The Palm VII personal digital assistant, announced this month by 3Com Corp. and Palm Computing Inc., continues to generate news and speculation, even though the product is not expected to be in consumers' hands until late next year.Convergys Corp. told RCR it has been...
DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. announced it is in the final stages of field testing its advanced messaging network and plans to launch commercial service in the upcoming first quarter.PageNet said the narrowband personal communications services network will first support the SurePage guaranteed messaging, or 1.5-way,...
NEW YORK-Olivetti S.p.A. and Mannesmann AG commenced a tender offer of $65.75 per share for all of the outstanding shares of Cellular Communications International Inc.'s common stock.Olivetti and Mannesmann Dec. 11 announced plans to purchase Cellular Communications through Kensington Acquisition Sub Inc., a company...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Vienna Systems, a privately held Internet Protocol telephony company of Kanata, Ontario, for about $90 million.Vienna Systems designs and manufacturers hardware and software products for voice, fax and video communications over IP networks, including the...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced it signed a multiyear contract with United States Realty & Investment Co., New York, to provide antenna-site management for some of its properties.Under terms of the agreement, Motorola will manage exclusively any wireless communications equipment to be placed on more...
WASHINGTON-The Industrial Telecommunications Association warned the Federal Communications Commission not to use a pending proceeding involving Nextel Communications Inc. to make a de facto ruling that private wireless spectrum should be auctioned."Saia argues that the policy behind the prohibition against intercategory sharing will...
WASHINGTON-The most conservative member of the Federal Communications Commission last week said the current microscopic review of telecommunications mergers is unfair given the lack of attention the FCC is expected to give to the merger between oil giants Exxon and Mobile."If the issue is...
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...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. will integrate SignalSoft Corp.'s suite of wireless location services with its Wireless Intelligent Network platform to broaden the range of services available on the platform, said the companies.SignalSoft's wireless location services include local.info, wireless 911 and location sensitive billing....
HOUSTON, BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Mobile and Crown Castle International Corp. announced an agreement to form a joint venture company that will own, operate and actively advance the leasing space on BAM's existing network of wireless towers throughout the country.Additionally, the joint venture company will...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau will begin immediately using the Universal Licensing System for all licensing activity in the cellular radiophone service.Use of ULS for the cellular service is part of the wireless bureau's ongoing phased development of ULS. ULS already is...
ATLANTA-Telecom Wireless Solutions Inc. announced it obtained $17 million in financing for strategic acquisitions, new ventures and product development initiatives.As a part of this strategy, TWS also added four new board members. They include: Hugh Sawyer, chief executive officer and president, National Linen Services; Mike...
MELVILLE, N.Y.-In-Touch Management Systems Inc. and TSR Wireless announced the In-Touch II system has been successfully installed in 17 markets for TSR Wireless. The integration benefits TSR Wireless by giving the carrier one database from which to manage its business.
MIAMI-Topp Telecom announced it signed a licensing agreement with Motorola Inc. to incorporate Topp Telecom's prepaid software into select Motorola phones, including the StarTac model.The prepaid Motorola phones will be available off-the-shelf and will not require any signed contracts, credit checks, monthly access fees,...
WASHINGTON-A Government Accounting Office report says the U.S. Postal Service has "put on hold" plans to expand an antenna-siting program, which could have significant impacts on efforts to get antenna-siting and enhanced 911 legislation passed next year.UniSite Inc., an independent tower company partnered with...
The semiconductor industry is showing signs it could be emerging from a slump that has plagued it this year.The Asian economic crisis, coupled with a glut of semiconductor products in the market, has led the industry into one of its most sluggish years ever....
DALLAS-CAI Wireless Systems Inc., Heartland Wireless Communications Inc. and CS Wireless Systems Inc. announced a master agreement under which CAI acquired Heartland's approximate 36-percent equity interest in CS Wireless.CS Wireless and Heartland also agreed to exchange certain spectrum assets and equipment for cash consideration,...
WASHINGTON-Those wishing to bring to market new and updated technologies, including access to the Information Superhighway, should look at the wireless industry to provide that access, said Kathryn Condello, vice president of industry operations for the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association.Condello was a panelist at...
WASHINGTON-Congress declined to act on two spectrum fee approaches crafted by the Congressional Budget Office that likely would have drawn opposition from commercial wireless operators and private wireless licensees.The recently released CBO memorandum, requested by the Senate Budget Committee while the budget deficit became...
DAPHNE, Ala.-Communitronics of America Inc. announced it completed the integration of the recently acquired Crescent Paging Inc., adding coverage in the New Orleans market area.
Studies indicate the mobile phone industry may be in for more alarming churn figures as increased competition threatens to erode carriers' customer bases.Richard Siber, associate partner with Andersen Consulting in Boston, expects the industry's churn rate to average between 33 percent and 36 percent...
NEW YORK-Denmark-based Bosch Telecom Inc., which introduced the World 718 phone in June, has decided to close its Dallas office for U.S. sales and marketing, although it will continue selling the handsets here.The World 718 phone can operate on Global System for Mobile Communications...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.-Amica Wireless Phone Service said it expects to begin offering digital wireless calling Dec. 14 in Bloomington, Champaign, Dectaur and Springfield, Ill., using Code Division Multiple Access technology.Among other services, Amica Wireless offers pay-per-use minutes, voice mail and caller ID with basic monthly...
DALLAS-Aethos Communication Systems Inc. announced it has agreed to provide its Odyssey RF Planning Tool to Paging Network Inc., the first time Aethos has entered the paging sector.According to the company, PageNet will use the tool to plan and plot future coverage sites of...
