1998

Advanced Management Program for Telecom Executives: Leveraging the Value Chain in the Competitive Environment February 22-27 The Division of Executive & Management Development at Southern Methodist University. SMU Cox School …

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 Act is becoming more strident as …

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 Congress in Cannes, France. The company …

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 applications for the Global System for …

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. Wheeler was scheduled to spend the …

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 debt-restructuring rules and to extend the …

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 Asia for Motorola Inc. The importance of …

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 their existing wireless number, which …

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 markets across the United States. The …

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 Inc.-a small pager manufacturer …

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 deliveries of Ericsson’s RAS 1000 …

Mexico Grupo Iusacell inaugurated its new Code Division Multiple Access network with a phone call by the company’s president, Fulvio del Valle, from its headquarters in Mexico City to a …

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 22,000 subscribers by 2000, according to …

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 services with Lucent Technologies Inc. and …

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 the players and their roles. …

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 of $1.6 million, or 10 cents …

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 cents for the same period in …

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 provide a voice-activated dialing service on …

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 records and 2,000 global title translation …

Excel Switching Corp., a provider of open switching platforms, said it is in the process of a product rollout phase that raises the level of programmability to new heights and …

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 Commission, with Nextel this time fighting …

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 its newest Code Division Multiple Access …

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 it installed a system for …

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 Georgia. Priced at $150, Prepaid 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 Pierson encouraged listeners to “roam around …