Monthly Archives: February, 1998

GEOTEK SUPPLIES CONCRETE INDUSTRY

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. said it deployed a mobile communications solution to the ready-mix concrete industry, designed specifically to meet the industry's needs.Geotek said...

BOEHNER CAN USE MONEY FROM CAMPAIGN FOR LAWSUIT

WASHINGTON-The Federal Election Commission earlier this month gave Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) the go-ahead to use campaign funds to sue Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)...

U.K. COMPANY USES GSM NETWORK TO LOCATE CALLERS

Cambridge Positioning Systems, a Cambridge, United Kingdom-based company, last week introduced its Cursor Global System for Mobile communications location system at the GSM World...

QUALCOMM TEAMS FOR PLANNING SOFTWARE

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and DeTeMobil of Bonn, Germany, said they are planning to offer Pegasos-QEDesign, a wireless network planning and deployment software suite for...

COMCAST EXPANDS INTERNATIONAL ROAMING

WAYNE, Pa.-Comcast Cellular Communications Inc. said it launched the Comcast International Roaming service to provide business customers with communications services in 70 countries.Customers use...

WITH ITS CHIPS ON CHINA, MOTOROLA MAY HAVE ASIA’S `TIGERS’ BY THE TAIL

oseph B. Cahill Crain's Chicago Business CHICAGO-As economies from South Korea to Indonesia convulse, China has become the last line of defense in...

WIRELINK EXTENSIONS BENEFIT RESELLERS

Imagine a reseller being able to offer paging services to thousands of customers while only paying a carrier for one cap code.Stop imagining.WireLink Communication...

WHEELER: SHOW IS A CHANCE TO REACH THE OUTSIDE WORLD

Tom Wheeler, president of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, will have spent two weeks on the road before he returns home to Washington, D.C....

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...

TRUNKED RADIO GROWS IN CZECH REPUBLIC

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The commercial trunked radio industry in the Czech Republic is showing significant signs of growth and is on pace to reach more than...

ERICSSON DEMOS LNP DATABASE SOLUTION

RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. demonstrated the capability of its local number portability database solution to provide range updates of up to 1,000 location routing number...

WORLD BRIEFS

MexicoGrupo Iusacell inaugurated its new Code Division Multiple Access network with a phone call by the company's president, Fulvio del Valle, from its headquarters...

NATION BRIEFS

American Radio Systems Corp. completed its consent solicitation of its 11.38 percent cumulative exchangeable preferred stock with the majority of the stockholders giving the...

READYCOM LAUNCHES REPSONDER SERVICE

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-ReadyCom Inc. launched its Responder portable two-way voicemail service in the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina, said the company.ReadyCom said...

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...

U S WEST NET INCOME DOWN IN 4Q REPORT

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-U S West Communications Group announced fourth quarter adjusted earnings of 60 cents per share before a $250 million regulatory charge-compared with 63...

CASH FLOW, REVENUE IMPROVE FOR MTEL

JACKSON, Miss.-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp. announced improvements in its financial status following preliminary fourth-quarter results.Consolidated operating cash flow reached $20 million in the quarter...

BRIGHTPOINT COMPLETES MATEL-TECNOLOGIA BUY

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. said it closed the acquisition of the wireless phone distribution business and certain net assets of Matel-Tecnologia de Teleinformatica S.A.-Matec. Matec is...

D.C. NOTES: THE PORTALS FIASCO

At any given time, it's hard to say what agenda is being played out by whom in the FCC-Portals fiasco.Let's take a look at...

NEWS BRIEFS

Multinational Automated Clearing House U.S.A. said it signed agreements to provide roamer call data clearing services to Global System for Mobile service providers American...

NATTEL LAWSUIT AGAINST POCKET LEADERS MOVES FORWARD

BALTIMORE-A judge handling the Pocket Communications Inc. bankruptcy case ruled Feb. 11 that a $1-billion lawsuit against Pocket principles Dan and Janis Riker filed...

ERICSSON WINS VENEZUELA CONTRACT

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a $200 million framework agreement with Telecommunicaciones Movilnet in Venezuela to expand its wireless network using Time Division Multiple Access...

TIA RELEASES IS-651-A STANDARD FOR PCS

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association early this year published a new interim standard that details the fundamental capabilities for interfacing a personal communications switching...

FCC DEFINES CROSS-MARKETING GUIDES

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission member Susan Ness said last week's ruling on the marketing of customer information by paging, cellular and telephone companies will benefit...

BELLSOUTH MOBILITY EXPANDS PREPAID

ATLANTA-BellSouth Mobility DCS said it is offering its Prepaid To Go phone and service package to customers in the Carolinas, eastern Tennessee and coastal...
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