Monthly Archives: February, 1999

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...

CLEAR ANNOUNCES ITS PURCHASE OF CTIINC.

ATLANTA-Clear Communications Group Inc. announced the acquisition of Cellular Technology International Inc., a provider of installation, checkout and testing, turnover and maintenance of cellular...

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 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...

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...

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...

INDUSTRY, FCC CAUGHT IN MIDDLE OF E911 VENDOR BATTLE

WASHINGTON-A seemingly well-scripted House hearing to launch a watered-down E911 bill and a beefed-up privacy bill disintegrated into a fracas last week over the...

WAP FORUM PREDICTS PRODUCTS FOR SPRING

The Wireless Application Forum held its latest members meeting last week in Dallas, convening this time to determine its road map for the coming...

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...

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, ROCK CREEK REACH AGREEMENT

WASHINGTON-Bell Atlantic Mobile has reached an agreement with the National Park Service that should produce a decision on whether the controversial antenna towers can...

15 YEARS OF CELLULAR SERVICE SHOWS WHAT HAS CHANGED AND WHAT HASN’T

Never has an industry been so vastly underestimated as the cellular industry in its formative years.When the industry celebrated its 10th birthday in late...

PEOPLE

MarketwaveRichard Bryan is the new senior vice president of sales and marketing at Marketwave Corp. Bryan previously worked for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as...

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...

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....

CDG POSTS GSM IPR REPORT ON WEB

LOS ANGELES-The CDMA Development Group announced it has posted a report on the Web, authored by the International Telecommunications Standards User Group, on "Global...
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