Monthly Archives: January, 1998

D.C. NOTES

First, the nation's capital gave you the Million Man March. Now, the Million-Dollar Question.It's just a matter of time now before subpoenas go out...

NEXTWAVE ROLLS DICE IN VEGAS

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. is poised to begin a technical trial in Las Vegas of what it describes as the first F-block personal communications services...

WIRELESS SERVICE HEATS UP DURING ICE STORM

Wireless carriers mobilized their resources earlier this month to maintain cellular service when an ice storm in upstate New York and northern New England...

NEW PHONES DEBUT AT CES

LAS VEGAS-Manufacturers at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas may have been hinting at things to come with a handful of launches...

MODERATE PRICES INDICATE BULLISH MARKET

Overall wireless pricing has decreased between 6.1 percent and 10 percent in the United States since September, said Robinson-Humphrey Co. L.L.C.'s latest pricing survey."This...

KSI LOCATION TECHNOLOGY FEATURES 911 APPLICATION

KSI Inc., a company with its roots in the defense industry, has developed a location technology that it hopes the industry will embrace as...

PUSH PURSUES WALL STREET FOR MINORITY TELECOM $$

NEW YORK-Allen B. Salmasi, chairman and chief executive officer of NextWave Telecom Inc., went to Wall Street on Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday to...

SITING GROUPS DRAW LINES FOR DEBATE

WASHINGTON-When Congress returns next week, battle lines will begin forming for a highly charged antenna siting debate that is likely to be shaped as...

PRODUCTS

ANRITSU CO.Anritsu Co. introduced the MS8606A digital mobile radio transmitter tester that performs Code Division Multiple Access measurements in less than two seconds. Covering...

JUSTICE PROBES LABOR SECRETARY’S LINK TO LEO LICENSEE

WASHINGTON-The Justice Department is investigating whether Labor Secretary Alexis Herman, in her role as a White House aide during President Clinton's first term, sold...

SPRINT PCSCUTS JOBS, CONSOLIDATES OFFICES

Sprint Spectrum L.P. has begun streamlining its operations nationwide, eliminating engineering and operations positions. Sprint PCS spokesman Tom Murphy said the reorganization reflects the...

LUCENT WINS CDMA DEALS

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it received several contracts, totaling nearly $100 million, for Code Division Multiple Access systems in California, Georgia and...

POCKET NEVER DESERVED C-BLOCK LICENSE

To the Editor: Last week, in a letter to the editor, a former employee of Pocket Communications blamed me for Pocket's demise. Well, he's right!Pocket...

LUCENT VENTURE WINS INDIA CONTRACT

MUMBAI, India-Tata Lucent Technologies Ltd., a joint venture between Lucent Technologies International Inc. and the Tata Group of India, announced it has been awarded...

TELSTRA TO TEST NOKIA TETRA TECHNOLOGY OVER SIX MONTHS

Australian telecommunications company Telstra, and Nokia Corp. signed an agreement to trial Nokia's Terrestrial Trunked Radio system. The six-month trial will begin in Sydney...

MCCAIN SUPPORTS PCIA CLEARING HOUSE FOR SITE DATA

Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) last week asked Attorney General Janet Reno to consider for approval a site collocation data clearinghouse developed...

RUSSIA’S KUBTELECOM TO USE CDMA WLL

SAN DIEGO-Kubtelecom of Krasnodar, Russian Federation, awarded Qualcomm Inc. a $10 million contract to supply an 800 MHz Code Division Multiple Access wireless local...

BT, KOREA TELECOM WORK TO DEVELOP NETWORK SOLUTION

NEW YORK-British Telecommunications plc and Korea Telecom have joined forces to develop a form of artificial intelligence for network management they hope will eliminate...

MOODY’S WATCHES KOREAN FIRMS FOR DOWNGRADES

NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service placed the ratings of the Republic of Korea and the publicly held foreign currency debt of its major companies under...

GLENAYRE GETS PUSH IN RIGHT DIRECTION

After almost two years of savage beatings on Wall Street, Glenayre Technologies Inc. has proven to have a tough chin, and analysts believe the...

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM GETS AA1 RATING ON DEBT

NEW YORK-Deutsche Telekom AG has received an investment grade rating of Aa1 from Moody's Investors Service for its $3.26 billion debt issuance program sold...

HOW THE WIRELESS INDUSTRY WILL TACKLE THE FCC IN 1998

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry accomplished much last year on the regulatory road to competition, but the task of creating parity with wireline services and eliminating...

CTIA ASKS IRS TO RULE ON COMMISSION DEDUCTIONS

NEW YORK-Taxes generally may be one of life's two certainties, but there is plenty of ambiguity surrounding the application of specific Internal Revenue Service...

WIRELESS NOT LIKELY TO ENJOY SAME TAX CARVE-OUTS AS INTERNET

WASHINGTON-Clinton administration telecom adviser Larry Irving said last week there will continue to be strong support for huge deregulatory and tax carve-outs for the...

IUSACELL STEPS UP ANTI-FRAUD EFFORTS

MEXICO CITY-Iusacell, Bell Atlantic Corp.'s Mexican communications company, announced it plans to fight cellular fraud in Latin America using Corsair Communications Inc.'s PhonePrint technology.This...
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