OXFORD, United Kingdom-Iridium L.L.C. launched its global mobile satellite service last November, and demand for the service reportedly is high, but so far largely unfulfilled. Shortage of handsets is being cited as the main culprit.Such a situation is not uncommon in the early days...
M/A-ComM/A-COM, a division of AMP Inc., announced a new family of DC-2 GHz GaAs Field Effect Transistor Microwave Monolithic Integrated Circuit digital attenuators with integral Application Specific Integrated Circuit drivers. The attenuators in this family are multichip modules containing GaAs FET MMIC Radio Frequency...
PCIAThe Personal Communications Industry Association appointed Brent Weingardt vice president of government relations. Weingardt previously was regulatory counsel for Iridium LLC where he gave legal advice on regulatory matters and provided guidance regarding compliance with U.S. wireless and common carrier requirements. Prior to his...
At the end of each year, the RCR editorial staff looks back on the news events that made RCR headlines and decides which were the most significant, industry-impacting stories of the past 12 months. Here are our picks for 1998.1. March 16IPR issues spark...
WASHINGTON-U.S. Digital Communications Inc. announced Project 77 Corp., a subsidiary of its newly created International Satellite Group Inc., was certified by Iridium North America as an integrated service provider, authorized to offer the full range of Iridium's wireless communication services and support to customers...
Slovenia, RomaniaOmnipoint Communications Inc. said it signed roaming agreements in Slovenia and Romania, with Mobitel d.d. Slovenia and Mobilrom S.A., respectively. Both countries are new territory for Omnipoint's roaming footprint. The company has roaming agreements throughout Europe and parts of the Middle East, Africa,...
BOSTON-Iridium L.L.C. selected Paragren Technologies' One-By-One Campaign Manager as a strategic customer marketing tool for the Iridium service, said Paragren.The campaign management tool, along with the One-By-One Application Server, will be used to support Iridium's global marketing campaigns in conjunction with its Oracle Express...
With the Nov. 1 commercial activation of Iridium L.L.C.'s satellite-based global mobile phone network, the mobile satellite services industry proved it is technologically possible to extend cellular communications to virtually any point on the planet.With this validation behind it, the industry faces another, equally...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s Integrated Network Group announced its modular voice processing system is being used by Motorola Inc.'s Ground Systems Division to deploy voice messaging and other enhanced services for the Iridium L.L.C. gateway network.The Glenayre MVP system has been installed in all...
WASHINGTON-Iridium L.L.C. has activated its global paging and messaging network, about two weeks after the commercial launch of its global satellite phone system.Messaging tests have gone well, and Motorola Inc. and Kyocera Corp., which make the Iridium pagers, are shipping the devices to the...
While Iridium L.L.C. continues work to improve the technical prowess of its low-earth-orbit satellite-based global phone service, the company also must turn its attention to its global sales and marketing effort.In the first week following the system's commercial activation, several of Iridium L.L.C.'s international...
Analysts say the launch of Iridium L.L.C.'s mobile satellite service has positioned Globalstar L.L.P. to be a low-cost provider when it offers service around 2000.After losing 12 satellites in a rocket launch accident in September, Globalstar's general partner, Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd., has seen its...
ATLANTA-LHS Group Inc. announced it will co-develop and co-deploy an advanced customer-service, billing and financial management business support system for Iridium L.L.C.'s global mobile phone service. According to LHS, the system can process call rates and billing in all major currencies and can operate...
What began as an idea 11 years ago is a reality today as Iridium L.L.C. brought its constellation of 66 low-earth-orbit satellites online for commercial service Nov. 1, becoming the world's first global wireless phone service provider."This is a very exciting week for Iridium,"...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Uganda has one of the lowest penetration rates of telephone services in the world. As of July 1995, the Uganda Posts & Telecommunication Corp. (UPTC) had an installed capacity of just under 70,000 lines and approximately 42,000 subscribers. The result is a...
After US$5 billion worth of effort, the Iridium L.L.C. global satellite phone and cellular roaming service became a reality 1 November when the company activated the system for commercial operation."After 11 years of hard work, we are proud to announce that we are open...
Lucky for John Glenn and his Discovery crew, they will see the heavens much as it was when the 77-year-old astronaut from Ohio last visited space 36 years ago.You see, about a decade from now there'll be more than 1,500 birds in orbit. What...
INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced that Iridium L.L.C. selected it to provide sales and fulfillment services for Iridium World Roaming Services.Under the agreement, Brightpoint services will include sourcing, packaging and programming terrestrial wireless products for Iridium service providers, gateway operators and subscribers, as well as logistics...
BELLSOUTHBellSouth Corp. appointed Nancy Humphries vice president of investor relations. For the past seven years, Humphries served as executive director of investor relations for BellSouth, responsible for communicating the company's strategies, financial results and management philosophy to both institutional and individual investors. In her...
Motorola Cellular Service Inc. announced it achieved operational and marketing certification to become a North American service provider of Iridium L.L.C.'s satellite communications services. MCSI will offer Motorola Satellite Series phones and pagers with the full range of Iridium services.Nextel Communications Inc. launched enhanced...
Iridium announced last week it does not plan to meet its commercial launch goal of Sept. 23 because the mobile satellite service provider needs to tinker a bit more with its network. However, the company by Sept. 23 hopes to have 2,000 people using...
News that Globalstar L.L.P. lost 12 satellites late last week in a failed rocket launch left mobile satellite service investors uneasy. An announcement from Iridium L.L.C. indicating it plans to postpone commercial service because of technical delays didn't help investors' confidence either.The glitches are...
Iridium L.L.C. announced it will delay its initial Sept. 23 service launch date to Nov. 1, citing the need to "improve operational stability of the network," according to Ed Staiano, the company's vice chairman and chief executive officer.In a briefing with reporters last week,...
WASHINGTON-Under even the most abnormal of normal circumstances, it usually is possible to handicap odds for passage of wireless legislation before Congress adjourns.But these are not normal times.An American president is under siege, and the global stage is imploding with financial meltdowns, political unrest,...
