LOS ANGELES-Loral Space & Communications will forgo plans to deploy a two-way broadband satellite system and instead focus on its core strengths of providing data delivery platforms for outside customers, including designing and building satellites, managing satellites and leasing transponders, said Bernard Schwartz, chairman...
WASHINGTON-Notwithstanding the Federal Communications Commission's findings last week that the rollout of advanced technologies is "reasonable and timely," Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), chairman of the Senate communications subcommittee, plans to introduce legislation this month to prod the FCC to do more.Burns was not-at-all happy...
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif.-DST Systems Inc. and USCS International Inc. announced an agreement to merge USCS with a wholly owned subsidiary of DST in a transaction valued at about $874 million. The deal is intended to be a tax-free reorganization accounted for as a pooling...
March 23-25The CDMA Development Group. The China World Hotel, Beijing.(888) 800-2362; outside the United States call (714) 545-5211.WorldTelecommunicationDevelopment ConferenceMarch 23-April 1The International Telecommunication Union. Velletta, Malta.+356 356 356.The Global TelecomGame: The PlayersMarch 25, 3 to 5 p.m. ESTPBS The Business Channel and Bellcore. The program...
My New Year's resolution is the same every year: find some way to stay in this business and make more money. However, this time, I think I've got a plan that will work (for the money part). After reading a Dec. 17 letter from Terry...
Ora Electronics Inc. announced its Signal Plus antenna performance kit, which the company said is designed to improve the performance of portable cellular telephones. Using a connector cable, users can connect the kit antenna directly to the antenna output of the portable phone which...
There may well be a vast geographic and cultural divide between Russia and the United States, but Mikhail Bogdanov, owner of Moscow-based EcoSoft GTCO, said he is impressed by the fact participants in the C-block auction for personal communications services face many of the...
