Monthly Archives: December, 1998

ERICSSON TO SUPPLY RUSSIAN NETWORK

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced Nov. 25 it signed a contract to provide a turnkey Global System for Mobile communications network to OOO Tomsk Cellular...

PAGENET PROVIDES ESPN INFO

DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. announced it will be the exclusive provider of ESPN sports information to its paging subscribers, according to an agreement the two...

3COM’S PALM VII LOGS ONTO THE INTERNET

Palm Computing Inc., an affiliate of 3Com Corp., introduced the Palm VII personal digital assistant at the Palm Computing Platform Worldwide Developer Conference in...

PCIA, INDUSTRY PLAYERS FORM MOBILE COMPUTING GROUP

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Personal Communications Industry Association announced the formation of the PCIA Mobile Computing Advisory Group with Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle and...

PCN ANNOUNCES FINANCE OFFER FROM NORTEL

MELVILLE, N.Y.-Northeast Digital Networks Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary, Personal Communications Networks, announced it has received an equipment supply and vendor-financing offer from...

PEOPLE

PREFERRED NETWORKSPreferred Networks Inc. announced its founder, president and director, Michael Saner, will retire Dec. 31. Saner previously held upper-management positions at several paging...

IRIDIUM TO USE PARAGREN MARKETING TOOL

BOSTON-Iridium L.L.C. selected Paragren Technologies' One-By-One Campaign Manager as a strategic customer marketing tool for the Iridium service, said Paragren.The campaign management tool, along...

JP’S INFOBEAM OFFERS WEB ACCESS

DALLAS-JP Systems Inc. introduced a software package called InfoBeam that allows users of 3Com Corp.'s Palm III organizers to access Web-based information via an...

LUCENT TO COMPLETE WAVEACCESS BUY

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it exercised its option to acquire the remaining 80 percent of WaveAccess Ltd. for about $50 million in...

MOODY’S UPGRADES NOTES FOR DSC

NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service Inc. announced Dec. 1 it upgraded to A1 from B1 its rating on $400 million in convertible subordinated notes issued...

USTR DEMANDS MEXICO FOLLOW WTO

WASHINGTON-U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky last week demanded that Mexico live up to World Trade Organization commitments to liberalize its telecommunications market."We urge Mexican...

D.C. INSIDER SUGRUE NAMED WTB CHIEF

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on Friday named Thomas J. Sugrue chief of the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau effective Jan. 19.Sugrue replaces Daniel Phythyon, who...

CELLULAR ONE ENHANCES DIGITAL EDGE SERVICE

GREENBELT, Md.-Cellular One here announced it is now offering an Information Services feature to its new Digital Edge wireless phone customers.Information Services includes hundreds...

CENTENNIAL MERGER VALUE LOWERED

NEW CANAAN, Conn.-Centennial Cellular Corp. and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe VIII L.P. lowered the value of their July 2 merger agreement by $60...

CHINA ENCOURAGES LOCAL EQUIPMENT BUYS

A move by the Chinese government is sure to develop a new wireless telecommunications landscape in China but also may create an uncertain future...

CLEARNET PCS BEGINS IN VICTORIA, B.C.

VICTORIA, British Columbia, Canada-Clearnet Communications Inc. announced it launched personal communications services in Victoria.Clearnet PCS offers a Sony Corp. dual-mode PCS phone.Clearnet originally brought...

DINGELL SLAMS FCC ON LITTLE LEO LICENSE

WASHINGTON-An embarrassing dispute has erupted over Final Analysis' little low-earth-orbit satellite license, which has the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and Rep. John Dingell...

KENNARD TRIES TO FOSTER DIVERSITY AS JACKSON FIGHTS MEGA-MERGERS

WASHINGTON-In an exclusive interview provided to RCR, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said his Rainbow/PUSH Coalition plans to announce aggressive opposition against pending telecom mega-mergers...

ERICSSON, ROCKWELL FORM STRATEGIC ALLIANCE

WOOD DALE, Ill.-Ericsson Inc. and Rockwell Electronic Commerce said they plan to form an alliance to cooperate in international marketing, distribution and integration development...

EVOLVING SYSTEMS UPGRADES LNP SOFTWARE

DENVER-Evolving Systems Inc. released a new version of its local number portability software, which will enable telecommunications carriers to streamline LNP processing, cope with...

FORMUS TO FIELD TRIAL SYSTEM IN HUNGARY

DENVER-Formus Communications Inc. said it was granted a field trial license by the Hungarian Telecommunications Authority to provide data services to a test group...

HUGHES’ LESSONS LEARNED IN `98 COULD MEAN BETTER SATELLITES TO COME

NEW YORK-The failure Nov. 30 of a PanAmSat satellite used by Pasific Satelit Nusantara in Indonesia is the latest problem "in an unprecedented year...

INET OFFERS SPIDER II

PLANO, Texas-Inet Inc. said it introduced its Spider II modem, a type II Cellular Digital Packet Data modem designed for Windows CE.Casio's Cassiopeia personal...

WORLD BRIEFS

CanadaResearch in Motion Ltd. announced it received a $1.3 million contract to supply its original equipment manufactured wireless modems to GMSI Inc.'s fleet management...

KLEIN SAYS TELECOM BIG GUNS WILL FACE LOCAL COMPETITION

WASHINGTON-Justice Department antitrust czar Joel Klein, sending a mixed message, predicts Baby Bells will face local competition from wireless and wireline firms over time,...
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