SpainThe government of Spain reportedly may award its fourth mobile phone license to a consortium made up of two formerly separate consortia-Lince and Uni2. Both companies submitted failed bids during Spain's third tender for a Global System for Mobile communications 1800 MHz license earlier...
BETHESDA, Md.-Lockheed Martin Corp. and Comsat Corp. agreed to merge in a two-phase deal valued at about $2.7 billion, said the companies.During the first phase of the transaction, Lockheed Martin will begin a cash tender offer to purchase 49 percent of the outstanding common...
NEW YORK-It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's `super craft'!Look up in the sky over California's Mojave Desert on the morning of Sept. 22, and you're likely to see the first public flight of the High Latitude, Long Operation Proteus Aircraft.Built by Mojave-based...
WASHINGTON-Imagine for a moment law enforcement is able to convince the Federal Communications Commission to approve all the items it is asking for to implement the digital wiretap act. And, then imagine you are a law enforcement officer wishing to set up a wiretap...
PeruPageMart Wireless Inc. teamed with Peruvian paging carrier Uniworld S.A., to make Peru the first South American market to join PageMart's network. Service is expected to begin by the fourth quarter. In the past year, PageMart's network was expanded into Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Costa...
WASHINGTON-In the private sector, he has represented Pacific Telesis, Bell Atlantic Corp., Lockheed Martin and other high-tech corporate giants. In the world of politics, his No. 1 client is Albert Gore Jr.The inside-outside game of Peter Knight has paid off handsomely in recent years....
Like a tsunami we don't see until it's too late, number portability is heading toward the wireless industry, and few companies seem prepared for the impending storm.While phones, technology and communication vehicles have changed dramatically through the years, one constant in the telecommunications industry...
WASHINGTON-TRW Inc. and Motorola Inc. asked the Federal Communications Commission to investigate Mobile Communications Holdings Inc. in connection with alleged lobbying violations aimed at securing industry, congressional and Clinton administration support for a global pocket phone satellite license."MCHI has on its own, and in...
LONDON-Lockheed Martin's Space & Strategic Missiles Sector and Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications said they have formed a joint venture company designed to provide worldwide communications services.The new company, Lockheed Martin Intersputnik Ltd., will be headquartered in London with a marketing office in...
China will have more than 20 million cellular subscribers by 2000, predicts a report released by International Technology Consultants Inc., titled Wireless Communications Markets: China. By 2000, China's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications plans to install 150 million switching lines and only 105 million main...
NEW YORK-Iridium L.L.C., which plans to launch a satellite-based global telephone service, last week registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an application to take the company public.Iridium, headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, is an indirect subsidiary of Motorola Inc., which formed the satellite...
NEW YORK-As unlikely as it may seem at first glance today, an affinity marketing company and an airline reservation system offer a glimpse into the future landscape of the wireless telecommunications industry.Working Assets, a cause-related marketer, is a successful example and role model for...
NASHUA, N.H.-The Federal Communications Commission granted type approval for a cable-based personal communications services system developed by Sanders, a Lockheed Martin company.The system also has been approved by Underwriters Laboratories and Canadian Underwriters Laboratories.Sanders said its PCS-over-cable system enables PCS providers to deploy a...
PCS eyes cable TV's lineCompetitive times call for innovation.During the energy crunch of the mid-1980s, The Williams Cos. of Tulsa, Okla., wanted to take advantage of its unused gas pipelines. The company ran fiber optic cable through its pipes and marketed it to telecommunications...
PCS eyes cable TV's lineCompetitive times call for innovation.During the energy crunch of the mid-1980s, The Williams Cos. of Tulsa, Okla., wanted to take advantage of its unused gas pipelines. The company ran fiber optic cable through its pipes and marketed it to telecommunications...
Cable television infrastructure is making a comeback as a solution to help companies mix-and-match architectures to deliver personal communications services in the face of community resistance to tower build-outs.Cox California PCS Inc. has long advocated such a cable-based solution.The San Diego-based company began exploring...
L.M. Ericsson announced its subsidiary, Ericsson Australia Pty. Ltd., has signed a contract to install a switching system for 4,000 mobile telephones in Rangoon, Burma's capital. Ericsson said it will also build four radio transmitting stations to expand the city's phone network. This is...
Now that the flap over Lockheed Martin's acquisition of Loral's defense electronics and system integration divisions earlier this month has died down, strategists at Loral Space & Communications-which owns a 31 percent stake in low-earth-orbit satellite licensee Globalstar L.P.-have had a chance to assess...
BETHESDA, Md. - Lockheed Martin corp. and Loral Corp. announced an agreement on a series of interrelated strategic transactions with an estimated value exceeding $10 billion.Under the agreement, Lockheed Martin will acquire Loral's defense electroincs and system integration business for about $9.1 billion. Of...
