Yearly Archives: 1998

MITSUBISHI TEAMS WITH DATA ON AIR

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-The Personal Mobile Communications Division of Mitsubishi Wireless Communications Inc. announced it formed a business development relationship with Data on Air Inc. to...

MOBILEMEDIA RESTRUCTURE IS GOING QUITE WELL

To the Editor: Recent letters submitted by RCR readers have questioned MobileMedia's long-term prospects at a time when the company is actually well on its...

CHADMOORE HITS 10,000 UNITS

LAS VEGAS-Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc., a specialized mobile radio services provider, announced it topped the 10,000 subscriber unit mark."At this time last year, we...

MOTOROLA WARNS OF 1Q EARNINGS BELOW EXPECTATIONS

Blaming weakened Asian currencies, Motorola Inc. warned investors that its first-quarter earnings will be well below expectations.The largest shortfall will come from the company's...

NDC’S PAGING ANGLE: VOICE AND TEXT

Most analysts and industry insiders agree the future of the paging industry lies in providing value-added services to the current paging subscriber base.For some...

CORRECTIONS

Due to an editing error, the comments of an unidentified California paging reseller in the Feb. 23 "WireLink extensions benefit resellers" story were incorrectly...

DOLPHIN TO USE TETRA SYSTEM

The United Kingdom continues to dominate news related to Trans European Trunked Radio technology, as a company there recently took steps to offer the...

AIRTOUCH/VODAFONE GROUP WINS IN EGYPT

SAN FRANCISCO-A consortium in which AirTouch Communications Inc. holds a 30-percent interest won a nationwide cellular license in Egypt, expanding AirTouch's reach into the...

SENATE LEADERS REACH COMPROMISE ON ENCRYPTION BILL

WASHINGTON-The Senate plans to vote in May on compromise encryption legislation announced last week, but it is unclear whether the Clinton administration will back...

WIRELESS DATA FORUM MOVES TO WARD GOALS

Since announcing its new vision last fall, the Wireless Data Forum has taken several significant steps in the last weeks to move toward its...

GEOTEK LAUNCHES INTEGRATED PRODUCT AND BRAND CAMPAIGN

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. launched a new branding effort called "Workpower for the Road," which includes a new logo and a product-Geotek Driver Logistics...

GLENAYRE TO EXPAND SHANDONG’S PAGING

BEIJING-Glenayre Technologies Inc. said it signed a $9.6-million contract with Shandong Provincial Posts and Telecommunications Administration to expand Shandong's high-speed paging network.Under terms of...

D.C. NOTES: GOODWILL CAPITAL

Not so long ago, I broached the subject of "goodwill capital" with a wireless industry leader at lunch. A number of things prompted me...

GROUP SEEKS STANDARDS TO WIRELESSLY CONNECT HOME

A new group consisting of personal computer, telecommunications and consumer electronics companies is developing a protocol for wirelessly connecting home appliances to PCs.The Home...

SBA NOTES SALE GENERATES $150M

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp., a developer of build-to-suit wireless antenna sites, closed on the sale of $269 million in principal amount of 12-percent...

BILLING PROVIDERS RELEASE PRODUCTS

NEW YORK-Several billing and customer-care providers have announced new products in recent weeks, among them, American Management Systems Inc., International Telecommunications Data Systems Inc.,...

MOBILESOFT TEAMS WITH GOAMERICA

SAN FRANCISCO-MobileSoft announced it formed an alliance with GoAmerica Communications Corp. through which MobileSoft will market GoAmerica's Web@Hand wireless data services on its website.MobileSoft...

SPRINT PCS OFFERS SAMSUNG PHONE

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Spectrum L.P. introduced a new personal communications services phone manufactured by Samsung Telecommunications America. The Samsung SCH-1900 is the second digital...

S.W. BELL EXPANDS PHONEPRINT COVERAGE

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc. said it reached an agreement with Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems and Southwestern Bell Wireless to deploy its PhonePrint cellular...

TIA PUBLISHES SPECS FOR CDPD STANDARD

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association announced it published a series of documents on system specifications for Cellular Digital Packet Data in the first step...

VIEWPOINT: RUNNING OUT OF NUMBERS

What?There is not a shortage of available phone numbers? The rise in fax machines, pagers and cellular phones is not to blame for what...

BRIGHTPOINT TEAMS WITH US/INTELICOM, SECURFONE ON PREPAID

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. said it reached an agreement with US/Intelicom and SecurFone America Inc. to provide prepaid cellular solutions for the U.S. market.The prepaid solution,...

BELLSOUTH STARTS TELECOM CONSULTING

ATLANTA-BellSouth Small Business Services announced it now has specialists who consult individually with business customers about their telecommunications needs.The enhancement to its "one-stop shopping"...

SCHOOL BUSES TO USE CELLEMETRY SERVICE

ATLANTA-BellSouth Cellemetry announced an agreement with Global Research Systems, adding Cellemetry applications to GRS's BusCall service.BusCall notifies families when a school bus is approaching...

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Entelec 98March 1-4Entelec. San Antonio Convention Center, San Antonio. (888) 503-8700.Build-to-Suit and Purchase/Leaseback Tower ProgramsMarch 2-3Shorecliff Communications International. Wyndham Emerald Plaza Hotel, San Diego....
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