Yearly Archives: 1998

TELESYSTEM DOUBLES WIRELESS CUSTOMERS

MONTREAL-More than doubling its number of cellular, specialized mobile radio and paging subscribers helped Telesystem International Wireless Inc. drastically increase its revenues for the...

TWO-WAY TO BRING MORE USERS AND MONEY TO INDUSTRY

Like the ugly duckling that was teased and spurned in its younger years only to mature into a beautiful swan, the two-way paging market...

U.S. WIRELESS ACQUIRES LABYRINTH

SAN RAMON, Calif.-U.S. Wireless Corp. announced it completed the acquisition of the minority interest in its subsidiary, Labyrinth Communication Technologies Group Inc.The merger will...

ALLTEL ADDS BUNDLING MUSCLE WITH 360° BUY

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ASTRONET SELECTS ISOTEL PBX SOLUTION

DULUTH, Ga.-Astronet Corp. said it accelerated the development schedule of its new Time Division Multiple Access wireless Private Branch Exchange product by selecting Isotel's...

AUSTRALIA MAY SELL REST OF TELSTRA

NEW YORK-Legislation to privatize the remaining two-thirds of Telstra Corp. Ltd. in what would be the world's largest single stock sale could be introduced...

BOEHNER TAKES EAVESDROPPING COMPLAINT TO COURT

WASHINGTON-Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), one of several House Republican leaders caught on a radio scanner in 1996 plotting to limit damage of an ethics...

FCC IS DRAWN INTO CALEA FRAY

WASHINGTON-Negotiations between the Justice Department and the telecom industry over a digital wiretap standard collapsed last week, an outcome that will pull the Federal...

TARGETING NEW SERVICES TO CONSUMERS IS LIKE PLAYING POKER

Paging carriers and industry analysts alike believe one of the biggest struggles facing the industry is that it needs to change its image in...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

American Alpha Dispatch Services Inc. said it formed an alliance with Intellisoft Corp. to create an online system for the alphanumeric dispatch industry. Intellisoft...

NOKIA RELEASES THREE HANDSETS, INCLUDING NEW COMMUNICATOR

HANOVER, Germany-Nokia Corp. introduced three new handsets for the 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications market this week at the Cebit '98 exhibition...

NORTEL TO INTEGRATE INTERWAVE SOLUTIONS

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Northern Telecom Ltd. said it will invest $20 million in Interwave Communications International Ltd. in a strategic alliance to integrate Interwave's radio...

SINGTEL PAGING USES NEXUS SYSTEM

TEL AVIV, Israel-Nexus Telocation Systems Ltd. announced SingTel Paging launched commercial two-way paging and telemetry data service in Singapore using the Nexus system.SingTel is...

OMNIPOINT EXPANDS EAST COAST COVERAGE

BOSTON-Omnipoint Communications Inc. expanded its wireless network coverage into Boston; Providence, R.I.; Manchester, N.H.; and the Interstate-95 corridor and other connecting routes.As part of...

METROCALL OFFERS PAGER ID SERVICE

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. announced the nationwide rollout of its new Pager ID service, which identifies the name of the person placing the call to...

ROCKWELL SEMICONDUCTOR ENTERS GSM MARKET WITH CHIP SOLUTION

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.-Rockwell Semiconductor Systems Inc. introduced a complete antenna-to-microphone system solution for 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications, the first GSM products...

LMDS AUCTION COULD END TODAY

WASHINGTON-With the number of new bids and new high bids dwindling down to nearly zero, the first sale of 986 local multipoint distribution services...

SPECTRUM RESOURCES BUYS TOWER ASSETS OF PB INDUS TRIES

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Spectrum Resources Towers L.P. acquired the tower assets of PB Industries, consisting of 20 towers located in Oklahoma with tenants including Western...

D.C. NOTES: MASS CONFESSIONS

In this March Madness season of religious conversion, I join David Brock (Clinton basher turned sympathizer) and Trent Lott (Starr malcontent turned sympathizer) in...

IPR ISSUES SPARK NEW 3G DEBATE

Vendors and carriers have renewed hope that the world could have one standard in place for third-generation systems, but Europe holds one of the...

JUSTICE CONTINUES TO LOOK AT MCHI LEO LICENSE

WASHINGTON-The Justice Department last week extended for 60 days its probe into whether Labor Secretary Alexis Herman financially benefited from helping Mobile Communications Holdings...

OMNIPOINT TO ROAM IN INDONESIA

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Personal communications services provider Omnipoint Communications Inc. activated its first roaming deal in Indonesia with PT. Satelit Palapa Indonesia.This brings to 41...

OMNITEL-PRONTO ITALIA STAKEHOLDER SEEKS $225M IN PRIVATE DEBT

NEW YORK-Cellular Communications International Inc., New York, plans to retire outstanding senior discount notes paying 13.25-percent interest and replace them with a private placement...

KENNARD REAFFIRMS TOWER SITING STANCE

HARDWICK, Vt.-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard, facing Vermont citizens hostile to the prospect of losing control of cherished land-use oversight, resoundingly reaffirmed his...

KNIGHT IS KEY FIGURE IN JUSTICE PROBES

WASHINGTON-In the private sector, he has represented Pacific Telesis, Bell Atlantic Corp., Lockheed Martin and other high-tech corporate giants. In the world of politics,...
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