Yearly Archives: 1998

CHINA ENCOURAGES LOCAL EQUIPMENT BUYS

A move by the Chinese government is sure to develop a new wireless telecommunications landscape in China but also may create an uncertain future...

KENNARD TRIES TO FOSTER DIVERSITY AS JACKSON FIGHTS MEGA-MERGERS

WASHINGTON-In an exclusive interview provided to RCR, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said his Rainbow/PUSH Coalition plans to announce aggressive opposition against pending telecom mega-mergers...

PAGENET PROVIDES ESPN INFO

DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. announced it will be the exclusive provider of ESPN sports information to its paging subscribers, according to an agreement the two...

WORLD BRIEFS

CanadaResearch in Motion Ltd. announced it received a $1.3 million contract to supply its original equipment manufactured wireless modems to GMSI Inc.'s fleet management...

BELL ATLANTIC DECLARES DIVIDEND

NEW YORK-Bell Atlantic Corp.'s board of directors announced it declared a fourth-quarter dividend of 38.5 cents per outstanding share for shareholders of record Jan....

CDMA EXPANSION MAY TAPER OFF, ANALYSTS SAY

Some analysts are expecting Code Division Multiple Access infrastructure spending to taper off in 1999 as cdmaOne infrastructure deployments in China remain questionable."I think...

SAFCO VOICEPRINT SYSTEM AVAILABLE FOR GSM

CHICAGO-Safco Technologies Inc., a division of Salient 3 Communications, said its VoicePrint voice quality measurement system is available for Global System for Mobile communications...

3COM’S PALM VII LOGS ONTO THE INTERNET

Palm Computing Inc., an affiliate of 3Com Corp., introduced the Palm VII personal digital assistant at the Palm Computing Platform Worldwide Developer Conference in...

VANGUARD BOND HOLDERS CONSENT TO PAYMENT AGREEMENT

GREENSBORO, N.C.-Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. announced it has received the requisite consents from a majority in aggregate principal amount of its 9.38-percent senior debentures,...

INET OFFERS SPIDER II

PLANO, Texas-Inet Inc. said it introduced its Spider II modem, a type II Cellular Digital Packet Data modem designed for Windows CE.Casio's Cassiopeia personal...

VIEWPOINT: INTERNET MAY SHAPE WIRELESS DATA MARKET

Get ready, the wireless world as we know it is going to change-again.When we look back at 1998 in wireless to see which announcements...

PEOPLE

PREFERRED NETWORKSPreferred Networks Inc. announced its founder, president and director, Michael Saner, will retire Dec. 31. Saner previously held upper-management positions at several paging...

TELENOR TO BUY INTEREST IN RUSSIA’S VIMPELCOM

MOSCOW-Telenor AS, a fixed, mobile, satellite and Internet services provider, will purchase a strategic ownership interest in Russian cellular carrier Vimpel-Communications, announced the companies.According...

D.C. NOTES

effrey Silva Can your beer do that? The National League of Cities, which just wrapped up its 75th annual meeting in Kansas City, boasts...

SATELLINK TO ACQUIRE CAPE FEAR PAGING

ROSWELL, Ga.-Satellink Communications Inc. announced it signed a definitive merger agreement with Cape Fear Paging Co. of Fayetteville, N.C. The companies expect the merger...

EVOLVING SYSTEMS UPGRADES LNP SOFTWARE

DENVER-Evolving Systems Inc. released a new version of its local number portability software, which will enable telecommunications carriers to streamline LNP processing, cope with...

TELGUA PRIVATIZATION LARGEST YET IN CENTRAL AMERICA

NEW YORK-The recent privatization of Telecomunicaciones de Guatemala S.A., doing business as Telgua, was the largest such transaction in Central America to date and...

DINGELL SLAMS FCC ON LITTLE LEO LICENSE

WASHINGTON-An embarrassing dispute has erupted over Final Analysis' little low-earth-orbit satellite license, which has the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and Rep. John Dingell...

JP’S INFOBEAM OFFERS WEB ACCESS

DALLAS-JP Systems Inc. introduced a software package called InfoBeam that allows users of 3Com Corp.'s Palm III organizers to access Web-based information via an...

MICROWAVE POWER TO BUY AMPLIDYNE

HAPPAUGE, N.Y.-Microwave Power Devices Inc., a manufacturer and seller of ultra linear power amplifiers and related subsystems, announced it has signed a letter of...

PCN ANNOUNCES FINANCE OFFER FROM NORTEL

MELVILLE, N.Y.-Northeast Digital Networks Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary, Personal Communications Networks, announced it has received an equipment supply and vendor-financing offer from...

SOUTH AFRICA TO PHASE OUT ANALOG TRUNKING

WASHINGTON D.C.-The International Mobile Telecommunications Association announced the new South African Regulatory Authority anticipates public trunking operators will phase out analog trunking operations by...

PCS Markets (21-40)

ERICSSON TO SUPPLY RUSSIAN NETWORK

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced Nov. 25 it signed a contract to provide a turnkey Global System for Mobile communications network to OOO Tomsk Cellular...

SUPRA DEPLOYS TRACCESS SYSTEM IN AT&T WIRELESS’ CENTRAL REGION

Supra Products Inc. won a contract from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to provide its TRACcess electronic access control system at AT&T Wireless cell sites...
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