WASHINGTON-The Fixed Wireless Communications Coalition has asked the Federal Communications Commission to issue rules that will help terrestrial microwave fixed services more easily share spectrum with fixed satellite service operators.FCC rules provide that microwave and FSS share certain spectrum on an equal basis, but...
NASHUA, N.H.-Lockheed Martin Corp. announced it has agreed to sell operating company Sanders Telecommunications Systems to a newly formed affiliate of Spencer Trask & Co. called Transcept Inc.Following the close of the transaction, expected next month, Transcept will be jointly owned by ST&Co., Lockheed...
In a routine filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, BellSouth Corp. suggested it might be interested in increasing its ownership stake in broadband company Qwest Communications International Inc.The filing was required following the close of BellSouth's purchase of a 10-percent interest in Qwest,...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Phone.com Inc., formerly Unwired Planet, announced it has commenced with its initial public offering of 4 million shares of common stock, priced at $16 a share.Shares began trading on the Nasdaq National Market Friday.An underwriting group managed by Credit Suisse First Boston...
Phone.com Inc., formerly Unwired Planet, has been tied to several announcements in the weeks preceding its impending initial public offering that have served to elevate the company to new levels of recognition.Most recently, Phone.com has been mentioned in conjunction with Sprint PCS and Nextel...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission June 7 announced it will auction 2,499 licenses for paging services on Dec. 7. The licenses are in the upper bands (929-930 MHz and 931-932 MHz). There are approximately 14,000 licenses in the lower bands that will be auctioned at...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. said it has entered into a nationwide marketing and promotional relationship with PageMaster Corp., a national promotions company based in Thousands Oaks, Calif.Under the agreement, PageMaster will promote Metrocall products and services in the banking an financial services, beverage, consumer goods,...
NEW YORK-With the creation of San Francisco-based OffRoad Capital Corp., the realm of angels, those wealthy people who invest patient capital in promising start-ups, has moved into cyberspace.OffRoad describes itself as a "new kind of financial services company using the Internet to create the...
WASHINGTON-The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has started a consumer awareness campaign about number exhaustion."People have a lot of questions about their area codes. This information campaign will answer questions and minimize confusion as well as explain how the FCC plans to significantly...
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration last week warned that failure by Congress to support renewal of normal trade relations with China could kill negotiations on China's entry into the World Trade Organization, a prospect that likely would doom landmark wireless trade concessions made by Chinese Premier...
WASHINGTON-U.S. Digital Communications Inc. announced it has begun curtailing the operations of its International Satellite Group Inc. subsidiary, citing difficulties in selling Iridium L.L.C. goods and services."Due to the well-documented shortcomings of the Iridium satellite telephone platform, and the corresponding inability of the International...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission announced last week that access to its Universal Licensing System will soon be available via the Internet."Anyone with a computer and Internet software will be able to use his or her Internet account to research and review application and licensing...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week changed its rules regarding when private wireless users must get permission to use centralized trunking systems.In centralized trunking systems, the repeater assigns the channels. This differs from decentralized trunking, where the mobile radio monitors all of the frequencies...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week began investigating various issues fixed wireless carriers believe make it difficult for them to offer facilities-based competition to landline incumbent telcos.The Personal Communications Industry Association has been at the forefront of this battle, urging the FCC to require...
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's board of directors elected new officers for fiscal-year 2000 at its first meeting June 8.The new officers for the board include Chairman Stan Sigman, president and chief executive officer for SBC Wireless; Vice Chairman Andrew Sukawaty, CEO of Sprint...
Throwing its hat into the packet network ring, Motorola Inc. announced a 10-year, $1 billion nonexclusive strategic technology agreement with Sun Microsystems Inc., which Motorola said will allow it to deliver Internet protocol-based network infrastructure.Under terms of the agreement, Motorola's infrastructure groups will buy...
ARLINGTON, Va.-According to statistics compiled by the Telecommunications Industry Association, U.S. exports of telecommunications equipment for first quarter 1998 totaled nearly $5.3 billion, and the greatest increases were in paging alert devices and cordless telephones, which jumped 95 percent and 42 percent, respectively."Despite overall...
NEW YORK-At least some shareholders are unhappy about last week's announcement that Securicor plc, which owns 40 percent of Cellnet, a United Kingdom cellular carrier, plans to acquire Intek Global Corp., a New York- based provider of wireless communications technology.Robert J. Shiver, chairman and...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS said it signed a three-year contract with Nortel Networks valued at least $520 million for cdmaOne equipment and services for Phase III of Sprint PCS' nationwide wireless network development and expansion.Under terms of the contract, Nortel Networks will provide and...
It has been more than 15 months since the first local multipoint distribution service auctions ended and brought broadband wireless access networks to reality. By all accounts, the prospect for broadband wireless access in the United States remains positive.As evidence is the amount of...
NEW YORK-The C-block auction for personal communications services radio-frequency licenses "was the only thing I presided over that was seen as a catastrophe," Reed E. Hundt, former Federal Communications Commission Chairman, said last week."There are some other catastrophes that haven't yet come to light,"...
BETHESDA, Md.-Comsat Corp. won a satellite services contract from the Navy, with a maximum value of $111.9 million during a five-year period, said the company.Under terms of the agreement, Comsat Mobile Communications will provide global satellite service using the Inmarsat system for 64 kilobits...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-CMT Partners Inc., the owner and operator of Cellular One Kansas/Missouri, launched Easy Connect, a directory assistance service that enables customers to access names, addresses, telephone numbers and zip codes by dialing 411 on their wireless phone.Easy Connect has four main categories...
Novatel Wireless Inc. introduced the Merlin Type II Cellular Digital Packet Data modem, a wireless modem that enables data and e-mail transmission, Internet connection and corporate database access to mobile users."It's just like plugging in a regular modem. You use the same drivers as...
