Monthly Archives: November, 1999

Gaining foothold in the UK, Cambridge sets its sights on the U.S. market

After scoring an agreement with Vodafone AirTouch plc to deploy its location-based technology in the carrier's U.K. network, Cambridge Positioning Systems is ready to...

VoiceStream raises $1.5B in notes sales

BELLEVUE, Wash.-VoiceStream Wireless Corp. announced it raised about $1.5 billion in proceeds from the issuance of 10.375-percent senior notes and 11.875-percent senior discount notes.The...

VIEWPOINT: Is paging dead?

Is paging dead?The wireless industry has been debating that unflattering statement for a few years now. When you look at recent statistics and stories...

Tower industry winners announced

LAS VEGAS-Following are the winners of the tower industry's Excellence in Business Awards sponsored by RCR and Shorecliff Communications Inc. The winners were announced...

SBA revenues climb 85 percent; EBITDA hits $3M

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. reported revenues for the third quarter grew to $24.6 million, an increase of 85.1 percent from revenues of $13.3...

SanDisk raises $291 million

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-SanDisk Corp., a Sunnyvale, Calif., developer of flash memory storage products, sold a 4.5 million-share secondary common stock offering Nov. 3. It raised...

GSM carriers need to exploit data

SAN FRANCISCO-Act now! GSM carriers need to deploy wireless data today, speakers told Global System for Mobile communications operators at last week's GSM in...

Court OKs McCaw investment in ICO

ICO Global Communications announced the first $150 million in interim debtor-in-possession financing offer led by Craig McCaw and his Eagle River Investments L.L.C. affiliate...

Motorola, AT&T brands rank highest in study

STAMFORD, Conn.-AT&T Corp. jumped from fifth to second place in Corporate Branding L.L.C.'s latest annual ranking of telecommunications companies, the firm said. Motorola Inc....

Motorola adds JP’s InfoBeam to PageWriter

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Motorola Inc. said it has added InfoBeam technology from JP Systems to the PageWriter 2000X, extending microbrowser functionality to the two-way pager...

AT&T doesn’t care about customer

Dear Editor: I have been a customer of AT&T Wireless in the New York region for several years. During this time, I have utilized the...

RCC will double customers with Triton Cellular buy

Rural Cellular Corp. announced its subsidiary, RCC Holdings Inc., entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the cellular telephone licenses, operations and related assets...

PageNet-Arch combo shrinks debt

Key to the merger agreement between Paging Network Inc. and Arch Communications Group Inc. is a massive debt reduction to be achieved through a...

N.A. GSM operators celebrate roaming progress

SAN FRANCISCO-North American Global System for Mobile communications operators had an upbeat story to tell international GSM carriers this year at the GSM in...

Merger reviews are one-time shot, agency tells Congress

WASHINGTON-With the tidal wave of telecommunications mergers occurring, regulators must ensure that whatever conditions they impose on companies to protect consumers are done right...

HANDSET SHORTAGE ANSWERS DEPEND ON WHO YOU ASK

Some confusion exists in the wireless industry over whether mobile-phone-component shortages are affecting the handset supply in the United States.Major handset suppliers say they...

IRIDIUM EXPANDS MARITIME OFFERINGS

TEMPE, Ariz.-Iridium North America announced the availability of a broad array of maritime-specific communication devices suitable for virtually any vessel.The single- and multi-channel equipment...

SBA AIMS FOR HIGH RATES OF RETURN, NOT NUMBER OF TOWERS

With a portfolio of nearly 1,000 towers, SBA Communications Corp. is among the top five public tower companies in the United States, and yet...

SBC’S RADIOFONE BUY ADDS 200,000 USERS

SAN ANTONIO, Texas-SBC Communications Inc. said it agreed to acquire Radiofone Inc., which serves more than 200,000 wireless customers in Louisiana and Michigan.Once the...

NORTHERN IRELAND ATTEMPTS TO LIVE UP TO EXPECTATIONS

DUBLIN, Ireland-Northern Ireland is a complex country with an intriguing cellular industry. As part of the United Kingdom, it is covered by the same...

L-3 COMM. FORMS TELEMETRY-EAST

NEW YORK-L-3 Communications formed a new Telemetry-East division through the consolidation of the company's Microcom division and the Aydin Telemetry division of L-3 Communications'...

WIRELESS EVOLVING TO LANDLINE SUBSTITUTE IN LATIN AMERICA

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobile telephony in Latin America rapidly is evolving into a viable substitute for inefficient and expensive landline services, according to Dataquest Inc.During...

NEXTLINK REVENUES DOUBLE

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Broadband carrier Nextlink Communications Inc. said its revenues for the third quarter reached $75.1 million, nearly double revenues of $37.8 million the company...

LUCENT OFFERS UNIFORM NETWORK GATEWAY, TEAMS WITH SIGNALSOFT

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Lucent Technologies Inc. introduced a uniform gateway to its Autoplex and Flexent Wireless Networks products, enabling network operators to introduce personalized or...

MCCAIN CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION ON KENNARD

WASHINGTON-Sen. John McCain late Friday called on the Federal Communications Commission's Office of Inspector General to "promptly, fairly, and thoroughly investigate" an allegation from...
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