Monthly Archives: March, 1998

D.C. NOTES: DELIVERING THE WIRELESS MESSAGE

The wireless industry, having been defeated on Capitol Hill and Bunker Hill by environmentalists, organized labor and soccer moms, has turned to John Q....

QUALCOMM FORMS RESEARCH PROGRAM

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it will engage in a joint research program with Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, which will focus on Qualcomm's...

CALENDAR

March 23-April 1The International Telecommunication Union. Velletta, Malta. +356 356 356.Wireless MarketingSummit '98March 30-31Shorecliff Communications International. The Wyndham Anatole Hotel, Dallas. (800) 608-9641.Inter Comm...

PALMPILOT ACCESS $50 FOR UNLIMITED USE

HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Communications Corp. introduced a new pricing plan that offers unlimited wireless data access for PalmPilot users with Novatel Wireless Inc.'s new Minstrel...

REFS DONE TINKERING WITH C-BLOCK RULES

WASHINGTON-Still not satisfied that the Federal Communications Commission went far enough to protect the viability of certain financially disabled C-block personal communications services licensees,...

STRATEGY ANALYTICS’ OUTLOOK ON PAGING CONSERVATIVE

Strategy Analytics, a research firm based in Delafield, Wis., gave perhaps the most conservative forecast of the paging industry to date during a teleconference...

FCC PHASE I E911 DEADLINE APPROACHES

The Federal Communications Commission's Phase I E911 deadline is set for Wednesday, but that doesn't mean that dispatchers across the nation this week will...

WHAT THE C-BLOCK RECON ORDER DOES:

Eliminates the requirement that a licensee elect the same restructuring option for all its licenses. Instead, the licensee must elect the same option for...

BRIBERY NORM IN FOREIGN MARKETS POSES LEGAL CHALLENGE FOR U.S. FIRMS

NEW YORK-Gaining overseas business contracts while also obeying U.S. laws against bribery of foreign government and corporate officials remains a significant challenge for American...

VIEWPOINT: THE PRODIGAL LICENSEE

Last Sunday at church the main reading was the parable of the Prodigal Son. You remember the one, about the wealthy farmer with two...

HOUSE PASSES SATELLITE REFORM

WASHINGTON-The House Commerce Committee last week passed a pro-competitive international satellite reform bill that lawmakers predict will save American consumers billions of dollars.The bill,...

NEWS BRIEFS

Cellnet, a United Kingdom-based cellular operator, selected Brite technology to deliver its traffic information services to its subscribers. Cellnet's Traffic Line provides in-car traffic...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Conxus Communications Inc. announced it will extend its Pocketalk voice paging service rollout to Los Angeles and Chicago. Conxus first launched the service in...

SEVERAL FACTORS WEIGH ON FUTURE OF RESALE

BOSTON-The future of wireless reselling is based on the resellers' ability to realize economies of scale, provide a wide scope of services and achieve...

PREPAID NOT JUST FOR CREDIT POOR

Initially used as a tool to tap into the credit-challenged market, many carriers are finding that prepaid service is attracting more than those with...

SCI OFFERS WIN-BASED PREPAID BILLING

IRVINE, Calif.-Subscriber Computing Inc. introduced a wireless intelligent network-based prepaid billing solution, which uses Oracle Corp.'s scalable RDBMS technology on a Sun Microsystems Inc....

NEW PAGENET STRATEGY UPS VALUE AND PRICE

Responding to recent media coverage airing the complaints of disgruntled resellers, Paging Network Inc. said these resellers may be upset at the company's change...

LCC CELLULAR INSTITUTE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

MCLEAN, Va.-LCC International Inc. announced the opening of its Cellular Institute to the public worldwide.Established in 1991, the Cellular Institute offers a process-based, just-in-time...

JUSTICE CALLS WIRETAP DEFICIENT

WASHINGTON-The Justice Department on Friday asked the Federal Communications Commission to declare the telecom industry's digital wiretap standard deficient and to approve on an...

WIRELESS CAN GET BRAND STRATEGIES FORM OTHER INDUSTRIES

What does wireless have in common with toothpaste? Maybe not much now, but perhaps the toothpaste industry has learned a marketing secret that wireless...

LMDS TO BE PATCHWORK OF SERVICES

WASHINGTON-No one was more surprised at the eventual outcome of the most recent Federal Communications Commission spectrum auction as was Thomas Jones, president of...

BELL ATLANTIC PREPARES FOR ONE-STOP DATA SHOP

NEW YORK-Aspiring to reorganize its data services capabilities, Bell Atlantic Corp. announced the formation of the Bell Atlantic Data Solutions Group and named Joseph...

WIRELESS MANUFACTURERS COMMIT TO JAVA

Further extending its reach into the wireless industry, Sun Microsystems Inc. announced it has signed an agreement giving L.M. Ericsson license to use and...

AMSC TO SERVE DART TRANSIT AND J.B. HUNT TRANSPORT

RESTON, Va.-American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced two new customers for its Multi-Mode Mobile Messaging Service-Dart Transit Co. and J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.AMSC's messaging...

PRO IV OF BRITAIN TO EQUIP ORBCOMM

DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P., which provides commercial low-earth-orbit satellite data and messaging communications services, said it awarded Pro IV Ltd. of Great Britain a...
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