The Federal Communications Commission announced three appointments in the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. David Horowitz was named chief of the Private Wireless Division of the Bureau, which he joined in 1995 as deputy chief. He joined the commission in 1998 as a staff attorney with...
NEW YORK-Some 32 nations, companies and professional organizations have become initial signatories of an agreement to facilitate deployment of new global satellite systems by joining the International Telecommunication Union Memorandum of Understanding on Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite.Earlier this month, the signatories met...
Globalstar Canada was granted approval by Industry Canada to provide mobile wireless services throughout Canada using the Globalstar satellite-based telecommunications system. It is the first big low-earth-orbit license to be granted in Canada, the company said.The service is part of Globalstar L.P., a system...
NEW YORK-Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. plans additional financing to help build and launch 56 low-earth-orbit satellites for digital wireless voice and data service covering most of the world by mid-to-late 1998.Headquartered in New York, Globalstar is a limited partnership led by Loral Space & Communications...
SAN FRANCISCO-Canadian Satellite Communications Inc., AirTouch Satellite Services and Loral Space & Communications formed a joint venture to provide fixed and mobile wireless services throughout Canada using the Globalstar L.P. communications system. Canadian Satellite will own the majority interest in Globalstar Canada if approved...
WASHINGTON-In a move that has jolted global telecommunications and financial institutions and may have repercussions for U.S. wireless traders, Russian President Boris Yeltsin ousted western investors from a $1 billion deal to privatize state-run telecommunications facilities and replaced them with political backers who bankrolled...
Motorola Inc.'s Messaging Systems Products Group licensed its FLEX technology to paging infrastructure manufacturers EcoSoft GTCO and Tecnomen Oy. EcoSoft said it will use the technology to make inexpensive paging terminal equipment for Russian and Commonwealth of Independent States markets. Tecnomen Oy plans to...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is considering auctioning low-earth-orbit mobile data satellite licenses from the remaining pool of applicants.The prospect of auctions, a regulatory tool not used in global satellite licensing to date, could prompt little LEO applicants to partner or pull out of the...
WASHINGTON-A conservative watchdog group convinced a federal judge to force the Commerce Department to turn over documents of former Secretary Ron Brown in connection with allegations that trade missions-some with telecom executives along-were designed to cultivate Democratic Party fund raising.The Oct. 18 court order,...
Donald Gips has a penchant for throwing himself into his work-and play-with reckless finesse and abandon.And he's paying for it today with a severely ruptured disc on the mend from years of rough and tumble sports that could have easily left him paralyzed and...
WASHINGTON-Having spent the better part of the 104th Congress reforming domestic telecommunications policy, lawmakers gave notice last week of their intention to make international satellite competition the top priority when they return next year.Already, the Clinton administration is under attack by some lawmakers who...
WASHINGTON-Mobile Communications Holdings Inc. told federal regulators last week it has more than $650 million in financial commitments to operate the Ellipso global pocket telephone satellite system.In January 1995, the Federal Communications Commission found MCHI financial qualifications lacking but gave the firm time to...
The European Commission has invited comment on the Iridium satellite system and its impact on European mobile communications, although the EC has said it "intends to take a favorable view" of the Motorola Inc. project.The European Union is considering the future role of satellite...
How 'bout the attendees at President Clinton's White House Corporate Citizenship Conference last Thursday here: Robert Allen, chairman of AT&T Corp.; Charles Lee, chairman of GTE Corp.; Richard Notebaert, chairman of Ameritech Corp.; Bert Roberts, chairman of MCI Communications Corp., Bernard Schwartz, chairman of Loral...
A young company out of Santa Ana, Calif., proclaims its antenna technology increases the range for wireless devices 50 percent to 100 percent and eliminates digital interference with hearing aids and pacemakers.RangeStar Inc. spent several years in research, developing and testing its antenna technology,...
Motorola Inc.'s Paging Products Group signed a licensing agreement with Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute to manufacture and sell Motorola FLEX chip sets. Motorola said it plans to license key semiconductor houses worldwide to manufacture and distribute FLEX chip sets. ITRI is the first...
A galaxy of new wireless services may soon beam down on the telephony-poor regions of the world.Mobile satellite systems-just like terrestrial-based wireless networks-are evolving from serving specialized markets to providing consumer pocket telephony as well as plain old telephone service. Right now, many of...
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...
WASHINGTON-The United States had mixed success in securing more spectrum for next-generation global satellite systems at the World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva, an event unexpectedly preoccupied with the mammoth Teledesic Corp. network planned by high-tech billionaires Craig McCaw and Bill Gates."I think this conference...
Fearing fratricide in the sky, Wall Street is losing its ardor for backing risky telecommunications ventures with junk bonds. In recent weeks, mobile satellite service developers Iridium Inc. and Globalstar L.P. have had to scrap high-yield, high-risk debt offerings after meeting resistance from the...
Globalstar L.P. has landed three separate agreements to deliver mobile satellite service in 18 African nations. The company expects its global roaming services will benefit intercontinental travelers and rural fixed-site and mobile users in areas lacking landline or mobile coverage.Warwickshire, U.K.-based Globaltouch Communications Holdings...
A joint venture is underway to deliver "last mile"-or in this case last 20 miles-digital wireless connections for wireline phones in regions worldwide where phone service is costly, inadequate or nonexistent.Together, Granger Telecom, Loral Communications Systems and Unisys Corp. plan to implement wireless local...
AirTouch Communications, a partner in Globalstar L.P. - one of three low-earth-orbit statellites recently licensed by the government is pursuing satellite-based mobile communications in Japan through a joint venture with Japanese trading company, Itochu Corp. AirTouch has globalstar service provider rights in several countries...
