Monthly Archives: November, 1999

CALL QUALITY STUDY FINDS CDMA ON TOP IN MANHATTAN

CHICAGO-A wireless network benchmarking study comparing the call quality of digital and analog cellular and personal communication services networks in metropolitan Manhattan found the...

BAM WINS ROCK CREEK PLANNING COMMISSION VOTE

WASHINGTON-Bell Atlantic Mobile late Thursday received consent from the National Capital Planning Commission to site two towers inside Rock Creek Park here, but the...

RFS CONSOLIDATES DIVISIONS

MERIDEN, Conn.-Radio Frequency Systems said it will consolidate two formerly separate divisions into one operation.The product lines of the former RFS and Celwave groups...

QUALCOMM STOCK JUMPS ON EARNINGS NEWS

Qualcomm Inc. stock jumped more than $35 last week after the Code Division Multiple Access technology innovator reported rising profits for the fiscal fourth...

PRODUCTS

TadiranTadiran Inc. introduced the Pulses Plus battery, a high-energy lithium thionyl chloride battery designed specifically for global positioning system tracking, radio-frequency interference detection and...

PINNACLE GROWTH ACHIEVED A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME

With 3,600 owned or managed towers in its inventory, Pinnacle Holdings Inc. ranks among the largest tower companies in the industry, but the way...

PEOPLE

TesscoTessco Technologies Inc. appointed Kevin P. Demery vice president and unit director of product and brand development. He will be responsible for electronic commerce,...

PARADIGM4 PRODUCT AIDS LAW ENFORCEMENT

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Paradigm4 unveiled SmartPartner Pager, a new wireless data service that provides law enforcement officers with the ability to access critical information from...

ORANGE HOPES TO DIFFERENTIATE IN COMPETITIVE MARKET

Following Orange's launch of a $15.5 million promotional campaign in July of the Wildfire voice-activated personal assistant, the carrier said 20,000 subscribers have signed...

STUDY SHOWS PRICES VARY FROM MARKET TO MARKET

LOS ANGELES-Econ One Research's latest monthly survey of wireless-phone service prices showed that some carriers charge up to twice as much for the same...

TANTIVY GALLOPS INTO WIRELESS INTERNET FUTURE

WASHINGTON-A company with a name that means "a rapid gallop" or "the blare of a horn" next month plans to begin alpha testing a...

VIEWPOINT: DATA DESTINY: MORAL QUESTIONS?

Alain Rossmann, founder of Phone.com, told the opening session audience at CTIA's Wireless I.T. conference last week in Santa Clara, Calif., that the wireless...

HE WHO HOLDS THE SPECTRUM ATTRACTS INVESTORS, BUYERS

NEW YORK-For strategic and financial investors, many domestic wireless carriers possess a strong desirability quotient because they own scarce spectrum in a huge and...

JUDGES HEAR ARGUMENTS IN NEXTWAVE BANKRUPTCY COURT

NEW YORK-The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard oral arguments Nov. 1 in the government's appeal of decisions that had affirmed...

NEXTEL PRICES 30M SHARES AT ABOUT $84

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. said it priced its underwritten offering of 30 million shares of its Class A common stock at $83.813 per share.The...

D.”C. NOTES: CYNICAL IN SILICON VALLEY

The concept of a trade show devoted to wireless data applications, like Wireless I.T., is as marvelous as it is timely. The show no...

VENEZUELA COULD AWARD FOURTH LICENSE

CARACAS, Venezuela-Venezuelan regulatory agency Conatel expects to award an additional cellular operating license early next year, according to a Reuters report.There currently are three...

TDMA, GSM GROUPS GO GLOBAL WITH ALLIANCE

It could have been an isolated path for TDMA operators going forward as they struggled for economies of scale in their businesses, but with...

CROWN INKS MASTER PACT WITH NEXTEL; CLEAR BUYS TWR

Tower companies late last week made several announcements: Nextel Communications Inc. signed a master lease agreement with Crown Castle International Corp. to collocate on...

DDI CLOSES ON TU-KA STAKE

TOKYO-DDI Corp. announced it acquired the stakes held by Nissan Motor Co. in three Tu-Ka cellular phone firms, completing a deal that was announced...

TIW CREATES ASIAN VENTURE

MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. announced the creation of Hong Kong-based TIW Asia N.V."TIW Asia will primarily focus on the acquisition of existing wireless companies...

TI, ARM TO DEVELOP PLATFORM FOR DEVICES

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. and ARM Ltd. last week announced plans to collaborate on developing a digital signal processor and microcontroller platform for use in...

DIGITAL CELLULAR DANGER COMES FROM PULSES

Dear Editor: I totally disagree with your unsupported conclusion that digital cellular phones are less dangerous than their analog counterparts. The exact opposite is true!...

MICROSOFT INVESTS IN TELIGENT

VIENNA, Va.-Teligent Inc. said it raised $500 million in new capital through an investor group led by Microsoft Corp. and private equity firm Hicks,...

FCC TO DECIDE ON MEDICAL TELEMETRY HOME NEXT YEAR

WASHINGTON-The private wireless and medical communities will have to wait until next year to find out if the Federal Communications Commission houses wireless medical...
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