Monthly Archives: July, 1998

TELIA LAUNCHES ERMES, PAGE+ JOINS MOU GROUP

LONDON-The ERMES MoU Association, formerly called ERMES MoU, celebrated its new status as a legal entity with the launch of an ERMES paging system...

CDG TO TRIAL LOCATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR E911

The CDMA Development Group announced it plans to conduct trials of location technologies as part of an initiative to meet Federal Communications Commission wireless...

ETE’S MOBILETRAK AVAILABLE

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-ETE Inc., a San Diego-based developer of fleet management solutions, said its MobileTrak solution now is available.MobileTrak is a wireless-enabled, PC-based product that...

PAGING CHANGING MARK MOVE TO DIFFERENTIATED SERVICES

The paging industry experienced some greater-than-usual excitement in the second quarter that securities analysts at Toronto Dominion Securities Inc. believe will set the tone...

D.C. NOTES: PUNCHED OUT

On the subject of funding fiascoes-E911, cancer research, CALEA, school and library Net links, etc.-someone tell President Clinton that it's not just drug czar...

CTIA TAKES LEAD ON PORTABILITY; STILL WAITING FOR FCC TO ACT

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association is taking the lead on implementing wireless number portability at the same time it waits for the Federal Communications...

SATELLITE INDUSTRY LOBBIES CONGRESS TO KILL PROVISION IN DEFENSE BILL

WASHINGTON-While congressional and Justice Department investigators concentrate on whether satellite technology transfers helped Communist China improve its nuclear missile capability, the United States quietly...

DIGITAL MICROWAVE, INNOVA PLAN TO MERGE

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Wireless transmission solutions providers Digital Microwave Corp. and Innova Corp. announced plans to merge in a tax-free pooling-of-interests transaction that will give...

METROCALL SNAGS MARKETING CONTRACT WITH AOL

Metrocall Inc. announced a two-year interactive marketing agreement with America Online, by far the country's largest Internet online service with more than 12 million...

AUDIOVOX STEPS INTO GSM MARKET WITH COMMQUEST CHIP

Signing one of its largest ever pacts, CommQuest Technologies Inc. said it will supply its GSM-XL chipset to Audiovox Communications Corp. for a new...

NEXTEL REPRIMANDS SALES FORCE TO STOP PRESSURE TACTICS

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc., admonished by the Federal Communications Commission for alleged marketing misrepresentations that could-if continued-lead to hefty fines or revocation of licenses, has...

TIA CREATES WORK GROUP FOR FWA/WLL STANDARDIZATION

The Telecommunications Industry Association's TR-45 Mobile and Personal Communications Systems engineering committee created a new work group that will address fixed wireless access and...

PRIVATE WIRELESS USERS KEEP PRESSING FOR SPECTRUM

WASHINGTON-The users of private wireless communications recently stressed their support for more spectrum. The reply comments were in response to a petition filed by...

VIEWPOINT: BUSINESS CARDS SNAFU SIGNALS 3G DEBATE

This week the wireless industry at last understood the pace of summer. Only 10 or so breaking news events designed to change the face...

TADIRAN CONSOLIDATES MICROWAVE BUSINESSES

Tadiran Microwave Networks, which has made several structural changes designed to improve operating efficiencies, won a $4.2 million contract with the Maricopa County, Ariz.,...

SEA LAUNCH EXPECTS TO CAPITALIZE ON SATELLITE LAUNCH BUSINESS

Satellite-based communications is all the buzz in the telecom industry today, with hopeful mobile satellite services providers and terrestrial-based telcos alike shooting satellites into...

ERICSSON LICENSES L&H SPEECH TECHNOLOGY

L.M. Ericsson signed a software licensing agreement with Lernot & Hauspie Speech Products for the latter's speech recognition, text-to-speech and speech compression technology.L&H in...

SUBCOMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY PASSES E911 BILL

WASHINGTON-House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.), compromising with Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) on privacy, liability and cancer-research funding, won bipartisan approval last week...

GLENAYRE GLOOMY RESULTS REFLECT MANUFACTURING PROBLEMS

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced its second-quarter results were affected by an unexpected drop in sales and manufacturing problems.Net income was reported at $77,000,...

TSR WIRELESS PROMOTES SEVEN EXECUTIVES

FORT LEE, N.J.-TSR Wireless L.L.C. announced it has promoted seven members of its senior management staff to manage the acquisition of American Paging Inc.Frank...

NEWS BRIEFS

The Federal Communications Commission affirmed a 1997 decision to move Teligent Inc. wireless local loop licenses from the 18 GHz band to the 24...

MORE COMPANIES DEFAULT ON BONDS, BUT NOT IN TELECOM SECTOR

NEW YORK-Except for Geotek Communications Inc., wireless telephony companies here and abroad were conspicuous by their absence from the growing number of bond defaults...

AML REPORTS AMP ORDER

CAMARILLO, Calif.-AML Communications Inc. received a $600,000 order for satellite gateway amplifiers, with the possibility of the customer ordering up to an additional $1.2...

EMPLOYEES PLAY MUSICAL CHAIRS IN FAST-CHANGING JOB MARKET

Though the wireless industry remains an employee-driven market, signs indicate the intense demand for employees domestically may be slowing as companies are becoming cost...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Communication Solutions Inc. awarded Conductus Inc. a subcontract, valued at about $1 million, to build a multichannel wireless receiver front-end enhanced by superconductors. The...
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