Monthly Archives: May, 1998

UNIDEN LICENSES CDMA FROM QUALCOMM

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced that it entered into a royalty-bearing license agreement with Uniden Multimedia Corp. that allows Uniden to manufacture and sell subscriber...

SBC COULD SWITCH WIRELESS CHOICE WITH AMERITECH BUY

The SBC Communications Inc. and Ameritech Corp. merger means two major cellular markets may be up for grabs.Both companies own cellular licenses in Chicago...

CELLULAR HISTORY

1921Detroit Police Department begins first mobile telephone service.1928Edwin Armstrong inventsFrequency Modulation.1946The Bell System introduces first Public Land Mobile Communications System service in St. Louis...

PRODUCTS

Becker/Jani Inc.A log periodic dipole antenna, the Celwave Maximizer model APL 926513, was introduced for Global System for Mobile communications and Total Access Communications...

HURDLES EXIST FOR LICENSING TRUNKED RADIO IN JORDAN

WASHINGTON-The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is reviewing applications to award the first commercial trunked radio license there, said the International Mobile Telecommunications Association.IMTA worked...

PATHNET TO ISSUE IPO TO BUILD OUT MICROWAVE NETWORK

NEW YORK-Pathnet Inc. hopes to raise $100 million by going public to help finance its goal of becoming a national carrier's carrier in smaller...

D.C. NOTES: REAL LIFE AND POLICY

The bigger-than-life presence of Jim Brady at last week's press briefing was unexpected but oh so welcomed, this enduring symbol of the triumph of...

SUCCESS ELUDES PHS CARRIERS IN JAPAN

Once astounding the world with its success in 1995 and 1996, Personal Handyphone System service in Japan now has taken a turn for the...

QUALCOMM DEMONSTRATES DATA OVER MOSCOW NETWORK

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. demonstrated cdmaOne wireless data capabilities on JSC Personal Communications' Code Division Multiple Access network at the ExpoComm Moscow '98 Show, said...

RESELLING HELPS USCI REVENUE GROWTH IN 1Q

NORCROSS, Ga.-USCI Inc. said executing its reselling strategy helped increase first-quarter revenues by more than fivefold, from $1.7 million last year to $9.4 million...

TIW SUBS GROWS THROUGH EXPANSION

MONTREAL-Cellular network buildout and acquisitions of specialized mobile radio operations helped Telesystem International Wireless Inc. expand its subscriber base by 39 percent during the...

TURKEY AWARDS LARGEST GSM CONTRACT TO MOTOROLA

ISTANBUL-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced what it called the world's single-largest Global System for Mobile communications infrastructure contract to date.The company signed an...

TELESYSTEM PLANS PUBLIC OFFERING

MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. announced that its board of directors approved a public offering of subordinate voting shares in the United States and Canada,...

FINANCIAL BRIEFS

Qualcomm Inc. said it plans to raise about $500 million in gross proceeds through a private placement of senior notes. Proceeds will be used...

TWO COMPANIES SEEK TO ENHANCE LITHIUM BATTERIES

NEW YORK-Targeting the growing wireless device marketplace, Ultralife Batteries Inc., Newark, N.J., and Lithium Technology Corp., Plymouth Meeting, Pa., are gearing up for commercial...

PAGENET HIRES MARKETING VP

Paging Network Inc. announced it has recently chosen Lynn Bace to fill the company's vacant senior vice president of marketing position, effective Aug. 31.Bace...

CHINA CHOOSES SAMSUNG TO DEPLOY WLL SYSTEM

KING OF PRUSSIA-InterDigital Communications Corp. announced Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. signed a contract with Unicom, a state-owned telephone company in China, to install a...

MOTOROLA CIG CLINCHES CONTRACT TO TEST 3G IN JAPAN

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced two of Japan's leading cellular service providers have selected it to deploy a trial of a...

SMALLER CARRIERS ENJOY ROAMING REVENUES

If your customer was also your neighbor, or someone you ran into often, it might change the way you treat them. That is the...

FCC TO DECIDE WHETHER STRONGEST SIGNAL SHOULD GET EMERGENCY CALLS

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is evaluating a proposal that would require cellular carriers to program cell phones to send 911 calls to the A...

SBC-AMERITECH DUO RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT AMERITECH PAGING OPERATIONS

The announced merger of SBC Communications Inc. and Ameritech Corp. has raised speculation there may be another paging unit on the sale block sometime...

LGIC, VLSI JOIN GROUP TESTING SNAPTRACK E911

SAN JOSE, Calif.-LG Information and Communications Ltd. will develop prototype handsets for widespread testing of SnapTrack's enhanced 911 solution, which is designed to meet...

SBC-AMERITECH WOULD BE TOP WIRELESS CARRIER

SBC Communications Inc. and Ameritech Corp. last week announced a stock-for-stock merger agreement valued at about $62 billion that would give the combined company...

BELLSOUTH, SAFRA GROUP TO KICK OFF IN SAO PAULO

ATLANTA-A consortium led by BellSouth Corp. and Grupo Safra were scheduled to begin offering cellular service today in Sao Paulo, Brazil.Construction on the Time...

VITA AWARDS HONOR GOOD SAMARITANS

WASHINGTON-Brad Clark, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa, resident used his cellular phone three times to help people in emergency situations. His actions won him the...
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