Monthly Archives: May, 1999

DOLPHIN COMPLETES TRANS-ATLANTIC 3G CALL

MONTREAL-Dolphin Telecom plc said it completed the first trans-Atlantic third-generation wireless call using a wideband-Code Division Multiple Access network in Canada and Dolphin's Trans...

ENREV AIMS TO CHARGE UP SATISFACTION WITH BATTERY BOOST

One invention can boost customer satisfaction, make mobile phones more powerful and create higher revenue for carriers, a Norcross, Ga., company believes.Enrev Corp., formerly...

CELLSTAR DISTRIBUTES PREPAID IN ARGENTINA

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. said it signed a one-year agreement to distribute prepaid cellular phone kits for CTI Compania de Telefonos del Interior S.A., the...

D.C. NOTES: WARBLER TRAP

Little appreciated until now in the Rock Creek Park-BAM cell tower dispute is the clout of the bird people. I was enlightened to this...

HEROIC, HELPFUL WIRELESS PHONE USERS HONORED BY CTIA

Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association President Tom Wheeler has announced this year's Vita Wireless Samaritans, all of whom used their wireless phones to save, protect...

CARRIERS HOPE TO CAPITALIZE ON CONTENT

While paging carriers work to upgrade their network technology to fit the advanced messaging paradigm, several also are working to upgrade the services available...

U.S. DISAPPROVES OF BRAZIL TELECOM EQUIPMENT PRACTICE

SAO PAULO, Brazil-The Telecommunications and Electronics Consortium for Latin America and the U.S. Government both have filed comments with Anatel in Brazil regarding Anatel's...

BILL GIVES PENTAGON TOP SPECTRUM PRIORITY

WASHINGTON-A Defense Department authorization bill headed to the Senate floor today would give Pentagon spectrum superior status over all government and nongovernment frequencies and...

NYC TAXI DRIVERS TO RESTRICT CALLS

NEW YORK-With support of the industry it oversees, the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission unanimously approved May 20 a regulation to restrict...

NATIONAL SECURITY COMPROMISED, SAYS REPORT ON CHINA

WASHINGTON-A House panel probing U.S.-Sino ties is expected this week to release a long-anticipated report that concludes satellite technology transfers and nuclear espionage by...

SPAIN’S TELEFONICA MOVILES REPORTS CUSTOMER SURGE IN 1Q

MADRID, Spain-Telefonica Moviles, part of the Telefonica Group S.A., Madrid, Spain, announced it gained 822,487 new customers during the first quarter of this year,...

CONXUS FILES FOR CHAPTER 11 PROTECTION

Confirming rumors that started when the company announced layoffs in March, voice paging provider Conxus Communications Inc. filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11...

IBM DELIVERS WIRELESS NETWORK PRODUCTS

EAST FISHKILL, N.Y.-IBM Corp. introduced a family of multipoint wireless networking products based on the Advanced Infrared connectivity standard, which enables users to instantly...

SPRINT PCS TAKES AIM AT BUSINESS SEGMENT

Sprint PCS believes it has a strong enough wireless footprint to begin aggressively targeting business users.Analysts didn't expect the company to heavily pursue this...

APPEALS COURT STAYS SLAMMING RULES

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court Tuesday stayed the Federal Communications Commission's rules regarding the unauthorized switching of long-distance carriers, a practice known as slamming. The...

QUALCOMM HIGH-SPEED SERVICE COMING TO JAPAN, KOREA

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has shipped its new high-speed packet data software solution to Japanese and Korean wireless operators that have announced plans...

WTB LIKELY TO GRANT NEXTEL WAIVERS

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau told private wireless advocates it is inclined to grant 54 waivers by Nextel Communications Inc., which would...

ERICSSON SUPPLIES TEST SYSTEM

STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson announced it is supplying a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access system to Hong Kong-based SmarTone Mobile Communications Ltd.The experimental third-generation system could...

TELEFONICA AND PARTNER TO BUY UP BRAZILIAN OPERATORS

Telefonica Internacional announced plans to launch public tender offers to buy 100 percent of the preferred and common stock of two Brazilian mobile wireless...

DEMS URGE WIRELESS PHONE USAGE ON RESERVATIONS

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission should encourage the deployment of wireless technology in rural America, including Indian reservations, said 11 Senate Democrats last week."As you...

TOWER MANAGEMENT FIRMS BRING CONSTRUCTION EFFORTS TO THE FOLD

In addition to adding towers to their portfolios, tower management companies also have started to bring wireless construction capabilities in-house in an effort to...

MANUFACTURERS TO BUY TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DSPS

NEW YORK-Texas Instruments announced eight of the world's top 10 producers of third-generation wireless base stations said they plan to use TI's latest and...

NOKIA OFFERS BRIDGECONNECT

SINGAPORE-Nokia Inc. entered into a partnership agreement with Bridge Information Systems to provide BridgeConnect, a financial information service for digital mobile phone users, said...

POLITICAL FIGHTS REMAIN AMONG 3G PLAYERS

Industry executives in February hailed the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue agreement as a major breakthrough in the 3G debate, but today it appears standards bodies...

WORLD BRIEFS

UNITED KINGDOMICO Global Communications Ltd. said it has commenced a rights offering that will permit shareholders to purchase up to approximately 207.6 million ordinary...
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