Monthly Archives: July, 1998

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...

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,...

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...

BRIGHTPOINT TO ENTER REPAIR AND REFURBISHMENT BUSINESS

Handset and accessory distributor Brightpoint Inc. said it plans to increase its presence in the outsourcing business by providing handset repair and refurbishment services."This...

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...

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...

CTIA, BELLCORE, NENA SPONSOR E911 MEETING

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, Bellcore and the National Emergency Number Association are sponsoring a meeting about implementing FCC Phase 2 enhanced 911 wireless...

LHS, BELL ATLANTIC EXPAND RELATIONSHIP

ATLANTA-LHS Group Inc. and Bell Atlantic Corp. entered into a deal to strengthen their existing relationship, the companies said. Bell Atlantic's international wireless markets...

CALEA REWRITE AMENDMENT WITHDRAWN

WASHINGTON-A proposed amendment to rewrite the digital wiretap act that amounted to a wish list for law enforcement has been withdrawn by the Department...

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...

HARRIS EXITS ANALOG BASE STATION BUSINESS

NEW YORK-Harris Corp., Melbourne, Fla., announced July 20 a work force reduction of 2,300, or 8 percent, due primarily to weakness in the semiconductor...

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...

MOBILEMEDIA REPORTS NPCS CONTRACTS

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-MobileMedia Communications Corp. awarded Glenayre Technologies Inc. a $2.2 million contract to provide receiver equipment for its nationwide narrowband personal communications network upgrade.Also,...

WORLD BRIEFS

IsraelGilat Satellite Networks Ltd. said Paging Network Inc. has chosen the enhanced version of its Skystar Advantage very small aperture terminal satellite earth station,...

METAWAVE FILES FOR IPO; 5M SHARES

REDMOND, Wash.-Metawave Communications Corp. filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of 5 million shares of common...

“FAVORED NATION” CHANGED TO “NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS”

WASHINGTON-The House last week backed President Clinton's renewal of normal trade relations with Communist China, a victory for wireless equipment manufacturers that do not...

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...

ABBREVIATED DIALING CODES HIT ROADBLOCK

WASHINGTON-A proposal to assign abbreviated dialing codes nationwide appears to be headed for a major roadblock from the North American Numbering Council. NANC is...

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...

CTIA FOCUSES ON Y2K SOLUTIONS

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association is coordinating expanded efforts to test the industry for the year-2000 computer bug beginning early next year.The trade association...

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...

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...

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.,...

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...

MEXICO’S PEGASO CONSORTIUM ADDS MEMBERS

MEXICO CITY-Pegaso Telecomunicaciones S.A. de C.V. increased its equity commitments to $400 million by adding four new consortium members: Grupo Televisa S.A., Citicorp Equity Capital...
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