Monthly Archives: November, 1998

GROWTH SLOWS FOR PAGING CARRIERS IN 3Q

In their effort to promote profitable growth vs. growth at all costs, paging carriers have watched their net subscriber additions fall incrementally over the...

VODAFONE BUYS NEW ZEALAND GSM NETWORK

NEWBURY, Berskshire, England-Vodafone Group plc said it purchased from BellSouth New Zealand the national New Zealand GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) cellular network...

SYSTEMS/LINK ADDS CALL PATTERNING TOOL TO FRAUD PORTFOLIO

ORLANDO, Fla.-Systems/Link Corp. introduced its Orion/Call Patterning Intelligence product at the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's Wireless Security '98 conference in Orlando, Fla."OrionCPI will change...

QUALCOMM COMBINES TWO DIVISIONS

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it combined its Wireless Infrastructure Division with its Communication Systems Division to form the new Wireless Systems Division.The combined unit...

PRODUCTS

Chesapeake MicrowaveChesapeake Microwave Technologies Inc. introduced a 50-watt personal communications services Global System for Mobile communications amplifier and a 30-watt DCS GSM amplifier. The...

PEOPLE

CommSite InternationalCommSite International Inc. announced company founder Wesley McGee has assumed the role of chairman and Timothy Haley was appointed president and chief executive...

PALMPILOT CREATORS FORM NEW COMPANY

PALO ALTO, Calif.-The creators of the PalmPilot handheld computer announced they have secured funding to create a new company, Handspring Inc., which will develop...

OMNIPOINT TACKLES HOW TO COUNT PREPAID

How best to count prepaid subscribers became one of Omnipoint Corp.'s main focuses for reporting third-quarter results after it acquired 35,000 prepaid customers Sept....

WIRELESSKNOWLEDGE PROMISE: ANY DEVICE, ANY NETWORK

SEATTLE-Qualcomm Inc. and Microsoft Corp. made good on their promise to converge the computing and wireless industries when they announced the formation of WirelessKnowledge...

MPD WINS AMP ORDER FROM LUCENT

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Microwave Power Devices Inc. announced it received a $12.4 million follow-on order from Lucent Technologies Inc. for highly linear, single-channel, high-power PCS-CDMA amplifiers.The...

TSR TO RESELL III INFORMATION SERVICE

FORT LEE, N.J.-TSR Wireless L.L.C. said it entered an agreement with Intelligent Information Inc. to resell III's personalized information services. TSR is branding the...

AT&T TO EXTEND BRAND TO LA CELLULAR

KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it plans to brand the AT&T name in Los Angeles by next year.The company recently gained management control...

TRUEPOSITION JOINS EQUIVA ON WIRELESS LOCATION SERVICES

HOUSTON-Equiva Services L.L.C., an affiliate of Shell, and TruePosition Inc. signed an agreement to jointly develop and market location-based services and applications using the...

SOFTWARE COULD REDUCE SPACING NEEDED AT ANTENNA SITES

Collocation has evolved from something wireless carriers used to resist to something they do as a matter of course. The idea of collocation increasingly...

U.S. TELECOM EQUIPMENT SALES UP 11 PERCENT

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association said U.S. factory sales of telecommunications equipment rose to $55.6 billion at the close of third quarter, an 11-percent...

MOBEX WINS PACIFIC GAS CONTRACT

LAFAYETTE, Calif.-Mobex Communications said it will centralize mobile phone services for San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric Co.The first phase of the project will...

WIRELESS WILL FACE SAME `NEW FEDERALISM’ CHALLENGE UNDER LIVINGSTON

WASHINGTON-While this week's election of Appropriations Committee Chairman Bob Livingston (R-La.) to speaker of the House is not expected to dramatically change the course...

LATE NEWS

Alcatel to deliver network to PegasoSAN DIEGO-A subsidiary of Mexico's Pegaso Telecomunicaciones S.A. de C.V. and Alcatel Althsom signed an agreement that calls for...

ISD OFFERS ONE-CHIP VOICE STORAGE SOLUTION

Information Storage Devices Inc., San Jose, Calif., introduced a single-chip, fully integrated voice storage solution designed for digital cellular handsets.The ISD5008 eliminates external analog...

GSM GROUP REPORTS 2.3M USERS

BOSTON-The North American GSM Alliance L.L.C. announced more than 2.3 million Global System for Mobile communications customers exist in the United States and Canada."GSM's...

WORLD BRIEFS

United KingdomCellPoint Systems AB and its partner Wasp International of South Africa demonstrated a Global System for Mobile communications phone positioning system at the...

HONG KONG STILL DRIVING WIRELESS INNOVATION

BEIJING-Six wireless operators with 11 networks is the daunting choice offered to Hong Kong's techno-savvy consumers.The mobile phone scene here is a lot brighter...

HARRIS FORMS R&D PROGRAM FOR FIXED WIRELESS

MONTREAL-Harris Corp. announced research and development plans to create new point-to-multipoint and wireless local loop systems to serve global markets.The R&D program is being...

GTE TSI OFFERS FRAUDX

ORLANDO, Fla.-GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. said its FraudX product is commercially available.FraudX, the company's second-generation wireless fraud detection system, addresses fraud in both home...

WAP EXPANDS MEMBERSHIP; APPOINTS DIRECTORS

LONDON-The Wireless Application Protocol Forum announced 11 new companies have joined the organization, and it appointed three additional members to its board of directors.New...
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