INTERDIGITALGerard Pepenella was hired by InterDigital Communications Corp. as vice president and general manager of broadband Code Division Multiple Access technology. He will collaborate with Gary Lomp, chief technology officer, on growth and enhancement of the company's technology and products. Pepenella joined InterDigital with...
IRVINE, Calif.-Powerwave Technologies Inc. will acquire Hewlett-Packard Co.'s radio-frequency power amplifier business and its manufacturing facility located in Folsom, Calif., for about $59 million, the companies announced. The business, part of HP's Wireless Infrastructure Division, designs and manufactures RF power amplifiers for wireless communications,...
Watching a cellular handset manufacturer that was once on top of the market exit from the U.S. handset business has broken Mal Gurian's heart.The one-time president of Oki telecom, since renamed Oki Telecom Inc., considered the company his family."We had all the top people...
ENCINITAS, Calif.-CommQuest Technologies has teamed with Hewlett-Packard Co. to provide a turnkey solution for in-line production testing of Code Division Multiple Access and Global System for Mobile communications wireless handsets.The production process combines HP's TS-5500 test platform and handset-fixture solution with CommQuest's customized test...
VLSIVLSI Technology Inc. said its president and chief operating officer, Richard M. Beyer, left the company for personal reasons. "We have a very solid team that can weather the current semiconductor industry downturn while we continue to invest in the strategic technologies that position...
NEW YORK-Wireless telephony providers are hemorrhaging revenues from organized activity by criminals drawn to the low risk and easy money of subscription fraud.Thieves are exploiting a particularly lucrative window of opportunity right now, one that is likely to remain open for a few years....
Trying to address the various issues systems integrator companies face in the telecommunications industry is like stepping into a mine field, say industry experts.The increased level of competition spurred by the 1996 telecom act, corporate mergers, diversity of standards, customer demands, growth and changing...
Several leading telecommunications and computer industry companies last week announced a technology platform that would allow all types of mobile devices to communicate with each other without cable connections.Companies including Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Toshiba Corp., Nokia Corp. and L.M. Ericsson are participating in...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's long-awaited decision on what should happen with low-power private wireless systems during refarming has been delayed by concerns over interference with heart monitors.The Land Mobile Communications Council submitted a plan last June to deal with low-power systems but operators of...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. reported revenues of $6.2 billion for its second quarter ended March 31, a 20-percent increase compared with $5.1 billion reported in the same quarter of 1997.The company experienced a 65-percent drop in quarterly net income from $66 million, or...
AUTHENTIX NETWORK INC.William W. Erdman was named president and chief executive officer of Authentix Network Inc., a company offering enhanced roaming solutions to wireless service providers. Erdman was one of the founding members and the first chairman of the Cellular Radio Communications Association, which...
WASHINGTON-No one was more surprised at the eventual outcome of the most recent Federal Communications Commission spectrum auction as was Thomas Jones, president of WNP Communications Inc., who walked away with the right to build in 30 of the top 50 markets.Auction 17, which...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Advanced Radio Telecom Corp. and Lucent Technologies Inc. signed a letter of intent for Lucent to supply equipment and integrate Advanced Radio's planned wireless broadband data network.Under the agreement, Lucent will provide equipment and vendor financing valued at up to $200 million...
A new group consisting of personal computer, telecommunications and consumer electronics companies is developing a protocol for wirelessly connecting home appliances to PCs.The Home Radio Frequency Working Group's mission is "to enable the existence of a broad range of interoperable consumer devices by establishing...
NEW YORK-Look no further than North American borders for the biggest near-term opportunities to provide billing and customer care systems.In recent years, the focus of procurement contract competition has been on supplying operations support systems, which include billing and customer care, to the green...
The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association has filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission asking the agency to move forward with a rulemaking on calling party pays service. While CPP service has been implemented with great success throughout much of the rest of the...
Two wireless infrastructure manufacturers signed agreements last week giving them a foothold in the emerging broadband access market.Lucent Technologies Inc. announced plans to acquire Hewlett-Packard Co.'s local multipoint distribution service wireless business, and Nokia Telecommunications said it signed a cooperation agreement with Diamond Lane...
TRANSCRYPT INTERNATIONALTranscrypt International Inc. named Craig Huffaker senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer. Huffaker's 20 years of financial management experience include 12 years as CFO for publicly traded companies. Huffaker, a certified public accountant, most recently was CFO of TIE Communications.CellStar...
GoAmerica Communications Corp., a wireless Internet and intranet service provider, hopes to enter the consumer market in the next couple of years and is preparing by beginning to build network partnerships with Global System for Mobile communications and Code Division Multiple Access carriers.For now,...
OAKLAND, Calif.-Telamon, which makes notification, interactive response and data communications products, announced that its flagship TelAlert product has been integrated with two-way pagers and touch-tone phones.The TelAlert product automates the process of notifying support personnel of problems on their systems and networks and in...
ALAMEDA, Calif.-Microcell Solutions Inc. announced it will provide Nokia Mobile Phones' 9000i Communicator smart phone to its subscribers in Canada.Microcell is a Canadian personal communications services provider using Global System for Mobile communications technology at 1900 MHz. The wholly owned subsidiary of Microcell Telecommunications...
Jato Communications Corp., a small Denver-based company, has big plans in the Local Multipoint Distribution Services market."We think that there is going to be a bandwidth scarcity and LMDS is the ideal technology and spectrum for high-speed data transport," said Brian Gast, chief executive...
Smartalk Teleservices Inc. rocketed into the prepaid calling card big leagues last week, virtually doubling in size with the acquisitions of GTI Telecom Inc. and SmarTel Communications Inc."The purchase of these two companies demonstrates that Smartalk is executing on its plan to be a...
Contactless smart cards are becoming hot business.Motorola Inc. announced last month its plans to be a leader in the business of contactless smart cards. Meanwhile, the France-based Gemplus Group claims to have already achieved "world leadership in the area of contactless products," according to...
