Yearly Archives: 1997

PENN STATE ALLIANCE LAUNCHES A DIGITAL WIRELESS STUDY NETWORK

NEW YORK-Pennsylvania State University, Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. and Northern Telecom have launched a campus-wide network that is the basis for a joint effort...

UNITED STATES AND JAPAN EXTEND TELECOMMUNICATION TRADE DEAL

WASHINGTON-While the United States and Japan avoided a nasty trade fracas by agreeing last week to new measures to open Nippon Telegraph and Telephone...

WORLD BRIFES

Clearnet Communications Inc. launched its Mike enhanced specialized mobile radio network in Ottawa-Hull. The Ottawa-Hull, Ontario, network covers nearly 1 million people in the...

GLOBAL CHIPCARD ALLIANCE ENVISIONS MULTIPURPOSE SMART CARDS

NEW YORK-Within five years, the Global Chipcard Alliance envisions a transformation from today's fragmented patchwork of closed systems to a worldwide seamless environment of...

MOTOROLA LMPS SIGNS SFO CITY

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola's Land Mobile Products Sector announced it signed a $38 million, 10-year contract with the city of San Francisco to provide a digital...

UK CARRIERS OPPOSE OFTEL ON PORTABILITY

LONDON-The Cellular Service Provider Group of the Federation of Communications Services in the United Kingdom said it opposes the Office of Telecommunications' mandate that...

ORANGE AND MICROCELL SIGN FOR ROAMING

LONDON-U.K. operator Orange Personal Communications Services Ltd. launched Global System for Mobile communications roaming in Canada through an agreement with Microcell Connexions Inc.The Canada...

IFR CHANGES NAME IN RESTRUCTURING

WICHITA, Kan.-IFR Systems Inc. announced it plans to change its name to IFR Corp. effective Jan. 1.The company said the change comes with its...

AT&T WIRELESS AND SOUTHWESTCO SETTLE PHOENIX ROAMING TIFF

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Southwestco Wireless L.P. have agreed to settle their highly emotional dispute over in-market roaming in Phoenix.The companies have resumed...

BRIGHTPOINT SIGNS WITH RAM MOBILE

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-Brightpoint Inc. entered into an agreement with RAM Mobile Data to provide integrated order fulfillment for RAM's new RAMfirst Interactive Paging Service.According to...

BRIGHTPOINT CHINA CLOSES LEGEND BUY

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc.'s subsidiary, Brightpoint China Ltd., completed its acquisition of the business and certain assets of Legend International Ltd.The acquisition of the Hong Kong-based...

JAPAN’S CONSUMERS SIGN FOR CELLULAR AT HIGH RATE

LONDON-The cellular market in Japan is booming in both the consumer and business sectors, according to a report titled, "Mobile Communications in Asia and...

ATTITUDE SHIFT CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPECTRASITE

A shift in mobile phone operators' attitudes toward leasing sites has caused a Cary, N.C., company to push ahead with plans to develop and...

APPEALS COURT DENIES REQUEST BY SMR ONE TO STAY AUCTION

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court here last week refused to block the 800 MHz specialized mobile radio auction scheduled for later this month, but the...

GOPAGE ESTABLISHES E-MAIL-TO-PAGER OVERLAY IN RIO DE JANEIRO

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas-GoPage Inc. announced it has established e-mail paging connections in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and in the Grand Caymen Islands. The company...

MOTOROLA SHIPPING NEW CDMA STATIONS

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group introduced a Code Division Multiple Access cellular base transmission system that supports about twice the capacity of...

CEO SCOTT DEPARTS PRIMECO, COO MCADAM TO TAKE SEAT

WESTLAKE, Texas-PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. announced the departure of Chief Executive Officer Benjamin Scott, who has decided to leave the wireless business and pursue...

VIEWPOINT

I am glad to be sitting here writing this column this week. The boss is on vacation and it was my turn to hold...

LIGHTBRIDGE OFFERS FRAUD-SCORING APP

ORLANDO, Fla.-Lightbridge Inc. and Trans Union Corp. announced the introduction of the Fraud Detect Model, a new fraud-scoring technology for the telecommunications industry.The agreement...

WIRELESS SECTOR STOCKS ARE OUTPERFORMING BROADER MARKETS

NEW YORK-After a two-year bear market, wireless stocks began a rebound in April that is ongoing, and companies involved in all aspects of the...

PRONET, METROCALL MERGER RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT RESELLER BIZ

One of the more significant developments in the paging industry this year was the announced merger between ProNet Inc. and Metrocall Inc., expected to...

CELLSTAR REPORTS RECORD 3Q REVENUE

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. reported a third quarter net income of $16.2 million, or 53 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $12.3...

LOTS OF MILEAGE LEFT FOR PAGING INDUSTRY

NEW YORK-Borrowing a tag line from a recently released report of the Paging Leadership Association, industry representatives and analysts say there is "no grim...

MANDARIN LAUNCHES PCS TOUTING FLAT MONTHLY RATE

Mandarin Communications, a Hong Kong wireless operator, launched its new personal communications services offering, touted as the region's cheapest, featuring an $88 flat monthly...

POWERTEL STARTS PCS IN GA. TOWN

MACON-WARNER ROBINS, Ga.-More than 300,000 residents here now have access to personal communications services, as Powertel Inc. launched its service last week.The company uses...
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