Monthly Archives: July, 1999

ASIAN CARRIERS TRY TO REBOUND FROM ASIAN FLU

Asia-Pacific countries are beginning to emerge from the severe economic problems that have gripped them for two years, and mobile phone carriers are finding...

AT&T OFFERS CONSUMER VERSION OF ONE-RATE PLAN

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-AT&T Corp. introduced a consumer-oriented version of its Digital One Rate plan, a plan that eliminates roaming and long-distance fees and is...

PRIMAL PROMISES CUSTOMER CARE VIA INTERNET

Primal Systems Inc., a provider of customer management products, introduced a new product to its suite of e-business solutions, called WebCare, last week at...

ATX TECHNOLOGIES TO PURCHASE PROTECTION ONE MOBILE SERVICES UNIT

SAN ANTONIO-ATX Technologies Inc. plans to acquire Protection One Mobile Services Group in a transaction valued at about $28 million.Both companies provide telematics services.Protection...

QUALCOMM’S BIG BITE: U.S. DIGITAL HANDSET MARKET SHARE BY COMPANY, 1Q 1999

The Gartner Group's Dataquest reports that Interim Standard-95 Code Division Multiple Access-based handsets are the top-selling handset in the U.S. market. As such, Qualcomm...

U S WEST, FRONTIER ENTER DISCUSSIONS WITH QWEST

DENVER - The boards of directors of U S West and Frontier Corp. both authorized their companies' management and advisers to enter into discussions...

NESS NOMINATED TO SECOND FCC TERM

WASHINGTON-As forecast in RCR on May 10, Susan Ness was nominated last week by President Clinton for a second six-year term on the Federal...

HUGHES TO DELIVER ORBCOMM SERVICES TO GOV’T CUSTOMERS

DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. signed a reseller agreement with Hughes Global Services to deliver Orbcomm's low-earth-orbit satellite-based communications services to U.S. government and military...

WORLD BRIEFS

Latin AmericaCellular/personal communications services handset shipments to Latin America showed a significant technology shift from analog Advanced Mobile Phone Service to digital Time Division...

IRIDIUM’S CHALLENGES SET THE STAGE FOR THOSE TO FOLLOW

When it became the first satellite-based global voice operator to launch commercial service last year, Iridium L.L.C. predicted its success would serve as the...

BELL LABS SAYS ITS LOCATION TECHNOLOGY ACCURATE TO WITHIN 15 FEET

WHIPPANY, N.J.-Bell Labs researchers say they have developed a wireless location system that is accurate to within 15 feet when users are outdoors, and...

METAWAVE FINANCING TO FUND TECHNOLOGY, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

REDMOND, Wash.-Metawave Communications Corp. closed a $91 million round of private equity financing, the largest private equity amount raised by an equipment manufacturer during...

SATELLITE, TERRESTRIAL DATA CARRIERS GAIN THROUGH INTERNETWORKING

Today's satellite-based data and messaging carriers have found the secret to their success is partnering with those they once considered their primary competitors-terrestrial-based wireless...

NEXTEL LICENSE TRANSFER REMAINS STICKY ISSUE

WASHINGTON - Nextel Communications Inc. last week met stiff opposition to efforts to secure private wireless spectrum and approval for the transfer of 900...

DESPITE VACILLATING MARKET, MSS LURES INVESTMENT INTEREST

NEW YORK-"The best news I will present today is that, for the first time in more than a year, there is significant interest by...

METRO ONE SIGNS WITH NEXTEL FOR DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE

PORTLAND, Ore.-Metro One Telecommunications Inc. said it signed a multi-year contract to provide its enhanced directory assistance services to subscribers of Nextel Communications Inc.'s...

MERGER SHOT-CLOCK BILL ADVANCES

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission saw its review of telecommunications mergers curtailed by a Senate committee last week just as it was succeeding in extracting...

SUNCOM SERVICE BEGINS IN PUERTO RICO

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico-TeleCorp PCS Inc. said it initiated service in Puerto Rico under the SunCom brand name. It is the company's largest market-3.8...

POLICY ISSUES DOMINATE E911

WASHINGTON-The big debate at last week's Federal Communication Commission enhanced 911 technology round table was not over the technical issues but rather over the...

SARAIDE.COM, APION TO TRIAL WAP GATEWAY

SAN FRANCISCO-Saraide.com and APiON Ltd. have partnered to conduct Wireless Application Protocol Gateway trials, scheduled to begin this summer.According to the company, the trials...

LEGISLATION HAS DONE LITTLE TO DISRUPT MSS LAUNCHES

What should have been a blow to the U.S. mobile satellite services industry is turning more into a tap on the shoulder as MSS...

GRUPO IUSACELL FORMS NEW UNIT TO APPLY FOR OFFERINGS

To increase the secondary market trading liquidity of Grupo Iusacell's public equity and to give the Mexico City-based wireless carrier greater access to debt...

LUCENT SCORES GSM CONTRACT

GREENVILLE, S.C.-Lucent Technologies Inc. has one of its first contracts in the United States for Global System for Mobile communications equipment.The company announced a...

GTE OFFERS $80 PREPAID PACKAGE

ATLANTA-GTE Wireless announced a seven-week advertising campaign to introduce its lowest-priced $80 prepaid wireless service, which includes a phone and 30 minutes of airtime."One...

DEMS AND GOP TRY TO RALLY HIGH-TECH VOTE IN 2000

WASHINGTON-Republicans, seeing potentially dividing issues in 2000 and hoping to tap into the deep pockets of Digital America, are fighting Democrats for the heart...
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