MINNEAPOLIS-William Cadogan, chairman, president and chief executive officer of ADC Telecommunications Inc., said he will retire from ADC after a transition to a new leader is complete.ADC noted the transition is expected to be completed within the next 12 to 18 months."ADC is very...
MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. said its Axity broadband wireless access system is now available.The Axity platform will enable providers to deliver voice and high-speed data services to homes and businesses. Included are base station transmitters and receivers, wireless modems and an element management system. ADC...
MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. formed ADC Ventures, a venture-capital fund focused on investing in emerging and start-up companies in the United States, Europe and Israel that are engaged in developing high-performance, next-generation broadband communications technologies.The new venture will be managed by Robert Switz, senior vice...
Agilent TechnologiesAgilent Technologies Inc. introduced a number of new test-solution products and made improvements to others. The Agilent 84000 RFIC series model A20E is a low-cost test solution developed specifically for high-volume semiconductor manufacturers that make radio-frequency power-amplifier integrated circuits used in cell phones...
NEW YORK-Comparatively few of the hundreds of telecommunications billing companies in business today are publicly traded, but that list could grow by one if Daleen Technologies Inc., Boca Raton, Fla., proceeds with a planned initial public offering scheduled for late this month.The company views...
WASHINGTON-The Wireless Communications Association International's unlicensed council, created earlier this month, modified its group name and selected ADC Telecommunications, Clearwire Communications and WaveRider Communications as team leaders for core functions.WCA said the group "emulated a trend begun in Europe by substituting the term `license-exempt'...
NEW YORK-It was just this year that the camel's nose of wireless intelligent networks appeared under the mobile communications' tent, and it is not expected to rise to its full height until the dawn of the new millennium in 2001.A creature of technology to...
MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced it acquired Saville Systems plc, a worldwide provider of customer-care and billing software solutions.Under terms of the agreement, each ordinary share of Saville will be exchanged for .358 of an ADC share. At ADC's closing share price of $50.13 on...
HarrisHarris Corp. named its current Communications Sector President, E. Van Cullens, president and chief operating officer of the company, effective July 1. He will be responsible for overseeing the business operations for Harris' six divisions. Cullens joined Harris as communications sector president in 1997,...
TEMPE, Ariz.-Motorola Inc.'s Computer Group and ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced they have teamed to deliver a fault-tolerant system platform for advanced wireless short message services.The effort combines ADC's NewNet SMserver with Motorola's FX Series. Deployment of the platform began in the fourth quarter.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.-ADC Metrica, a unit of ADC Telecommunications, said it signed an original equipment manufacturer agreement with Unica Technologies Inc. to integrate Unica's data mining technology into new products.
MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Metrica, a business unit of ADC Telecommunications Inc., said it won a contract to manage Omnipoint Communications' network performance using Metrica/NPR.The system will manage performance statistics collected from network elements; store large volumes of performance measurement data; and provide daily, weekly and monthly...
MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced its plan to acquire Teledata Communications Ltd. has been approved by Teledata shareholders at a price of $15.75 per share, or about $200 million in cash.The plan calls for ADC to buy all outstanding Teledata shares and to convert outstanding...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Second-generation cellular has not been an entirely satisfactory experience for the United States. "We pulled up the beaches and said we are Island America," said Tom Wheeler, chief executive officer of the U.S. Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. But since then the wireless...
SONYSony Electronics' Personal Mobile Communications-America announced the availability of a dual-mode 800 MHz analog/Code Division Multiple Access version of its D-Wave Zuma wireless handset. The lithium ion battery provides up to 2.3 hours of talk time or up to 45 hours standby time in...
ADC Telecommunications Inc. said the NewNet CALEAserver tests on JSI Telecom's digital collection platform used by policing agencies, called VoiceBox, were successful for compliance with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act."Deployments of the CALEAserver offering will begin in 1999. Law enforcement agencies equipped...
WASHINGTON-The newly installed chairman of the Telecommunications Industry Association also is the head of a company with a product and a position on implementing the digital wiretap act that differs from that taken by TIA."The difference is pretty clear ... TIA is looking at...
PAGEMARTPageMart Wireless Inc. promoted two executives, Wayne Stargardt and Donna Regenbaum. Stargardt was named vice president of the company's fastest-growing business unit, the Carrier Services Division. Stargardt previously was PageMart's vice president of marketing. Before joining the company, he served as vice president of...
MELBOURNE, Fla.-Harris Corp. said it formed a partnership with ADC Metrica to offer ADC's performance management tools as part of Harris' network management service platform.The Harris platform offers unified network management capability for remote access to all network nodes, which allows real-time network monitoring,...
SINGAPORE-Several wireless companies have formed the PHS Forum in an effort to promote the benefits of PHS (Personal Handyphone System) technology in the Americas.Charter members ADC Wireless Systems, ArrayComm Inc., Kyocera Corp., Market Tel 48 C.A., Nichimen, Nippon Motorola, UTStarcom and Zetwx all have...
SINGAPORE-Several wireless companies have formed the PHS Forum in an effort to promote the benefits of Personal Handyphone System technology in the Americas.Charter members ADC Wireless Systems, ArrayComm Inc., Kyocera Corp., Market Tel 48 C.A., Nichimen, Nippon Motorola, UTStarcom and Zetwx all have PHS...
SHELTON, Conn.-ADC Telecommunications Inc.'s ADC NewNet introduced its CALEAserver software that allows wireless and wireline service providers to meet intercept-wiretap requirements outlined in the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act.CALEAserver will allow carriers to meet the original Oct. 25 CALEA compliance date, said ADC....
MANCHESTER, N.H.-Summa Four Inc. announced it will demonstrate Project Sigma this week at the Supercomm show in Atlanta.This new addition to Summa Four's product family is a telco-capable, standards-based programmable switching platform, and is the result of co-development partnership with Dialogic Corp. announced last...
American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced it has signed a three-year contract extension with IBM Corp. to provide the computer company with wireless data network services over its Ardis network through 2001. IBM uses the Ardis network for its field-service support personnel using a national...
