inc. for its paging products and services to be offered...

COMSAT CHOSEN BY DELTA FOR ITS SATELLITE SERVICES

BETHESDA, Md.-Delta Air Lines selected Comsat Mobile Communications to provide satellite communications services to its passengers and its cockpit crews on all international flights.According...

AT&T PITCHES POCKETNET TO THE CONSUMER CROWD

NEW YORK-Expanding an offering available to corporate customers for the last year, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. last week introduced its PocketNet service, which allows...

ERICSSON TO BUILD R&D UNIT IN JAPAN

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Inc. announced it will establish a research and development center in Japan to focus on Wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology and...

FLASH COMM JOINS WITH DBA SYSTEMS

MELBOURNE, Fla.-Flash Comm Inc. formed a strategic alliance with DBA Systems Inc. to manufacture its first-generation communications and tracking products, which initially will focus...

WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY PLANTS SEEDS FOR MORE PLENTIFUL HARVEST

NEW YORK-Wireless telecommunications and computer information systems are fast bringing agriculture to the brink of the next green revolution, known as precision farming."Farming has...

GSM PCS CARRIERS BEGIN WIRELESS E-MAIL SERVICES

Personal communications services operators Western Wireless and Aerial Communications Inc. each launched a service last week that will allow subscribers to receive e-mail messages...

POCKETNET PARTNERS

ABC News-ESPN SportsZoneAccuWeatherAmerican Weather Conceptsbiztravel.com, New YorkBloomberg OnlineCellNews by NewsAlert IncData Broadcasting Corp.Festivals.comFuture AccessInfoSpace Inquisit IncIntelligent Information Inc.Internet Restaurant Guide ...

WORLD BRIEFS

Nokia Corp. and MobileOne of Singapore signed an agreement to expand MobileOne's Global System for Mobile communications network capacity to accommodate about 200,000 customers....

WTB CHIEF HINTS AT REFARMING STAY

WASHINGTON-The private radio industry is waiting this week to see if the long-awaited refarming plan, scheduled to be implemented Oct. 17, actually will go...
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