Yearly Archives: 1998

TELECOM WIRELESS GAINS FUNDING

ATLANTA-Telecom Wireless Solutions Inc. announced it obtained $17 million in financing for strategic acquisitions, new ventures and product development initiatives.As a part of this...

RANGESTAR GETS ANTENNAS TO CONSUMERS

SAN JOSE, Calif.-RangeStar International announced it has made deals with Let's Talk Cellular & Wireless and Everything Wireless to increase the RangeStar PCS Antenna's...

GAO REPORTS POSTAL TOWER PROGRAM `ON HOLD’

WASHINGTON-A Government Accounting Office report says the U.S. Postal Service has "put on hold" plans to expand an antenna-siting program, which could have significant...

ALABAMA ELECTRIC SELECTS TRANS DATA MODEM

RICHARDSON, Texas-TransData Inc. announced its Mark-V Series Energy Meter was selected by Alabama Electric Cooperative for its wireless packet data network substation automation project.The...

COMMUNITRONICS COMPLETES CRESCENT PAGING INTEGRATION

DAPHNE, Ala.-Communitronics of America Inc. announced it completed the integration of the recently acquired Crescent Paging Inc., adding coverage in the New Orleans market...

QUALCOMM INTRODUCES NETWORK TESTING TOOL

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. introduced a network optimization tool for field test engineers.The Retriever pilot scanner/test phone provides technicians with portable, wireless over-the-air testing...

PAGENET TO USE AETHOS SITE-PLANNING TOOL

DALLAS-Aethos Communication Systems Inc. announced it has agreed to provide its Odyssey RF Planning Tool to Paging Network Inc., the first time Aethos has...

CALEA COMMENTS EXPECTED TO FOCUS ON COSTS

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission this week plans to begin reviewing comments on what technical capabilities are necessary to implement the digital wiretap act.The comments...

U.S. DIGITAL TO PROVIDE IRIDIUM SATELLITE SERVICES

WASHINGTON-U.S. Digital Communications Inc. announced Project 77 Corp., a subsidiary of its newly created International Satellite Group Inc., was certified by Iridium North America...

CINCINNATI BELL DECLARES 10-CENT DIVIDEND

CINCINNATI-The Board of Directors of Cincinnati Bell Inc. declared a regular quarterly dividend of 10 cents per common share, payable Feb. 1 to shareholders...

TRITON PCS CHOOSES LIGHTBRIDGE

MALVERN, Penn.-Triton PCS Inc. selected Lightbridge Inc. to provide integrated solutions for customer activation, retail management and fraud prevention.Triton PCS is building and will...

VALUE-ADDED SERVICES FARE DIFFERENTLY MARKET TO MARKET

BOSTON-The success of wireless value-added services depends on the region where the services are being offered, according to a Yankee Group report on value-added...

ITU COULD STOP WORK ON CDMA

L.M. Ericsson's offer to compromise on third-generation technology may not change the International Telecommunication Union's action on Dec. 31. The ITU is likely to...

GLOBAL CRISES HIT ERICSSON’S POCKETBOOK

Sweden-based L.M. Ericsson said it will cut roughly 10,000 employees as economic problems in Asia and Latin America squeeze some of the company's operations.Ericsson...

D.C. NOTES: EDUCATING TOM

By the time Jan. 19 rolls around, newest Wireless Telecom Bureau Chief Tom Sugrue will be in for an education that goes far beyond...

QUALCOMM TO EQUIP MAURITUS TELECOM

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it signed a contract with Mauritius Telecom to supply and install a cdmaOne wireless local loop network. The network, using...

NEW METAWAVE PRODUCTS ADDRESS CAPACITY ISSUES

Metawave Communications Corp. last week expanded its SpotLight 2000 product line to include a Code Division Multiple Access/Advanced Mobile Phone Service smart antenna system...

BOSCH TO CLOSE U.S. OFFICE

NEW YORK-Denmark-based Bosch Telecom Inc., which introduced the World 718 phone in June, has decided to close its Dallas office for U.S. sales and...

JAVA 2 TARGETS BROAD RANGE OF INDUSTRIES, DEVICES

NEW YORK-Sun Microsystems Inc., Palo Alto, Calif., released the Java 2 platform, which it said provides significant performance improvements, a flexible security model and...

SKYTEL TWO-WAY OFFERS TEXT-TO-SPEECH CAPABILITY

JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Communications Inc. announced its two-way messaging subscribers can send text messages from their pagers to any telephone in the country, using text-to-speech...

OLIVETTI, MANNESMANN BUY OUT CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS INT’L

Olivetti S.p.A. and Mannesmann AG last week signed an agreement to acquire U.S.-based Cellular Communications International Inc., giving the companies an increased stake in...

MOTOROLA PHONES TO USE PREPAID SOFTWARE FROM TOPP

MIAMI-Topp Telecom announced it signed a licensing agreement with Motorola Inc. to incorporate Topp Telecom's prepaid software into select Motorola phones, including the StarTac...

ITALY COULD LICENSE FOURTH COMPETITOR

ROME-News reports from Italy said the country's communications minister, Salvatore Cardinale, will request the appointment of a government committee to select a fourth mobile...

CHURN IS EPIDEMIC

Studies indicate the mobile phone industry may be in for more alarming churn figures as increased competition threatens to erode carriers' customer bases.Richard Siber,...

AMICA TO BEGIN DIGITAL SERVICE IN ILLINOIS

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.-Amica Wireless Phone Service said it expects to begin offering digital wireless calling Dec. 14 in Bloomington, Champaign, Dectaur and Springfield, Ill., using...
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