Monthly Archives: February, 1999

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...

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...

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...

WIRELESS MERGER MANIA: ARE WE DONE YET?

As the end of the millennium approaches, it is worth pondering whether the recent bout of mergers and acquisitions are precedents to some colossal...

FCC EMPTIES COIN-IN-THE-BOX PLAN FOR PAY PHONES

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week rejected a proposal from the Personal Communications Industry Association to institute a caller pays, or coin-in-the-box, plan for...

ENSURE JOINS BLUETOOTH

ANN ARBOR, Mich.-Ensure Technologies Inc. announced it joined the Bluetooth Special Interest Group. The company is a leader in the wireless personal computer security...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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,...

NATION BRIEFS

Safco Technologies Inc. announced the completion of TEC Cellular's integration into the company. TEC Cellular's products, services and training now will be sold under...

MOTOROLA SETTLES COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT LAWSUITS

TORONTO-Motorola Inc.'s Commercial, Government and Industrial Solutions sector announced it settled its civil lawsuit, against defendant Ronen Katz of Toronto for copyright and trademark...

MOBEX EXPANDS SMR AND TWO-WAY PAGING

LAFAYETTE, Calif.-Mobex Communications Inc. announced it acquired Indianapolis-based Communications Maintenance Inc. and Richmond, Va.-based Radio Communications for its Commercial Services sector, expanding the reach...

CALIF. MICROWAVE REPORTS LOSS; REVENUES DIP

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Including a one-time charge of $3.1 million for the acquisition of Crown Satellite, California Microwave Inc. reported a net loss of $4.5 million,...

MOTOROLA EXPANDS AUSTRIAN GSM SYSTEM

VIENNA, Austria-Motorola Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector will provide Global System for Mobile communications equipment to expand Mobilkom's "A1" GSM network in Austria. Plans call...

LUCENT SPEECH UNIT DEBUTS PRODUCTS

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-In an effort to enter the growing market of speech products in communications networks, Lucent Technologies Inc. announced a new unit called...

FCC WINS SUPPORT FOR SMALL-BUSINESS DEFINITIONS

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission received comments supporting its definitions of "small business" and "very small business" in rules for the location and monitoring service...

TELECOM INDUSTRY’S Y2K CHALLENGE AMONG THE BIGGEST

Telecom companies plan to spend more, on average, than any other industry on Year 2000 compliance projects, but they also have spent the smallest...
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