To the Editor: I cannot believe the deafening silence from the wireless community with regard to MobileMedia Corp.’s plan to extinguish the equity in the company. If the industry has …
To the Editor: You’ll probably get a lot of response on this one. Methanol is derived from wood and is highly toxic. It is not present in hard liquor. Ethanol …
WASHINGTON-While the mounting Asian financial crisis cuts into the booming wireless business worldwide, the threat of a longer-term impact depends on whether a workable rescue plan can be implemented by …
WASHINGTON-MCI Communications Corp. reported a net loss of $391 million, or 56 cents per share, for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, compared with net income of $303 million, or …
Two wireless infrastructure manufacturers signed agreements last week giving them a foothold in the emerging broadband access market. Lucent Technologies Inc. announced plans to acquire Hewlett-Packard Co.’s local multipoint distribution …
NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, N.J., has created a venture capital subsidiary to identify and invest in emerging technologies. Henry Schacht, who retired Feb. 18 as chairman of the …
LOS GATOS, Calif.-Metricom Inc. announced that GTSI, a government reseller in the United States, will resell the Ricochet wireless line of products and services. The Ricochet wireless modem and Internet …
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. reported a net loss of $121.5 million, or $2.01 per share, for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, compared with a net gain of $16.7 million, …
MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. said it closed a previously announced series O and Q preferred shares exchange offer. The offer was for preferred holders to exchange a total of $22.3 …
STAMFORD, Conn.-International Telecommunications Data Systems Inc. introduced its next generation of billing, customer care and management information solutions, including a new authentication-key management system. The new solutions are designed for …
MELVILLE, N.Y.-Interantenna-AMC, based in Moscow, has selected and installed the In-Touch II paging billing and management system from In-Touch Management Systems Inc., said the company. The installation, In-Touch’s first in …
WASHINGTON-Iridium L.L.C. announced that five additional satellites were launched Feb. 18, following several delays caused by unfavorable upper-level winds, said the company. The satellites were carried on a Delta II …
NEW YORK-Intek Diversified Corp., Princeton, N.J., has signed an agreement allowing use of its patented linear modulation technology by Kukjae Electronics Ltd. Co., Seoul, one of South Korea’s leading mobile …
NEW YORK-Two Denver companies joined forces this year as Liberty Telecom L.L.C., which they formed to fill a void caused by the paucity of financial institutions offering capital lease financing …
MCLEAN, Va.-LCC International Inc. offered GSM World Congress attendees in Cannes, France, a sneak peek at its next-generation wireless network planning and optimization software, the company said. The pre-commercial version …
CERRITOS, Calif.-Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co. said it teamed up with the American Association of Retired Persons, Retired Senior Volunteer Persons and a host of celebrities and local dignitaries to …
South Korean CDMA handset manufacturers exporting their way out of the currency crisis affecting their country are expected to fuel competition in the U.S. Code Division Multiple Access handset market …
Envision an all digital baseball stadium that allows its patrons to use their digital wireless phones to determine which parking lots are full, to order food and have it delivered …
To the editor: I just read your editorial about bundling and discounting, and, as a consumer, I could not agree more. I also subscribe to your adage to never, never …
DALLAS-Ivory Coast’s Telecel International has deployed its Global System for Mobile communications network using cellular infrastructure from Celcore, a division of DSC Communications Corp., said DSC. Telecel International, based in …
