October 1998

NEW YORK-Sierra Wireless Inc., a Canada-based maker of wireless data modems, will have commercially available in December its new AirCard CE Cellular Digital Packet Data modem for Windows CE 2.0 …

While the debate around third-generation wireless technology to date has focused on which air interface to incorporate into the standard, leading wireless vendors brought up a few other crucial points …

ORLANDO, Fla.-“We here are circumscribed by a group that accepts and celebrates technology, but we are a very rare breed, a tribe that thinks it is uniquely important because our …

Officials at MobileMedia Corp. said they will not postpone the Oct. 14 bankruptcy court hearing to review its disclosure statement, setting in motion the legal process necessary to complete its …

In recent months, the Wireless Telecom Bureau and its chief, Dan Phythyon, have endured harsh criticism from Senate Commerce Committee John McCain (R-Ariz.), and others in this newspaper. The torrent …

NEW YORK-Swisscom A.G., Switzerland’s government-owned telecommunications carrier, went public Oct. 5, raising about $5.5 billion in a 22 million-share offering of stock priced at $251 each. The Swiss government had …

WASHINGTON-The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear oral arguments in a case that could determine the scope of local telecom competition for years to come and possibly influence wireless policy …

WASHINGTON-Cellular operators last week overwhelmingly opposed a revised consumer-group proposal to route 911 analog calls to the cellular carrier most likely to complete the call, but it remains unclear whether …

SpectraLink Corp., a Boulder, Colo.-based company that provides wireless telephone systems for the workplace, introduced its Link 3000 Wireless Telephone System. The company’s systems, which can attach to existing private …

Changing times are requiring some infrastructure vendors to reorganize their businesses and better align themselves with their customers. Siemens AG of Germany is the latest vendor to realize this. The …

AT&T Corp.’s announced acquisition of Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. has raised some questions as to what AT&T plans to do with Vanguard’s paging operations. Many analysts expect AT&T to sell …

WASHINGTON-The Boeing Co. was fined $10 million as part of an agreement with the State Department covering improper information transfers to Russian and Ukraine partners in a venture to launch …

NEW YORK-Price Communications Corp. said it added 17,039 net new wireless subscribers during the third quarter, compared with 10,760 new subscribers during the same quarter last year. The company said …

WASHINGTON-She didn’t ask for the job. She didn’t even really know about the job before she got it. But here she is and she is going to do her best …

WASHINGTON-With the scheduled adjournment of the 105th Congress last Friday, the wireless industry will be able to point to few visible victories. Indeed, industry can point to just two victories-one …

WASHINGTON-Last week’s annual meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund ended with a blueprint-but not a bold solution-for containing a worsening global financial crisis that is taking a …

Microsoft Corp. introduced its third-generation software platform for handheld personal computer products, called the Windows CE Handheld PC Professional Edition, or H/PC Pro. The platform, based on Windows CE 2.11, …

Motorola Inc., remaining cautious about its financial outlook for 1998, said it likely will reach $7.9 billion in sales with earnings per share around 22 cents for the fourth quarter. …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week said the Justice Department has made initial queries regarding Nextel Communications Inc.’s request to lift a 1994 antitrust consent decree so the nation’s largest …

BETHESDA, Md.-Omnipoint Corp. said it has been in discussions with its primary vendors, Ericsson Inc. and Northern Telecom Inc., to provide the personal communications services company with additional financing. Omnipoint …

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc., Qualcomm Inc.’s spun-off wireless communications carrier, announced that one of its operating companies, OzPhone Pty. Ltd., has acquired two additional cellular licenses in Australia. The …

The 15th Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union kicks off today in Minneapolis, a meeting whose focus on internal governance and strategic planning could be overshadowed by an item …

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. said it plans to launch guaranteed messaging service in Alabama, Arizona, Georgia and Utah and expand current coverage in Florida as part of a continuing rollout schedule …

Italy’s Communications Minister Antonio Maccanico was reported in foreign press as saying the country may engage in yet another auction for a fourth mobile phone license, possibly before the end …

WASHINGTON-Intek License Acquisition Corp. apparently could be the big winner in the continuing auction of licenses for the 220 MHz. At the end of round 67, Intek was the top …