Monthly Archives: October, 1998

SEC CHAIR CALLS FOR CHANGES IN QUARTERLY REPORTS

NEW YORK-Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt accused Corporate America of "manipulation" and "illusion" when accounting for certain costs."In the zeal to satisfy...

SPRINT PCS EXTENDS BRITE VOICE CONTRACT

ORLANDO, Fla.-Sprint Spectrum L.P. contracted Brite Voice Systems to expand its prepaid calling capacity to support the personal communications services carrier's expansion into new...

BATTLE FOR HIGH-END WIRELESS USERS BEGIN

Let the battle for the high-end mobile phone users begin.Sprint Spectrum L.P. late last week introduced three new all-inclusive national pricing plans that eliminate...

ORAL ARGUMENTS SET FOR RF GUIDELINES

WASHINGTON-After months of delay, oral arguments are set for the week of Nov. 30 on legal challenges to radio-frequency radiation exposure guidelines adopted by...

TIME FOR FCC TO GET OFF DIME IN AIRPORT COMMUNICATIONS SAFETY

To the Editor: Back in June of 1992 my company, LMR Systems Inc., asked the Federal Communications Commission's permission to build private land mobile radio...

SPRINT ANNOUNCES IPO

Sprint Corp. hopes to raise about $604 billion from its initial public offering for Sprint PCS.The Kansas City, Mo.-based long-distance carrier has filed its...

ARCH COMPLETES SECOND SEGMENT ON SALE OF SITE MANAGEMENT UNIT

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. announced it completed the second phase in selling its site management business to OmniAmerica Inc.The three-part transaction is valued...

FCC ELIMINATES INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS ON GWCS

WASHINGTON-On the same day that the House Commerce Committee was voting to delay the auction of licenses for the general wireless communication service (GWCS),...

VENTURE CAPITAL WILL BE AVAILABLE TO `VISIONARY COMPANIES’

ORLANDO, Fla.-The public stock markets may be a bit shaky for now, but "there never has been more private capital available," David Golden, co-director...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Electronic Data Systems said it signed a five-year systems management agreement with Motorola Inc., under which EDS will manage the technology infrastructure for Motorola's...

GEOTEK SHUTS DOWN WIRELESS NETWORKS

MONTVALE, N.J. - Geotek Communications Inc. announced it is shutting down all U.S.-based digital wireless networks and will no longer provide its proprietary wireless...
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