Monthly Archives: September, 1998

BELLSOUTH UPDATES SAO PAULO STATUS

ORLANDO, Fla.-BellSouth Corp. reported the buildout of its Sao Paulo, Brazil, Time Division Multiple Access network is proceeding rapidly. The company is part of...

FRANCE TELECOM REPORTS DOUBLED CUSTOMERS IN LAST YEAR

NEW YORK-Paris-based France Telecom Group reported Sept. 17 that its Itineris Global System for Mobile communications customers totaled 4.26 million at the end of...

VIEWPOINT: ON WEATHER, TRADE SHOWS AND RF AS A HEALTH AID

I have closed my door. I am ignoring the fax machine. The ringer on my phone is turned off. My e-mail has been disabled....

STRAIGHT FROM THE SOURCE: THE CONSUMER

As an industry, we are all too aware of the fundamental changes in our business. The days of high average revenue per minute of...

PEOPLE

INTERDIGITALGerard Pepenella was hired by InterDigital Communications Corp. as vice president and general manager of broadband Code Division Multiple Access technology. He will collaborate...

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION UNSTABLE AMONG MANY CARRIERS

Competition is changing the customer satisfaction landscape in wireless markets, according to J.D. Power and Associates' 1998 U.S. Wireless Customer Satisfaction Study.Carriers who previously...

UPS WORLDWIDE FORMS WIRELESS GROUP

ATLANTA-UPS Worldwide Logistics said it established the Wireless Industry Group to create supply-chain management solutions for cellular equipment manufacturers, retailers and wireless network providers.The...

QUALCOMM OFFERS OPEN SYSTEM SWITCH FOR IS-95 NETWORKS

ORLANDO, Fla.-Qualcomm last week at PCS '98 announced it now is offering its cdmaOne Interim Standard-95 network with an open system radio-switch interface, meaning...

BUSH TO SPEAK AT CTIA’S WIRELESS ’99

WASHINGTON-Former President George Bush is scheduled to speak as an honorable guest at the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's Wireless '99 conference, on Wednesday, Feb....

MOTOROLA OFFERS PLAIN PAPER FAX

ORLANDO, Fla.-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group has implemented an end-to-end plain paper fax solution for Code Division Multiple Access-based fixed wireless networks, which has...

ADVANCED RADIO TELECOM LAUNCHES DATA NETWORK IN SEATTLE

BELLEVUE, Washington-Advanced Radio Telecom Corp. launched commercial services on its new metropolitan area network in Seattle and the surrounding areas, following an eight-week service...

Radio Comm. Report

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Telecommunications demonstrated its High Speed Circuit Switched Data technology on a Global System for Mobile communications network, which boosted data speeds from...

COMPANIES TO SHARE Y2K INFORMATION

SAN JOSE, Calif.-U.S. chip manufacturers endorsed a compromise legislative plan regarding Year 2000 disclosure issues that provides liability protection to encourage businesses to share...

PEOPLE

CTIAChristopher Putala joined the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association as vice president for congressional affairs. Putala worked for nine years with the Senate Judiciary Committee...

ORBCOMM SIGNS THREE RESALE AGREEMENTS

NEW YORK-Orbcomm USA L.P., Dulles, Va., a provider of low-earth-orbit satellite-based data and messaging communications, announced Sept. 10 it has signed reseller agreements with...

WATKINS-JOHNSON TO CUT WORK FORCE

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Watkins-Johnson Co. said weak orders for semiconductor capital equipment is the primary reason for a planned restructuring of its operations that would...

WINSTAR EXPANDS SALES EFFORTS TO 15 U.S. CITIES

NEW YORK-Following the successful launch in eight initial target markets, WinStar Communications Inc. announced plans to expand its accounts sales initiative to 15 major...

INCREASED LICENSING COSTS, COMPLEXITY DON’T SERVE PUBLIC

To the Editor: Federal Communications Commission Chairman William E. Kennard included in his recent, defensive letter to RCR (Aug. 24) the statement: "The commission's overarching mandate...

WESTERN WIRELESS FIGHTS LECS FOR KANSAS SERVICE SUBSIDIES

WASHINGTON-A Kansas state law creating the Kansas Universal Service Fund discriminates against wireless carriers and should be pre-empted, the wireless industry told the Federal...

NORTEL’S SUPERSLEUTH ENTERS FRAUD-PREVENTION MARKET

DALLAS-Northern Telecom Ltd. entered the fraud-detection and prevention market with its new product offering called SuperSleuth, which combines neural network-based technologies with more traditional...

NEXTEL BATTLES WITH INTEK FOR 220 MHZ LICENSES

Nextel 220 License Acquisition Co. and Intek License Acquisition Corp. appear to be in a fierce bidding battle for licenses in the 220 MHz...

FULL PRIVATIZATION OF TELSTRA DENIED

MELBOURNE, Australia-The Australian Liberal government has been forced to abandon plans to fully privatize Telstra Corp. in the face of a threatened revolt by...

STOCK TURMOIL NOT LIKELY TO DETOUR TELECOM MERGERS

NEW YORK-Recent gyrations in the public capital markets have made for splashy headlines, but they are not likely to stop telecommunications mergers unless there...

NORTEL GARNERS EXPANSION DEAL IN TAIWAN

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Northern Telecom Ltd. recently was awarded a contract valued at more than $40 million to provide equipment for the third expansion of Chunghwa...

QUALCOMM PARTNERS FOR CHIPSET

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. partnered with Yokogawa Digital Computer Corp. for the Japanese company to develop a diagnostics solution for Qualcomm's fifth-generation MSM3000 Interim Standard...
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