Monthly Archives: May, 1998

WIRELESS DATA INDUSTRY TO CREATE HYBRID APPS FOR MULTIPLE NETWORKS

DALLAS-"It's an exciting time in the industry. It's a time of growth and rebirth."So said Konstantin Zsigo, president of Zsigo Wireless Data Inc., at...

CELSAT OPPOSES MSS ALLOCATION TO APPLICANTS WITH SPECTRUM

Trying to compete with satellite-industry giants, Celsat America Inc., a small, domestic player in the mobile satellite services arena, filed comments with the Federal...

CARRIERS, CITIES MAKE HEADWAY ON TOWER-SITING ISSUES

Creativity is becoming key for wireless carriers trying to build out their networks amidst resistance from local municipalities that in some cases have gone...

LCI INT’L TO RESELL METROCALL SERVICES

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Telephone carrier LCI International Inc. will begin marketing Metrocall Inc.'s paging and wireless messaging services to business and residential customers through its direct...

JS EXPRESS EXTENDS AMSC DATA CONTRACT

RESTON, Va.-American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced JS Express Inc. has signed a three-year contract extension for its Ardis wireless data network.JS Express, a one-hour,...

GTE FILES SUIT TO BLOCK WORLDCOM-MCI MARRIAGE

WASHINGTON-GTE Corp. filed a private antitrust lawsuit at a U.S. federal district court here last week in an attempt to block the planned $38...

CTIA RELEASES DATA SURVEY RESULTS

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's latest Semi-Annual Data Survey reported the industry gained 11.2 million wireless phone subscribers in 1997, which it said led...

JUDGE DISMISSES COMSAT CHARGES AGAINST IDB

NEW YORK-U.S. District Court of Maryland Judge Alexander Williams Jr. has dismissed a breach of contract lawsuit Comsat Corp. had filed Jan. 30 against...

CTIA CITES CONCERNS ABOUT PARK SITING

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association remains concerned proposed guidelines for siting wireless antenna on National Park Service lands will not adequately protect sensitive commercial...

CHATHAM BUYS ENGINEERING FIRM

Chatham Technologies Inc., a Dallas-based manufacturer of custom enclosures for electronic and communications equipment, announced it has acquired Innovation Inc. of Bothell, Wash., an...

CARRIER LAUNCHES PCS IN OHIO, KENTUCKY

CINCINNATI-Cincinnati Bell Wireless said it has launched personal communications services based on Time Division Multiple Access technology in the Cincinnati/Dayton/northern Kentucky market.The launch is...

VIEWPOINT: LITIGATING DIGITAL WIRETAP LAW

Are Judge Judy, Judge Koch and Judge Wapner behind this move in the wireless industry to settle disputes in court?Remember, it was Doug Llewelyn...

PEOPLE

MotorolaMotorola Inc. appointed Dennis Roberson vice president and chief technology officer. Roberson reports to Merle L. Gilmore, president, Europe, Middle East and Africa. As...

PRODUCTS

Vivox USA Inc.Vivox USA Inc. plans to begin shipping its patented hands-free car kit, the VL-1E7 for GE/Ericsson 6xx/7xx series cellular phones this month....

POWERTEL REVENUE INCREASES, OPERATING LOSS LESSENS

WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel Inc. said it added 38,000 net personal communications services customers during the first quarter, closing the period with about 157,000 total...

NEWS BRIEFS

Sygnet Wireless Inc. said it is exploring strategic alternatives, including the possible sale of the company, and has retained Lehman Brothers Inc. as its...

LMCC WORKS TO SHARE SPECTRUM WITH FEDS

WASHINGTON-Representatives of the Land Mobile Communications Council have begun informal contacts with the National Telecommunications & Information Administration, the agency that must approve any...

HOUSE COMMITTEE GETS NOD TO ISSUE PORTALS SUBPOENAS

WASHINGTON-The House Commerce Committee, raising the stakes in its probe of the Federal Communications Commission's planned headquarters move, last week authorized subpoenas to Portals...

D.C. NOTES: HO HUM, WASHINGTON…

Here's something to ponder: Is the FBI to blame for the current CALEA fiasco, as the wireless industry has long claimed? Or does this rather...

SINGAPORE PHONE LICENSE UP IN AIR AFTER GTE SAYS IT’S NOT A PLAYER

SINGAPORE-What was to have been one of the most glorious moments in Singapore's telecommunications history turned out to be a major fiasco when one...

VERMONT GOVERNOR SIGNS SITING LAW

WASHINGTON-Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, in what could become a model for other states, has signed into law a bill to give local communities without...

MTEL MISSES MARK ON SUBSCRIBER ADDS

JACKSON, Miss.-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp. reported operational results for the quarter that again exceeded analysts' financial expectations but did not meet their subscriber forecasts.Mtel...

FOUR 220 MHZ SMR OPERATORS TO MERGE

The 220 MHz specialized mobile radio industry, sometimes known as the final frontier of wireless spectrum opportunity, gained a major player when four of...

TEST EQUIPMENT MAKER TTC GETS $370M CREDIT FACILITY

NEW YORK-Telecommunications Techniques Corp., which produces testing equipment for wireless and wireline networks, has obtained a $370 million bank credit facility and hopes to...

ARGENTINA AUCTION ON HOLD FOR NOW

The on-again, off-again personal communications tender in Argentina has leaned to the off side, as a court order there suspended the auction of the...
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