Monthly Archives: May, 1999

PHILIPS, VLSI SIGN MERGER AGREEMENT

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Royal Philips Electronics and VLSI Technology Inc. announced a definitive merger agreement under which Philips will acquire all of VLSI's shares for $21...

DESPITE SLASHING AND SHUFFLING, TELECOM JOB MARKET REMAINS PROMISING

Working in the fast-paced world of wireless telecommunications is like playing a game of musical chairs-everything moves along smoothly until the music stops. In...

OPERATING COSTS HURT PAGEMART

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. reported revenues for the first quarter ended March 31 of $62.5 million, a 10.5-percent increase from the $56.6 million recorded for...

PAGEMART OFFERS SYNAPSE CARD FOR PALM III UNIT

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. announced it has developed a new version of the Synapse Pager Card that is adapted for the Palm III connected organizer...

NEWS BRIEFS

Arch Communications Inc. and PageMart Wireless Inc. jointly announced a five-year agreement under which the companies will provide narrowband personal communications services advanced messaging,...

PALM PLATFORM ADDS OMNIBROWSE IS SOFTWARE

BELLEVUE, Wash.-OmniBrowse Inc. announced its information services software has been added to the Palm Computing Platform, which powers various personal organizers, such as the...

D.C. NOTES: SPRINGTIME FOR SLOBODAN

As you may recall, Vice President Gore's name was floated here recently for wireless industry poster child in recognition of his staff's cache of...

WASHINGTON BRIEFS

President Clinton intends to renominate Susan Ness to a second term on the Federal Communications Commission. Speculation had been swirling in recent months about...

INNOVATION, OPPORTUNITY WILL DIRECT PAGING INDUSTRY

Faced with an uncertain future and many difficult questions, members of the Paging Leadership Association met last month in Florida to determine how the...

PEOPLE

HarrisHarris Corp. named its current Communications Sector President, E. Van Cullens, president and chief operating officer of the company, effective July 1. He will...

LUCENT OFFERS MIGRATION PATH TO PACKET NETWORK

First out of the box with an end-to-end solution allowing voice carriers a means to migrate their networks to a packet-based paradigm, Lucent Technologies...

D.C. NOTES: LIFELINE IN COLUMBINE

No matter that future wireless technology will do everything from make your coffee in the morning to balance your checkbook at night, the enduring...

ORANGE TAKES J.D. POWER SURVEY

AGOURA HILLS, Calif.-Orange continues to dominate the U.K. mobile market in terms of customer satisfaction, according to a study by J.D. Power and Associates...

COLO. COUNTY BUYS ‘SMART’ PUBLIC-SAFETY SYSTEM

LOVELAND, Colo.-Larimer County, Colo., will be the first in the country to use Motorola Inc.'s Astro SmartZone digital radio communications system, said Motorola.Motorola will...

DLJ INITIATES COVERAGE OF LATIN CARRIERS USING ARPM

NEW YORK-Amid good news about resurging American investments in Latin American mutual funds and the gradual rebound of Brazil's economy, Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette...

POWERTEL BEATS WALL STREET EXPECTATIONS

Powertel Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Allen Smith hinted the company's national roaming rates could fall substantially in the coming months.The carrier today...

PRODUCTS

Sirius CommunicationsSirius Communications NV introduced the DataSat Code Division Multiple Access development system. It offers an alternative to today's very small aperture terminal systems....

RCC REPORTS REVENUE GROWTH, NET LOSS

ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. reported revenues for the first quarter ended March 31 of $32.3 million, an increase of 117 percent from the $14.8...

MOTOROLA INVESTS IN SNAPTRACK

SnapTrack Inc. last week announced a strategic partnership with Motorola Inc. under which it will license its personal location system to Motorola's Semiconductor Products...

VANGUARD, AT&T CLOSE MERGER

GREENSBORO, N.C.-Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. announced its shareholders approved the merger of Vanguard into a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Corp.Each Vanguard share will...

AIRCELL GAINS FUNDING

LOUISVILLE, Colo.-AirCell Inc., which has developed an air-to-ground communications system that makes use of cellular frequencies, said private equity investors led by Blumenstein/Thorne Information...

IS FCC’S MISSION CHANGING?

WASHINGTON-At a time when policy makers are wrestling with how best to reform the Federal Communications Commission in the Digital Age of Competition, the...

AT&T, BT TAKE STAKE IN JT

TOKYO-Japan Telecom, AT&T Corp. and British Telecom plc formally announced a strategic and operational partnership under which AT&T and BT will acquire a joint...

AT&T TO INCREASE FOOTPRINT AGGRESSIVELY VIA PCS

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced record revenue growth in the first quarter, adding 378,000 customers and surpassing 10 million total customers.AT&T Corp. said it...

NEXTLINK COMPLETES WNP BUY

BELLEVUE, Wash.-NextLink Communications Inc. announced its $695 million cash and stock acquisition of WNP Communications Inc. is complete.NextLink picked up 39 A-block local multipoint...
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