Rank Company Name 1996 Revenues (000)1 Matsushita Electric Inds. Co. Ltd. $63,192,0002 NEC Corp. $41,174,0003 Motorola Inc. $27,973,0004 Lucent Technologies Inc. $23,286,0005 Ericsson...
Rank Company Name 1996 Net Income (000)1 Motorola Inc. $1,154,0002 Lucent Technologies Inc. $1,054,0003 Ericsson (L.M.) Telephone $1,034,1524 NEC Corp. $718,0005 Nokia...
RANK/COMPANY NAME TOTAL RETURN1 Brightpoint Inc. 259.88%2 Tellabs Inc. 169.96%3 Specialty Teleconstructors 150.00%4 ADC Telecommunications Inc. 149.00%5 WinStar Communications, Inc. 132.53%6 ...
After network difficulties hampered Sprint Spectrum L.P.'s projected launch of "15 to 20 markets" by the end of 1996, the company last week finally launched its premiere New York market.Another key market, Dallas, launched May 15.The company had hoped to launch several Code Division...
JUNE1-5 Supercomm '97, by the Telecommunications Industry Association. New Orleans. Call Susan Krys at (703) 907-7981.2 Wireless Interconnectivity and Standards Issues Seminar, by the Telecommunications Industry Association. New Orleans. Call Stephanie Jones at (703) 907-7735.2-5 Expo Comm Wireless USA 97-including WirelessWorld Expo and BroadBand...
WASHINGTON-Key Senate Democrats have threatened to block a package of Federal Communications Commission nominees because they do not represent rural America.In an April 15 letter to White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, Sens. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) and Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.) expressed anger that...
DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. entered into a five-year strategic alliance with First Cellular of Southern Illinois. Under the terms of the agreement, First Cellular will deploy additional paging transmitters on the PageMart network, enhancing PageMart's coverage area in the First Cellular market while providing PageMart...
VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a lower court's affirmation of certain Telular patents in Alliance Research Corp. vs. Telular Corp. The case now goes back to the district court to determine damages.Alliance Research, renamed...
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill.-Telular Corp. said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a lower court's ruling in the case of Arthur L. Serrano and Andrew W. Holman vs. Telular Corp.The lower court concluded that Telular Corp.'s patents 4,775,997 and 4,922,517 were...
BROOKDALE, Calif.-Wireless technology analysts Andrew Seybold and Alan Reiter announced they will host a conference devoted exclusively to wireless computing device operating systems June 24 in Santa Clara, Calif.The one-day conference, Outlook on Wireless OS, will focus on software platforms that are competing to...
RF Connectors, a division of RF Industries, released several BNC, N and UHF connectors for use with RG-8/U type plenum cable having .108 solid center conductors and .355 outer jacket dimensions. The cable can be used in computer, instrumentation or broadcast installations. (800) 233-1728.Two...
2 names forwarded to fill FCC slotsActivities surrounding the future makeup of the head table at the Federal Communications Commission heated up late last week with some congressional endorsements of commissioner candidates, but there still appears to be no consensus regarding how and when...
WASHINGTON-Key wireless initiatives are caught in the grip of legislative inertia that has paralyzed Congress and the White House and shaken the foundations of both institutions in the aftermath of House Speaker Newt Gingrich's (R-Ga.) ethics violations and the Clinton administration's link to the...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reversed course in narrowband personal communications services, resolving not to deploy services using the personal Air Communications Technology advanced paging protocol.AT&T Wireless said it still supports the technology development of pACT, but the turnabout could affect pACT vendors and the...
SAN FRANCISCO-Market segmentation and minimizing costs are critical success factors for wireless operators, and as countering forces, these topics were hot conversation at this year's Wireless '97 conference. Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association President Tom Wheeler hatched dialogue among four of the industry's carrier heads...
Siemens Components Inc. introduced its Model CMY210, a GaAs MMIC that can be used for designing cellular or personal communications services handsets based on Time Division Multiple Access or Code Division Multiple Access standards. The company said it functions as an up/down converter for...
WILMINGTON, Mass.-Priority Call Management added pre-paid cellular applications to its Oryx Platform. The pre-paid function includes on-line recharge capability."A major challenge for cellular service providers has been providing service to all individuals with a stringent credit qualification process," said Andrew Ory, founder and president...
WASHINGTON-Several prominent wireless industry figures attended White House coffees, which along with telecom-related trade missions are tied to an escalating Democratic fund-raising scandal that last week prompted a flood of congressional subpoenas and threatened to sidetrack Senate confirmation of two Clinton cabinet nominees.The Senate...
Paging Network Inc. appointed Steven Cadwell vice president of national accounts to lead its National Accounts Direct division, which provides customized customer service, billing and pager distribution. Prior to joining PageNet, Cadwell served in various sales and marketing positions during a 17-year tenure with...
The Antenna Co. announced it has officially changed its name to Andrew Wireless Products Group. Andrew Corp. acquired the company last year.The transition marks a stronger direction for the company and its place in the accessories market, said Roger Fisher, group president of the...
WASHINGTON-Research and consulting firm MTA-EMCI has moved with the times with the announcement last week of its new name-The Strategis Group. The 30-year-old company will continue to focus on telecommunications strategic planning, financial consulting, consumer and market research and telecom technologies in the wireline,...
Federal Communications Commission Common Carrier Bureau Chief Regina Keeney, citing personal reasons, abruptly pulled herself from contention for the open agency seat last week.Keeney, former chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, was nominated last July by President Clinton to fill the Republican seat left...
