Monthly Archives: July, 1998

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Phoenix Wireless GroupPhoenix Wireless Group announced several new appointments. Christopher Bear was named director of engineering. He joins the company from AccessLine Technologies Inc.,...

TECNOMEN TO DELIVER MESSAGING SYSTEM

MALAYSIA-Tecnomen Malaysia announced it signed a contract to deliver a multimessaging system for an 1800 MHz Global System for Mobile communications network owned by...

3G STANDARDIZATION PROCESS MOVES ON TO ITU

Though most are based on some form of wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology, the proposals submitted to the International Telecommunication Union last month...

DIGITAL PHONE BUSINESS IS TOUGH TERRAIN

As the digital revolution begins to move at a substantial pace, mobile phone manufacturers have some tough decisions to make.The demand for digital handsets...

HOUSTON GOES WITH ITRON FOR AUTOMATIC METER READING

SPOKANE, Wash.-Itron Inc. was selected by the city of Houston to provide an automatic meter-reading system for the city. Itron said it is the...

IN TOUCH TO EQUIP N.M. ATHLETIC ASSN.

LOS ANGELES-In Touch Paging USA announced it signed an agreement with the New Mexico State Athletic Association for paging services and distribution.Under terms of...

WORLD BRIEFS

AustraliaThe Australian Communications Authority said it prepared a recommendation to the Minister for Communications, the Information Economy and the Arts, for a nationwide reallocation...

BAP ACQUISITION FORMS TO JOIN CONSOLIDATION FRENZY

Formed to take advantage of the current round of consolidation in the paging industry, a fairly new company announced its first purchase-the paging assets...

RELTEC FORMS BRAZILIAN VENTURE

CLEVELAND, Ohio-Reltec Corp. said it established a joint venture with Splice do Brazil Telecommunicacoes e Eletronica S.A. to capitalize on opportunities provided by the...

POWERTEL OFFERS $50 PHONES

WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel Inc. has launched a summer-long promotion offering four digital handsets for $50 each. The company is waiving its $30 activation fee...

MOBILEMEDIA SELLS TOWERS

FORT LEE, N.J.-MobileMedia Corp. announced it signed a definitive agreement to sell its 163 transmission towers to Pinnacle Towers Inc.The $170 million sale allows...

ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL POLICY DOESN’T WORK FOR SMRS

WASHINGTON-Key lawmakers are expected soon to ask Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard to lift burdensome common carrier regulations off the backs of specialized...

ONE-FOURTH OF BAM CUSTOMERS PICK DIGITAL

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Mobile said about one-fourth of its new customers are choosing digital service, and as a result, digital now accounts for close...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Comverse Network Systems, a division of Comverse Technology Inc., joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum Ltd., said the company. Comverse said it is the...

BELLSOUTH GAINS TAUZIN SUPPORT THAT PCS IS LEC COMPETITION

WASHINGTON-BellSouth Corp. told the Federal Communications Commission last week that since a majority of personal communications services customers in Louisiana said they use their...

CARRIERS DIVIDED ON CPP

The proposed combination of SBC Communications Inc. and Ameritech Corp. could create a big obstacle to the implementation of calling-party-pays service in the United...

E911 BILL FALLS SHORT OF REVENUE PROJECTION

WASHINGTON-The Congressional Budget Office has informed House telecom subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) that his 911 federal land antenna-siting bill will not generate the...

CLEARNET STARTS AUTOMATIC ROAMING

SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Clearnet Communications Inc. launched an automatic roaming service that provides Clearnet PCS clients with digital coverage across the United States without the confusion...

CORSAIR SIGNS DEAL WITH LA CELLULAR

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc. said it signed an agreement to provide its PhoneCheck wireless performance monitor to Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co.PhoneCheck is...

ERICSSON REPORTS DAMPS CONTRACT IN ARGENTINA

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced it won a $45 million order to expand the digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service network operated by Telefonica Comunicaciones Personales...

ERICSSON SIGNS GAZA CONTRACT

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a contract to provide a turn-key Global System for Mobile communications network to Paltel in the Autonomous Areas of the...

EVOLVING SYSTEMS PRODUCTS TO AUTOMATE INFORMATION SHARED BY CARRIERS

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.- Evolving Systems Inc., a software product development and systems integration firm, last week debuted its MetOSS-GEM software platform that automates and streamlines...

SMALLER PAGER MAKERS SEEK TO DIFFERENTIATE PRODUCT

A group of smaller, paging manufacturers impudently are challenging the pager dominance of the 800-pound gorilla that is Motorola Inc. by creating products with...

PRODUCTS

QualcommQualcomm Inc. announced its shipment of samples for its fifth-generation chipset, including the MSM3000 single-chip Mobile Station Modem and the IFT3000 and IFR3000 fully...

OMNIPOINT ANNOUNCES ROAMING IN ESTONIA, TAIWAN

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications Inc. began commercial roaming with Estonian Mobile Telephone Co. of Estonia and Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd. of Taiwan.The agreements...
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