November 1998

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 of Los Angeles Cellular under …

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 of telecom policy making in Congress, …

It’s been more than a year since Glenayre Technologies Inc. first announced its intention to divest the Western Multiplex microwave business unit, yet the company continues to search for a …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Mobile Phones announced a new mobile phone for Japan’s PDC market. Nokia said the phone is the first in Japan to have built-in infrared connectivity and a slide …

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 amplifiers are for use in …

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 consolidate about 8,000 of the …

ORLANDO, Fla.-Lucent Technologies Inc. introduced a new fraud detection application based on its Quick to Market platform, a transaction processing and service plan. The fraud management solution uses signature algorithms …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration will brief the Senate Finance Committee this week on mobile phone trade and standards policy, a meeting prompted by intensified lobbying by Global System for Mobile communications …

Is this it? Is the wireless data market sitting on the runway to (finally) take off, offering instant text applications anywhere on the planet? Like a child before Christmas, I …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. said its proprietary Integrated Resource Management System is now commercially available. The IRMS allows corporate customers to control wireless messaging activities in their organization by using local-area-network …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-ICO Global Communications announced an agreement with American Management Systems in which the latter will provide ICO a fully automated billing service to reduce activation time. The system will …

NEW YORK-Nickel cadmium batteries, long the mainstay of rechargeable power sources for wireless phones, are fading fast into handset history. Today, nickel metal hydride batteries are emerging at the top …

Three personal communications services licensees last week agreed to consent decrees with the U.S. Department of Justice concerning alleged collusion during the Federal Communications Commission’s 1996 D-, E- and F-block …

China has been considered a mountain of opportunity for mobile phone infrastructure vendors, but signs today indicate a bleaker outlook as Chinese officials seem to have soured on cdmaOne technology …

One can only imagine the potential import of the victory of Jesse “The Body” Ventura, the ex-professional wrestler and Reform Party candidate who won the Minnesota gubernatorial election last Tuesday. …

ATLANTA-LHS Group Inc. announced it will co-develop and co-deploy an advanced customer-service, billing and financial management business support system for Iridium L.L.C.’s global mobile phone service. According to LHS, the …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Lucent Technologies Inc. said Telesp Celular, owned by Portugal Telecom, selected Lucent to build wireless networks based on Code Division Multiple Access technology in the metropolitan area and …

Frustrated by the lack of cooperation in Europe over convergence of third-generation technology, some U.S. cdmaOne operators have vowed to push ahead aggressively with cdma2000 technology. “Negotiations have gone on …

NEW YORK-At first glance, a bearded journalist in business-casual attire may seem an unlikely arbiter of good taste for minding your manners when using mobile telephony. But just as a …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Aeris Communications Inc. said it signed agreements with Southwestco Wireless L.P. and First Cellular of Southern Illinois for the carriers to deploy its MicroBurst technology on their respective …

During its third-quarter earnings conference call, Metrocall Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer William Collins III, announced the company plans to have its dedicated e-commerce site available to America Online …

NEW YORK-“There is no question that, with no bank or bond market to finance your start-up, you need either to be crazy or have a well thought out plan,” said …

Motorola Inc.’s ReFLEX chipset and software solution first announced a month ago is available for purchase. The company also released more details about the product. The chipset includes a ReFLEX …

Italy Telecom Italia Mobile announced it will begin a market trial of Unwired Planet Inc.’s UP.Link Server and software planet for wireless Internet access to mobile phones. Equipped with Unwired …

Paging Network Inc. announced it signed an agreement with SmartRoute Systems to offer SmartRoute’s real-time personalized traffic information system to paging subscribers. PageNet said it initially will roll out the …