WASHINGTON-With the federal deficit giving way to an anticipated surplus, congressional and White House number crunchers are less apt to be as preoccupied with spectrum budget policy as they have …
CHICAGO-Aerial Communications Inc. cited strong holiday sales and the November launch of its Orlando, Fla., market as factors that helped the company nearly double its customer base during the fourth …
WASHINGTON-Key House and Senate lawmakers last week signaled plans to address antenna siting moratoria in 911 legislation this year, setting up a showdown with competing bills in what appears to …
NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, N.J., North America’s largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer, surprised the investment community Jan. 20 with first-quarter results way ahead of expectations. Lucent reported net income …
MILPITAS, Calif.-LSI Logic Corp. announced the availability of what it calls the industry’s first programmable single-chip Global System for Mobile communications baseband solution. The GSM baseband processor architecture contains the …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a $182 million contract with Jiangsu Post & Telecommunications Administration to expand the Global System for Mobile communications mobile network in the Chinese province of Jiangsu. …
To the Editor, I just finished reading your Jan. 12 issue and read the article “The frustration of finding a job” with great interest. I have been part of the …
LCC International Inc. last week made two moves that appear to be pointing toward an increasing importance of international markets to its radio frequency engineering and network implementation services and …
Motorola announced that its Customer Owned Messaging and JTECH Communications Inc. have signed an agreement to develop new applications for on-premises paging systems for markets such as business offices, retail …
TORONTO-Ericsson Telecom, a distribution partner of Architel Systems Corp., entered an agreement with Telecommunications of Jamaica Ltd. to sub-license Architel’s Automatic Service Activation Program. The license calls for the Jamaican …
BOSTON-The combination of an increasingly mobile work force with the growing popularity of the Internet could potentially speed up the adoption of wireless data networks and services, according to a …
BOSTON-Wireless consumers increasingly are interested in bundled services from a single provider and consolidated billing, according to a recent study by the Yankee Group. Sixty-three percent of the total wireless …
MINNEAPOLIS-WirelessNorth introduced the “Unlimited Minutes Plus” personal communications services calling plan in its Red River Valley markets in North Dakota. Subscribers will receive unlimited PCS calling for $75 per month, …
LEXINGTON, Mass.-Wildfire Communications Inc. announced that Century Telephone Enterprises Inc. will begin consumer trials of its Network Wildfire service with residential, business and wireless customers in Louisiana and Wisconsin. Century …
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Watkins-Johnson Co. increased its production capacity with the purchase of Samsung Microwave Semiconductor Inc., the company said. Watkins historically produced semiconductor devices primarily for its own use, but …
With the introduction of the Windows CE operating system designed by Microsoft Corp.-expected to revolutionize the mobile computing industry much like the company’s Windows 95 operating system changed the computing …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported a 311-percent increase in net income for the quarter ended Dec. 28, 1997, from $9 million, or 13 cents per share, a year ago to $37 …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it has completed a six-month field trial with Vodafone Ltd. demonstrating the compatibility of a Code Division Multiple Access base station in an existing Global System …
NEW YORK – Price Communications Corp. announced its new subsidiary, Price Communications Wireless – formerly Palmer Wireless – poster 19,296 net subscriber additions during the fourth quarter, bringing its total …
WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel Inc. said it nearly doubled its personal communications services customer base in the fourth quarter, adding 53,000 customers and closing 1997 with 119,000 subscribers, an 80 percent …
