Yearly Archives: 1998

ACSI CHANGES NAME TO E.SPIRE COMMUNICATIONS

NEW YORK-American Communications Services Inc. last week changed its name to e.spire Communications Inc. and introduced a new national brand.The new corporate identity and...

AIRTOUCH REPORTS RECORD DATE

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc.'s board of directors declared June 30 as the record date for the second-quarter dividends on its 6-percent class B mandatorily...

BAM TESTS RADIOCAMERA FOR POSSIBLE E911 USE

SAN RAMON, Calif.-U.S. Wireless Corp. signed an agreement to test and evaluate its RadioCamera wireless geographic location and tracking system in cooperation with Bell...

CHINA TELECOM MARKET STILL CLOSED TO MANY U.S. COMPANIES

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration says China's telecommunications services market remains off limits to foreigners, a situation that could complicate the president's visit to Beijing this...

EXPECT MORE MERGERS BETWEEN BILLING COMPANIES

In the most recent round of billing company mergers and acquisitions, LHS Group Inc. will acquire InfoCellular Inc., and Intertech and International Billing Services...

TRANSCRYPT DELAYS 10-K FILING AGAIN

NEW YORK-Transcrypt International Inc., a Lincoln, Neb., manufacturer of wireless information security and land mobile radio products, has announced additional delays in filing its...

BRIGHTPOINT INC. SIGNS SPRINT PCS

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced an agreement to provide distribution and logistics services for Sprint Spectrum L.P.Brightpoint will offer accessory procurement, brand packaging of accessories, inventory...

NEWS BRIEFS

The Land Mobile Communications Council this week is expected to ask the Federal Communications Commission to allocate 15 megahertz now and more spectrum later...

BELLSOUTH DATA WINS AWARD FROM SEARS

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data announced Sears Roebuck & Co. awarded it the "Innovation Source of the Year" award and selected it from the retailer's...

CALENDAR

April 20-22IBC USA Conferences Inc. Hotel Inter-Continental, Miami. (508) 481-6400.Technology Forecasting for the Telecom IndustryApril 20-22Technology Futures Inc. Austin, Texas. (800) 835-3887.Evaluate & ExploitNumbering...

ERICSSON TO SPONSOR DION TOUR

NEW YORK-Ericsson Inc. Mobile Phones and Terminals announced it will be the exclusive presenting sponsor of Grammy Award winning singer Celine Dion for her...

CELLNET DATA OFFERS COPIER DEMO

SAN CARLSO, Calif.-CellNet Data Systems Inc. demonstrated the integration of its wireless technology with photocopiers at the Business Technology Association Converging Technologies Conference in...

FOOTHILL CAPITAL TO LEND CHADMOORE $10 MILLION

LAS VEGAS-Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. signed a letter of intent with Foothill Capital Corp., an asset-based lender and wholly owned subsidiary of Norwest Corp.,...

MOTOROLA CHIP COMBINES FUNCTIONS FOR SMALL HANDSETS

Motorola Inc.'s Semiconductor Products Sector will make its DSP56652 chip available to the open market, representing the first generally available product based on Motorola's...

CLARIFICATION

Due to incorrect information provided to RCR, Rick Bakosh's name was misspelled on RCR's Top 20 Cellular Markets list. Bakosh is the area vice...

CENTURY REVENUES UP, LOSS DEEPENS

Century Communications Corp. reported an increase in revenue and a greater net loss for its third quarter, ended Feb. 28, compared with the corresponding...

COHERENT SETS MEETING FOR MERGER APPROVAL

LISLE, Ill.-Coherent Communications Systems Corp. plans to hold a special stockholders' meeting May 12 to approve the previously announced merger with Tellabs Inc.Following approval...

VIEWPOINT: PARANOID OVER PRIVACY

I'm not paranoid. Really, I'm not.But I am becoming increasingly protective of my privacy as I get bombarded with companies trying to glean bits...

COLORADO SCRAPS PLAN FOR WIRELESS AREA CODE

DENVER-The Colorado Public Utilities Commission scrapped a plan that would have provided a new area code for wireless phones and pagers only.Citing legal and...

COMVERSE TO EQUIP FRENCH CARRIER

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone selected Comverse Network Systems to supply a voice/text messaging system for the SFR network in France, announced Comverse.The N.J.-based...

ECUADOR’S CELLULAR CARRIER SCRAPS IPO PLANS

NEW YORK-Consorcio Ecuatoriano de Telecommunicaciones S.A., Ecuador's largest cellular carrier, announced last week it had scrapped plans to go public.Instead, the Quito-based company said...

BLILEY SAYS INMARSAT PRIVATIZATION MAY BE INCONSISTENT WITH U.S. LAW

WASHINGTON-House Commerce Committee Chairman Thomas Bliley (R-Va.) said the privatization of the International Maritime Satellite Organization and the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization being negotiated...

3 CONSORTIA BID FOR ITALY LICENSE

ROME-Three consortia have submitted bids for Italy's third mobile phone license, due to be awarded mid-year.Two of the bids were expected for some time....

TELECOM ITALIA AND CABLE & WIRELESS ENTER PARTNERSHIP

Signaling the beginning of a global partnership, Telecom Italia said it will pay $2 billion for minority interests in Cable & Wireless plc's international...

JAMIE LEE CURTIS IS VOICESTREAM REP

ISSAQUAH, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. selected actress Jamie Lee Curtis to be the "voice of VoiceStream," representing the company's personal communications services products throughout 1998.Curtis...
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