Monthly Archives: May, 1999

BRIGHTPOINT TO DELIVER SERVICES TO AIRTOUCH

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced it entered into an agreement with AirTouch Cellular under which Brightpoint will provide warehousing and distribution services, fulfillment, repair and refurbishment...

TELECOM ACT COULD CAUSE TROUBLE FOR TOWER COMPANIES

The transition of control of cell sites from wireless carriers to independent tower companies is accelerating, and build-to-suit companies increasingly are getting the call...

MCI WORLDCOM REVENUES CLIMB

WASHINGTON-MCI WorldCom Inc. chief Bernard Ebbers, basking in glow of first-quarter earnings that surpassed forecasts, last week did not indicate whether the No. 2...

HOUSE GOP LEADERS URGE SUPPORT OF ENCRYPTION BILL

WASHINGTON-The House Republican leadership sent a letter to their colleagues last week stating strong support for a House bill to relax export controls on...

DOLPHIN RAISES $210M IN PRIVATE EQUITY

NEW YORK-Montreal-based Telesystem International Wireless Inc. announced April 29 that Dolphin Telecom plc, its London-based subsidiary, raised $210 million in private equity to help...

MORE TALKS SET ON CHINA TRADE

WASHINGTON-U.S. and Chinese officials will resume talks mid-May in Beijing in hopes of reaching a landmark deal by June that would dramatically open up...

CTS IMPROVES EARNINGS

SEATTLE-Cellular Technical Services Co. Inc. reported revenues for the first quarter of $2.8 million, a decrease from the $3.4 million reported for the same...

CAL. MICROWAVE SELLS GOV’T UNIT

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-California Microwave Inc. completed the sale of its government business to Northrop Grumman for $93 million in cash, for an approximate net gain...

BRIGHTPOINT LOSS INCREASES

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. reported revenues for the first quarter ended March 31 increased 9 percent from $343.4 million in first-quarter 1998 to $372.7 million for...

U.K. OPERATORS REACT TO OVERCHARGING CLAIMS

DUBLIN, Ireland-In the wake of the phenomenal success of "ready-to-go" prepaid packages, many European mobile phone subscribers are concerned they are paying more than...

NORTH AMERICA BRIEFS

MCI WorldCom seems to be signaling it is not interested in acquiring trunked radio giant Nextel Communications anytime soon, if ever, despite recent speculation....

MNP CARRIER-SWITCHING LESS THAN EXPECTED

HONG KONG-Mobile number portability (MNP) has been in effect in Hong Kong since 1 March, but there is no sign yet of a switching...

MICROCELL AWAITING REGULATOR’S MNP DECISION

NEW YORK-Microcell Tele-communications Inc. is hoping Canadian regulators will follow the lead of the United Kingdom and Hong Kong in granting customers mobile number...

INFRASTRUCTURE DEALS

EricssonBrazil. With Tele Norte Celular for upgrade and new TDMA.Value: US$50 millionChile. With Entel PCS for GSM 1900 equipment.Value: UndisclosedChina. With Liaoning Post & Telecommunications Administration...

CDMA TECHNOLOGY CLEARED FOR TAKE-OFF IN CHINA

BEIJING-In early February, China's Minister of Information Industry (MII) was apologetic about the prospects for CDMA in his country. The customers couldn't care less...

BELLSOUTH, LEAP WIRELESS INCREASE STAKES IN CHILE

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Chile, which became the first country in Latin America in 1998 to implement PCS, has just felt the tremor of three new...

WAP IS THE RIGHT SOLUTION, RIGHT NOW

Recently I have read a few opinions casting doubt on the value of the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) in today's converging wireless and Internet...

SAMSUNG OPENS FACILITY IN BRAZIL

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Samsung in mid-March opened its first manufacturing operations for cellular handsets outside of South Korea. The company began manufacturing a CDMA handset...

SOUTH AFRICA’S THIRD LICENSE AWARD IMMINENT

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The potential bidders for the third cellular license in South Africa are determined to break the existing Vodacom-MTN duopoly. "We will be...

MIX OF REGULATORY, MARKET CONDITIONS SPAN REGION

BANGALORE, India-Although the growth of South Asia's relatively new markets has temporarily slowed due to political and financial problems, increased competition and investment have...

TECH BRIEFS

Lucent Technologies announced three technical initiatives designed to increase capacity in TDMA equipment. The company announced a series of software enhancements developed by Bell...

AFRICA INVESTOR TELECEL DIVIDES

SANDTON, South Africa-Telecel International, one of the most active cellular investors in Africa, split into two separate companies as from the end of April....

DEAL OF THE CENTURY?

GENEVA-Late in the evening of 21 April, fax machines on the desks of night editors at Europe's major dailies suddenly began to hum in...

TIW MARCHES AHEAD WITH TETRA IN EUROPE

MONTREAL, Canada-Montreal-based Telesystem International Wireless, through its London-based wholly owned subsidiary Dolpin Telecom, and Motorola have established a strategic relationship for deploying TETRA in...

TRUNKED RADIO BRIEFS

MoldovaThe Republic of Moldova, formerly a part of Romania, has reported an emerging commercial trunked radio market, with one company licensed to date, according...
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