Monthly Archives: March, 1999

WORLD BRIEFS

UkraineOrbcomm Global L.P. announced it has signed a service license agreement with Transexpo Corp. to provide its satellite data services to the Ukraine. According...

TELIGENT LAUNCHES SMARTWAVE IN NEW ORLEANS

VIENNA, Va.-Teligent said it launched SmartWave, its local, long-distance, high-speed data and Internet service for small- to medium-sized businesses in New Orleans, bringing its...

TECORE TO DELIVER AIRCORE PLATFORM TO NIGERIA’S BOURDEX

COLUMBIA, Md.-Tecore said it plans to deploy its AirCore platform prepaid solution in Nigeria for cellular operator Bourdex Telecommunications.The Tecore system will connect to...

LHS LAUNCHES NEW SOFTWARE

ATLANTA-LHS Group Inc. launched its new customer-care and billing software, "Targys-the millennium series," for the global telecommunications industry.Targys easily can be integrated with other...

PER-MINUTE REVENUES DECLINE IN EUROPE

LONDON-A new report compiled by The Strategis Group reveals per-minute revenues for European wireless operators have declined substantially from 64 cents per minute in...

AFFILIATES TRY TO LEVERAGE LARGER CARRIERS’ STRENGTHS

Sprint PCS is attempting to change the way the industry does business with affiliate companies, but the task has not been without its difficulties...

SENATE TO DECIDE FATE OF E911, PRIVACY BILLS

WASHINGTON-The House last week overwhelmingly passed wireless E911 and privacy bills, leaving it now to the Senate to move on the two measures that...

NEW WTR FINDINGS RAISE QUESTIONS

WASHINGTON-Wireless Technology Research Chairman George Carlo has informed federal regulators that five cell-culture studies under his purview raise questions about possible bioeffects from radio-frequency...

JUDGE REFUSES TO REVERSE POCKET’S C-BLOCK ELECTION

BALTIMORE-Judge E. Stephen Derby last week denied a motion by Pocket Communications Inc. to reverse its election, thus allowing the re-auction of all but...

PHILIPS BIDS TO ACQUIRE VLSI

AMSTERDAM-Royal Philips Electronics Friday made a bid to acquire San Jose, Calif.-based VLSI Technology Inc., a company that designs and manufactures custom and semi-custom...

PCS REGULATION MELTING INTO WIRELESS RULES

WASHINGTON-The regulatory landscape for the personal communications services industry is dominated not by issues that are PCS-specific but by issues impacting the entire commercial...

MOST CARRIERS WILL MEET FCC BUILDOUT REQUIREMENTS

Personal communications services network buildout is largely complete in the nation's largest markets, and carriers this year are beginning to focus their attention on...

SHAFFER TO AID PATHNET

HOUSTON-Shaffer Tower Services Inc., a Houston-based communications consulting firm and tower construction company, announced it signed an agreement with Pathnet to upgrade their microwave...

ERICSSON INTRODUCES RUGGED PHONE, BASE STATION

CANNES, France - L.M. Ericsson Inc. displayed the R250 PRO, its water, dust and shock resistant mobile phone, for use on the Global System...

CONSUMER GROUP FEARS STRONGEST SIGNAL TO BE AXED

WASHINGTON-Consumer advocates are opposed to the "policy goals" approach government appears to have embraced to solve the wireless 911 dead-zone problem and have raised...

MOTOROLA, VODAFONE TO TEST UMTS

CANNES, France-Motorola Inc. and Global System for Mobile communications operator Vodafone Ltd. announced a collaborative agreement to implement Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems technology, a...

YANKEE PROJECTS CONTINUED PAGING GROWTH IN CHINA

Despite increasing competition expected from wireless phone services, the Chinese paging market will continue to grow at a rate of 17.7 percent during the...

SIERRA WIRELESS ACQUIRES AIRBANC

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless Inc. said it acquired AirBanc Wireless Solutions Inc., broadening its product line and business applications for transaction-based networks."Sierra can now...

SHARED TECHNOLOGY SIGNS PACT WITH MCI WORLDCOM

WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. announced it signed an agreement to partner with MCI WorldCom Inc. to distribute STC's prepaid cellular services under the...

SENSEI, TELEMAC TEAM ON HANDSET TECHNOLOGY

CANNES, France-Sensei Ltd. announced it signed licensing and engineering consulting agreements with Telemac Corp.Under the agreements, Telemac's handset-based prepaid technology will be licensed for...

SCC INTRODUCES INFOCONNECT SERVICES

BOULDER,Colo.-SCC Communications Corp. said it plans to offer its InfoConnect suite of location-based services to wireless carriers.Applications of InfoConnect include localized traffic and weather...

SANDERS ENTERS MOU

NASHUA, N.H.-Sanders, a Lockheed Martin company, announced it signed a memorandum of understanding with eXpert Wireless Solution for radio-frequency network planning and services for...

U S WEST TO SPEND $300M ON CHANGES

DENVER-In response to aggressive moves made by its competitors, U S West Inc. announced it is committed to spending an additional $300 million in...

D.C. NOTES: OF MICE AND MEN

As the FCC awkwardly confronts one challenge after another with respect to Phase I and Phase II E911 implementation and the 'dead zone' issue,...

NEXTEL TO ESTABLISH ROAMING BETWEEN DIFFERENT NETWORKS

CANNES, France-Nextel Communications Inc. last week announced plans at the GSM World Congress to establish roaming between its iDEN-based networks and Global System for...
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