Yearly Archives: 1998

ERICSSON AWARDED CHINESE CONTRACT

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson was awarded a $78 million contract by the Wuhan Posts & Telecommunications Bureau to provide a complete Global System for Mobile...

AMID CASH TROUBLES, GEOTEK PLANS TO RESTRUCTURE

NEW YORK-Geotek Communications Inc., Montvale, N.J., said it plans to restructure the company because it does not have the finances to continue current operations...

CONGRESS SCRUTINIZES SBC-AMERITECH ENGAGEMENT

WASHINGTON-Sen. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio), chairman of the Judiciary antitrust subcommittee, last week expressed strong reservations about SBC Communications Inc. Chairman Edward Whitacre Jr.'s pledge...

CARRIERS WILL REAP NON-VOICE BENEFITS

Dear Editor: This letter is in response to Tracy Ford's May 4 Viewpoint column. It's good to see someone who recognizes the value of non-voice...

TELECOM, COMPUTER FIRMS TRY TO `CONVERGE’ PRODUCTS

Several leading telecommunications and computer industry companies last week announced a technology platform that would allow all types of mobile devices to communicate with...

WORLD BRIEFS

Western Wireless International announced it began Global System for Mobile communications cellular service in Iceland through its TAL Ltd. partnership. The initial network covers...

IRIDIUM DEMOS MSS CALL

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-Iridium L.L.C.'s satellite communications system using digital wireless technology developed by Motorola Inc. was demonstrated with phone calls placed on the system last...

IUSACELL LAUNCHES SERVICE IN 2 REGIONS

PHILADELPHIA-Less than two weeks after it purchased two 10-megahertz licenses in northern Mexico for $58 million, Iusacell began offering digital personal communications services.Bell Atlantic...

D.C. NOTES: ETIQUETTE LESSONS

Thanks to the Seinfeld Gang of Four, taxes, CALEA, CPNI, WTR, moratoria, universal service, E911 and swervey drivers have now been eclipsed as major...

LUCENT TO EQUIP DDI AND IDO FOR 3G TRIAL

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it will supply equipment for a trial third-generation network operated by Japanese carriers DDI Corp. and IDO Corp.The...

GWI BANKRUPTCY RULING MUST BE REVERSED

Dear Editor: The recent bankruptcy decision on the avoidance of the Federal Communications Commission's claim against General Wireless Inc. must be reversed on appeal or...

LGC, AGCS AIM TO INTEGRATE SERVICES

SAN JOSE, Calif.-LGC Wireless Inc. and AG Communication Systems Corp. signed a letter of intent to jointly explore ways to integrate their wireless in-building...

LUCENT TO SUPPLY TELECORP INFRASTRUCTURE

WASHINGTON-TeleCorp PCS Inc. signed an exclusive contract valued at $280 million with Lucent Technologies Inc. to supply the infrastructure for its Time Division Multiple...

TEST-EQUIPMENT MARKET RE-INVENTS ITSELF

While the growth of the communications industry has created a great demand for test equipment, the changes to that industry have forced test-equipment manufacturers...

ETSI AND QUALCOMM MAY HAGGLE OVER IPR

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute may be at a crossroads now that Qualcomm Inc. has outlined the terms under which it will grant intellectual...

PANEL TO PROBE SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ALLEGATIONS

WASHINGTON-House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) last week said a select committee, patterned after the 1973 Watergate panel, will be formed to investigate alleged satellite...

DESPITE CALIF. PROBLEMS, ENRON TO PROGRESS

SkyTel Corp. said its six-year airtime provision agreement with Enron Energy Services Inc. is still on track as planned, despite media reports that the...

MOTOROLA TO INVEST IN SOUTH KOREA

SEOUL, Korea-Motorola Inc. announced it will invest $300 million during the next three years in its South Korean operations.Motorola will use half to expand...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Corsair Communications Inc. said it completed installing its PhonePrint system for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. in its Pittsburgh market. AT&T Wireless already had the...

NORTEL TO EXPAND MOBILFON’S CONNEX GSMSYSTEM IN ROMANIA

BUCHAREST, Romania-Northern Telecom Ltd. signed a three-year supply agreement with MobilFon S.A. to expand the carrier's nationwide Global System for Mobile communications network in...

COMCAST TEST ANTICIPATES NUCLEAR DISASTER

SALEM, N.J.-Comcast Cellular Communications Inc. provided 60 wireless phones to Public Service Electric & Gas earlier this month for a nuclear emergency response test....

PAGING SHOULD BE SEEN AS ENHANCED WIRELESS SERVICE

NEW YORK-Instead of viewing paging as a dying industry, wireless telephony providers should recognize it as a service enhancement and growth catalyst, said Andrew...

PAY-PHONE RULING COULD DERAIL PCIA’S COIN-IN-BOX OPTION

WASHINGTON-Paging service providers that want the Federal Communications Commission to institute a coin-in-the-box mechanism for toll-free calls placed at pay phones may have a...

FCC BACKS OFF DECISION ON FOREBEARANCE PETITION

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission late Thursday announced it would hold off until June 8 an anticipated decision on a request by the Personal Communications...

SWEDISH SURVEY LINKS CELL PHONE USE TO ILLS

WASHINGTON-In two unrelated developments that could reignite the debate over whether wireless technology poses health risks, a new Swedish survey has found possible links...
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