WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice has signed a letter of intent with a telecommunications manufacturer to buy software and give it to carriers to implement the digital wiretap act, Attorney General Janet Reno told a congressional panel last Thursday."We have signed a letter of intent...
IrelandEsat Telecom Group plc confirmed it accepted an offer to acquire a pro rata share of 9 percent of Ireland's Global System for Mobile communications cellular operator, Esat Digifone, at a cost of $57 million from International Investment and Underwriting Ltd. Esat Telecom Group...
ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. said it expects results for the second quarter ended March 31 will fall short of analysts' expectations because of lower-than-anticipated revenue in January and February.The company said it will reduce its cost structure in various locations, which will include a...
WASHINGTON-The fallout over alleged technology transfers, increasingly testing the mettle of fledgling mobile satellite firms, has prompted new bills to aid the U.S. space launch industry and to ban satellite exports to China altogether.Sens. John Breaux (D-La.) and Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), chairman of the...
DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. last week signed agreements with LottoNet and Yahoo!, furthering its goal to provide various Internet-based information services to its paging subscribers.LottoNet is an Internet-based lottery information provider. The agreement will allow PageNet subscribers choosing the service to receive their state's lottery...
Customers want their questions answered the way they want and in the most convenient manner possible, say mobile phone carriers and analysts. As carriers try to understand how their customers want their questions addressed and problems resolved, many are finding a solution in automation...
WASHINGTON-Personal communications services subscribers use their phones more than cellular subscribers, said the Telecommunications Industry Association last week.PCS subscribers use their phones for 300 minutes per month while cellular subscribers use their phones for 140 minutes per month, TIA said in a report, "1999...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless Inc. said it acquired AirBanc Wireless Solutions Inc., broadening its product line and business applications for transaction-based networks."Sierra can now deliver an extremely efficient and cost effective end-to-end solution for ATMs, point-of-sale terminals and other e-commerce applications," said Greg Funk,...
WASHINGTON-The regulatory landscape for the personal communications services industry is dominated not by issues that are PCS-specific but by issues impacting the entire commercial mobile radio services industry."Even though there may be some rules that are different (for PCS carriers than for cellular carriers),...
U.S. Global System for Mobile communications carriers took a financial beating in 1998, but analysts expect 1999 to look brighter for these carriers as they look to butter up their bottom lines and find strategic partners.Tight financing, high churn levels and a general under-performance...
To the Editor: "Good God almighty," RCR Washington Bureau Chief Jeffrey Silva said in a recent column (about health effects of wireless technology), "do the damn research and get the controversy over with!"Nobody disputes that more radio-frequency research is needed. But the larger need is...
WASHINGTON-Four members of the House Judiciary Committee have told the Federal Communications Commission to consider the cost of deploying technical standards to implement the digital wiretap law.The representatives reminded FCC Chairman William Kennard in a letter sent last Thursday that the Communications Assistance for...
The fourth quarter of 1998 marked both highs and lows for the various carriers that make up the paging industry, with companies meeting both significant milestones and facing continued challenges.Perhaps deserving of the most attention are SkyTel Communications Inc. and Paging Network Inc., although...
WASHINGTON-Even before the Federal Communications Commission can release proposed rules to implement calling party pays service in the United States, its neighbor to the south will implement CPP, said Javier Lozano Alarcon, president of Mexican Federal Telecommunications Commission known as Cofetel.CPP is expected to...
While the fourth quarter typically is the most competitive quarter of the year for mobile phone operators, a recent pricing study from Robinson-Humphrey Co. L.L.C. concludes that increased industry competition did not lead to dramatic price declines in the fourth quarter.The study found overall...
While the domestic wireless industry struggles to determine the demand for wireless local loop services in the United States, Frontier Cellular in May will mark the one-year anniversary of the commercial launch of its WLL system in its New York markets.WLL services are expected...
NEW ORLEANS-Nortel Networks announced its wireless Internet Protocol evolution plan at Wireless '99 and said it aims to reduce a wireless operator's total cost per megabit for data transmissions from 37 cents currently to 4 cents within five years."Nortel Networks has set a goal...
WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court here rejected a challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's auction of 800 MHz specialized mobile radio licenses in 1997, but struck down rules imposing tighter buildout requirements on firms that got licenses before the auction than on those that bought...
NASHUA, N.H.-Sanders, a Lockheed Martin Co., announced it entered into a long-term agreement with WirelessNorth to supply its PCS-Over-Cable distributed antenna system to support the deployment of a wireless network throughout the 13 basic trading areas covered by WirelessNorth's personal communications services licenses.The PCS-Over-Cable...
NEW ORLEANS-William Kennard, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, told a receptive Wireless '99 General Session crowd on Tuesday he believes calling party pays will lead to wireless competing with wireline for minutes of use. "Only 5 percent of phone calls now are made...
NEW ORLEANS-Nokia Corp. last week announced an infrastructure package that should reduce costs and increase efficiency for Global System for Mobile communications carriers, now will be available in the United States. The package components already are in use in Europe, said company officials.The services,...
The domestic telecom market is abuzz with mergers, acquisitions and mega-deals. The industry is consolidating again, not so long after AT&T Corp. was broken up into Baby Bells; cellular and then personal communications services licenses were awarded, and carriers of all stripes began competing...
Telematics services are becoming increasingly popular in the United States, with at least five automotive original equipment manufacturers and several after-market vendors offering telematics hardware and services to customers.The telematics market supports just more than 60,000 customers today, but it is expected to grow...
When BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. introduced its Interactive Paging service at PCS '98 last year, Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing Janet Boudris said she expected financial applications to be a big driver of the two-way messaging paradigm.If recent announcements are any indication, that...
