Monthly Archives: June, 1999

SWISSCOM MARKETS PREPAID

WASHINGTON-Swisscom, Switzerland's primary telephone company, is marketing its international prepaid roaming solution to service providers in North America. The service is based on the...

TIA GROUP WORKS ON NETWORK/HANDSET LOCATION SOLUTION

WASHINGTON-A technical committee for Code Division Multiple Access technology development is working on an adjunct standard of the technology that could be used for...

SPRINT TO OFFER NOKIA WEB PHONE

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS will offer both dual-mode and single-mode Web-capable handsets from Nokia Corp., according to a contract the two signed that could...

QUALCOMM SMART PHONE USED FOR FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc.'s Code Division Multiple Access digital pdQ smart phone can offer the Palm Computing platform and support full-time access to the Internet,...

FCC PUTS ULS ON INTERNET

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission announced last week that access to its Universal Licensing System will soon be available via the Internet."Anyone with a computer...

U.S. DIGITAL REPORTS IRIDIUM PROBLEMS

WASHINGTON-U.S. Digital Communications Inc. announced it has begun curtailing the operations of its International Satellite Group Inc. subsidiary, citing difficulties in selling Iridium L.L.C....

VODAFONE REVENUES UP 36 PERCENT FOR YEAR

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc reported revenues for the fiscal year ended March 31 of $5.4 billion, a 36-percent increase from the $4 billion in revenues...

WAVECOM GOES PUBLIC

NEW YORK-Wavecom S.A., a French provider of digital wireless standard modules, went public June 9 with a 3.3 million share offering at 13.50 euro...

USTR SAYS REVOKING CHINA NTR WOULD HURT CONSUMERS

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration last week warned that failure by Congress to support renewal of normal trade relations with China could kill negotiations on China's...

KENNARD EDUCATES CONSUMERS ON NUMBER EXHAUST

WASHINGTON-The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has started a consumer awareness campaign about number exhaustion."People have a lot of questions about their area...

OFFROAD SEEKS TO PARTNER ANGEL INVESTORS AND COMPANIES VIA INTERNET

NEW YORK-With the creation of San Francisco-based OffRoad Capital Corp., the realm of angels, those wealthy people who invest patient capital in promising start-ups,...

METROCALL ENTERS PAGEMASTER DEAL

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. said it has entered into a nationwide marketing and promotional relationship with PageMaster Corp., a national promotions company based in Thousands...

FCC SETS DEC. 7 PAGING AUCTION DATE

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission June 7 announced it will auction 2,499 licenses for paging services on Dec. 7. The licenses are in the upper...

TURKCELL AIMS TO HAVE PUBLIC OFFERING IN U.S.

NEW YORK-Turkcell, the largest Global System for Mobile Communications operator in Turkey, said June 8 it has asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...

FCC CHANGES RULES ON CENTRALIZED TRUNKING

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week changed its rules regarding when private wireless users must get permission to use centralized trunking systems.In centralized trunking...

ART TO TRIAL TRITON SYSTEM

ATLANTA-Broadband Internet service provider Advanced Radio Telecom Corp. announced plans to test Triton Network Systems Inc.'s consecutive point 100 Mbps radio as part of...

NEXTEL $500M DEBT ISSUE RATED B-

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Corp. assigned a speculative grade rating of B- to a new, $500 million debt issue that Nextel Communications Inc. sold...

NOKIA WINS BRAND CAMPAIGN IN EUROPE

LUTON, England-A study published by Strategy Analytics reports almost half of all cellular users in Europe can name Nokia Oy as a manufacturer of...

D.C. NOTES: BOMBS AWAY

It's bad enough that we bombed the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade and killed three journalists because of shoddy military intelligence. So now Pentagon sympathizers...

CAP GEMINI JOINS EFTIA PARTNER PROGRAM

Eftia OSS Solutions Inc., a Canadian supplier of operational support systems products, announced June 7 that Cap Gemini Telecommunications, a systems integrator, has joined...

CHILEAN CARRIER UNVEILS VOICE PAGING

SANTIAGO, Chile-CTC Startel announced it has introduced the Responder Plus voice paging service, developed by ReadyCom Inc., branded as MoviVox.The two-way voice messaging service...

CLARITI TO ACQUIRE ASIA-PACIFIC IP PROVIDER

PHILADELPHIA-Clariti Telecommunications International Ltd. announced it signed an agreement to acquire NKA Pty. Ltd., an Australian-based Internet protocol provider for the Asia-Pacific region.The acquisition...

VIEWPOINT: ORGAN EDUCATION

The subject of organ donation is rarely a casual conversation. It's a frightening subject because it forces you not only to confront your own...

FCC BEGINS INVESTIGATING FIXED WIRELESS ISSUES

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week began investigating various issues fixed wireless carriers believe make it difficult for them to offer facilities-based competition to...

DATALINK.NET FORMS BUSINESS GROUP

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Datalink.net announced it formed an Enterprise Business Group, dedicated to providing enterprise solutions by wirelessly enabling Internet, e-commerce, auction and portal sites.The...
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