STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and wireless operator Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH began a live trial of adaptive antenna technology-both downlink and uplink-on Mannesmann's Global System for...
Joining a slew of other industry captains abandoning ship for various reasons, Ericsson Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Bo Hedfors last week decided...
BURLINGTON, Mass.-Symbio Systems Inc., a worldwide consulting and systems-integration provider, selected Lightbridge Inc. to provide local customer support for its FraudBuster clients in Taiwan,...
The first half of this year has produced several landscape-changing events in the wireless industry. If completed, the proposed mergers between SBC Communications Inc....
NEW YORK-Cantel AT&T's Pay As You Go prepaid cellular and paging services, launched nationwide in May in Canada, is using prepaid technology and customer...
REDWOOD CITY, Calf.-Unwired Planet Inc. said Samsung Electronics Company Ltd. licensed its UP.Browser to integrate into the Code Division Multiple Access handsets of Samsung's...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission again extended the buildout time on the so-called Goodman/Chan licenses until current litigation can be resolved.In a July 31 ruling,...
The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating CellStar Corp.'s compliance with federal securities laws, and the handset distributor said it believes the inquiry is...
SAN DIEGO-SecurFone America Inc. announced it signed a letter of intent to enter a strategic alliance with Las Vegas Entertainment Network to develop and...
Paging Network Inc.'s Internet gateway experienced sporadic outages over a space of 30 hours late last month, during which customers nationwide were unable to...
OmnipointOmnipoint Communications Inc. introduced its Option Snap-On terminal adapter that connects a 3Com Corp. personal digital assistant to a digital data-ready Global System for...
CLEVELAND, Ohio-Reltec Corp. announced it will acquire the assets of Evergood Telecom Enclosures, a wholly owned subsidiary of Walker Group Inc.Details of the transaction...
Research In Motion is expected to introduce a next-generation version of its Inter@ctive two-way messaging device, code-named Leapfrog, sometime this month.The new model is...
Arthur Andersen predicts continued convergence within and amongst the industry segments well into the next century, thanks to the advent of digital technology.Seven of...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week issued service rules for using spectrum by local and state public-safety agencies, which included doubling the amount of...
Stratus Computer Inc. and Ascend Communications Inc., which makes wide area networking solutions for telecom carriers and Internet service providers, announced plans to merge...
NEW YORK-Ultralife Batteries Inc., a Newark, N.J., company developing lithium-ion solid-polymer rechargeable batteries for portable electronic devices, was sued Aug. 3 by investors alleging...
NEW YORK-Telecommunications carriers broke records Aug. 6 in the debt markets, with WorldCom Inc. selling the largest corporate bond issue ever and a Bell...
The high bids placed for Brazil's eight A-band cellular companies late last month may cause some consortia members to rethink their positions.Reports already indicate...
NEW YORK-Amid a broader trend of increasing mergers and decreasing initial public offerings among information technology, communications and media companies, carriers seized both options...
WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data announced it offers frame-relay connectivity to its nationwide Intelligent Wireless NetworkSM."For companies that already have frame relay, our company is...
