Monthly Archives: March, 1998

WIRELESS DATA FORUM MOVES TO WARD GOALS

Since announcing its new vision last fall, the Wireless Data Forum has taken several significant steps in the last weeks to move toward its...

GEOTEK LAUNCHES INTEGRATED PRODUCT AND BRAND CAMPAIGN

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. launched a new branding effort called "Workpower for the Road," which includes a new logo and a product-Geotek Driver Logistics...

GLENAYRE TO EXPAND SHANDONG’S PAGING

BEIJING-Glenayre Technologies Inc. said it signed a $9.6-million contract with Shandong Provincial Posts and Telecommunications Administration to expand Shandong's high-speed paging network.Under terms of...

D.C. NOTES: GOODWILL CAPITAL

Not so long ago, I broached the subject of "goodwill capital" with a wireless industry leader at lunch. A number of things prompted me...

GROUP SEEKS STANDARDS TO WIRELESSLY CONNECT HOME

A new group consisting of personal computer, telecommunications and consumer electronics companies is developing a protocol for wirelessly connecting home appliances to PCs.The Home...

SBA NOTES SALE GENERATES $150M

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp., a developer of build-to-suit wireless antenna sites, closed on the sale of $269 million in principal amount of 12-percent...

BILLING PROVIDERS RELEASE PRODUCTS

NEW YORK-Several billing and customer-care providers have announced new products in recent weeks, among them, American Management Systems Inc., International Telecommunications Data Systems Inc.,...

MOBILESOFT TEAMS WITH GOAMERICA

SAN FRANCISCO-MobileSoft announced it formed an alliance with GoAmerica Communications Corp. through which MobileSoft will market GoAmerica's Web@Hand wireless data services on its website.MobileSoft...

SPRINT PCS OFFERS SAMSUNG PHONE

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Spectrum L.P. introduced a new personal communications services phone manufactured by Samsung Telecommunications America. The Samsung SCH-1900 is the second digital...

S.W. BELL EXPANDS PHONEPRINT COVERAGE

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc. said it reached an agreement with Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems and Southwestern Bell Wireless to deploy its PhonePrint cellular...

TIA PUBLISHES SPECS FOR CDPD STANDARD

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association announced it published a series of documents on system specifications for Cellular Digital Packet Data in the first step...

AIRTOUCH/VODAFONE GROUP WINS IN EGYPT

SAN FRANCISCO-A consortium in which AirTouch Communications Inc. holds a 30-percent interest won a nationwide cellular license in Egypt, expanding AirTouch's reach into the...

DOLPHIN TO USE TETRA SYSTEM

The United Kingdom continues to dominate news related to Trans European Trunked Radio technology, as a company there recently took steps to offer the...

WORLD SUBSCRIBER FIGURES TO TRIPLE IN COMING YEARS

Worldwide mobile telephony subscriber numbers will climb at triple the compound annual growth rate expected from the landline side between 1996 and 2002, according...

TWO DEALERS SUE AMERITECH IN CONTRACT DISPUTE

Hearings were scheduled to begin Friday in a lawsuit against Ameritech Mobile Communications Inc. that alleges the carrier schemed to defraud its dealers and...

FCC APPROVES AMSC TRANSFER

RESTON, Va.-The Federal Communications Commission approved the transfer of control of Ardis Co.'s wireless data network from Motorola Inc. to American Mobile Satellite Corp.,...

BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO SCRUTINIZE PHONE FEES

LONDON (AP)-Three British telephone companies charge customers too much to place calls to mobile phones, a regulator said Thursday as he ordered a monopoly...

DELAYS AND OTHER PROBLEMS CAUSE DROP IN VALUE OF BRAZIL CELLULAR LICENSES

B-band cellular licenses don't appear to be a wireless Mardi Gras for the Brazilian government any longer.Though raking in billions so far from four...

MOTOROLA CIG ENDS GSM HAND-OVER TESTS

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-The Cellular Infrastructure Group of Motorola Inc. said it successfully completed hand-over tests between Global System for Mobile communications 900 MHz and...

MITSUBISHI TEAMS WITH DATA ON AIR

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-The Personal Mobile Communications Division of Mitsubishi Wireless Communications Inc. announced it formed a business development relationship with Data on Air Inc. to...

MOBILEMEDIA RESTRUCTURE IS GOING QUITE WELL

To the Editor: Recent letters submitted by RCR readers have questioned MobileMedia's long-term prospects at a time when the company is actually well on its...

CHADMOORE HITS 10,000 UNITS

LAS VEGAS-Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc., a specialized mobile radio services provider, announced it topped the 10,000 subscriber unit mark."At this time last year, we...

MOTOROLA WARNS OF 1Q EARNINGS BELOW EXPECTATIONS

Blaming weakened Asian currencies, Motorola Inc. warned investors that its first-quarter earnings will be well below expectations.The largest shortfall will come from the company's...

NDC’S PAGING ANGLE: VOICE AND TEXT

Most analysts and industry insiders agree the future of the paging industry lies in providing value-added services to the current paging subscriber base.For some...

CORRECTIONS

Due to an editing error, the comments of an unidentified California paging reseller in the Feb. 23 "WireLink extensions benefit resellers" story were incorrectly...
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