LISBON, Portugal-Concert plc, the company formed as part of the merger of British Telecommunications plc and MCI Communications Corp., and Portugal Telecom announced Portugal Telecom will exclusively distribute Concert's voice products in Portugal.Francisco Murteira Nabo, chairman of Portugal Telecom, said the alliance will allow...
Small- and medium-sized dispatch radio operators gathering at the 21st annual International Wireless Communications Expo this week in Las Vegas will recognize each other as the fierce competitors they are by day.But many, whether they know it or not, share a common bond: They're the...
Industry calls Arch one of strongest, most stable paging carriers, and securities analysts rate the company's stock "buy." But unlike other leading players talking up new voice and messaging services, there's no hoopla in Westborough, Mass., where Arch's management ambitiously but discreetly forms plans...
WASHINGTON-Vice President Gore's major-and questionably legal-role in Clinton administration fund raising raises more questions about whether telecommunications and trade policies continue to be compromised by campaign contributions from donors seeking a lane on the Information Superhighway.Gore, the most influential telecommunications policy voice in the...
The free-trade global telecom pact inked in Geneva two weeks ago represents the emergence of commerce as a powerful new diplomatic tool the United States will employ to export a broad range of democratic ideals and to advance strategic geopolitical goals abroad.What makes the...
WARREN, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. will use Agile Networks' data networking products to allow telecommunications service providers to combine voice and data services over a single public network.Lucent will combine the voice capabilities of its DDM-2000 Sonet multiplexer with the data capabilities of Agile's ATMizer-2000...
WASHINGTON-Sen. Ernest Hollings (R-S.C.), in what amounts to a showdown with the Clinton administration, is mounting a campaign to condition Senate confirmation of U.S. Trade Representative-designate Charlene Barshefsky on passage of an amendment requiring legislation to implement the new global telecom pact and future...
MONTREAL-Dataradio Inc. purchased E.F. Johnson Co.'s Data Telemetry Division and formed the Johnson Data Telemetry Corp. to focus on the wireless data communications sector."This combination will have a tremendous impact on the market both in terms of services offered to customers around the world...
To the cynic, walking away from AT&T Corp. and the prospect of being chairman of the world's biggest telecommunications company to head a wireless start-up with unproven technology was no big gamble for Alex J. Mandl.Start with a $20 million signing bonus to launch...
NEW YORK-Single-number portability, delivery of branded content and the growing similarity between switched voice and data are all trends that are moving in fast, according to participants in a panel Nov. 20 on wireless technology."No intelligent network platform is as reliable as a switch....
PARAMUS, N.J.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it reduced wireless telephone fraud in metropolitan New York City by 90 percent so far this year, using its authentication system and Corsair Communications Inc.'s PhonePrint radio frequency fingerprinting system.The company also announced it has reduced the lifespan...
Service Merchandise has agreed to add store-within-a-store facilities to 131 of its locations to sell Wireless Communication Centers Inc.'s wireless communications services and products. Wireless Communication Centers is a subsidiary of USCI Inc., a cellular and pager activation company. Bruce Hahn, chairman of USCI,...
WASHINGTON-The pending $21 billion merger between MCI Communications Corp. and British Telecommunications plc will turn on a relatively new foreign ownership policy and be shaped by powerful political forces that are conspiring to liberalize telecom markets for heavyweight global competition in the 21st century.The...
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Advanced Signal Inc. has licensed the entire FLEX family of paging protocols from Motorola Inc.'s Messaging Systems Products Group. Advanced also is developing test equipment for the narrowband personal communications services market.The test equipment, named SIGNALpro, allows users to characterize the outbound...
WASHINGTON-An innovative government-subsidized program is placing schools, libraries, hospitals, local governments, public safety agencies, community organizations and other groups at the cutting edge of new wireless and wireline telecommunications applications.The Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program awarded 210 grants in 48 states, the District...
Hughes Network Systems Inc. aspires to accomplish a great deal more than just to supply $1 billion of network equipment to NextWave Telecom Inc."This goes beyond equipment supply. That's why we took the equity position," said Pradeep Kaul, executive vice president of Hughes Networks...
Frequencies and technologies may not matter much in the scramble to capture the wireless consumer market. Instead, wireless carriers plan to compete in marketing and customer service."Everyone has a different edge or weakness" when it comes to price, coverage, technology and features, said Bukasa...
MORRISTOWN, N.J.-Bellcore said its board of directors has not yet approved the sale of the company, although a California defense contractor is believed to be close to making the buy.Bell Communications Research Inc. was created in 1984 by the regional Bell operating companies following...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission shifted into damage control last week after two officials contradicted each other over whether candidates for the Telecommunications Development Fund board were vetted by the White House.Catherine Sandoval, director of the FCC Office of Communications Business Opportunities, said nominees for...
Few ever venture into the southern Negev and virtually no one does in the inferno of August.Barren rubble extends for ridge after ridge of scorched emptiness. T.E. Lawrence-"Lawrence of Arabia"-had described it as "the most inhospitable desert" in the Middle-East. The Bedouin had abandoned...
BOCA RATON, Fla.-"PCS and The New Wireless Marketplace," the first show in the wireless communications series airing as part of The Cutting Edge Technology Report, will be broadcast Tuesday on the Discovery Channel via its transponder.Times for the show, hosted by Andrew Roscoe, chief...
WASHINGTON-Bundled and branded telephony, video and Internet services will dominate the U.S. telecommunications marketplace as the industry experiences increased competition and realignment, predicts Dr. Sam Book, president of Consumer Research at Economic and Management Consultants International Inc.EMCI recently conducted an in-depth study of more...
Cable & Wireless Inc. has signed a cellular resale agreement with Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile, one of the first steps in introducing its own branded wireless service package into the United States.CWI said it initially will offer its Business First Cellular service this fall...
NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service Inc. has assigned Prime-1 short-term ratings to a planned commercial paper program by Nokia Corp. and two of its subsidiaries.Nokia and its two guaranteed subsidiaries, Nokia Finance International B.V. and Nokia Treasury Pte. Ltd., are expected to issue as much...
