Monthly Archives: July, 1998

CHECKPOINT TO USE ARDIS NETWORK

RESTON, Va.-Checkpoint Systems Inc. will use the Ardis network to deploy Checkpoint's network services and solution development support for a nationwide wireless field-service application,...

CONDUCTUS ENTERS JAPAN CONTRACT

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. entered into an agreement to provide a cellular operator in Japan with a Japanese version of its ClearSite product to examine...

SPRINT PCS OFFERS INVOICING SOFTWARE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Spectrum L.P. introduced Sprint PCS Management Reporting, a software application for small-and medium-sized businesses that contains invoice detail for the current...

CONGRESS STOPS IRS MEASURE TO CHANGE TAX POLICY

NEW YORK-The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service decided last month to postpone until Jan. 1, 2000, final regulations to implement a controversial...

SKYTEL TO DELIVER MSNBC NEWS

JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Communications Inc. announced it will deliver news from MSNBC to its subscribers at no additional cost.Subscribers will receive MSNBC headlines twice a...

ECUADOR’S CONECEL RECEIVES `NEGATIVE OUTLOOK’ AFTER IPOCANCELED

NEW YORK-Consorcio Ecuatoriano de Telecommunicaciones S.A., Ecuador's largest cellular carrier, "may not be able to maintain access to sufficient capital to fully execute its...

INDUSTRY, GOVERNMENT WORK TO DEVELOP SITING GUIDES

WASHINGTON-Local government representatives and the wireless industry appear to be close to announcing procedures for local governments and industry to resolve disputes about siting...

QUALCOMM PROMOTES STAFF, DETAILS SPINOFF PLANS

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said Richard Sulpizio was promoted to president of Qualcomm. Harvey White, current president, will assume the role of vice chairman and...

MOTOROLA ENTERS RDV AGREEMENT

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-The Cellular Infrastructure Group of Motorola Inc. agreed to jointly develop and market Rapid Deployment Vehicles with Xi'an Datang Telephone Company Ltd.The...

DIGITAL DECISIONS DIFFER FOR RURAL CARRIERS

Wireless carrier CMS St. Cloud, which is operating a cellular network in St. Cloud, Minn., under the name Cellular 2000, is ahead of many...

SENATE WON’T BAN SATELLITE EXPORTS TO CHINA

WASHINGTON-The Senate, pressured by Democratic accusations the GOP wanted to embarrass President Clinton while he was in China, has declined for now to forbid...

RURAL CELLULAR COMPLETES ATLANTIC CELLULAR BUY

ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. received regulatory approval and completed the acquisition of the Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont cellular licenses, operations and...

PCIA FOLLOWS CTIA IN SEEKING CPNI LIMITS LIFTED

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association has asked the Federal Communications Commission not to enforce newly enacted rules on customer information.In February, the FCC enacted...

ORBCOMM POSTPONES IPO

NEW YORK-Citing "the weak state of the new issues public market," Orbcomm Corp., Herndon, Va., announced July 2 it decided to postpone indefinitely its...

BRIGHTPOINT BUYS EUROCOM SYSTEMS

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. completed the previously announced acquisition of Eurocom Systems S.A., thereby establishing logistics services and distribution operations in France.Eurocom reported net sales of...

BT MOBILE AWARDS CONTRACT TO CORSAIR

PALO ALTO, Calif.-BT Mobile, a paging service provider based in Leeds, United Kingdom, awarded Corsair Communications Inc. a three-year contract valued at nearly $5...

MOTOROLA SIGNS SITING CONTRACT

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Land Mobile Products Sector signed a multiyear contract to manage wireless communications equipment facilities located on Waste Management of North America...

QUALCOMM DEBUTS VOCODER CHIP

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said its MSM2310 Mobile Station Modem, a single-chip, tri-mode vocoder solution supporting Enhanced Variable Rate Vocoder is available in production quantities.A...

FCC REACTION OF GALAXY IV SEEN AS KNEE-JERK

WASHINGTON-When the Galaxy IV satellite went berserk in May and left most paging carriers and their customers holding the bag, the Federal Communications Commission...

ARCH COMPLETES RECAPITALIZATION

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. said it completed its recapitalization effort, closing a $400 million bank credit facility and revised legal structure, privately placing...

`BLUEPRINT AND A PRAYER’ DEALS MAKE UP MUCH OF HIGH-YIELD DEBT MARKET

NEW YORK-The admonition that those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it applies to investors in high-yield bonds, many sold by companies...

GEOTEK GRASPS ONTO CHAPTER 11 FILING TO REORGANIZE

The sinking ship that is Geotek Communications Inc. wallowed deeper into troubled waters last week when the company filed voluntary petitions for Chapter 11...

POWERTEL BUCKS DISTRIBUTION TREND BY MANAGING ITS OWN

While the majority of wireless carriers are moving toward outsourcing their handset distribution needs, Powertel Inc. is moving in the opposite direction.The West Point,...

ASSOCIATIONS COMMENTS ON DISABILITIES ACCESS

WASHINGTON-Two wireless trade groups urged the government to develop flexible rules that do not impose undue cost on carriers, manufacturers and consumers in comments...
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