Monthly Archives: October, 1999

MOTOROLA DEVELOPS MOBILE INTERNET PLATFORM

Motorola Inc. released a new communications platform last week called Mobile Internet Exchange, or MIX, with the goal of giving users the ability to...

PRODUCTS

AgilentAgilent Technologies debuted the SQL server 7.0 database scanner and HP SFCommand. HP SFCommand will help network operators integrate all security applications, such as...

QUALCOMM ARGUES NO ONE CAN BUY IS-661 PHONE

Qualcomm Inc. said it tried to purchase Interim Standard-661 handsets from Omnipoint Corp.'s stores in New York, but was told the carrier only offered...

COMPONENTS SHORTAGE COULD BE DEMAND CATCHING UP WITH SUPPLY

The popularity of wireless may be contributing to an industrywide shortage of some components used in mobile devices, although device manufacturers may not be...

EXIDE MAY EXPAND INTO WIRELESS DEVICES

NEW YORK-Exide Corp., a Reading, Pa., battery maker well-known as an automotive industry supplier, announced a tentative acquisition agreement that offers it an entree...

FRANCE TELECOM UPS STAKE IN E-PLUS

PARIS-France Telecom said it reached an agreement to buy Vodafone AirTouch plc's 17.24-percent interest in E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH, Germany's third-largest mobile carrier, for $1.86...

AMSC LAUNCHES ELINK

American Mobile Satellite Corp. began offering its eLink wireless e-mail service commercially last week, featuring two-way wireless extension of desktop Internet e-mail to handheld...

DIVINE TOWER PLACES $100M LUCENT ORDER

COLUMBUS, Ohio-Divine Tower International Corp. said it selected Lucent Technologies Inc. to provide approximately $100 million of wireless infrastructure equipment in the first year...

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM LAUNCHES U.S.-BASED VENTURE CAPITAL SUBSIDIARY

NEW YORK-Deutsche Telekom AG launched T-Venture of America Inc., a new, U.S.-based subsidiary that will manage a $100 million venture capital fund focused on...

MOTOROLA COMMITS $342M TO DOLPHIN ESMR BUILDOUT

BASINGSTOKE, U.K.-Telesystem International Wireless, through its subsidiary Dolphin Telecom plc, announced Motorola Inc. has arranged financing commitments for credit facilities totaling $342 million for...

SPRINT PCS OFFERS NEW TEAM OPTION FOR BUSINESSES

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS announced its business customers now can select a new Nationwide Team Option for team-based calling from any Sprint PCS phone...

LUCENT TO DROP PCS 2000 SHOW

Lucent Technologies Inc. will be noticeably absent when the Personal Communications Industry Association kicks off its 2000 showcase next September in Chicago.The infrastructure vendor...

ASSOCIATIONS DECRY AMTA AUCTION PLAN

WASHINGTON-Twenty-three organizations representing a broad cross section of American industry blasted an American Mobile Telecommunications Association proposal to auction a big chunk of the...

HOUSE MEMBERS URGE SENATE ACTION ON CALEA GRANDFATHER DATE

WASHINGTON-Six House members last week sent a letter to Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, urging consideration of a...

KENNARD: FCC NOT BOUND TO NEXTEL IN PACT FOR PCS

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman William Kennard last week told the House of Representatives' top telecommunications lawmaker, Rep. Thomas Bliley (R-Va.), that a letter signed...

MOTOROLA, PAGING RESELLERS ASSIST CONXUS CUSTOMERS

When voice paging carrier Conxus Communications Inc. shut off its network in the closing days of August, many wondered what would happen to the...

CLINTON VETOES ANTENNA-SITING MEASURE

WASHINGTON-President Clinton last week vetoed an appropriations bill that fosters antenna siting in Rock Creek Park and on other federal property in the nation's...

SPRINT PCS SELECTS QUALCOMM FOR 3G NETWORK

SAN DIEGO-Sprint PCS said it selected Qualcomm CDMA Technologies to provide infrastructure for trials of third-generation wireless technology based on the 3G Code Division...

COURT GIVES PRIVACY PRIORITY OVER FIRST AMENDMENT

WASHINGTON-In a victory for the wireless industry and a blow to free-speech advocates, a federal court here has revived a high-profile cell-phone eavesdropping lawsuit...

AMDOCS TO RESELL SUN PLATFORM

ST. LOUIS-Sun Microsystems Inc. and Amdocs announced a global alliance reseller agreement under which Amdocs will resell and support the Sun platform.Under terms of...

AIRTOUCH TO LAUNCH NEW VERSION OF CPP

AirTouch Cellular plans to unveil a new version of its calling party pays service later this month.AirTouch will launch the new service first in...

AGCS, AT&T TO MARKET TDMA-BASED ROAMEO

PHOENIX-AG Communication Systems and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced the general availability of the Roameo Time Division Multiple Access 850 MHz to 1900 MHz-based...

RAILROAD ASSOCIATION ASKS REGULATORS TO LIFT LICENSE FREEZE

WASHINGTON-The Association of American Railroads again urged federal regulators to lift the licensing freeze on private multiple address system applications and not auction fixed...

APION, SYMMETRY DEMO WAP OVER GPRS EQUIPMENT

SAN JOSE, Calif.-APiON Ltd., a Wireless Application Protocol infrastructure provider, and Symmetry Communications Inc., which provides General Packet Radio System equipment, announced that have...

ECONOMIC TRENDS, INDUSTRY TRACK RECORD HAS FINANCING TIGHT

NEW ORLEANS-The bankruptcies of certain C-block and mobile satellite companies, coupled with mutual fund outflows, rising interest rates and other macro-economic trends, have aligned...
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