WASHINGTON-In an embarrassing political blunder that lends insight into the tricky third-generation wireless debate, Sen. Chuck Robb (D-Va.) last week joined two fellow Finance Committee members in urging the Clinton administration to use renewed Super 301 trade authority to make Europe open its market...
PHOENIX-AG Communication Systems, a Lucent Technologies Inc. subsidiary, will offer its intelligent network-based INgage Wireless Prepaid Services solution on Sun Microsystems Inc.'s scalable Netra computing platform."Carriers with small- to medium-sized subscriber bases can now implement a network-grade wireless prepaid solution that is far more...
The Wireless Application Forum held its latest members meeting last week in Dallas, convening this time to determine its road map for the coming year and into the next century.The meeting marked a transition from a focus on primarily technology issues to more of...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-Several leading voice messaging companies in North America have formed the TeleMessaging Industry Association, aimed at better educating the public about the benefits of voice mail and messaging services, and thereby increasing their use.Founding members include Ameritech Corp., Bell Atlantic Corp., Bell Canada,...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-In an effort to enter the growing market of speech products in communications networks, Lucent Technologies Inc. announced a new unit called Lucent Speech Solutions, which introduced two speech communication products, the Lucent Personal Assistant and the Lucent TTS engine, a text-to-speech...
CALGARY, Alberta, Canada-Isotel Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of DSP Communications Inc., announced it was awarded a contract to supply IS-130A/IS-135 software to Lucent Technologies Inc. Lucent will incorporate the Isotel software in the wireless network infrastructure it provides to global network operators.The IS-130A/IS-135...
NEW YORK-Home Wireless Networks, a Norcross, Ga., company in which Lucent Technologies Inc. has invested, Friday announced the commercial availability of a wireless home/office data and voice communications distribution system.Its function is to provide small-business customers with secure voice and data communications they can...
Companies already are feeling the pinch from Brazil's falling currency, which, at RCR press time, had lost about 20 percent of its value against the U.S. dollar since Brazil's central bank first moved to devalue the real.BellSouth Corp. said it will record a foreign...
NEW YORK-A company called Beatie, King & Abate L.L.P. has filed a class-action lawsuit against Lucent Technologies Inc. individually and as a successor to AT&T Corp., alleging its telecommunications products sold between 1990 and Jan. 13, 1999, are not Y2K compliant.Lucent could not be...
MADRID, Spain-Telefonica and Lucent Technologies Inc. announced they signed a memorandum of understanding that strengthens their relationship by recognizing Lucent as a preferred global supplier of telecommunications systems to Telefonica.Lucent said it will provide solutions in such areas as next-generation data networks and Global...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Lucent Technologies announced it signed contracts totaling $340 million with Telesp Celular in Brazil to build wireless networks based on Code Division Multiple Access in the state of Sao Paulo.Under the terms of the contracts, Lucent Technologies said it is providing its...
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced it has finalized an agreement to purchase the research and product development portion of Lucent Technologies Inc.'s wireless handset facility in Piscataway, N.J.Motorola said it plans to operate the facility as a design center, focusing on digital wireless handset technology....
NEW YORK-"In its 93rd month of expansion, the U.S. economy may be more vulnerable going into 1999 than at any time since 1994 when the Federal Reserve (Board) last tightened significantly," Peter M. Donovan said in a recent presentation about the outlook for the...
BRUSSELS-A newly formed company recently announced it plans to buy the paging business of Philips Electronics Inc., following that company's termination of its joint venture with Lucent Technologies Inc.Advantra International was formed recently by Page+ and Acyclon Electronics, and hopes to become the world's...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Personal Communications Industry Association announced that Lucent Technologies Inc. joined the nearly 1,300 members of PCIA.Headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., Lucent designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, data networking systems, business telephone...
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration progressed in getting more telecommunications and information technology products shielded from tariffs, but last week acknowledged problems persist in convincing China to open its market and hinted the United States was ready to consider retaliation."Our companies do not have market access...
SEATTLE-Go to any trade show where mobile phone operators congregate, and you will hear grumbling about how AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s Digital One Rate pricing plan has wreaked havoc on business plans. The play for the high-end business user seems to be falling in...
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Microwave Power Devices Inc. announced it was awarded an estimated $39 million consignment order to supply highly linear, single channel, cellular Code Division Multiple Access amplifiers to Lucent Technologies Inc. Lucent will use them predominantly in its CDMA telecommunications base stations.With the receipt...
WASHINGTON-A critical European Parliament vote last week, which could effectively mandate a third-generation mobile phone standard dominated by Sweden's L.M. Ericsson and Finland's Nokia Corp. and lock out American technology, will ratchet up the stakes in upcoming negotiations here among U.S., European Union and...
LOS ANGELES-Bell Atlantic Mobile announced it will begin phased introduction of high-speed wireless data capabilities over its existing cdmaOne network in 1999.The next-generation wireless services are based on cdma2000 third-generation enhancements provided by Lucent Technologies Inc."With Lucent as our technology partner, we intend to...
Motorola Inc. plans to purchase assets related to the research and product development portion of Lucent Technologies Inc.'s wireless handset facility in New Jersey.The two companies have signed a tentative agreement, contingent upon Lucent fully dissolving its partnership with Royal Philips Electronics, and Motorola...
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Microwave Power Devices Inc. announced it received a $12.4 million follow-on order from Lucent Technologies Inc. for highly linear, single-channel, high-power PCS-CDMA amplifiers.The amplifiers are for use in Lucent's Code Division Multiple Access-based personal communications services base stations.Microwave Power said its backlog now...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-PrairieComm Inc., a provider of chipsets, software and intellectual property to the wireless industry, said it received investments from two venture capital firms.Boston-based Greylock and Lucent Venture Partners, the capital arm of Lucent Technologies Inc., are collaborating in the PrairieComm investment, said...
CommSite InternationalCommSite International Inc. announced company founder Wesley McGee has assumed the role of chairman and Timothy Haley was appointed president and chief executive officer. Haley has experience in financial performance and administration, sales and marketing, employee development, client service and technical project leadership,...
