Monthly Archives: June, 1998

WOLFETECH TO OFFER NEWS SERVICE VIA POCKETGENIE APPLICATIONS

PRINCETON, N.J.-WolfeTech Corp. announced it will offer NewsAlert's real-time news service to two-way pagers, wireless phones and other wireless devices equipped with the PocketGenie...

ERICSSON LEADS NET INCOME FOR VENDORS

NEW YORK-Like comets flashing across the sky, one vendor that topped the 1996 revenue charts dropped significantly on the 1997 charts, while another that...

BRIGHTPOINT NAMES SEVERAL NEW MANAGEMENT POSITIONS

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc., a distribution and value-added logistics services provider to the wireless communications industry, today announced the following changes to its financial management team: Thomas...

WIRELESS DATA SHOWS TRY A LITTLE DIFFERENT LOOK

Like a teenager desperately trying to find the right "look," industry associations focused on the mobile data field continue to tweak their strategies for...

SPRINT, LUCENT ENTER EQUIPMENT AGREEMENT

Sprint PCS said it expects to spend up to $700 million during the next three years with Lucent Technologies Inc., which will supply equipment...

DIRECT WIRELESS SYSTEM ELIMINATES TRADITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Direct Wireless Corp., a new company based in Houston, has filed patent applications for a wireless communications system that would allow handsets to communicate...

MARK-UP ON E911 BILL ON HOLD IN ORDER TO NEGOTIATE WITH MARKEY

WASHINGTON-Federal E911 legislation has yet to be introduced in the Senate and is on hold in the House.A bill introduced by Rep. Billy Tauzin...

300-PLUS LICENSES RETURNED

A number of new licenses will be up for grabs early next year as the majority of C-block personal communications services licensees opted to...

NEWS BRIEFS

KSI Inc. announced it will demonstrate TeleSentinel, its prototype enhanced 911 system for locating and tracking wireless calls, at the National Emergency Number Association's...

LAW ENFORCEMENT GIVES LEGAL JUSTIFICATION FOR PUNCH LIST

WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice and the FBI filed with the Federal Communications Commission a legal analysis of the controversial punch-list items law enforcement says...

CTIA UPDATES BROCHURE FOR HEARING-DISABLED

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association unveiled an updated brochure aimed at consumers with hearing disabilities.The brochure, entitled "Access," is intended to help educate...

NYSD ENTERS CONTRACT WITH BELLSOUTH WIRELESS DATA

The New York Society for the Deaf signed a contract with BellSouth Wireless Data to deploy BellSouth's Interactive Paging Service to allow NYSD's employees,...

MOTOROLA PSG TO USE METASYS SOFTWARE

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Metasys Inc. announced it was awarded a contract from Motorola Inc.'s Paging Systems Group to incorporate its software and services in PSG's paging...

MCI RETURNS TO RESELLING RESIDENTIAL CELLULAR SERVICE

MCI Communications Corp. apparently is selling cellular service to residential customers once again after customer service representatives had told potential customers MCI wasn't taking...

LUCENT PROGRAM TESTS APPLICATIONS FOR COMPATIBILITY

Lucent Technologies Inc. added several new applications to its Cooperative Innovations alliance program, which is meant to supplement Lucent-developed and -branded solutions.Lucent tests applications...

MOTOROLA INTRODUCES SOFTWARE FOR LOTUS NOTES

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. introduced its Email VClient software for Lotus Notes Mail, to bring another application to its PageWriter 2000 two-way pager.The software allows...

KENNARD LOBBIES FOR FIXED SERVICE BY MOBILE CARRIERS

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard, in a critical test of his leadership, plans an aggressive lobbying campaign to win support for a wireless...

ERICSSON TO BUILD INDIAN NETWORK

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson was selected by Srinivas Cellcom Ltd., a Global System for Mobile communications operator in India, to build the largest mobile network...

INDUSTRY PIONEER FRED LINK DIES

Industry veteran Fred M. Link died last week. He was 93.Link's company from 1931 to 1950-first called Fred M. Link Co. and later called...

UNIVERSAL SERVICE TAX IS ISSUE OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

To the Editor: I've watched with more than passing interest the growing outcry against the federal government's universal service program. Each day brings another news...

LUCENT DEVELOPS RF DESIGN TOOL

SAN FRANCISCO-Lucent Technologies Inc. researchers have developed new software tools that promise to speed the design of radio frequency integrated circuits used in wireless...

LCC EXEC WANTS PIECE OF OUT SOURCING BIZ

NEW YORK-"The dam is about to burst on outsourcing in the wireless world," and LCC International Inc., the giant radio-frequency engineering firm, is getting...

INTERDIGITAL UPS COMMON STOCK SHARES

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. shareholders increased the number of authorized shares of common stock from 75 million to 100 million, re-elected Robert...

ICO FILES IPO

LONDON-ICO Global Communications Ltd. announced last week that it filed registration statements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering...

CONXUS LAUNCHES POCKETALK SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA

GREENVILLE, S.C.-Conxus Communications Inc. announced it expects its Pocketalk voice paging service to be available by June 25 in Philadelphia.Pocketalk is based on the...
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