Monthly Archives: February, 1998

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...

INCOME, REVENUE RISE FOR TELLABS IN 1997

LISLE, Ill.-Tellabs Inc. reported fiscal 1997 fourth-quarter and annual financial results with annual revenues above the billion-dollar mark.Sales for the fourth quarter ended Jan....

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...

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...

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),...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

TELIGENT NAMES 1998 MARKETS

VIENNA, Va.-Teligent announced plans to launch facilities-based service over its digital wireless networks this year in Chicago; Denver; Los Angeles; Washington, D.C.; Dallas, Houston,...

AT&T ADDS ANOTHER ALLIANCE WITH TELECORP CONTRACT

KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has signed another deal with a wireless company in its quest to fill in the missing links of its...

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...

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...

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...

MOTOROLA TO EQUIP MEXICO WITH CDMA

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced an agreement totaling nearly $40 million to supply four operators in northern regions of Mexico with...

MOBILEMEDIA RESTRUCTURING PLAN BEFORE COURT

Almost one year after filing for bankruptcy, MobileMedia Corp. announced plans to emerge from Chapter 11 restructuring by mid-year, and as part of that...

ANALYST THINKS VENDORS ALSO WILL CONSOLIDATE

NEW YORK-While Asian troubles may obscure the big picture for awhile, international growth and the integration of wireless and wireline telephony will mean plenty...

NEXUS WINS DEAL WITH ARAD FOR AMR

TEL AVIV, Israel-Aptel Ltd., recently acquired by Nexus Telecommunication Systems Ltd., received an order from Arad Ltd. for a wireless automatic meter reading system,...

PINNACLES GAINS ARKANSAS TOWERS

SARASOTA, Fla.-Pinnacle Towers Inc. said it purchased 20 towers in Fort Smith and Little Rock, Ark., for $8.7 million from the Texas-based paging company,...

FCC WANTS MORE SECURITY AT PORTALS BEFORE MOVE-IN

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said last week it will not relocate to the Portals unless building security is beefed up. The issue adds a...

FCC FORUM FINDS CLARIFICATION, FASTER RESPONSE NEEDED

WASHINGTON-The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau's Auctions & Industry Analysis Division held an open forum late last month to gather ideas on how to improve its...

POWERWAVE TO EQUIP NORTEL WITH AMPS

IRVINE, Calif.-Powerwave Technologies Inc. said it received orders from Northern Telecom Ltd. for its multicarrier radio-frequency power amplifiers.The orders, totaling $5 million, will be...
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