Yearly Archives: 1999

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...

SPECTRASITE ROLLS WITH THE CHANGES TO BECOME MAJOR TOWER CONSOLIDATOR

The wireless industry had only just begun to discuss the idea of purchase leaseback arrangements last year when SpectraSite Communications Inc. forged the first...

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...

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...

`PICK ME COACH,’ WIRELESS TELLS SENATE AT COMPETITION HEARING

WASHINGTON-Competition in the local loop does not need to come from wireline competitive local exchange carriers, it can come from wireless carriers, a high-level...

GTE-BELL ATLANTIC NAME TOP EXECS

NEW YORK-GTE Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Charles R. Lee and Bell Atlantic Corp. Chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg designated six executives to...

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...

WIRELESS FACILITIES GOES PUBLIC

NEW YORK-Wireless Facilities Inc., a San Diego designer and manager of wireless communications networks, went public Nov. 4 with an offering of 4 million...

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'...

3G TRANSITION ALSO MUST HAPPEN ON BUSINESS FRONT

WHEATON, Md.-The transition to third-generation technology must be revolutionary rather than evolutionary, according to a new study by Herschel Shosteck Associates Ltd. titled, "Third...

@MOBILE.COM, GTE WIRELESS TEAM ON WEB CONTENT DELIVERY

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-@mobile.com Inc., an application service provider for wireless carriers and Internet content providers, and GTE Wireless announced they will offer Internet content...

GAZPROM COMPLETES WORLD’S LARGEST TRUNKED NETWORK

GENEVA-Russia's Gazprom, the world's largest supplier of natural gas, is completing the final stages of a $100 million trunked radio network built to service...

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...

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...

PROTEGE TO RUN AVANTGO’S U.K. BUSINESS

LONDON-AvantGo Inc. announced Protege will manage its European business expansion, establishing headquarters in the United Kingdom.Philip Hibberd, a Protege board member, will serve as...

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...

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...

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...

AIRTOUCH OFFERS NET ACCESS IN ORE.

PORTLAND, Ore.-AirTouch Cellular launched Net Access service in Portland today. The service allows travelers and mobile workers to access the Internet, online services or...

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...

DDI TO LAUNCH UP.LINK-BASED INTERNET SERVICE

TOKYO-Phone.com Inc. said Japanese carrier DDI Corp. will soon launch a wireless Internet access service based on the UP.Link Server Suite on a Personal...

MCCAW SHELLS OUT FUNDS FOR ICO

ICO Global Communications Ltd. received final commitments for the $1.2 billion in financing needed to finish building its satellite voice network from none other...

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!...

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...
- Advertisment -

Most Read