Yearly Archives: 1998

USTEL BEGINS TAILORED BILLING

CULVER CITY, Calif.-UStel Inc. announced that its new proprietary, in-house billing service began operation after nine months of development and parallel testing.The company's chief...

RESELLERS ASK FCC FOR ROAMING RIGHTS EQUAL TO CARRIERS

WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Resellers Association said it asked the Federal Communication Commission to require wireless carriers to offer automatic roaming agreements on a nondiscriminatory basis.TRA...

US/INTELICOM APPROACHES PREPAID WITH NEW OPTION

Software developer US/Intelicom stands poised to capitalize on prepaid wireless, an industry segment some analysts expect to grow rapidly during the next few years....

VIEWPOINT

They're coming out of the woodwork to point out the perils of driving and dialing. Cellular phones can cause distractions, says a new report...

WAP SUPPORTERS ESTABLISH FORUM

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-After introducing the architecture for the Wireless Application Protocol last September, collaborators L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp. and Unwired Planet Inc....

PORTALS DEVELOPER FAVORS PUBLIC HEARING

WASHINGTON-The lawyer for embattled Portals developer Franklin Haney told the House Commerce Committee his client will comply with any subpoena to defend a $1...

APCO SEES NEED FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE

WASHINGTON-Although most of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau's second notice of proposed rule making regarding federal, state and local public-safety spectrum through the year 2010...

CELL PHONE MAKERS VINDICATED IN CANCER SUITS

WASHINGTON-While the World Health Organization has reaffirmed the need for more bioeffects research on mobile phones, lawsuits attempting to link wireless devices to brain...

ANALYST SAYS VOLATILITY IS PRICE PAID FOR FREE MARKETS

NEW YORK-"While there are occasional missteps-sometimes big ones as in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea and Japan-volatility is the price one pays for free markets,"...

TIA PROPOSES GUIDES FOR ACCESSIBILITY

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association has proposed manufacturer guidelines to the Federal Communications Commission to address telecom equipment accessibility issues.Section 255 of the Telecommunications...

TOLL FREE CELLULAR PUT ON SALE BLOCK

Toll Free Cellular has laid off most of its employees and put the company up for sale after AT&T Wireless Services Inc. opted not...

AERIAL SEEKS MARK FOR BILLING METHOD

CHICAGO-Aerial Communications Inc. announced it applied to have its True Per-Second Billing service registered as a federal service mark.Saying it is one of the...

UNICOM CHINA’S NETWORK EXPANDS

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre and Unicom China Paging Corp. have launched the third phase of Unicom's nationwide paging network in China, the companies announced in a...

TRW DUMPS ODYSSEY FOR ICO

TRW Inc. announced it will integrate its interests in Odyssey Telecommunications International Inc. with ICO Global Communications, marking the first consolidation move in the...

WORLD BRIEFS

MEXICOCorsair Communications Inc. recently completed installation of its radio-frequency fingerprinting system for Baja Celular Mexicana in Tijuana, and for Celular de Telefonia in Monterrey,...

INET, GOAMERICA OFFER INTERNET DEAL

PLANO, Texas-Inet Inc. and GoAmerica Communications plan to offer two free months of GoAmerica's wireless Internet and intranet services with the purchase of Inet's...

INTERDIGITAL PATENT SAGA WITH ERICSSON CONTINUES

InterDigital Technology Corp. made another move in a long-running patent dispute with Ericsson Radio Systems AB.The company's parent, InterDigital Communications Corp., announced ITC has...

TELECOM ITALIA GETS PERMISSION TO USE DECT

Italy's Ministry of Post and Telecommunications granted Telecom Italia permission to operate a Digital European Cordless Telephone wireless network after a year of deliberations....

ITDS TO PURCHASE CSC BILLING UNIT

STAMFORD, Conn.-International Telecommunication Data Systems Inc. and Computer Sciences Corp. announced that ITDS will buy TRIS, a cellular telephone billing unit of Computer Sciences,...

LEC FEES NIXED

In an initial victory for paging carriers nationwide, the Federal Communications Commission's Common Carrier Bureau announced its current rules do not allow local exchange...

MOBILEMEDIA TO BUILD OUT NPCS SYSTEM

Despite filing for bankruptcy last year, MobileMedia Corp. announced plans to build out networks for its two nationwide narrowband personal communications licenses, with service...

NEWS BRIEFS

The Federal Communications Commission late last week was expected to allocate 24 megahertz for public safety communications and reserve 36 megahertz in the same...

NEXTWAVE DRUBS OMNIPOINT PROPOSAL

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. took Omnipoint Corp. to task over its Nov. 24 petition for reconsideration and clarification regarding proposed financial options for C-block personal...

WHAT’S IN, WHAT’S OUT

... Kudos to AT&T Wireless for being the proud provider of PCS service that worked in D.C.'s Old Ebbitt Grill. The bartender said most...

NEXUS LOCKS APTEL ACQUISITION

TEL AVIV, Israel-Nexus Telecommunication Systems Ltd. announced the acquisition of Aptel Ltd., a developer of wireless technologies and products, owned mainly by DSP Group...
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