Monthly Archives: August, 1999

IUSACELL REGISTERS TWO OFFERINGS

MEXICO CITY-Nuevo Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V. announced two offerings.The first is for the exchange of its full-voting series V American Depository Shares and...

CELLSTAR BUYS THE NETHERLANDS’ MOBICALL

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. acquired the business and certain net assets of Mobicall, a wholesale distributor of wireless handsets and accessory products throughout the Netherlands,...

CELL-LOC COMPLETES CDMA SYSTEM TRIAL

CALGARY-Cell-Loc Inc. said it completed the first phase Code Division Multiple Access trial of the Cellocate System PCS/CDMA, after three months of testing.Results of...

FORMUS GAINS BWA LICENSE IN FINLAND

DENVER-Broadband wireless provider Formus Communications Inc. received a broadband wireless access license from Finland's regulatory authority.The multiple-frequency BWA licenses, allowing provision of all voice...

FRANCE TELECOM, TELECOM ITALIA COMPLETE NORTEL INVERSORA BUYOUT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-France Telecom and Telecom Italia said they completed their joint acquisition of the 35-percent stake in Nortel Inversora S.A. in Argentina, previously...

PEOPLE

AerisAeris Communications Inc. added to its senior management team, naming Peter F. Stone chief financial officer and Patricia E. Hart vice president and general...

PHONE.COM POSTS LOSS, REVENUES FLY

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Phone.com Inc. released its first-ever quarterly earnings report since going public in June, posting a net loss for the fiscal fourth quarter...

PORTUGAL’S TMN SUBSCRIBER BASE HITS 1.7 MILLION

LISBON, Portugal-TMN, the mobile division of Portugal Telecom, posted 1999 first-half results showing net income of $54 million, a 10-percent increase compared with the...

PRIMECO LOWERS ROAMING RATES, CREATES BUNDLE

DALLAS-PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. introduced lower PrimeTravelSM roaming rates and bundled long-distance services.Now, customers opting for a PrimeCoNowSM plan of 100 to 300 minutes...

WIRELESS TO PLAY KEY ROLE IN BREAKING LOCAL TELECOM MONOPOLY

DENVER-Wireless technology can play a key role in developing competition in the local telecommunications market as envisioned by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, according...

CHINA WANTS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER BEFORE CDMA

WASHINGTON-Companies like Qualcomm Inc. that wish to enter the potentially lucrative Chinese wireless market now must wait for the United States and China to...

BRANDING, COVERAGE REMAIN KEY ISSUES IN TAPPING CUSTOMERS

Personal communications services carriers can be credited with spurring huge demand for wireless service, but they continue to struggle with brand awareness and perceptions...

RURAL CELLULAR BETA TESTS SECOND-PHASE E911 SOLUTION

Rural Cellular Corp. last week demonstrated its Phase II wireless enhanced 911 service at the International Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials show in Minneapolis.Jim...

DEVELOPER PREPARES PATENT FILING AMIDST BANK SHORT-SELLING ITS STOCK

NEW YORK-San Francisco-based World Wide Wireless Communications Inc., which has a patent pending for putting wireless network infrastructure onto computer chips, is engaged in...

RCC BEGINS CROSS-BRANDING

ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. launched its first ever cross-branding effort that unites all of RCC's wireless companies, which traditionally have not communicated a consistent...

MICROWAVE CLEARINGHOUSE IDS $100M IN REIMBURSABLE COSTS

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association said last week the PCIA Microwave Clearinghouse had identified more than $100 million in reimbursable costs for microwave relocation.Additionally,...

D.C. NOTES: GEORGE W.’S TROJAN HORSE

Last time around, you'll remember we made special note of Herculean Gore 2000 fund-raising efforts by one J. Shelby Bryan, wireless pioneer and FOB....

MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICE SHIPMENTS WORLD MARKET 1999-2004

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The millimeter wave device market is expected to grow from 314,000 shipments this year to nearly 3 million shipments in 2004, according...

MANNESMANN’S D2 TO LAUNCH WAP SERVICE, REPORTS HIGH SMS USE

FRANKFURT, Germany-Mannesmann's D2 mobile carrier said sales for the first half of 1999 increased by 34 percent to $2.47 million compared with the same...

CHINA ENDS METROMEDIA’S JV WITH CHINA UNICOM

NEW YORK-Metromedia International Group Inc. said it received notification from China Unicom stating a department of the Chinese government requested termination of one of...

FCC ADDRESSES LACK OF WIRELESS ACCESS ON TRIBAL LANDS

WASHINGTON-With telephone penetration as low as 20 percent on some Indian reservations, the Federal Communications Commission last week began exploring ways to extend telecommunications...

TELECOM NZ CHOOSES CDMA

WELLINGTON, New Zealand-Telecom New Zealand announced it will adopt cdmaOne technology, but keep investing in its Time Division Multiple Access network.The company said it...

NISSAN TO EXIT CELLULAR BUSINESS IN JAPAN

Nissan Motor Co. said last week it will sell its stakes in nine Japanese cellular operators, a move that is sure to pave the...

NORTEL OUTSOURCES AND DIVESTS SOME OPERATIONS, CUTS JOBS

BRAMPTON, Ontario-Nortel Networks said it entered into agreements with five manufacturing services companies to outsource and/or divest certain manufacturing and repair operations.Earlier in the...

FCC RETAINS CONTROL OF NUMBER ALLOCATION

WASHINGTON-The telecommunications industry and the Federal Communications Commission late Thursday held off an attempt by two members of Congress to allow states to make...
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