Yearly Archives: 1999

D.C. NOTES: GORE-TECHS CAMPAIGN

We already knew Vice President Al Gore was good at working White House phones and Buddhist temples for noble causes, like the presidency. Now...

NRIC WANTS MORE WIRELESS PARTICIPATION

WASHINGTON-The telecommunications industry forum studying whether the telephone network will work when the new century arrives needs better participation from the wireless industry, said...

XYPOINT CERTIFIES KSI

SEATTLE-Xypoint Corp. awarded its first certification for location determination technology to KSI Inc., which has developed TeleSentinel, a network-based wireless location system.The certification ensures...

YANKEE RELEASES PRICING DATA

BOSTON-The Yankee Group has concluded that wireless prices are both stabilizing and homogenizing. The company's Wireless Price Index, which has tracked wireless prices in...

AIRTOUCH PENDING SALE RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT PAGING UNIT

DENVER-The posturing continued last week among the players interested in buying AirTouch Communications Inc.The Financial Times reported Vodafone Group plc is considering sweetening its...

ALPHA JOINS BLUETOOTH

WOBURN, Mass.-Alpha Industries Inc. has become the latest company to join the Bluetooth Special Interest Group as an early adopter. Alpha Industries designs and...

SPRINT EXPANDS IN GEORGIA

ATLANTA-Sprint Spectrum L.P. announced it expanded its network into Atlanta and the surrounding communities.Sprint PCS said it will provide coverage on I-75 north through...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. announced it signed a letter of intent with MCI WorldCom's prepaid services division to provide prepaid cellular services nationwide under...

BRIGHTPOINT, NEXTEL EXTEND AGREEMENT

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced Nextel Communications Inc. extended its agreement with Brightpoint through July 1, 2001. Under the agreement, Brightpoint provides inventory management, fulfillment, returns...

BUNDLING STILL A MIXED BAG

Bundling continues to push forward, albeit at a slow pace.A recent Arthur Andersen survey of telecommunications companies found 66 percent of respondents offer bundled...

STORM CONTINUES TO FOLLOW C-BLOCK INTO REAUCTION PROCESS

The reauction of C-block personal communications services spectrum is expected to be a dismal affair in March, and most small entrepreneurial businesses-which the auction...

CDG OFFERS COMPROMISE ON 3G, BUT NOT ON CHIP RATE

A group of cdmaOne operators are making another push to harmonize third-generation technology and avoid a potential deadlock within the International Telecommunication Union over...

ERICSSON INKS DEAL FOR WCDMA IN CHINA

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a memorandum of technology and industrial cooperation for wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology with the Ministry of Information Industry...

NEXTLINK TO ACQUIRE WNP

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Nextlink Communications Inc. announced it has reached an agreement to acquire WNP Communications Inc. in a combined cash and stock transaction valued at...

CWA TO REPRESENT PAC BELL EMPLOYEES

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Communications Workers of America announced Pacific Bell Wireless employees chose the union to represent them and, under "card check" provisions negotiated last...

SILVERLAKE TO REMAIN ‘INDEPENDENT’ UNDER PAGENET OWNERSHIP

Paging Network Inc. announced it acquired Calabasas, Calif.-based Silverlake Communications Inc., and it has integrated the company into its Advanced Wireless Integration Group. Financial...

PRICE COMMUNICATIONS REPORTS 30-PERCENT SUBSCRIBER INCREASE

NEW YORK-Price Communications Corp. announced its Price Communications Wireless subsidiary recorded 72,385 net subscriber additions in 1998, vs. 55,632 for 1997, an increase of...

FCC MANDATE SHOULD MOTIVATE E911 SOLUTIONS PROVIDERS

A recent Federal Communications Commission notice may give some momentum to vendors offering handset-based solutions for wireless enhanced 911 compliance.The FCC has mandated that...

AT&T OFFERS IN-FLIGHT PROMOTION

SEATTLE-AT&T Wireless Services announced Alaska, American, Canadian, Northwest and Southwest airlines' passengers who make or receive, during any single month, five in-flight calls via...

NEW CONSULTING UNIT HELPING GEOWORKS GET BACK ON TRACK

Geoworks Corp. announced the latest stage in its continuing transformation last week with the introduction of a consulting division called the Professional Services group.The...

LEAP REPORTS EARNINGS

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. announced that as of the end of its first quarter of fiscal year 1999, ended Nov. 30, two of...

WHITE HOUSE DEFENDS EXPORT CONTROLS

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration, reacting for the first time to a new congressional report that concluded American satellite exports to China harmed U.S. national security,...

LUCENT ADDS TWO NOTCHES TO ITS ACQUISITION BELT

NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc., the Murray Hill, N.J., telecommunications equipment giant, gobbled up two other properties last week.In its bid to become a single-source...

FIRM SUES LUCENT, ALLEGING Y2K PROBLEM

NEW YORK-A company called Beatie, King & Abate L.L.P. has filed a class-action lawsuit against Lucent Technologies Inc. individually and as a successor to...

MANNESMANN INCREASES STAKE

DUSSELDORF, Germany-Mannesmann AG announced it has increased its participation in Italian mobile carrier Omnitel Pronto Italia by 3.2 percent. The transaction included offering AirTouch...
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