Monthly Archives: October, 1998

MERGER ACTIVITY SLOWS; SOME ASK, `WHO’S LEFT’?

NEW YORK-After a flurry of announced mergers and acquisitions earlier this year, amid booming stock and high-yield bond markets, the deal flow has slowed...

ERICSSON, QUALCOMM PREPARE FOR CDMA PATENT TRIAL

A trial early next year could decide whether L.M. Ericsson owns key patents to Interim Standard-95 technology.Ericsson and Qualcomm Inc. are set to go...

NIGERIA TO SELL MAJORITY STAKE IN NITEL

LAGOS, Nigeria-The federal government of Nigeria began advertising in October, soliciting bids for majority control of state-run companies, including Nigeria Telecommunications.Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, the...

FCC GIVES NOD TO 5 ITEMS ON CALEA LIST

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission agreed with law enforcement that five controversial features of new digital wiretap capabilities are within the law.However, the agency ruled...

OFFICE OF U.S. TRADE DETAILS 3G PRINCIPLES

The United States has spelled out its policy toward third-generation technology.The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has said it supports principles outlined by...

VIEWPOINT: BOUNCE BACK

Which signs should a person pay attention to in today's crazy stock market?Wireless companies haven't fared too well from the looks of RCR's StockWatch...

NEW SERVICES, COMMUNITY BACK LASH SPUR TOWER-INDUSTRY CONSOLIDATION

Consolidation among heavyweights in the telecommunications industry, including some of the wireless sector's largest carriers, has grabbed the headlines during the last several months....

IMPROVED GPS ACCURACY REVEALS PAST TOWER-SITING ERRORS

NEW YORK-Satellite Survey Systems Ltd., a Dallas company with roots in oil and gas exploration, has added another notch in its diversification belt by...

NASDAQ DENIES TRANSCRYPT’S APPEAL

LINCOLN, Neb.-An appeal filed by Transcrypt International Inc. with the Nasdaq Listing and Hearing Review Council was denied, announced the company.Transcrypt had requested its...

FINLAND TO SELL SONERA STAKE

NEW YORK-The government of Finland plans to sell a 20-percent stake in Sonera Ltd. through an initial public offering of stock Nov. 17 that...

IMTA FILLS BOARD SEATS

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The International Mobile Telecommunications Association said its board of directors now is complete following the addition of the Mobile Trunked Radio Operators Association...

LCC, ALLEN TELECOM CANCEL SWAP PLANS

MCLEAN, Va. and BEACHWOOD, Ohio-LCC International Inc. and Allen Telecom Inc. decided not to swap LCC's test and measurement equipment and related software analysis...

AT&T AND BELLSOUTH REACH PACT ON THREE JOINT PROPERTIES

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and BellSouth Cellular Corp. have agreed to consolidate ownership of their jointly owned cellular properties in Los Angeles, Houston and...

CHADMOORE TEAMS WITH OTHERS FOR AD CAMPAIGN

LAS VEGAS-Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. along with its suppliers and contractors are participating in a wireless communications industry advertising campaign promoting the company's 181-city...

LMCC INSTITUTES NEW INTERFERENCE MONITORING CRITERIA

WASHINGTON-The Land Mobile Communications Council has set up new criteria for monitoring interference in the shared business pools."It is something we need to do...

220 MHZ AUCTION ENDS, $21.6 MILLION PLEDGED

WASHINGTON-After raising $21.6 million in net high bids in 173 rounds, the Federal Communications Commission last Thursday ended the 220 MHz auction.In other 220...

HOLLINGS’ RACE IS KEY IN TELECOM POLICY MAKING

WASHINGTON-This year's midterm election has monumental implications for the political landscape in terms of telecom policy and the balance of power in America-however, not...

CANADA WIRELESS MARKET IN HIGH GROWTH MODE

NEW YORK-Earlier this month, Charles E. Hoffman, president and chief executive officer of Rogers Cantel Inc., temporarily assumed a new identity as a retail...

TELECOM ITALIA WINS AUSTRIAN STAKE

ROME-Telecom Italia won the 25-percent stake of Telekom Austria up for grabs, beating a competing offer by Ameritech Corp.Telecom Italia reportedly bid $2.4 billion,...

PHILIPS-LUCENT VENTURE KAPUT

Royal Philips Electronics and Lucent Technologies Inc. last week said they will dissolve the consumer communications joint venture they established just more than one...

WORLD ACCESS LOWERS BID ON TELCO SYSTEMS

NEW YORK-Due to stock price declines, World Access Inc., an Atlanta-based maker of telecommunications switching, transport and access products, announced Oct. 13 it had...

CUE, ETAK AND METRO NETWORKS TEAM ON REAL-TIME TRAFFIC INFORMATION SERVICE

DETROIT-Cue Networks, Etak Inc. and Metro Networks announced they have teamed to deliver a real-time traffic information service, initially available in 10 metropolitan areas...

MOTOROLA FORMS TELEMATICS UNIT

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced the formation of a new business organization, Telematics Information Systems, that plans to leverage the company's technologies related to the...

TCI PRESIDENT ANSWERS QUESTIONS ON TCI-AT&T MERGER

WASHINGTON-Tele-Communications Inc. President Leo Hindery, grilled by federal regulators last week on the cable TV giant's planned $48 billion merger into top long-distance and...

PRIMECO GOES SOLO WITH LUCENT

DALLAS-PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. said Lucent Technologies Inc. now is its exclusive network infrastructure supplier after replacement of eight switches and more than 1,200...
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