Monthly Archives: February, 1998

AUTHOR SAYS U.S. NEEDS TO OPEN EYES TO ESPIONAGE

NEW YORK-James Bond and his high-tech Nokia mobile phone may be Hollywood's idea of the real McCoy. But truth, as journalists well know, often...

QUALCOMM ORDERS TELULAR INTER FACE CARD

VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. signed an agreement to supply Qualcomm Inc. with its patented interface card for Qualcomm's fixed wireless terminals.Telular's Borscht Daughter Card...

A CASE FOR WIRELESS CUSTOMER SERVICE

Last June, RCR asked me what I thought would be the biggest problem facing the wireless industry in 1998. My answer comprised one word: Education....

MOTOROLA GSM M-CELL SMALL, LIGHT, FLEXIBLE

CANNES, France-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group introduced a Global System for Mobile communications base station for in-building networks, the smallest and lightest base transceiver...

GTSI TO RESELL RICOCHET LINE

LOS GATOS, Calif.-Metricom Inc. announced that GTSI, a government reseller in the United States, will resell the Ricochet wireless line of products and services.The...

LIBERTY TELECOM FORMS TO HELP FINANCE WIRELESS FIRMS

NEW YORK-Two Denver companies joined forces this year as Liberty Telecom L.L.C., which they formed to fill a void caused by the paucity of...

TTC RELEASES CLIENT/SERVER-BASED TEST SOFTWARE

GERMANTOWN, Md.-Telecommunications Techniques Corp. plans this quarter to release new test software that is client/server-based, enabling carriers to test their entire network from the...

GLOBAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS COULD MEET MANY NEEDS

For several years, there has been an international mission to create a modernized, global satellite navigation and location system distinctly for civilian use.Such a...

IMPACT OF CRISIS WEIGHS ON RESCUE PLAN, MARKET FORCES

WASHINGTON-While the mounting Asian financial crisis cuts into the booming wireless business worldwide, the threat of a longer-term impact depends on whether a workable...

INDUS TO PLAY BALL IN PCS VERTICAL NICHE

Envision an all digital baseball stadium that allows its patrons to use their digital wireless phones to determine which parking lots are full, to...

RURAL CELLULAR TO ACQUIRE ATLANTIC CELLULAR PROPERTIES

ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. announced a definitive agreement to acquire the operations and related assets of Atlantic Cellular's Vermont, New Hampshire, New York and...

BELLSOUTH SHOWED $5.6B 4Q REVENUES

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. announced that 1997 showed an 8-percent increase in revenues, earnings growth of 12.3 percent and 15-percent growth in net income over 1996....

TECORE TO OFFER MULTIPROTOCOL PLATFORM FOR SMALLER NETWORKS

COLUMBIA, Md.-Tecore Inc. announced plans to introduce its multiprotocol platform designed for smaller and rural networks at the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Wireless '98...

ERICSSON WINS RUSSIAN GSM ORDER

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a contract to install a 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications system for Tatarian-American Investment in Finance, a mobile...

RIM INTER@CTIVE PAGER USERS TO ACCESS MOVIE LISTINGS

CLAREMONT, Calif.-WolfeTech Corp. and MovieLink announced a strategic alliance to bring nationwide movie listings to two-way paging subscribers.Under the agreement, users of the Research...

NOVATEL OFFERS HANDHELD COMPUTER

PHOENIX-Novatel Wireless Inc. plans to exhibit at the Wireless '98 show in Atlanta a handheld personal computer with a built-in Cellular Digital Packet Data...

GLENAYRE LOSS DUE TO ACQUISITIONS

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. reported a net loss of $121.5 million, or $2.01 per share, for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, compared with...

U.S. CELLULAR EQUIPS BOATS FOR EMERGENCIES

EUREKA, Calif.-United States Cellular Wireless Communications announced it implemented a new emergency phone number to allow operators of fishing vessels and other boats to...

ALCATEL, SCHLUMBERGER & SENDIT OFFER E-MAIL

PARIS-Alcatel, Schlumberger and Sendit introduced a wireless application, based on the Global System for Mobile communications smart card, for adding Internet e-mail capability to...

WHY HASN’T ANYBODY BOUGHT MOBILEMEDIA>

To the Editor: I cannot believe the deafening silence from the wireless community with regard to MobileMedia Corp.'s plan to extinguish the equity in the...

CABLE & WIRELESS HITS 2M SUBS IN ’97

LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc said brisk sales during the holiday season helped its mobile telecommunications subscriber base surpass the 2 million mark.The total number...

LUCENT FORMS VENTURE CAPITAL UNIT

NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, N.J., has created a venture capital subsidiary to identify and invest in emerging technologies.Henry Schacht, who retired Feb....

INTEK LM TECHNOLOGY LICENSED TO KOREAN MANUFACTURER

NEW YORK-Intek Diversified Corp., Princeton, N.J., has signed an agreement allowing use of its patented linear modulation technology by Kukjae Electronics Ltd. Co., Seoul,...

L.A. CELLULAR FIGHTS TELEMARKETING FRAUD

CERRITOS, Calif.-Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co. said it teamed up with the American Association of Retired Persons, Retired Senior Volunteer Persons and a host...

TELSTRA’S 4Q PRODUCES STRONG PROFITS

NEW YORK-Australian telecommunications giant Telstra Corp. Ltd. announced Feb. 18 that its net profits for the six months ended Dec. 31 rose by 117...
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