Monthly Archives: February, 1998

US WIRELESS TESTS E-911 PRODUCT

SAN RAMON, Calif.-US Wireless Corp. announced it has successfully completed testing its wireless E-911 caller location product, which exceeded the 125-meter range required by...

FINDING RIGHT BUNDLED BILL MIX IS COMPLEX FOR CARRIERS

Many telecommunications companies are banking on the fact that consumers want their long-distance, local, Internet, wireless and cable TV services-or some combination of these-bundled...

WORLD BRIEFS

ArgentinaBrightpoint Inc. is expanding its international operations with the formation of Brightpoint de Argentina S.A. and plans to establish Brightpoint France, said the company....

DISPATCHERS PREFER CALLER-PAYS APPROACH TO PAY PHONES

WASHINGTON-While call blocking may be the easiest and quickest way of preventing pay-phone operators and long-distance carriers from charging excessive access fees on toll-free...

LECS BATTLE FCC RULES ON INTERCONNECT

The interconnection fight between paging carriers and local exchange carriers is far from over. LECs, wounded by a Federal Communications Commission Common Carrier Bureau...

CDMA GROWTH TO ECLIPSE GSM, SAYS DATACOMM

While Global System for Mobile communications technology networks currently have more subscribers, technical and competitive advantages will propel Code Division Multiple Access into a...

ETSI REACHES 3G CONSENSUS

European Telecommunications Standards Institute members last week reached a consensus agreement for a third-generation mobile phone standard, incorporating two major proposals that were on...

AIRTOUCH AND U S WEST ANNOUNCE NEW MERGER PLAN

AirTouch Communications Inc. and U S West Media Group announced a new $5.7 billion definitive agreement to merge U S West Media's U.S. cellular...

BRIGHTPOINT ENJOYS SIGNIFICANT INCREASES

NEW YORK-It was a glowing quarter for Brightpoint Inc., Indianapolis, which reported significant increases in net sales, income and income per share.The company, a...

AT&T RALLIES BEHIND CALLING PARTY PAYS

AT&T Corp. also told analysts it plans to push a calling party pays program for its wireless customers, as well as a dual-band, dual-mode...

AT&T, LOTUS TEAM FOR WIRELESS ACCESS

KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Lotus Development Corp. have teamed up to provide wireless access to Lotus Notes with AT&T PocketNet phones and...

SUMITOMO TO MARKET CORSAIR PHONEPRINT

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc. announced it entered into an international marketing agreement with Sumitomo Corporation of America to co-market Corsair's PhonePrint cellular fraud...

CLINTON ADMINISTRATION TO EXPAND GLOBAL TRADE AGREEMENT

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration last week proposed to expand the global trade agreement that eliminates tariffs on telecom and information technology products by 2000.With developing...

SAMSUNG PCS TO USE JABRA PRODUCTS

SAN DIEGO-Jabra Corp. said it has partnered with Samsung Telecommunications America to provide its EarSet and Smart Adapter for Samsung's wireless SCH-1000 personal communications...

ERICSSON NAMES NEW CEO

L.M. Ericsson announced it appointed Sven-Christer Nilsson president and chief executive officer of the company, replacing Lars Ramqvist, who will become chairman of the...

WTO PACT COULD OPEN FOREIGN INVESTMENT

WASHINGTON-The global telecommunications free trade pact goes into effect this week, following last week's decision in Geneva that promises to open the floodgates to...

2 YEARS AFTER TELECOM LAW, INDUSTRY DEBATES REWRITE

WASHINGTON-This week's second anniversary of the 1996 telecom act is being greeted with heightened skepticism by industry, policy makers and the public about whether...

TDS REPORTS LOSSES ASSOCIATED WITH AERIAL LAUNCH

NEW YORK-Along with its fourth-quarter earnings release Jan. 28, Telephone and Data Systems Inc., Chicago, reported a lawsuit challenging its plan to repurchase publicly...

UNISITE COMPLETES PRIVATE PLACEMENT

DALLAS-UniSite Inc. announced it has closed the private placement funding it began in August, reportedly surpassing its goal of raising $50 million in financing."After...

COMPANIES USE TEKNOW FOR WIRELESS

PHOENIX-TekNow Inc. has announced co-marketing relationships with both Dialogic Corp. and Digi International to promote open architecture technology for the wireless messaging industry, reported...

THE TERRIBLE TWOS OF THE TELECOM ACT

WASHINGTON-After two years, is the Telecommunications Act of 1996 a success or failure? In the eyes of Washington telecom insiders, is it an industry...

ART TO BUY 38 GHZ PERMITS FROM DCT

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Advanced Radio Telecom Corp. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with DCT Communications Inc. to acquire 49 additional 38 GHz licenses...

AT&T LOOKS TO HIGH-END WIRELESS CUSTOMER FOR GROWTH

NEW YORK-AT&T Corp.'s fourth-quarter earnings announcement last week was notable both for what the company said about its recent past and about its plans...

VIEWPOINT: A PARENT’S DILEMMA

Since before she was born, I have wondered what I want my daughter to be when she grows up.After dismissing college professor (too snooty),...

TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT REMOTE PAGING SERVICES

To the editor,I just finished reading your Jan. 12 issue and truly take exception with the letter titled, "Home won't run via paging service."The...
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