Monthly Archives: February, 1999

TELSTRA REPORTS 2.2M GSM USERS

SAN FRANCISCO-Telstra MobileNet in Australia said strong December growth and increased migration of subscribers from analog to digital service increased its customer base to...

BC TELECOM, TELUS SHAREHOLDERS OK MERGER PLANS

BURNABY, British Columbia-BC Telecom Inc. announced its shareholders voted almost unanimously in favor of a merger between BC Telecom and Telus Corp. Earlier, Telus...

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS EARNINGS REBOUND TO $189M

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. announced it increased its earnings in the fourth quarter, bouncing back from a loss in the same period a year ago.The...

TIBCO ANNOUNCES INFORMATION SERVICES

PALO ALTO, Calif.-TIBCO Software Inc. introduced a new information integration and e-business service for Internet companies, corporate Web sites and wireless telecom carriers, called...

MESSAGING ASSOCIATION FORMED

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-Several leading voice messaging companies in North America have formed the TeleMessaging Industry Association, aimed at better educating the public about the benefits...

ERICSSON TO IMPLEMENT GPRS

STOCKHOLM-Ericsson Inc. announced it signed a contract with German operator Deutsche Telekom MobilNet to implement General Packet Radio Service into T-Mobil's Global System for...

TRITON OFFERS SERVICE IN SOUTHEAST U.S.

MALVERN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc., an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network affiliate, announced it has begun providing commercial wireless service to customers in six markets...

ERICSSON, TRITEL ENTER INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL

RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. and Tritel Communications Inc. announced they signed a $300 million agreement for Ericsson to supply Time Division Multiple Access infrastructure equipment...

CELLNET NETS UI METERING PACT

SAN CARLOS, Calif.-The United Illuminating Co. Inc. and CellNet Data Systems Inc. announced a memorandum of understanding to provide network meter-reading services to 312,000...

PCS ROLLOUT CONTRIBUTES TO TDS LOSS

NEW YORK-In its fourth-quarter results released Jan. 27, Telephone and Data Systems Inc., Chicago, reported substantial increases in revenues and customers but a net...

SYBASE AND SYMBOL WORK ON PLATFORM

EMERYVILLE, Calif.-Sybase Inc. and Symbol Technologies announced they jointly plan to develop a mobile enterprise platform, intended to create a new class of mobile...

FCC EXPECTED TO GRANT CTIA’S NUMBER PORTABILITY REQUEST

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is expected to grant a request from the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association not to enforce wireless number portability rules until...

STUDY SAYS ’97 TELECOM DOLLAR GOES FURTHER WORLDWIDE

WASHINGTON, D.C.-A new, 90-country survey conducted by TeleGeography Inc. reports competition allowed international callers to stay on the phone six billion minutes longer in...

DOCOMO DOWNGRADED BECAUSE OF 3G DELAY

The third-generation technology debate is beginning to have a negative impact on the valuation of the world's largest wireless carrier, Japan's NTT Mobile Communications,...

ERICSSON PREMIERES NEW GSM PHONE

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson introduced its new T 28 dual-band mobile phone based on Global System for Mobile communications technology.The phone's functions include voice control,...

FCC APPOINTS WALLMAN

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has named Kathleen Wallman chairman of the FCC's Public Safety National Coordination Committee.In August, the FCC adopted rules calling for...

GLOBAL ACCESS CANCELS PLANS FOR PAGING MERGER

ESCONDIDO, Calif.-Global Access Pagers Inc. announced it has backed off from its proposed merger with Phone Time Resources Inc.The two entered an agreement to...

GEOTEK SALE DELAYED–AGAIN

WASHINGTON-The bankruptcy sale of Geotek Communications Inc.'s 900 MHz specialized mobile radio licenses continued to be embroiled in uncertainty last week as company officials...

GEOWORKS TAKES LOSS

ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. announced a net loss of $3.4 million, or 22 cents per share, for the the quarter ended Dec. 31, compared with...

FOUR CARRIERS SIGN FOR GTE’S DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE

NEW YORK-GTE Network Services, Irving, Texas, rolled out a program last month to move wireless directory assistance off the shoulder of the road and...

GTE NET INCOME RISES 21 PERCENT

IRVING, Texas-GTE Corp. reported its net income for the fourth quarter increased 21 percent to $855 million, or 88 cents per share.Net income for...

IFR RESULTS REFLECT WEAKNESS OF TEST EQUIP. MARKET

WICHITA, Kan.-Citing a "persistent weakness in the global test equipment market," IFR Systems Inc. announced results for the second quarter of fiscal 1999, which...

ILLINOIS SUPERCONDUCTOR REPORTS VENDOR CONTRACT

MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill.-Illinois Superconductor Corp. said it became an approved vendor for a large cellular system manufacturer, which it declined to name.As an approved...

PAGENET TURNS ON IRIDIUM SATELLITE PAGING SERVICE

Paging Network Inc. announced it is offering the Iridium World Page Service commercially in the United States as the country's exclusive paging carrier offering...

IRIDIUM RESULTS BEAT EXPECTATIONS, BUT ROAD AHEAD STILL BUMPY

Despite a five-week service launch delay and continued handset production problems, Iridium L.L.C. finished the fourth quarter with results that beat analysts expectations.The quarter,...
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