Monthly Archives: February, 1999

INTEK TO DEVELOP PRODUCT FOR ADI

NEW YORK-Intek Global Corp. announced it signed a multi-year product development and manufacturing agreement with Taiwan-based ADI Communications Corp.Intek Global said it will develop...

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...

TRITON HIRES APEX TO MANAGE SITES

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Apex Site Management Inc. announced Triton PCS Inc. hired Apex to manage the collocation marketing and management portion of its tower portfolio, which...

CELLNET TO BUILD GPRS NETWORK SUPPLIED BY MOTOROLA

SWINDON, U.K.-Cellnet announced it will build a General Packet Radio Service wireless data network supplied by Motorola Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector, in a $50...

MICROSOFT, BT TRIAL WIRELESS DATA APPS

In a move designed to further its interests in the wireless environment, Microsoft Corp. announced it has formed an agreement with British Telecommunications plc...

VIEWPOINT: NOTEABLE QUOTES

I guess there is no use longing for yesterdays when wireless trade shows were somewhat sane.Today's conventions are full of new twists as last-minute...

TELECOM EQUIPMENT SALES UP 11 PERCENT

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association released figures from the U.S. Department of Commerce that state sales of telecommunications equipment rose to $78.8 billion at...

MOTOROLA, CISCO TEAM ON IP

NEW ORLEANS-Following a trend of convergence between the wireless and Internet industries, Motorola Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. last week announced the first phase...

ADMINISTRATION DEFENDS C-BLOCK POLICY

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration, ratcheting up the debate with top telecom lawmakers over C-block personal communications services policy, staunchly defended a proposal to enable the...

BIG PLANET TO SELL BEEPWEAR PAGER

PROVO, Utah-Big Planet announced its national network of independent sales representatives will begin selling the BeepwearPRO pager, made jointly by Motorola Inc. and Timex,...

COURT UPHOLDS 800 MHZ AUCTION, STRIKES DOWN DIFFERING BUILDOUT RULES

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court here rejected a challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's auction of 800 MHz specialized mobile radio licenses in 1997, but...

ROBB READY TO USE TRADE AUTHORITY FOR 3G

WASHINGTON-In an embarrassing political blunder that lends insight into the tricky third-generation wireless debate, Sen. Chuck Robb (D-Va.) last week joined two fellow Finance...

PCIA CONTINUES PRESS AGAINST SPECTRUM CAP

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association continued its fight last week to keep the spectrum cap in place. The spectrum cap limits carriers to 45...

FCC EXTENDS DEADLINE TO IMPLEMENT NUMBER PORTABILITY

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week unanimously granted a request from the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association to extend until Nov. 24, 2002, the deadline...

E911, PRIVACY BILLS HEAD TO HOUSE FLOOR

WASHINGTON-Wireless E911 and privacy bills breezed through the House Commerce Committee last week, setting the stage for votes on the House floor by month's...

NEW SPYGLASS PRISM PLATFORM CONFORMS TO WAP STANDARDS

NEW ORLEANS-Spyglass Inc. released version 2.2 of its Prism platform for converting Internet content into formats that can be displayed on mobile phones.The most...

NEXTEL’S TOWER SALE TO SPECTRASITE SETS MARK FOR FUTURE CARRIER DEALS

Nextel Communications Inc. last week agreed to sell its portfolio of towers to independent tower company SpectraSite Communications Inc., ending months of speculation about...

CONVERGYS SUPPORTS HOLIDAY ACQUISITIONS

NEW ORLEANS-Convergys Corp. said its information management solutions supported the acquisition of 2 million new wireless subscribers nationwide during the holiday season.The company also...

NEXTEL TO BUY GEOTEK LICENSES

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. Friday said it plans to sell to Nextel Communications Inc. its portfolio of 191 specialized mobile radio 900 MHz licenses....

MOTOROLA INTRODUCES ORGANIZER FOR STARTAC

In the first product announcement resulting from its acquisition of Starfish Software Inc., Motorola Inc. introduced a personal organizer accessory designed to clip on...

MOTOROLA-CERULEAN ALLIANCE TARGETS PUBLIC SAFETY

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Commercial, Government and Industrial Solutions Sector announced it entered into a software alliance agreement with Cerulean Technology Inc. in an effort...

NORTEL REVEALS IP STRATEGY

NEW ORLEANS-Nortel Networks announced its wireless Internet Protocol evolution plan at Wireless '99 and said it aims to reduce a wireless operator's total cost...

MITSUBISHI TO USE PRAIRIECOMM CHIP

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-PrairieComm Inc. announced Mitsubishi Wireless Communications Inc. selected PrairieComm's Time Division Multiple Access chipset for use in MWCI's recently announced T200 tri-mode...

METROMEDIA TO PAY DIVIDEND

NEW YORK-Metromedia International Group Inc. announced that on March 15 the company will pay its regularly scheduled dividend of 91 cents per share on...
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