Monthly Archives: September, 1999

H.O. SYSTEMS SIGNS WITH LEAP FOR BILLING, CUSTOMER CARE

SAVANNAH, Ga.-H.O. Systems announced it signed a long-term agreement with Leap Wireless International Inc. in which H.O. Systems will provide billing and customer care...

SPRINT PCS WEB SERVICE LAUNCHED

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS introduced the Sprint PCS Wireless Web, which allows Sprint PCS customers to browse the Internet from their wireless phones. Sprint...

RF MICRO DEVICES ORDERS TEGAL TOOL

PETALUMA, Calif.-Tegal Corp. said RF Micro Devices Inc. placed a follow-on order for Tegal's 901G diode plasma etcher.The tool will be used for etching...

SARAIDE, DIVERSINET TO OFFER SECURE DATA

NEW ORLEANS-Diversinet Corp., a developer of security products based on public-key technology for wireless and wireline electronic-commerce applications, and Saraide signed an agreement to...

AT&T RESTORES SERVICE IN MOST OF N.Y. MARKET

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-AT&T Corp. reported 90 percent of its wireless cell sites are back on the air and cellular service in metropolitan New York/New...

GLENAYRE, LOC8.NET JOIN ON TWO-WAY DEVICE FOR POLICE

NEW ORLEANS-Loc8.net and Glenayre Technologies Inc. said they entered into an agreement under which Glenayre will develop a new two-way paging device that can...

ITU DETAILS DATES FOR 3G SPECS

NEW ORLEANS-Standards bodies met with the International Telecommunication Union last week to prepare the detailed specifications of third-generation mobile-phone technology.The ITU is trying to...

GLOBALSTAR PHONE IS READY

NEW ORLEANS-Qualcomm Inc. said its tri-mode Code Division Multiple Access satellite handsets for use with the Globalstar system are available. The tri-mode portable phone...

MOTOROLA, AUDIBLE DOWNLOAD AUDIO CONTENT TO HANDSETS

NEW ORLEANS-Motorola Inc. and Audible, a provider of Internet-delivered spoken audio content, demonstrated at Personal Communications Showcase '99 in New Orleans the direct downloading...

LUCENT TO EQUIP KONKA WITH GSM HANDSET TECHNOLOGY

SHENZHEN, China-Konka Group Co. Ltd. of China and Lucent Technologies Inc.'s Microelectronics Group announced a five-year agreement under which Konka will use Lucent's Global...

AQUIS TO BUY SOURCEONE PAGING: CEO SAYS CUSTOMERS, CHICAGO MARKET DROVE SALE

NEW ORLEANS-Aquis Communications Group Inc. is in the process of buying bankrupt paging carrier SourceOne Wireless Inc. of Chicago.John Adiletta, Aquis president and CEO,...

BELLSOUTH PLANS E-COMMERCE OFFERINGS

NEW ORLEANS-BellSouth Wireless Data said it plans to introduce a portfolio of secure wireless electronic-commerce offerings by the end of this year.The company also...

DOYLE STEPS DOWN FROM INTERDIGITAL AS PRESIDENT, BOARD

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said William A. Doyle resigned from his positions as president and member of the board of directors.The company...

NOKIA, IBM TO LAUNCH TEST FOR TRAVEL INFORMATION SERVICE

NEW ORLEANS-Nokia Corp. announced an agreement with IBM Corp. and Sabre for a pilot project designed to provide a travel interactive service for users...

CELLULAR ONE TO USE INFOCELL

ATLANTA-LHS InfoCell Inc., a subsidiary of LHS Group Inc. said Cellular One of San Francisco Bay Area is implementing its InfoCell ConVerge product.InfoCell ConVerge...

SPRINT PCS AFFILIATE AIRGATE PLANS IPO

NEW YORK-AirGate PCS Inc., a Sprint PCS affiliate headquartered in Atlanta, last week was hoping to raise about $100 million in an initial public...

TELSTRA LAUNCHES AUSSIE SERVICE

SAN FRANCISCO-Telstra Corp. Ltd. announced the commercial availability of its Code Division Multiple Access wireless network across the metropolitan Adelaide, Australia, area. Coverage also...

TCS MESSAGING ALLOWS PHONE TO IP DEVICES

ANNAPOLIS, Md.-TeleCommunications Systems Inc. introduced an enhancement to its Mobile Originated Short Message Service solution that allows mobile phone users to send short text...

NORTEL TO EQUIP SPAIN’S AIRTEL WITH PACKET SYSTEM

MADRID, Spain-Nortel Networks was selected by Airtel Movil S.A. to supply a wireless/wireline packet network valued at about $50 million during the next two...

READYCOM RUNNING IN PUERTO RICO, CHILE

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-ReadyCom Inc. said it introduced its two-way, advanced voice messaging technology with cellular carriers in Puerto Rico and Chile, and confirmed the...

AUDIOVOX UNVEILS HANDSETS

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-AudioVox Communications Corp. introduced a new line of "clamshell" style cellular handsets.The line will debut with the PCX-3500XL. Made exclusively for PrimeCo Communications...

KOREAN FIRM TO MAKE PAGER USING OMNIVOICE TECHNOLOGY

SAN DIEGO - OmniVoice Technologies Inc. announced that Wide Telecom in Korea will produce a voice pager using OmniVoice's VoiceOver technology.Wide Telecom is the...

INTEL INVESTS IN FORMUS

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. said it invested in Formus Communications in an effort to build out Formus' networks, which will provide improved broadband Internet...

LEAP ADDING TO PCS STABLE

Leap Wireless International Inc. said it will purchase the Dayton, Ohio, personal communications services license from PCSDevCo Inc.Leap said the acquisition, pending Federal Communications...

WIRELESS ON VERGE OF LIABILITY VICTORY

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry is on the verge of arguably its biggest victory since congressionally mandated state deregulation in 1993: liability protection.Congress is poised this fall...
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