Monthly Archives: May, 1998

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...

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...

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...

SANCTIONS AGAINST INDIA PROBABLY WILL HAVE WIRELESS IMPACT

WASHINGTON-U.S. economic sanctions slapped on India last week for nuclear testing are expected to have a relatively minor, short-term impact on wireless investment in...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

WORLD BRIEFS

Brightpoint Inc. announced it extended for three years its agreement with Esat Digifone, a Global System for Mobile communications operator based in Dublin, Ireland....

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...

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...

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...

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...

MOTOROLA LICENSES ACTIVEAIR

AUSTIN, Texas-The Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola Inc. and Telogy Networks announced that Motorola signed an exclusive licensing agreement for Telogy's ActiveAir Wireless technologies,...

WITH PURCHASE DONE, TSR INTEGRATES API INTO FOLD

The most recent consolidation among larger paging carriers was completed last month, when TSR Paging Inc. and American Paging Inc. combined into TSR Wireless...

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...
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