Iridium

INDIANAPOLIS-Inadequate product supply in the Asia-Pacific region, price instability and the devaluation of the Brazilian real will cause Brightpoint Inc.’s quarterly and annual net income to fall below expectations, said …

WASHINGTON-The fallout over alleged technology transfers, increasingly testing the mettle of fledgling mobile satellite firms, has prompted new bills to aid the U.S. space launch industry and to ban satellite …

Based on first-quarter operating results projections, Iridium L.L.C. likely will fall short of the revenue and subscriber addition targets stipulated in its bank loan agreements, and the company said it …

WESTPORT, Conn.-Proximus, a Belgian cellular company owned by Belgacom Mobile and AirTouch Belgium, has become a roaming partner of Iridium L.L.C., according to an announcement by Belgacom North America.

CANNES, France-Motorola Inc. added to the proliferation of so-called world phones last week at the GSM World Conference with a series of announcements introducing a new line of mobile phones …

The RCR research and editorial staffs have compiled this list of mobile satellite carriers based on interviews with industry contacts. The list is arranged alphabetically because most companies are not …

Safco Technologies Inc. announced the completion of TEC Cellular’s integration into the company. TEC Cellular’s products, services and training now will be sold under the Safco brand. Safco acquired TEC …

Despite a five-week service launch delay and continued handset production problems, Iridium L.L.C. finished the fourth quarter with results that beat analysts expectations. The quarter, ended Dec. 31, marked the …

Paging Network Inc. announced it is offering the Iridium World Page Service commercially in the United States as the country’s exclusive paging carrier offering Iridium service. The paging portion of …

Geoworks Corp. and APiON Ltd. announced they successfully completed interoperability tests of their products based on the Wireless Application Protocol. The testing process lasted several months and involved Geoworks’ new …

After the embarrassing $1 license sales in the Wireless Communication Service auction two years ago and the C-block personal communications services bankruptcies, some began to question whether spectrum still had …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS announced it has entered an agreement with Iridium North America to be the exclusive provider of Iridium satellite voice services among cellular and personal communications services …

Motorola Inc. said it expects to meet Wall Street’s earnings expectations for the first quarter, though it remains cautious in light of last week’s currency devaluation in Brazil and the …

WASHINGTON-Iridium World Communications Ltd., which is listed on Nasdaq, announced Jan. 4 it plans an add-on public offering of 7.5 million shares of its Class A common stock. Iridium World …

WASHINGTON-Iridium L.L.C. gave itself an early Christmas present on Dec. 23 when it announced it was buying Claircom Communications Group Inc. from AT&T Corp. and Rogers Cantel for $65 million …

Will ’99 be the year wireless becomes airborne? Iridium, hoping to further entice business travelers to trust and use the Iridium name, spent $65 million in December to buy Claircom …

LONDON-The Middle East wireless sector continues to show positive signs, with several major contracts awarded and plenty of healthy GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) activity over the past year. …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Competition in the South African wireless telecommunications sector is likely to be fierce this year, with two new cellular operators scheduled to enter the arena. This will delve …

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 …

M/A-Com M/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 …

PCIA The 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 …

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 …

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 …

Slovenia, Romania Omnipoint 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 …

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, …