Monthly Archives: August, 1998

GROWTH RATES SLOWING AS ARPU STARTS CLIMBING

Total paging subscribers will reach 68.9 million by year-end 2002, according to The Strategis Group report, "The State of the U.S. Paging Industry: 1998."Of that...

AT&T TO PARTNER WITH BT

The quest for international partnerships continued last week as AT&T Corp. announced a $10 billion joint-venture plan with British Telecommunications plc to more strongly...

ASIAN CRISIS AFFECTS ERICSSON’S SALES

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said the effect of the Asian currency crisis has become increasingly noticeable in the company's net sales, which-varying from country to...

3G CHOICE COULD STING U.S. FIRMS

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration, encouraged but apparently not swayed by assurances in Brussels that Europe will be open to multiple third-generation wireless standards, is growing...

NATION BRIEFS

Nextel Communications Inc. announced the option exercise and issuance of 10 million common shares to the McCaw Family in a non-cash transaction. The McCaw...

NEXTEL EXPANDS ON SOUTH AMERICAN STRATEGY

NEW YORK-Nextel International Inc., Seattle, last week announced it launched commercial service of its integrated Digital Enhanced Network in Manila, Philippines, and Rio de...

NOKIA REPORTS 50-PERCENT SALES INCREASE

Mobile phone sales during the second quarter gave Nokia Corp. a boost when it released its second-quarter earnings July 24, while its Swedish rival...

WIRELESS IS OBSTACLE IN LATEST MEGA-DEAL

NEW YORK-Charles R. Lee, chief executive officer of GTE Corp., and Ivan G. Seidenberg, CEO of Bell Atlantic Corp., rode into town July 28...

ERICSSON TO SPONSOR 1999 SPECIAL OLYMPICS

RALEIGH, N.C.-The 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games announced Platinum sponsor Ericsson Inc. will supply mobile phones, two-way radios and telephone handsets for the...

PAGENET, FBI SNARE FRAUDSTER

DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. said the FBI arrested a San Diego teenager on charges of fraudulently creating unauthorized voice mail boxes and paging accounts on...

PAGING CARRIERS ON TRACK TOWARD PROFITABILITY

Several paging carriers released their second-quarter earnings reports last week, each revealing a continued effort toward achieving profitability and reducing debt.Metrocall Inc. capped off...

PCIA URGES FCC TO INSTITUTE CALLER PAYS STRUCTURE

WASHINGTON-Taking advantage of a recent court decision that the Federal Communications Commission re-examine its pay-phone compensation scheme, the Personal Communications Industry Association continues to...

PEOPLE

CROWN COMMUNICATIONSJohn P. Kelly was named chief operating officer of Crown Communications, the domestic operating subsidiary of Crown Castle International Corp. Robert Crown will...

FCC POISED TO EXTEND CALEA TO THE END OF THE CENTURY

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission appears poised to extend the compliance date for the digital telephony wiretap act until the end of this century. This...

CALENDAR

August 3-5Institute for International Research. The Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco. (888) 670-8200.Wireless Data ConferenceAugust 5-6International Communications for Management. Intercontinental Hotel, Chicago. (312) 540-3010.RAWCON '98: August...

CERULEAN PACKETCLUSTER SOFTWARE Y2K-COMPLIANT

MARLBOROUGH, Mass.-Cerulean Technology introduced a new Year-2000 compliant version of its PacketCluster software for mobile public-safety information systems.PacketCluster 4.20 products-PacketCluster Patrol for law enforcement...

CISCO SYSTEMS TO ACQUIRE SWITCH MAKER SUMMA FOUR

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Internet networking company Cisco Systems Inc. last week signed a definitive agreement to acquire Summa Four Inc., a provider of programmable switches.Cisco...

D.C. NOTES: DENY, DENY, DENY

In this Clintonian Age of Relativity, there is always-for everyone here-a way out: denial. Having an extramarital affair with a girl your twenty-something daughter's age....
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