Monthly Archives: November, 1998

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...

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...

GLENAYRE AWAITS BUYER FOR WESTERN MULTIPLEX

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...

NOKIA OFFERS NEW PDC PHONE IN JAPAN

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...

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...

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...

LUCENT INTRODUCES FRAUD DETECTION APP

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...

WHITE HOUSE TO BRIEF SEN. FINANCE COMMITTEE ON 3G PROBLEMS

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...

VIEWPOINT: PERSONAL ASSISTANTS

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...

METROCALL OFFERS MESSAGING MANAGEMENT TOOL

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...

AMS TO EQUIP ICO GLOBAL

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...

BATTERY BUSINESS EVOLVES FROM ONE ACRONYM TO ANOTHER

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...

CARRIERS SAY DOJ CONSENT DECREES OVERPUBLICIZED LAWSUIT FILINGS

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...

CHANGES IN CHINA MAY TROUBLE VENDORS

China has been considered a mountain of opportunity for mobile phone infrastructure vendors, but signs today indicate a bleaker outlook as Chinese officials seem...

D.C. NOTES: THE BODY (SLAM) POLITICS

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...

IRIDIUM SELECTS LHS FOR BILLING, CUSTOMER CARE

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...

LUCENT TO DELIVER CDMA SYSTEM FOR TELESP IN BRAZIL

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...

U.S. CDMA CARRIERS PLOW FOR WARD ON 3G

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...

WIRELESS GETS ITS OWN MISS MANNERS WITH NEW BOOK

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...

AERIS GAINS TWO MICROBURST DEALS

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...

METROCALL TARGETS INTERNET, YOUTH AS GROWTH AREAS

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...

TELINOR SEEKING FINANCING FOR WLL BUILDOUT IN MEXICO

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...

MOTOROLA LICENSES DIABLO RESEARCH FOR REFLEX CHIPSET

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...

WORLD BRIEFS

ItalyTelecom 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...

NATION BRIEFS

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...
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