Monthly Archives: February, 1999

PRODUCTS

DinetDinet Inc. announced an advanced keypad will be installed in all of its models of mobile data terminals. The keypad provides a more tactile...

ADVANTRA ACQUIRES PHILIPS PAGING

YPRES, Belgium-Advantra International announced its deal to acquire the paging manufacturing business of Philips Consumer Communications has been completed.The two signed a letter of...

AIRTOUCH ADDS 4.3M USERS IN 1998

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc. reported net income for 1998 totaled $608 million, or $1.07 per share, compared with income of $394 million, or 78...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Standard & Poor's Corp., New York, has placed the low-tier, speculative-grade CCC rating of $350 million in Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. convertible preferred stock due...

BELLSOUTH DATA OFFERS NETTECH PRODUCTS

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. announced it is offering Nettech Systems' Smart IP product over its wireless data network.Smart IP allows Internet Protocol applications...

ROGERS CANTEL EXPANDS, REDUCES CALLING RATES

TORONTO-Rogers Cantel Inc. announced it expanded and strengthened its distribution and presence across Canada through several transactions, as well as introduced international calling rates...

CDG COUNTED 15M NEW CDMA USERS DURING 1998

NEW ORLEANS-The CDMA Development Group reported close to 23 million global Code Division Multiple Access technology subscribers for 1998 after adding about 15 million...

TI DECLARES DIVIDEND

DALLAS-The Texas Instruments Inc. board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of 8.5 cents per share of common stock, payable Feb. 16 to...

GEOWORKS COOPERATES WITH TEGIC

ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. announced it added Tegic Communications' text input technology to its Premion Interface+ solution. Geoworks said it included Tegic's T9 technology so...

DESPITE LAW, MORE CLASS-ACTION LAWSUITS FILED IN ’98

NEW YORK-Perception equals reality for those who believe federal class-action securities fraud cases are filed almost daily against publicly traded companies.Last year's tally of...

BAM 4Q REVENUES FUELED BY FLAT-RATE PLAN

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Mobile said its strong fourth-quarter growth was fueled largely by the popularity of its digital service and SingleRate price plans.In September,...

DATA CRITICAL LICENSES HP’S MOBILEVIEW

REDMOND, Wash.-Data Critical Corp. announced it licensed a patent from Hewlett-Packard Co. for use in its MobileView System of remote access products for the...

LUCENT JOINS WAP

MURRY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum, the group formed to create a network-independent wireless protocol specification...

SPRINT BOASTS LARGEST DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Sprint PCS Chief Executive Officer Andrew Sukawaty declared his company now has the largest digital wireless footprint in the United States as the company...

POWERTEL ADDS 67K USERS

WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel Inc. said it added 67,000 new personal communications services customers during the fourth quarter, ending 1998 with more than 295,000 customers.New...

SPRINT PCS PRICES STOCK

KANSAS CITY-Sprint Corp. announced it has priced its previously announced public offering of Sprint PCS common stock. Sprint sold 21,220,000 shares at a price...

TELEMAC TO SELL BRITESTAR IN EUROPE

LOS ANGELES-Telemac Corp. said it has expanded its technology development and marketing agreement with Brite Voice Systems Inc. for exclusive distribution of the company's...

VIMPELCOM STOCK OFFER APPROVED

MOSCOW and NEW YORK-Vimpel-Communications announced its shareholders overwhelmingly approved the issue of 8.9 million shares of VimpelCom's common stock to Telenor East Invest AS...

CABLE & WIRELESS TALKS WITH OTH ERS ABOUT SALE OF BOUYGUES TELECOM

LONDON-Cable & Wireless announced its discussions with the main shareholders of Bouygues Telecom regarding the sale of Cable & Wireless' 20-percent interest in Bouygues...

CALENDAR

February 8-10Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. Ernest N. MorialConvention Center, New Orleans.(202) 785-2842.Post-CTIA '99February 10-12Wireless Institute of Technology. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans....

GLOBALSTAR CARIBBEAN GAINS APPROVAL IN JAMAICA

KINGSTON, Jamaica-Globalstar Caribbean Ltd. announced the Post & Telecommunications Department of Jamaica granted it approval to provide wireless services in Jamaica using the Globalstar...

INNOWAVE REPORTS LATVIAN CONTRACT

PETACH TIKVA, Israel-InnoWave Tadiran Telecommunications Wireless Systems Ltd. announced Lattelekom, the Latvian Post Telephone & Telegraph, placed a $2 million order for additional InnoWave...

INTEK RETAINS BEAR STEARNS

NEW YORK-The Independent Committee of the board of directors of Intek Global Corp. said it retained Bear, Stearns and Co. Inc. to represent it...

LUCENT MEETS IN CHINA ON GSM HANDSET SOLUTIONS

BEIJING-Lucent Technologies Inc.'s Microelectronics Group and China's Ministry of Information Industry held a seminar last week at the Beijing Shangri-La Hotel to discuss Global...

WORLD BRIEFS

ChinaMetawave Communications Corp. announced it entered into an agreement with Shanghai Post & Telecommunications Administration and Shanghai New Globe Co. to develop and test...
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