Monthly Archives: September, 1999

HERTZ CARS TO CARRY NEVERLOST SERVICE

DULLES, Va.-Navigation Solutions L.L.C., a joint venture formed earlier this year by Orbital Sciences Corp. and The Hertz Corp., said it will begin installing...

WIRELESS DATA IS REBORN

In 1989, I started my career in wireless as an outside sales rep for Metro Mobile (which would later become part of Bell Atlantic...

ERICSSON SIGNS DEALS WITH THAI CARRIER

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it signed two contracts, valued at more than $55 million, with Advanced Info Service Public Co. Ltd. in Thailand for...

LGC SYSTEM TO PROVIDE WIRELESS IN MALAYSIA

NEW ORLEANS-LGC Wireless announced its LGCell system has been selected to provide wireless access in the tallest buildings in the world-the Petronas Twin Towers...

INFOWAVE SECURITY PRODUCT READY FOR MARKET

ATLANTA-Infowave Software Inc. said it unveiled the final version of Infowave for the Net, a client/server solution designed to provide secure wireless access to...

3GPP2 GROUP RESOLVES SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES FOR 3G

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association announced the Third-Generation Partnership Program 2 (3GPP2) has completed its international harmonization workshop on global 3G and has moved...

LCC INVESTS IN ITALTEL SISTEMI

MCLEAN, Va.-LCC International Inc. said it made a minority investment in Italtel Sistemi SpA, obtaining access to 2,300 telecom professionals and improving its position...

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...

DECIDE.COM LAUNCHES COMPARATIVE WEB SITE

SAN JOSE-Decide.com introduced the Decide.com Web site, where consumers can identify, compare and purchase telecommunications products and services based on how they will use...

@MOBILE GETS PATENT FOR IMESSENGER

BELLEVUE, Wash.-@mobile Corp. announced the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded the company a patent for key aspects of its wireless instant messaging technology,...

FINANCIAL BOARD WANTS TO ELIMINATE `POOLING OF INTERESTS’

NEW YORK-The Financial Accounting Standards Board, Norwalk, Conn., recently issued a proposal for public comment that would eliminate accounting for mergers as pooling of...

UNIFIED MARKETING GOALS CAN INCREASE INT’L JV PROFITS

International joint ventures formed by manufacturing concerns, and the failure rates of these companies, have been well-documented over the years. The pioneering efforts of...

CREATING SOLUTIONS FOR CELLULAR SKEPTICS

The U.S. cellular adoption level is fast approaching 30 percent-not bad. However, it's also a long way from the penetration rates we see in...

POINT.COM ADDS NEW ACCESS POINTS FOR SHOPPING

SEATTLE-Point.com, an online retailer of wireless phones, service plans and accessories, announced two separate agreements allowing users of ZDNet, The New York Times on...

FIXING THE NETWORKS WILL STOP THE CHURN

Three quarters of the way into 1999, we are inundated with good news from many of the wireless carriers showing record numbers of new...

FRED KUZNIK APPOINTED PRESIDENT

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. has appointed Fred Kuznik president of Motorola's operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Kuznik returns to the region after...

DEVELOPER INTRODUCES SERVICE PLATFORM FOR WAP USERS

Joining several other third-party developers creating applications for the Wireless Application Protocol, CMG Telecommunications introduced its WAP Service Broker, a platform designed to connect...

NOKIA MERGES WITH NOKITERRA

HELSINKI-Nokia Corp. and Nokiterra Oy merged, giving Nokia approximately 64.3 million of its shares, corresponding to approximately 5.3 percent of the total share capital...

SEVERAL WIRELESS HEALTH-RELATED LAWSUITS SET TO HIT COURTS NEXT MONTH

WASHINGTON-Key lawsuits are set to go forward next month involving claims of fraudulent auditing and privacy violations against Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. and an...

STOCKPILE INFORMATION AS Y2K LOOMS, SENATOR SUGGESTS

WASHINGTON-With the exceptions of 9-pound babies being born and people getting married at the ninth hour of the ninth day of the 99th year...

WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCES THREE-PRONGED ENCRYPTION PLAN

WASHINGTON-The federal government moved closer to life in the 21st century with two actions that will help law enforcement, while allowing companies to develop...

AT&T-BT ERASE WIRELESS BORDERS

The need to add a wireless play in global telecommunications alliances became clearer last week as AT&T Corp. and British Telecommunications plc announced a...

DOJ URGES COURT TO DISMISS ARC, GEOTEK MISGIVINGS ABOUT NEXTEL DECREE

WASHINGTON-The Justice Department, already embroiled in controversy over a secret wireless licensing pact with Nextel Communications Inc. and the Federal Communications Commission, last week...

REPLACEMENT HANDSET SALES DRIVING TERMINAL GROWTH

This analysis explains why initial terminal forecasts for 1999 averaged 55 million units below what will likely be 260 million terminals shipped. It reveals...

SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY DEBATES VALIDITY OF RF ABSORPTION TESTS

WASHINGTON-Millions of cellular telephones may be getting safety approvals by the Federal Communications Commission despite possibly exceeding the agency's radio-frequency radiation exposure guidelines.Professor Om...
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