Monthly Archives: January, 1999

PCIA ASKS FCC TO KEEP CURRENT RADIO SERVICE POOL

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Personal Communications Industry Association filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission urging it to refrain from creating a separate radio service pool...

PEOPLE

New Enterprise AssociatesNew Enterprise Associates, a Palo Alto, Calif. venture capital firm, appointed Nobel Laureate Arno A. Penzias as a partner. Penzias is the...

PAGENET STOCK LOSES SOME LUSTER

Paging Network Inc.'s share price fell 25 percent last week and several financial analysts abandoned their Buy ratings on the company after PageNet disclosed...

ADVANTRA ACQUIRES PHILIPS’ PAGING BUSINESS

BRUSSELS-A newly formed company recently announced it plans to buy the paging business of Philips Electronics Inc., following that company's termination of its joint...

PRODUCTS

TeklogixTeklogix introduced the Teklogix 9150 Wireless Gateway, which features dual Personal Computer Memory Card International Association radio card slots that help it support mixed...

BLILEY LISTS WIRELESS PRIVACY AND E911 AS PRIORITIES

WASHINGTON-As Congress returns this week to begin the 106th Congress, members of the House Commerce Committee were given a preview of coming attractions in...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Convergys Corp. announced it established a revolving credit facility for $600 million. The funds are to be used for general corporate purposes, financing acquisitions...

HASTERT KNOWS TELECOM AND FCC

WASHINGTON-The House of Representatives this week is expected to elect Rep. J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) to be speaker of the House for the 106th...

IRIDIUM BUYS CLAIRCOM

WASHINGTON-Iridium L.L.C. gave itself an early Christmas present on Dec. 23 when it announced it was buying Claircom Communications Group Inc. from AT&T Corp....

GRUPO IUSACELL ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR MORE FINANCING

MEXICO CITY-Grupo Iusacell has announced plans to obtain about $60 million in equity infusions from its two major shareholders, Bell Atlantic Corp. and the...

LOGICA-AETHOS COMBINATION CREATES IMPRESSIVE IT FORCE

Logica plc, an international computer consulting, systems integration and software company, acquired Dallas-based Aethos Communications Systems Inc. Dec. 18 for about $77.5 million.Logica also...

BRITE VOICE TECHNOLOGY USED IN PNS LAUNCH

ORLANDO, Fla.-Using technology from Brite Voice Systems, Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH said it launched Germany's first personal number service, which uses a subscriber's mobile number...

TOWER COMPANY MASTEC CHOOSES SPECIALTY

While many independent tower companies grapple with the issue of whether to offer construction services as part of a one-stop shop, one company believes...

UNSECURED CREDITORS TRY TO THWART MOBILEMEDIA MERGER PLANS

An informal group of MobileMedia Communications Inc. unsecured creditors has formed to oppose the company's proposed merger with Arch Communications Inc., saying it is...

MOTOROLA COMPLETES LUCENT HAND SET DEAL

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced it has finalized an agreement to purchase the research and product development portion of Lucent Technologies Inc.'s wireless handset facility...

GLENAYRE CEO QUITS AMIDST DISAPPOINTING 4Q RESULTS

After disclosing fourth-quarter earnings would be below analysts' projections and problems in its two-way pager production, Glenayre Technologies Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer...

MANNESMANN LAUNCHES PNS USING BRITE

ORLANDO, Fla.-Using technology from Brite Voice Systems, Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH said it launched Germany's first personal number service that uses a subscriber's mobile number...

D.C. NOTES: A WIRELESS CENTURY

Happy New Year from the Nation's Capital.Only 361 days until the new millennium, at which time we will get to see if the millennium...

NEW WTB CHIEF EXPECTED TO ‘HARVEST’ KENNARD’S WIRELESS ISSUES

WASHINGTON-Wireless policies initiated by William Kennard, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, during his first year finally will be put in place by the...

RF MICRO DEVICES FILES FOR IPO

GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. announced it filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed public offering of...

TECNOMEN JOINS WAP

ESPOO, Finland-Tecnomen, a designer and manufacturer of service and wide-area paging systems, reported it joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum to strengthen its position...

UNIFIED MESSAGING GAINS POPULARITY

Unified messaging is becoming a buzzword in the wireless industry, as the prospect of managing several communications options from one chosen device becomes more...

US UNWIRED EXPANDS COVERAGE

LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired, a wireless communications provider in Louisiana and east Texas, announced it is expanding coverage to include all of Southwest Louisiana...

FURCHTGOTT-ROTH CALLS FOR BETTER BIENNIAL REVIEW

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's 1998 review of its regulations, with an eye toward eliminating those that were unnecessary, was insufficient, said FCC Commissioner Harold...

CANTEL CHOOSES ERICSSON HP SOLUTION

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Gensym Corp. and Ericsson Hewlett-Packard Telecommunications announced they installed the EHPT Fault Management eXpert at Rogers Cantel, a Canadian national wireless communications service...
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