Monthly Archives: April, 1998

BEARCOM BUYS CONDOR COMM.

DALLAS-BearCom Inc., a wireless equipment dealer and distributor, announced it has acquired Condor Communications. BearCom said the acquisition is part of its strategy to...

INDONESIA TO OPEN TELECOM MARKETS AS PART OF BAILOUT INITIATIVE

WASHINGTON-The Indonesian government agreed last week to privatize state-owned telecommunications as part of a new, $43 billion rescue package negotiated with the International Monetary...

VODAFONE GAINS LIBERTEL STAKE

BERKSHIRE, England-Vodafone Group plc announced its parent company, Vodafone Europe Holdings BV, acquired 8.5 percent of CV Gemeenschappelijk Bezit Libertel from ING Bank Corporate...

SIERRA WIRELESS OFFERS PREFERRED SHARES

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless Inc. announced the private placement of $15 million in preferred shares with institutional investors including Scotia Merchant Capital, Tera Capital...

PAGEMART REPOSITIONS STRATEGIC UNIT

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. announced it is repositioning its strategic alliances business unit to better prepare for a second-quarter launch of its ReFLEX 25 narrowband...

OKLA. STUDY FINDS INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CELLULAR PHONES AND ICDS

NORMAN, Okla.-The University of Oklahoma's EMC Center reported recent findings indicate that interaction may occur between a small number of wireless phones and some...

ITALY MOVES FORWARD WITH THIRD LICENSE TENDER

After years of delays and controversy, the Italian Ministry of Communications began accepting bids for the country's third mobile phone license last week.The ministry...

COMMUNICATIONS SECTOR LED MERGER ACTIVITY IN 1Q

NEW YORK-The communications industry took the lead in the domestic mergers and acquisitions market during the first quarter, with $26.1 billion in transactions announced,...

THE KENNARD YEARS: ACT 1

The torrents of spring are up upon Bill Kennard.Kennard, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission for all of four months, stands at the vortex...

BELL CANADA BUYS STAKE IN HANSOL PCS

Bell Canada International Inc. said it will acquire 29 percent of South Korean personal communications services operator Hansol PCS Co. Ltd. for $180 million.Hansol...

LGC GAINS PATENT ON LGCELL ANTENNA

SAN JOSE, Calif.-LGC Wireless received patent approval for its LGCell distributed antenna system, which allows cellular and personal communications services carriers to provide in-building...

NTIA: GLOBAL OUTLOOK PRESENTS PROBLEMS, OPPORTUNITIES

WASHINGTON-The National Telecommunications & Information Administration estimates that the liberalization of the global telecommunications marketplace has resulted in a $675 billion opportunity for carriers...

CLARIFICATION

The March 16 article on Justice Department probes involving lobbyist Peter Knight should have stated that $230,000 was contributed by Portals Developer Franklin Haney...

SHARED TECHNOLOGIES REPORTS REVENUE UP

WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. said the 305-percent expansion of its prepaid cellular business helped increase revenue 16 percent, from $20.9 million in 1996...

VIEWPOINT: FRAUD VICTIM

Slam! Bam! Thank you, ma'am.Opening mail that accumulated during a week's vacation was a test case in re-entry shock and a reality check. Fraudsters...

CALENDAR

April 7-8IGI Consulting. Holiday Inn, Washington, D.C. (800) 323-1088 or (617) 232-3111.Asian ConsumerElectronics ShowApril 9-11Kenfair International Ltd. Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong...

INTERDIGITAL TO KEEP GERMAN TDMA PATENT

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Technology Corp. will keep its patent on the Time Division Multiple Access wireless radio communications system used in Germany, said...

MOBILECOMM STOPS E-MAIL MESSAGE FEES

FORT LEE, N.J.-Beginning this month, MobileMedia Corp., dba MobileComm, no longer is charging a 50-cent fee to deliver an e-mail message to a subscriber's...

CENTURY GIVING AWAY HANDS-FREE DEVICE

MONROE, La.-To encourage safe driving, Century Cellunet is offering at no cost hands-free devices to customers who purchase a Motorola Inc. Profile 300E wireless...

CORSAIR TO BUY SCI IN $70M DEAL

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Subscriber Computing Inc., a privately held software systems supplier, in a pooling-of-interests transaction...

CORTELCO TO SELL CTP’S IN-BUILDING PRODUCTS

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Cortelco Systems signed an original equipment manufacturer agreement with CTP Systems to promote and sell CTP's wireless telephone products as part of its...

AIRBRIDGE, U.S. WIRELESS FORM MARKETING EFFORT

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Mobile said its AirBridge Wireless Retail Solutions Group, which is focused on providing wireless credit-card transaction processing, entered into a joint...

WHY NO ONE CALLS FROM AIRPLANES

To the editor: In response to Kristen Beckman's story "Pilots break no cell phone use" in RCR, March 16, 1998: I wonder if the fears of...

HUNDT LEGACY LEAVES TWO-WAY INDUSTRY WITH MUCH FEAR

To the Editor: I felt compelled to write after your recently published guest article by Reed Hundt (RCR, Feb. 23). Mr. Hundt, now unencumbered from...

LUCENT RELEASES IN SOFTWARE APPS

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. introduced wireless intelligent network software applications designed to lower costs and increase revenues for network service providers, as well...
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