Monthly Archives: February, 1998

MOODY’S ISSUES BAA1 RATING FOR NEW C&W COMPANY

LONDON-Moody's Investors Service has assigned long-term ratings of Baa1 to the proposed $1 billion and $650 million bond issues of Cable & Wireless Communications,...

CONDUCTUS’ CLEARSITE EFFECTIVE IN TRIALS

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. said initial results from field trials with two new cellular operators show that its ClearSite receiver front-end subsystem reduces dropped calls...

BELL ATLANTIC EQUIPS PEOPLE’S CAB TAXIS

PITTSBURGH, Pa.-Bell Atlantic Mobile announced it is providing wireless technology to People's Cab, allowing it to accept credit cards for payment of cab fares...

CUSTOMER SERVICE HELPS CARRIERS STAND OUT IN CROWD

It is much more expensive to recapture a wireless customer who has churned than it is to keep a customer on your network, say...

HOUSE BILL AIMS TO TIGHTEN BANK RUPTCY RULES

WASHINGTON-A House of Representatives bill that would tighten the rules surrounding small-business bankruptcy filings could have an effect on wireless operators-particularly those new services...

NEXT WIRELESS PLANS TO RESELL GEOTEK SERVICE

MONTVALE, N.J.-Next Wireless plans to become Geotek Communications Inc.'s first nationwide distributor of its mobile business services, announced the companies. Next Wireless plans to...

BELLCORE AND PBS TEAM IN PROGRAM

MORRISTOWN, N.J.-PBS The Business Channel and Bellcore have teamed up to deliver "The Global Telecom Game: The Players," to organizations of all sizes on March...

PERUSAHAAN PROFITS INCREASED IN 1997

JAKARTA, Indonesia-Perusahaan Perseroan PT Indonesian Satellite Corp. Tbk. announced its consolidated 1997 net income-after accounting for minority interests in subsidiaries-was $136.9 million, or $1.30...

RAM MOBILE TEAMS WITH FUTURE HORIZONS

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Corp. business venture RAM Mobile Data USA L.P. announced it entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Future Horizons to market a...

NEWCOMER DRAWS ON MILITARY PAST TO FIND E911 NICHE

SigmaOne Communications Corp. is one of many companies hoping to capitalize on the Federal Communications Commission's Phase II E911 mandate requiring wireless carriers by...

MOTOROLA LMPS DEPLOYS SMART ZONE OMNILINK

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Land Mobile Products Sector said it deployed the first SmartZone OmniLink very-wide-area two-way radio communications system for Western Resources, an electric...

JUSTICE PROBES FCC’S PORTALS

WASHINGTON-The Justice Department is investigating the Federal Communications Commission's planned Portals move, the second probe to examine whether lobbyist and former Clinton-Gore campaign manager...

LEARNING FROM THE PCS AUCTIONS

A newly constituted Federal Communications Commission soon will get a chance to reconsider one of the thornier issues facing the agency in recent months....

AUSTRALIA MOVES CLOSER TO APRIL AUCTION

The Australian Communications Authority will auction 10 personal communications services licenses totaling 230 megahertz sometime in April, and the Australian Communications Authority is encouraging...

CHINA CONTINUES TO LEAD PAGING GROWTH IN REGION

WASHINGTON-The Asia-Pacific paging market is expected to expand from 87 million subscribers at year-end 1997 to more than 168 million in 2002, according to...

VIEWPOINT: FACT VS. OPINION

"From the mighty pen, true wisdom flows.If it says so, then it is so. If it is so, so it is.A thought's not fit...

ARCH/TELECOM TOWERS CONTRACT ENDED, MOODY’S TO REVIEW DEBT

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. earlier this month announced the termination of its previously disclosed definitive agreement to sell its site-management business to Telecom...

PCIA UNDERSCORES NEED TO MAKE WIRELESS COMPETITIVE

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association launched its "Agenda for a Wireless America" aimed at urging regulators and legislators at the local, county, state and...

MOTOROLA EQUIPS PRISONS WITH SMARTNET

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.-The Pontiac and Stateville Correctional Centers in Illinois each installed Motorola Inc.'s new Smartnet trunked radio system to improve the speed and quality...

RESELLER GROUP SAYS IT IS BARRED FROM WIRELESS

WASHINGTON-A year-end survey conducted by the Telecommunications Resellers Association revealed that 90 percent of respondents who sought to resell personal communications services were barred...

EVERYTHING WIRELESS TO SELL CELL PORT KIT

BOULDER, Colo.-CellPort Labs Inc. announced Everything Wireless, a Cellular Works company, will distribute the CellPort universal, hands-free car kit, according to an agreement signed...

FUEL CELL COULD BRING 100 HOURS OF TALK TIME

NEW YORK-It keeps going and going and going, but it isn't a rabbit or a battery.It's a miniature version of the methanol-powered fuel cells...

NOKIA PROVIDES NEW ZEALAND NETWORK

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and BellSouth New Zealand signed an agreement for Nokia to provide a mobile intelligent network for the BellSouth Global System for...

PRODUCTS

ALLEN TELECOM INC.Allen Telecom Inc.'s Antenna Specialists Division introduced a springless option to its line of Mosaic LMR vehicular antennas. Allen said the springless...

SAMSUNG EQUIPS OLYMPIC COMMITTEE

SEOUL, Korea-Samsung Group is providing the Nagano Olympic Organizing Committee with four types of wireless communications equipment, six network and systems experts and 14,000...
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