Monthly Archives: January, 1999

U S WEST WIRELESS TO INTEGRATE DATA, INTERNET INTO PHONES

DENVER-U S West Wireless said it plans to expand its personal communications services into Salt Lake City and other markets this year. The company,...

VENDORS UNDER CONSTRAINTS TO FUND CARRIERS

NEW YORK-"Much to the shock of my sales team, vendors are not partners with an equity stake in carriers, and loans are not investments...

TRITON PRODUCT AIMS TO MIRROR FIBER-OPTIC QUALITY

Triton Network Systems Inc. is aiming to give competitive local exchange carriers a wireless alternative to building fiber-optic networks to get into the local...

TRITON TO BRAND SOUTHEAST OPERATION SUNCOM

MALVERN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc., an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network of affiliate, announced it selected SunCom as the brand name for its wireless network...

TOWER INDUSTRY ARGUES IMPORTANCE OF SIZE

If the recent consolidation activity among independent tower companies is any indication, size is perceived to be an important element to a tower company...

TELLABS’ COHERENT DIVISION SIGNS $3M NORTEL DEAL

LISLE, Ill.-Tellabs announced its echo cancellation original equipment manufacturer division, Coherent, won a $3 million, three-year global contract with Nortel Networks to provide its...

ELECTRIC FUEL OFFERS ZINC-AIR BATTERIES

NEW YORK-Electric Fuel Corp.'s consumer battery division introduced a new line of zinc-air disposable batteries for L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp. cellular...

VIEWPOINT: BACK IN 1999…

We are witnesses to history in the making. Yes, yes, tomorrow's students will study the impeachment of President Clinton in History class (now isn't...

CELLSTAR TO DISTRIBUTE ORBCOMM EQUIPMENT

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. announced it entered into agreements with Orbcomm International Partners L.P. and Orbcomm USA L.P. to establish a program to distribute subscriber...

CENTENNIAL CELLULAR POSTS PROFIT DURING QUARTER

NEW YORK-Centennial Cellular Corp. announced record results for the quarter ended Nov. 30.Total revenue for the quarter was $87.2 million, up $28.6 million or...

CORSAIR GETS COLOMBIA CONTRACT

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc. announced it signed a three-year contract with Comunicacion Celular S.A., the A-band carrier for Colombia, for nationwide deployment of...

POWERTEL INC. TO SELL INTERCEL CELLULAR DIVISION

WEST POINT, Ga.-In its continuing effort to shift the main focus of its operations from cellular to personal communications services, Powertel Inc. announced it...

WIRELESS NUMBER PORTABILITY APPEAL ON HOLD UNTIL MAY

WASHINGTON-A wireless industry appeal of the Federal Communications Commission's rules on local number portability, which become effective on March 31, 2000, has been postponed...

NEXTEL FORMALIZES NATIONAL PRICING

MCLEAN, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. officially announced its Nextel National Business Plan that will broaden its reach to include more traditional high-end white collar business...

MOTOROLA TO OFFER CDMA PHONE SOON

LAS VEGAS-Motorola Inc. announced plans to commercially introduce the SC3160 phone, a new entry-level Code Division Multiple Access wireless phone at the Consumer Electronics...

METROONE, SPRINT CONTRACT EXTENDED

PORTLAND, Ore.-Metro One Telecommunications announced Sprint Spectrum L.P. extended its Enhanced Directory Assistance services contract with Metro One for three more years."Metro One has...

MOTOROLA CIG WINS GSM CONTRACTS WITH RUSSIA’S ZAO MOBILE TELESYSTEMS

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said Russia's largest Global System for Mobile communications operator, ZAO Mobile TeleSystems, awarded Motorola's Cellular Infrastructure Group two contracts for...

U.K.’S NUMBER PORTABILITY BEGINS

NEW YORK-The United Kingdom started off 1999 with a bang, becoming the first country to implement local number portability for wireless telephony customers.All four...

MILLICOM SHEDS STAKE IN BHARTI

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. announced it sold its interests in Bharti Cellular Ltd., Bite GSM UAB and Comliet UAB.The company sold its 13-percent...

COMPANY COMPLETES FUEL-CELL CALL

LOS ALAMOS, N.M.-Manhattan Scientifics Inc. said Robert G. Hockaday, a chief fuel-cell scientist with the company, successfully made a cellular phone call using a...

ERICSSON SPA SELLS SHARES

STOCKHOLM-Ericsson announced through its Italian subsidiary, Ericsson Spa, it reached an agreement with Sieti/Itel to sell 80 percent of Sielte Spa's outstanding shares. Sielte...

CELLCOM U.S. IPO PENDING

NEW YORK-Cellcom Israel Ltd., which has about 1 million customers, reportedly is planning to go public with a stock sale in the United States.Shares...

IRIDIUM TO OFFER 7.5M STOCK SHARES HERE AND ABROAD

WASHINGTON-Iridium World Communications Ltd., which is listed on Nasdaq, announced Jan. 4 it plans an add-on public offering of 7.5 million shares of its...

MERGER TALKS SLOW BETWEEN KOREAN SEMICONDUCTOR COMPANIES

NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service Inc. is reviewing $400 million in Hyundai Semiconductor America debt for possible downgrade because merger talks between HSA and LG...

CABLE & WIRELESS REPORTS GROWTH

LONDON-Cable & Wireless Global Mobile said its total customer base increased 13 percent last quarter, with several of its markets experiencing even higher growth...
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