Monthly Archives: February, 1999

PCIA URGES WTB TO ACT ON OUT STANDING 800 MHZ ISSUES

WASHINGTON-In an effort to spur the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau to act on outstanding issues regarding the 800 MHz band, the Personal Communications Industry...

MOTOROLA COMPUTER GROUP STARTS PARTNER PROGRAM

TEMPE, Ariz.-Motorola Computer Group announced "Embedded Connections," a new partner program designed to support MCG's original equipment manufacturers in telecommunications, electronic imaging and industrial...

CONDUCTUS REVENUES DOWN 36 PERCENT

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. reported revenues for the fourth quarter, ended Dec. 31, decreased by 36 percent to $1.3 million, compared with $1.9 million of...

TEGIC, SONY ENTER LICENSING CONTRACT

SEATTLE-Tegic Communications announced a licensing agreement with Sony Corp. that will allow Sony to incorporate Tegic Communications' T9 Text Input technology into products such...

SPRINT PCS LAUNCHES IN OHIO

CLEVELAND-Sprint PCS said it launched service in northeast Ohio. The market includes Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Summit, Portage, Mahoning, Trumbull, Lake, Geauga, Wayne and Erie...

FRONTIER PAVES THE WAY FOR U.S. WLL

While the domestic wireless industry struggles to determine the demand for wireless local loop services in the United States, Frontier Cellular in May will...

220 MHZ NON-COMMERCIAL LICENSE FIGHT LANDS IN APPEALS COURT

WASHINGTON-PLMRS Narrowband Corp. and the Federal Communications Commission were in federal appeals court last Friday arguing whether the FCC should have canceled the applications...

NORTHWEST MODIFIES CELL PHONE POLICY

EAGAN, Minn. (AP)-Northwest Airlines has loosened its rules on the use of cellular phones aboard aircraft and in jetways.Effective immediately, Northwest passengers may use...

RESELLER CELLNET FILES TO BLOCK AIRTOUCH/VODAFONE MERGER

CLEVELAND-Wireless reseller Cellnet of Ohio last week filed a petition with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to delay approval of the proposed merger...

DANIELS & ASSOCIATES REPORTS RECORD M&A AND FINANCING DEALS

DENVER-Daniels & Associates said it set an all-time record during 1998 by completing 118 transactions with an aggregate value of $5.7 billion.The year marked...

WORLD ACCESS EXPECTS LION’S SHARE OF REVENUES FROM ACQUISITIONS

NEW YORK-World Access Inc., Atlanta, which has been targeted recently by shareholder lawsuits related to its recent acquisitions and share price volatility, said it...

NEW ZEALAND TO AUCTION SPECTRUM

DENVER-The New Zealand government said it will begin auctioning spectrum within the 2 GHz frequency bands March 29.The Ministry of Commerce will auction 35...

KEENEY LEAVES FCC FOR JOB WITH DELL

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission late last week announced that the first chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau is leaving to run the Washington office...

ABB ELECTRIC METERING TO RESELL ORBCOMM SERVICES

DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. announced ABB Electric Metering will resell Orbcomm system services to enable automated meter reading for general commercial and remote utility...

VIEWPOINT: THE CIRCLE OF LIFE

The evolution of the wireless handset has gone from the mobile in the car, to the transportable in the car, to the portable in...

U.S., EUROPEAN EXECS AGREE ON HARMONIZED 3G CDMA FRAME WORK

WASHINGTON-In potentially a major breakthrough in the gridlocked third generation mobile phone controversy, U.S. and European wireless executives here last week agreed to pursue...

ERICSSON NABS EUROTEL CONTRACT

STOCKHOLM-Ericsson Inc. and EuroTel Bratislava said they have signed a $51 million contract to expand EuroTel's Global System for Mobile communications system in Slovakia.Under...

ADC ENTERS VENDOR DEAL WITH QUALCOMM

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced it signed a three-year vendor agreement with Qualcomm Inc. for its NewNet wireless messaging products, SMserver short messaging service and...

TEKNOW TO SUPPLY IRIUS WITH TERMINALS

PHOENIX-TekNow announced it signed an agreement to provide Irius Technologies with voice messaging terminals for an FM-Sub Carrier Digital Voice Messaging System.Under the terms...

COMPAQ FOCUSES ON NEXT-GENERATION IP NETWORKS

NEW YORK-Compaq Computer Corp., Houston, announced a new services initiative designed to help large enterprises "rapidly transform their existing networks into adaptive, next-generation networks...

NEWS BRIEFS

Iridium L.L.C. announced that Kyocera Corp. has completed its handset testing process and has been approved to begin volume distribution of its single-mode satellite...

FCC OKS AT&T-TCI MERGER

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission approved the $57 billion merger between AT&T Corp. and Tele-Communications Inc.As expected, TCI must divest its interest in Sprint Corp.'s...

AMAZON.COM BUYS GEOWORKS STAKE

ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. announced Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. has bought a minority interest in the company by investing some $5 million in Geoworks common...

FCC CLEARS GTE HOLDINGS TAKE OVER OF PUERTO RICO PHONE COMPANY

NEW YORK-The Federal Communications Commission announced it has permitted the takeover of Puerto Rico's government-run "principal local exchange service provider by a well-financed and...

MEXICO TO START CPP BY APRIL

WASHINGTON-Even before the Federal Communications Commission can release proposed rules to implement calling party pays service in the United States, its neighbor to the...
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