"We are on the verge of completing a massive system that has been 10 years in the making," remarked Dr. Edward Staiano, vice chairman and chief executive officer of Iridium L.L.C. last week at a press conference in Washington, D.C.Staiano spent about an hour...
Globalstar L.P.'s original service providers have until the end of today to decide if they want to take up Loral Space & Communications' recent offer to buy a portion of their holdings in the satellite partnership.In a series of complex transactions announced April 24,...
BANGKOK, Thailand-Cellular and PCS operators in the Asia-Pacific region have doubled from 56 in 1993 to the current 113, according to the Yankee Group's recently released "Asia-Pacific Wireless Series." The research firm expects the region will house 184 million users or 34 percent of...
OXFORD, England-In March, shareholders of the privatized Spanish operator Telefonica approved a new group structure as well as a proposal to raise Pta 600 billion (US$3.97 billion) through the largest-ever rights issue by a Spanish company. Approval was granted at the shortest-ever meeting in...
GlobalStar Telecommunications Ltd. announced that China Telecom Group Ltd. has agreed to invest $37.5 million to become a full partner in Globalstar L.P.China Telecom, which provides fixed and wireless services in China, along with China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite Corp., will retain the sole rights...
WASHINGTON-Iridium L.L.C. reported a net loss of $205 million for the quarter ended March 31, which the company said is consistent with its expectations.The consortium is developing a global wireless communications network based on a constellation of 66 low-earth-orbiting satellites, expected to begin commercial...
To the Editor: I felt compelled to write after your recently published guest article by Reed Hundt (RCR, Feb. 23). Mr. Hundt, now unencumbered from tempering his personal beliefs and feelings, expresses why we, the two-way radio industry, have so much to fear from an...
DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P., which provides commercial low-earth-orbit satellite data and messaging communications services, said it awarded Pro IV Ltd. of Great Britain a multiyear contract to install a Little LEO customer-care and billing system to serve clients and licensees worldwide.Pro IV also will...
Socket Communications Inc. and Motorola Inc.'s Messaging Systems Products Group announced an agreement to develop and support software that will allow FLEX-enabled palmtop computers powered by the Windows CE operating system to receive personal, group and broadcast wireless messages. The agreement combines Socket's data...
MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. launched a new branding effort called "Workpower for the Road," which includes a new logo and a product-Geotek Driver Logistics System 1000-designed to increase mobile productivity, the company said.The Driver Logistics System, to be introduced this month, combines previously separate...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-The Personal Mobile Communications Division of Mitsubishi Wireless Communications Inc. announced it formed a business development relationship with Data on Air Inc. to expand the sales of advanced wireless products and services.The companies plan to offer service packages to cellular carriers, which will...
Winter Olympian Elvis Stojko, the Canadian silver medalist in the men's figure-skating event, is one of dozens of North Americans using GTE Telecommunications Services Inc.'s GlobalRoam technology in Nagano, Japan.GTE TSI last month completed two-way functionality of its GlobalRoam service between North America and...
WASHINGTON-FaciliCom International, a provider of wholesale international telecom services, announced that it completed a $300 million offering of senior notes. The notes will mature on Jan. 15, 2008, and interest on the notes will accrue at the rate of 10.5 percent per annum and...
BOULDER, Co.-CellPort Labs Inc. announced the third-generation version of its in-vehicle wireless data connectivity solution called C/P Connect. The new version of the platform pre-integrates a global positioning system receiver and choice of wireless airlink transceivers."We've taken C/P Connect to the next level of...
Iridium L.L.C.-the Motorola Inc.-led consortium expected to offer global voice, paging and fax services via a constellation of 66 low-earth-orbit satellites by September-announced it has secured the U.S. Department of Defense as its first customer.According to the consortium, the military will buy a gateway...
BOSTON-Wireless consumers increasingly are interested in bundled services from a single provider and consolidated billing, according to a recent study by the Yankee Group.Sixty-three percent of the total wireless user base is interested in a single provider, and the number goes up to 73...
SBC Communications Inc. and Southern New England Telecommunications Corp. last week executed a definitive agreement to merge in a $4.4 billion stock transaction.San Antonio, Texas-based SBC, a regional telephone company that has several wireless markets in the Northeastern United States, said SNET's wireless markets...
OTTAWA-Northern Telecom Singapore Pte. Ltd., the Philippines Communications Satellite Corp. and its subsidiary, CALL Telecoms, have signed a memorandum of understanding to roll out an international gateway facility, local exchange carrier network and a personal communications services mobile network in the Philippines.Philcomsat leases satellite...
Iridium L.L.C., the international consortium working to establish a 66-satellite network for a global wireless personal communications network, announced it intends to launch and operate an additional constellation of 96 low-earth-orbit satellites to provide global advanced digital two-way voice and data communications.The company recently...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Motorola Inc.'s Paging Systems Group has selected Sun Microsystems Inc.'s SPARCengine Ultra 2 motherboards for use in its next generation FLEX family protocol transport and infrastructure equipment, Sun Microsystems announced.According to the company, the new motherboards will enable a scalable platform capable...
PHOENIX-TekNow Inc., which markets advanced wireless messaging systems to replace existing paging terminal equipment, announced Metrocall Inc. bought its platform of integrated messaging solutions.The platform includes TekNow's PhenX TK4000 Paging Terminal and its PhenX Network Paging Gateway TNPP message management solution.
While it may feel cathartic at times, screaming at your computer monitor in blind rage rarely does much in terms of actual productivity. The problem is the silly thing simply can't hear you.Intent on creating a more effective means of verbal communication between the...
Ameritech Corp. announced it will invest $3.2 billion to become a strategic partner in Tele Danmark, helping the company speed up its domestic and international growth.Through a two-step transaction, Ameritech said it will acquire more than 40 percent of Tele Danmark stock and will...
CellPort Labs Inc. introduced its second-generation communications server platform for wireless data applications in intelligent vehicle communications.Formerly called Mobile Web, the renamed C/P Connect server platform is "an embedded, programmable gateway between two fragmented environments: the wireless airlinks and the vehicle's own electronics," said Tom...
