Monthly Archives: November, 1998

WTR TO RECOMMEND POST-MARKET SURVEILLANCE IN CANCER DEBATE

WASHINGTON-Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. Chairman George Carlo is expected to recommend early next year that basic scientific research be de-emphasized in the future in...

JUDGE RULES BANKRUPTCY LAW RULES SUPREME IN POCKET CASE

BALTIMORE-At the end of a day-long hearing last Thursday, a bankruptcy judge made sure everyone, including himself, could go home happy.DCR PCS Inc., the...

POWERTEL REPORTS $64M NET LOSS

WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel Inc. reported a net loss of $64.3 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, or $2.47 per share, compared with...

WORLD BRIEFS

PolandPoland may call tenders for three new mobile phone licenses for Global System for Mobile communications 900 MHz and 1800 MHz systems during the...

IFR THINKS BIG BITE WILL LEAD TO WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES

DENVER-Following its $107 million cash acquisition of Marconi Instruments Inc. in February, IFR Systems Inc. began a road tour last week-part product demonstration and...

NORTEL POSTS LOSS ON BAY PURCHASE

NEW YORK-Because of costs associated with its acquisition of Bay Networks, Nortel Networks posted a net loss of $306 million, or 54 cents per...

SBC-SNET MERGER CLEARS FCC

NEW YORK-The Federal Communications Commission announced it approved the transfer of licenses and authorizations from Southern New England Telecommunications Corp. to SBC Communications Inc.,...

ITALY CHANGES BID DATES FOR MOBILE PHONE LICENSE TO MID 1999

The new head of Italy's communications ministry said the government expects to hold its tender for a fourth mobile phone license by the middle...

ITU ELECTS NEW LEADERS

WASHINGTON-Yoshio Utsumi was elected secretary-general and Roberto Blois deputy secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union.The two replace Pekka Tarjanne and Henry Chasia, respectively. Voting...

D.C. NOTES: 'PATENTLY CONTROVERSIAL' REVISITED

My Oct. 19 column was titled, "Patently Controversial." It certainly was.We received feedback in one form or another from Captain Joe Hanna of Richardson...

MELCHER CARES ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY

To the Editor: The D.C. Notes column by Jeff Silva, Oct. 19 issue, is of considerable concern to me as executive director of the Greater...

D.C. NOTES: ‘PATENTLY CONTROVERSIAL’ REVISITED

My Oct. 19 column was titled, "Patently Controversial." It certainly was.We received feedback in one form or another from Captain Joe Hanna of Richardson...

LOOKING FOR PAYING USERS, IRIDIUM LAUNCHES SERVICE

What began as an idea 11 years ago is a reality today as Iridium L.L.C. brought its constellation of 66 low-earth-orbit satellites online for...

THIRD QUARTER PROVES DRY FOR M&A ACTIVITY

NEW YORK-A sharp September market drop caused an overall third-quarter decline in domestic merger activity in all sectors, according to Mergerstat, a division of...

VIEWPOINT: NO MOBILE PHONES AT PORTALS–UNTHINKABLE

When all is said and done and the Federal Communications Commission has fully relocated to the Portals II building in Southwest Washington next year,...

QUALCOMM WINS U S WEST CONTRACT

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it has signed a multiyear contract with U S West Wireless L.L.C. to expand U S West's personal communications services...

WLL COULD TOP 100M BY 2006

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Wireless local loop services may reach more than 100 million subscribers by the end of 2006, according to a report issued by...

FCC EXEMPTS TRADITIONAL SMRS FROM LOCAL NUMBER PORTABILITY

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has released traditional specialized mobile radio operators from local number portability requirements.Portability refers to telephone subscribers keeping their telephone number...

THREE COMPANIES UNVEIL SMART-CARD PLANS

Microsoft Corp. last week announced plans to enter the smart-card market with a new standards-based operating system called Smart Cards for Windows.The system will...

SPRINT PCS ADDS USERS, ARPU DROPS

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Spectrum L.P. said it added 381,000 customers during the third quarter, compared with 260,000 customers during the second quarter, ending the...

MOTOROLA TO JOIN SYMBIAN VENTURE

LONDON-Motorola Inc. said it completed agreements to become a shareholder in the Symbian joint venture. Symbian is a venture of Psion Software, L.M. Ericsson...

WIRELESS SECTOR GETS CREDIT FOR AT&T EARNINGS INCREASE

NEW YORK-Propelled by its Digital One Rate plan, AT&T Corp. said total revenue from wireless services increased 19.4 percent for the third quarter compared...

TELEDATA SHAREHOLDERS OK ACQUISITION BY ADC

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced its plan to acquire Teledata Communications Ltd. has been approved by Teledata shareholders at a price of $15.75 per share,...

GLOBAL ACCESS TO MAKE PAGER CARD FOR WINDOWS CE-BASED DEVICES

LOS ANGELES-Global Access Pagers Inc. said it plans to introduce a pager card for Windows CE powered handheld devices in CF card format.The card...

GLENAYRE FORMS COST-SAVINGS PLAN, REDUCING WORK FORCE BY 10 PERCENT

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Citing world market uncertainty, Glenayre Technologies Inc. reported plans to reduce its global work force by 10 percent and move its Boston operations...
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