Yearly Archives: 1998

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Advanced Management Program for Telecom Executives: Leveraging the Value Chain in the Competitive EnvironmentFebruary 22-27The Division of Executive & Management Development at Southern Methodist University....

TELECOM GROUPS CHARGE JUSTICE WITH MUDDYING WATERS

WASHINGTON-The war of words between the wireless industry and law enforcement over the time frame and requirements of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement...

U.K. COMPANY USES GSM NETWORK TO LOCATE CALLERS

Cambridge Positioning Systems, a Cambridge, United Kingdom-based company, last week introduced its Cursor Global System for Mobile communications location system at the GSM World...

COMVERSE DEVELOPING UNIFIED APPLICATIONS FOR GSM SMARTPHONE MARKETPLACE

CANNES, France-Comverse Network Systems Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Comverse Technology Inc., said it is developing a new set of mobile unified messaging...

WHEELER: SHOW IS A CHANCE TO REACH THE OUTSIDE WORLD

Tom Wheeler, president of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, will have spent two weeks on the road before he returns home to Washington, D.C....

C-BLOCK RESTRUCTURE `TWEAK’ IMMINENT

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission late last week was close to approving a new plan to relax conservative parts of its C-block personal communications services...

WITH ITS CHIPS ON CHINA, MOTOROLA MAY HAVE ASIA’S `TIGERS’ BY THE TAIL

oseph B. Cahill Crain's Chicago Business CHICAGO-As economies from South Korea to Indonesia convulse, China has become the last line of defense in...

COMCAST EXPANDS INTERNATIONAL ROAMING

WAYNE, Pa.-Comcast Cellular Communications Inc. said it launched the Comcast International Roaming service to provide business customers with communications services in 70 countries.Customers use...

WINSTAR TO ACQUIRE 38 GHZ LICENSES

NEW YORK-WinStar Communications Inc. announced it has acquired or signed agreements to acquire 17 additional 38 GHz licenses covering 33 channels in 13 metropolitan...

WIRELINK EXTENSIONS BENEFIT RESELLERS

Imagine a reseller being able to offer paging services to thousands of customers while only paying a carrier for one cap code.Stop imagining.WireLink Communication...

ERICSSON TO SUPPLY WLL TO ESTONIA FIRM

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced it has signed a wireless local loop contract with Estonia Telephone Co. Ltd., valued at $18 million.The contract includes turnkey...

WORLD BRIEFS

MexicoGrupo Iusacell inaugurated its new Code Division Multiple Access network with a phone call by the company's president, Fulvio del Valle, from its headquarters...

TRUNKED RADIO GROWS IN CZECH REPUBLIC

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The commercial trunked radio industry in the Czech Republic is showing significant signs of growth and is on pace to reach more than...

QUALCOMM, AIRTOUCH PARTICIPATE IN CMDA TRIAL

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. and AirTouch Communications Inc. announced they will participate in a trial of Code Division Multiple Access data technologies for information...

D.C. NOTES: THE PORTALS FIASCO

At any given time, it's hard to say what agenda is being played out by whom in the FCC-Portals fiasco.Let's take a look at...

LIGHTBRIDGE LOSSES ATTRIBUTED TO CORAL SYSTEMS ACQUISITION

BURLINGTON, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. reported its net income for 1997, before acquisition-related charges, totaled $1.5 million, or 10 cents per share, compared with net income...

U S WEST NET INCOME DOWN IN 4Q REPORT

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-U S West Communications Group announced fourth quarter adjusted earnings of 60 cents per share before a $250 million regulatory charge-compared with 63...

DUTCH PTT USING GLENAYRE’S MVP

Dutch PTT using Glenayre's MVPCHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced that Dutch telecom operator PTT Telecom is using the company's modular voice processing system to...

ERICSSON DEMOS LNP DATABASE SOLUTION

RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. demonstrated the capability of its local number portability database solution to provide range updates of up to 1,000 location routing number...

EXCEL SAYS SWITCH OFFERS MORE OPTIONS

Excel Switching Corp., a provider of open switching platforms, said it is in the process of a product rollout phase that raises the level...

NEXTEL QUESTIONS LAW FIRM’S BEHAVIOR

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. and the Washington, D.C., law firm of Brown & Schwaninger once again have taken their running battle to the Federal Communications...

TEGIC LICENSES FUJITSU FOR HANDSETS

SEATTLE-Tegic Communications said it signed a licensing agreement with Fujitsu Network Communications, in which Fujitsu will incorporate Tegic's T9 intelligent text input technology into...

GEOTEK SUPPLIES CONCRETE INDUSTRY

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. said it deployed a mobile communications solution to the ready-mix concrete industry, designed specifically to meet the industry's needs.Geotek said...

BELLSOUTH MOBILITY EXPANDS PREPAID

ATLANTA-BellSouth Mobility DCS said it is offering its Prepaid To Go phone and service package to customers in the Carolinas, eastern Tennessee and coastal...

ROAM, IF YOU WANT TO

In the summer of 1989, one of my favorite bands, the B-52s, released an album with the big hit-tune "Roam," in which singer Kate...
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