Yearly Archives: 1998

NOKIA TO EXPAND CELLNET GSM NETWORK

NEW YORK-Cellnet, a U.K. mobile phone network operator, has placed a contract with Nokia Telecommunications to expand its Global System for Mobile communications network....

SMARTALK ESTIMATES $40M IN REVENUES

COLUMBUS, Ohio-SmarTalk TeleServices Inc. estimated first-quarter revenues will be about $40 million, and earnings per fully diluted share are anticipated to reflect a loss...

ORANGE PLACES BID FOR IRELAND LICENSE

LONFON-Orange plc, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Orange Communications Ltd., said it submitted a bid for the third mobile phone license in the Republic...

OFTEL RELEASES PRELIMINARY RULING ON PERSONAL NUMBER SERVICE COMPLAINT

In response to a dispute between Redstone Network Services Ltd. and Vodafone Group plc, the U.K.'s Office of Telecommunications released a consultative document on...

WIRELESS PRICE WARS MAY BE OVER

Robinson-Humphrey Co. L.L.C's latest quarterly survey of U.S. mobile phone prices indicates the pricing wars may be over. The Atlanta-based company said pricing decreased since...

NEWS BRIEFS

Northern Telecom Ltd. and Matra Communication launched a joint-venture subsidiary in France. Matra Nortel Communications will provide French customers with one-stop access to a...

IS THERE A NEED FOR 3G?

While the world continues to debate the mechanics of third-generation technology, many industry watchers wonder what business case, if any, this new technology will...

ADC OPENS MINN. MANUFACTURE PLANT

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. opened a $26 million, 284,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in Shakopee, Minn., near its Minneapolis headquarters.ADC's Broadband Connectivity Group is housed in...

AG OFFERS WIN-BASED CALL SCREENING TOOL

PHOENIX-AG Communication Systems introduced Incoming Call Screening, an application that enables wireless service providers to offer enhanced call-management services to their subscribers, said the...

AMSC SATELLITE LICENSE MODIFIED

The Federal Communications Commission approved a request from American Mobile Satellite Corp. to modify its satellite license so it can temporarily consolidate its space...

APPLIED CELLULAR ACQUIRES WINWARD

NIXA, Mo.-Applied Cellular Technology Inc. acquired Salt Lake City-based Winward Electric Service Inc., which provides services in the fiber-optic interface and data cabling areas."The...

NEW SYNERGIES AWAIT AMSC WITH ARDIS ACQUISITION DONE

CHICAGO-American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced it completed its $100 million acquisition of Ardis last week, creating what it called the first fully-deployed, integrated terrestrial/satellite...

AIRTOUCH EXPANDS SO. CALIF. HOME AREA

IRVINE, Calif.-AirTouch Southern California said it expanded its "all-Southern California home calling area," called California Connection, to its digital customers in San Diego.AirTouch customers...

PAGENET DO BRASIL REPORTS REVENUES AT $3.3M IN 1997

NEW YORK-Paging Network do Brasil S.A., Sao Paulo, reported earning $3.3 million in net revenues during 1997, its first year of commercial operation.Net losses...

COURT APPROVES TESS BID

NEW YORK-In late March, the logjam finally broke on the long-stalled liberalization of the Brazilian telecommunications market through the introduction of second wireless carriers.One...

GROUPE SAGEM LICENSES UP.BROWSER

HANNOVER, Germany-Groupe Sagem licensed Unwired Planet Inc.'s UP.Browser to provide Internet access for its wireless handsets.Sagem is a French group of high-technology companies employing...

IRIDIUM LAUNCHES SEVEN SATELLITES

WASHINGTON-Iridium LLC launched a Delta II rocket carrying five more Iridium satellites into orbit March 30, bringing its total number of operational satellites to...

INTERDIGITAL TO KEEP GERMAN TDMA PATENT

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Technology Corp. will keep its patent on the Time Division Multiple Access wireless radio communications system used in Germany, said...

KENNARD SAYS POCKET DEAL NOT GOOD FOR MOST C-BLOCKERS

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard responded March 30 to a congressional letter questioning the commission on its recent C-block personal communications services financial-restructuring...

HUNDT LEGACY LEAVES TWO-WAY INDUSTRY WITH MUCH FEAR

To the Editor: I felt compelled to write after your recently published guest article by Reed Hundt (RCR, Feb. 23). Mr. Hundt, now unencumbered from...

WHY NO ONE CALLS FROM AIRPLANES

To the editor: In response to Kristen Beckman's story "Pilots break no cell phone use" in RCR, March 16, 1998: I wonder if the fears of...

LUCENT RELEASES IN SOFTWARE APPS

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. introduced wireless intelligent network software applications designed to lower costs and increase revenues for network service providers, as well...

MOBILECOMM STOPS E-MAIL MESSAGE FEES

FORT LEE, N.J.-Beginning this month, MobileMedia Corp., dba MobileComm, no longer is charging a 50-cent fee to deliver an e-mail message to a subscriber's...

CALENDAR

April 7-8IGI Consulting. Holiday Inn, Washington, D.C. (800) 323-1088 or (617) 232-3111.Asian ConsumerElectronics ShowApril 9-11Kenfair International Ltd. Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong...

CLARIFICATION

The March 16 article on Justice Department probes involving lobbyist Peter Knight should have stated that $230,000 was contributed by Portals Developer Franklin Haney...
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