Yearly Archives: 1997

MOTOROLA, NOKIA TO DEVELOP HANDSET

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp. said they will develop a prototype digital handset for NTT DoCoMo in Japan based on wideband Code Division...

PROSPECT FOR MORE SPECTRUM FOR LITTLE LEO DATA PROVIDERS DIM

WASHINGTON-The United States is honing preparations to press for additional global mobile satellite spectrum at the World Radiocommunication Conference this fall in Geneva, but...

NOKIA PICKS CISCO FOR ACCESS SERVER

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Nokia Telecommunications selected Cisco Systems Inc.'s Cisco AS5200 universal access server, which routes digital cellular phone calls directly to data networks and...

CABLE & WIRELESS BIDS IN PANAMA

LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc was successful in its bid for 49 percent of the shares of Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A., Panama's state-owned telecommunications...

MESSAGING SERVICE DESIGNED FOR ORYX

WILMINGTON, Mass.-Priority Call Management has introduced a short messaging service application to its Oryx platform.Priority said its SMS application provides one number, prepaid calling...

PRONET MARKETS SECURITY TRACKING SYSTEM TO COLLEGE CAMPUSES

Using tracking technology developed almost a decade ago for the financial community, ProNet Inc. is marketing a security tracking service for college students and...

D-BLOCK LICENSEE PICKS NORTEL UNITS

DALLAS-Conestoga Wireless, winner of four D-, E-and F-block personal communications services licenses in central and eastern Pennsylvania, selected Northern Telecom Ltd. to supply Global...

AT DEADLINE

PriCellular group to acquire PalmerPrice Communications Corp. reached an agreement to acquire Palmer Wireless Inc. for an aggregate purchase price of $880 million, including...

DSPC SAYS LAWSUIT HAS NO SUBSTANCE

CUPERTINO, Calif.-DSP Communications Inc. said four individuals have filed a shareholder class action lawsuit against it and several of its officers and directors in...

DYNACOM TO ACQUIRE PREPAID CELLULAR COMPANY

BELLINGHAM, Wash.-Dynacom Telecommunications Corp. said it executed a letter of intent to purchase Jeffrand Inc., doing business as The Wireless Outlet, Pro Cell Communications...

ERICSSON FILLS ORDER FROM VIMPELCOM

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it received an order from Russia's Vimpel Communications for equipment to expand the operator's Digital-Advanced Mobile Phone Service network.Ericsson values...

VITA AWARDS WINNERS USE CELL PHONES TO HELP OTHERS, THEMSELVES

WASHINGTON-Ed Jose, winner of this year's VITA*award for Crimestopper from the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, couldn't be on hand to accept his award last...

NEXTWAVE SHUTS DOWN TWO MARKETS: 53 EMPLOYEES GET PINK SLIPS

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. shut down its Southeast and Midwest operations last week, the first wave of what could be a nationwide reduction in force...

BELLSOUTH MOBILITY TO START CONSUMER TRIAL OF NETWORK WILDFIRE

BellSouth Mobility plans to begin consumer trials of Wildfire Communications Inc.'s Network Wildfire in the company's Atlanta cellular market.Network Wildfire is the company's network-based...

MOODY'S INCREASES CBIS DEBT RATING

NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service announced May 21 it raised the investment grade ratings on the outstanding senior unsecured debt of Cincinnati Bell Inc. to...

NORTEL TO PARTNER WITH U.S. ROBOTICS

SKOKIE, Ill.-U.S. Robotics and Northern Telecom Ltd. agreed to jointly develop wireless data access products for mobile professionals needing wireless access to e-mail, the...

PACIFIC BELL MOBILE ESTABLISHES SEVERAL REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS

SAN FRANCISCO-Pacific Bell Mobile Services established four new regional headquarters in California to manage the company's personal communications services markets.The new headquarters are located...

AMERICAN PAGING HALTS NPCS SPENDING, RUMORS OF SALE PERSIST

After experiencing continual poor financial results, American Paging Inc. announced last month it would halt spending on narrowband personal communications services development to fix...

AMSC ACTIVATES 5-POUND OMNIQUEST MSS PHONE

American Mobile Satellite Corp. introduced its OmniQuest Satellite Telephone for use with its Skycell satellite communications services network.The unit, manufactured by Mitsubishi Electronics America...

AMERICAN TOWER BUYS TOWERS L.L.C.

BOCA RATON, Fla.-American Tower Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Radio Systems, reached an agreement to acquire the assets of Towers L.L.C., which...

PARTNERSHIP GETS GERMAN LICENSE

BONN, Germany-The partnership of British Telecommunications plc and Viag AG, called E2 Mobilfunk GmbH, received its license to operate a Digital Cellular System 1800...

GOPAGE DEAL OFFERS LINK TO THE INTERNET

TRENTON, N.J.-GoPage Inc. installed a satellite connection to Midstates Paging in Trenton, N.J., which will provide Internet access to three carriers.Paging carriers can join...

BELL ATLANTIC NYNEX TO USE XYPERCOM

NEW YORK-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile has selected Granite Systems Xpercom software to manage equipment and circuit inventory information throughout the corporation.The Xpercom system will...

CALENDAR

MAY28 Evolving Markets & Marketplaces in Telecommunications, by UCSD Connect. Sheraton Grande Torrey Pines, San Diego. (619) 534-6114.28-29 Wireless Data-Network Implementation, Management and Applications...

MOODY’S INCREASES CBIS DEBT RATING

NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service announced May 21 it raised the investment grade ratings on the outstanding senior unsecured debt of Cincinnati Bell Inc. to...
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