Monthly Archives: November, 1998

POWER COMPANY WANTS PLUG PULLED ON PRIMECO

A Texas electric company has asked the Federal Communications Commission to revoke personal communications services licenses owned by PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P.Brazos Electric Power...

SWATCH CREATES ROUND FLEX-BASED PAGER

NEW YORK-Wristwatch maker Swatch introduced Swatch the Beep Box-a FLEX-enabled numeric pager shaped in a circle.Customers can buy the round pager, which features a...

ITDS SELECTS IBS FOR STATEMENT PROCESSING

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif.-International Telecommunications Data Systems Inc., a provider of service bureau billing services, named International Billing Services its exclusive statement processing services...

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...

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...

FCC SEEKS SPECTRUM DEDICATED TO MEDICAL TELEMETRY

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is looking for a new primary spectrum band for wireless medical devices used by hospitals.Medical telemetry devices, such as heart...

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...

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...

TELIGENT LAUNCHES TWO MORE MARKETS

VIENNA, Va.-Teligent announced it has continued the rollout of its Digital SmartWave technology to the San Francisco Bay Area, after the initial launch in...

VIEWPOINT: A NEW TARGET MARKET FOR WIRELESS CARRIERS

Although I have spent my entire career dealing with technology subjects, I probably will never be mistaken for someone with technology savvy.I can't record...

COMPANY TO USE QUARTZ SUBSTITUTE IN WIRELESS DEVICE COMPONENTS

NEW YORK-Frequency Electronics Inc., Mitchell Field, N.Y., hopes to lead the way in mass production of competitively priced wireless signal synchronization components using rubidium...

COURT DATE SET ON QUALCOMM’S BATTLE TO GET PIONEER’S PREFERENCE

WASHINGTON-Qualcomm Inc. is waging a major court battle against the Federal Communications Commission to gain recognition of Code Division Multiple Access technology innovation in...

MICROSOFT-QUALCOMM TARGETS CORPORATE ENTERPRISE MARKET

Qualcomm Inc. and Microsoft Corp. plan to announce this week they are creating a new wireless communications company to focus on the integration of...

FCC TO SETTLE REMAINING REFARMING ISSUES

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is preparing to vote this month to resolve most of the remaining issues regarding the tortured refarming docket.The refarming docket...

METROMEDIA SIGNS DEALS IN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.-Metromedia International Group Inc. and its subsidiary Metromedia International Telecommunications Inc. have completed two transactions overseas-one to enter the wireline and wireless...

SPECTRASITE ACQUIRES COLLOCATION COMPANY

CARY, N.C.-SpectraSite Communications Inc. acquired GlobalComm Inc., a wireless carrier collocation company.Since 1995, GlobalComm has completed more than 600 collocation agreements in the Southeast,...

SHARED TECHNOLOGIES TEAMS WITH BOSTON COMM. ON PREPAID

WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. signed an agreement with Boston Communications Group Inc. that will allow STC, in cooperation with Boston's wireless carrier customers,...

SUN’S SOLARIS 7 OPENS SPACE FOR LARGE DATA SETS

NEW YORK-Solaris 7, the newly released version of Sun Microsystems Inc.'s operating system, promises to provide wireless carriers improved capabilities for fraud control, data...

SPYGLASS RELEASES REMOTE-ACCESS E-MAIL, BROWSER

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Spyglass Inc. announced its Device Mail 3.1 embedded e-mail and Device Mosaic 3.1 browser products are available.Device Mail is an embedded e-mail...

SYNACOM REPORTS CLONESAFE SYSTEM TEST SUCCESSFUL

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Synacom Technology Inc. said it successfully tested its CloneSafe wireless cloning fraud system as part of Lucent Technologies Inc.'s Cooperative Innovations program.The...

TIA, ATIA AND CIAJ TO LEAD APEC EFFORT

WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association, Australian Telecom Industry Association and the Communications Industry Association of Japan have been chosen as co-leaders of the Implementation Project...
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