Yearly Archives: 1998

PALMPILOT CREATORS FORM NEW COMPANY

PALO ALTO, Calif.-The creators of the PalmPilot handheld computer announced they have secured funding to create a new company, Handspring Inc., which will develop...

GTE TSI OFFERS FRAUDX

ORLANDO, Fla.-GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. said its FraudX product is commercially available.FraudX, the company's second-generation wireless fraud detection system, addresses fraud in both home...

BLUETOOTH CONCEPT ENABLES DISPARATE DEVICES

The mere idea it may one day be possible to connect computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices to share voice and data transmissions...

SOFTWARE COULD REDUCE SPACING NEEDED AT ANTENNA SITES

Collocation has evolved from something wireless carriers used to resist to something they do as a matter of course. The idea of collocation increasingly...

OMNIPOINT TACKLES HOW TO COUNT PREPAID

How best to count prepaid subscribers became one of Omnipoint Corp.'s main focuses for reporting third-quarter results after it acquired 35,000 prepaid customers Sept....

HONG KONG STILL DRIVING WIRELESS INNOVATION

BEIJING-Six wireless operators with 11 networks is the daunting choice offered to Hong Kong's techno-savvy consumers.The mobile phone scene here is a lot brighter...

MPD WINS AMP ORDER FROM LUCENT

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Microwave Power Devices Inc. announced it received a $12.4 million follow-on order from Lucent Technologies Inc. for highly linear, single-channel, high-power PCS-CDMA amplifiers.The...

AMS TO EQUIP ICO GLOBAL

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-ICO Global Communications announced an agreement with American Management Systems in which the latter will provide ICO a fully automated billing service to...

HARRIS FORMS R&D PROGRAM FOR FIXED WIRELESS

MONTREAL-Harris Corp. announced research and development plans to create new point-to-multipoint and wireless local loop systems to serve global markets.The R&D program is being...

CALENDAR

November 16-17AiC Worldwide. Hyatt Regency, Atlanta. (800) 409-4242 or (212) 714-1444.Wireless Buildout Latin AmericaNovember 16-17Shorecliff Communications Inc. Hotel Presidente Inter-Continental, Mexico City. (800) 608-9641...

WORLD BRIEFS

United KingdomCellPoint Systems AB and its partner Wasp International of South Africa demonstrated a Global System for Mobile communications phone positioning system at the...

LUCENT INTRODUCES FRAUD DETECTION APP

ORLANDO, Fla.-Lucent Technologies Inc. introduced a new fraud detection application based on its Quick to Market platform, a transaction processing and service plan.The fraud...

SYSTEMS/LINK ADDS CALL PATTERNING TOOL TO FRAUD PORTFOLIO

ORLANDO, Fla.-Systems/Link Corp. introduced its Orion/Call Patterning Intelligence product at the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's Wireless Security '98 conference in Orlando, Fla."OrionCPI will change...

LATE NEWS

Alcatel to deliver network to PegasoSAN DIEGO-A subsidiary of Mexico's Pegaso Telecomunicaciones S.A. de C.V. and Alcatel Althsom signed an agreement that calls for...

PRAIRIECOMM GAINS FINANCING

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-PrairieComm Inc., a provider of chipsets, software and intellectual property to the wireless industry, said it received investments from two venture capital...

WIRELESSKNOWLEDGE PROMISE: ANY DEVICE, ANY NETWORK

SEATTLE-Qualcomm Inc. and Microsoft Corp. made good on their promise to converge the computing and wireless industries when they announced the formation of WirelessKnowledge...

AT&T TO EXTEND BRAND TO LA CELLULAR

KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it plans to brand the AT&T name in Los Angeles by next year.The company recently gained management control...

MOBEX WINS PACIFIC GAS CONTRACT

LAFAYETTE, Calif.-Mobex Communications said it will centralize mobile phone services for San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric Co.The first phase of the project will...

AIRTOUCH SEALS NORTEL EQUIPMENT DEAL

LOS ANGELES-As expected, AirTouch Cellular signed a letter of intent with Nortel Networks to purchase network switches, base stations and controllers.RCR reported last week...

NORTEL EQUIPS MICROCELL WITH IN PREPAID

TORONTO-Nortel Networks said it delivered its digital intelligent network prepaid personal communications services solution to wireless network wholesaler Microcell Connexions Inc. of Canada.Prepaid PCS,...

AIRNET SETS SIGHTS ON LARGE PCS CARRIERS

AirNet Communications Corp. has struck a chord with smaller personal communications services licensees and is working on grabbing the attention of A- and B-block...

WINSTAR SAYS IT WANTS ART’S SPECTRUM

NEW YORK-By the tenor of their top executives' flirtatious banter Nov. 2, WinStar Communications Inc. appears to be an amorous suitor to a somewhat...

ABI PREDICTS 19% GROWTH IN POWER SEMICONDUCTOR AND IC MARKETS

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The market for power semiconductors, integrated circuits and modules is expected to grow at an annual average rate of 19 percent, to...

NEWS BRIEFS

President Bill Clinton signed into law late last month the federal Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 1998, which authorizes prison terms of...

VANGUARD OFFERS TENDER ON SENIOR DEBENTURES

GREENSBORO, N.C.-Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. commenced a cash tender offer and consent solicitation relating to its $200 million outstanding principal amount of 9.38 percent...
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