MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.-ADC Metrica, a unit of ADC Telecommunications, said it signed an original equipment manufacturer agreement with Unica Technologies Inc. to integrate Unica's data mining technology into new products.
WASHINGTON-People flying New Year's Eve 1999 should wonder if their airplanes will be able to navigate safely if the pilots cannot see wireless antenna facilities-especially 200-foot towers.If the millennium bug strikes the electric power grid, the lighting on antenna towers is likely to fail.If...
SEATTLE-Thirteen states passed enhanced 911 legislation this year, according to Xypoint Corp., a wireless intelligent network services provider that tracks legislative efforts on E911 across the country.A total of 27 states have adopted some form of E911 legislation since the Federal Communications Commission mandated...
WASHINGTON-CIA officials last week were expected to appear before a federal grand jury here in connection with new revelations that intelligence officials may have broken the law by contacting Hughes Electronics Co. about the Senate Intelligence Committee's probe of high-tech exports to China, which...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission this week plans to begin reviewing comments on what technical capabilities are necessary to implement the digital wiretap act.The comments are expected to better focus the FCC's attention on cost, said Steven Berry, senior vice president for congressional affairs for...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-RangeStar International announced it has made deals with Let's Talk Cellular & Wireless and Everything Wireless to increase the RangeStar PCS Antenna's availability to consumers.Let's Talk Cellular & Wireless, an independent retailer of wireless products, services and accessories, will provide the antenna...
Olivetti S.p.A. and Mannesmann AG last week signed an agreement to acquire U.S.-based Cellular Communications International Inc., giving the companies an increased stake in Italian mobile operator Omnitel-Pronto Italia S.p.A.Cellular Communications' primary asset is a nearly 15-percent interest in Omnitel Sistemi Radiocellulari Italiani S.p.A.,...
Northeast Communications of Wisconsin Inc. announced it acquired U.S. Cellular's Marathon County operations. Cellcom, the company's wireless subsidiary, will provide cellular and paging services. Marathon County will be the fifth Wisconsin county served by Cellcom and the second metropolitan service area for the company....
NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service Inc. assigned speculative grade ratings to $1.4 billion of planned new debt that will be used to refinance outstanding debt and to fund the buyout and recapitalization of Centennial Cellular Corp. by Blackstone Partners and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe.The...
FORT LEE, N.J.-MobileMedia Corp. announced the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware approved its disclosure statement, allowing the company to move forward with its plan to merge with Arch Communications Group Inc.The plan contains terms of the proposed merger with Arch, which...
WASHINGTON-The battle over whether major local telephone companies will be allowed to merge-expected to be debated again today at the Federal Communications Commission-is tied to spectrum caps more than most people realize, said Motorola Inc.'s Michael D. Kennedy.The Practicing Law Institute's 16th Annual Telecommunications...
WASHINGTON-Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) late Friday blasted Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard and his press office for staff statements to the press suggesting the agency might block pending telecom mega-mergers even if they are approved by the Justice Department.The Wall...
BURLINGTON, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc., a provider of customer acquisition and retention solutions for the global communications industry, said it opened a new call center at its Broomfield, Colo., office.The Colorado facility extends the time-zone coverage and capacity for offering service. It adds 40 customer-service professionals...
Convergys extends pacts with carriersCINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. said it extended its contracts with L.A. Cellular and Houston Cellular well into the next century.Convergys' new outsourced billing and customer care contract with L.A. Cellular will run through 2007, and the Houston Cellular contract will run through...
NEW YORK-Sun Microsystems Inc., Palo Alto, Calif., released the Java 2 platform, which it said provides significant performance improvements, a flexible security model and a complete set of applications programming interfaces."Java 2 is well-suited to a far broader range of industry environments and devices...
MCI Worldcom in published reports indicated it would be interested in buying a mobile phone service company in the coming years as competition drives down the value of wireless companies.MCI Worldcom management previously has insisted that wireless service was not a priority for the...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it exercised its option to acquire the remaining 80 percent of WaveAccess Ltd. for about $50 million in cash. In May, Lucent acquired a 20-percent stake in the company.The acquisition will provide Lucent with a packet radio technology...
BOSTON-Iridium L.L.C. selected Paragren Technologies' One-By-One Campaign Manager as a strategic customer marketing tool for the Iridium service, said Paragren.The campaign management tool, along with the One-By-One Application Server, will be used to support Iridium's global marketing campaigns in conjunction with its Oracle Express...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Personal Communications Industry Association announced the formation of the PCIA Mobile Computing Advisory Group with Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle and Philips Consumer Communications.The PCIA MCAG's main goal will be to promote wireless mobile computing.The advisory board said its first task...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced Nov. 25 it signed a contract to provide a turnkey Global System for Mobile communications network to OOO Tomsk Cellular Communications in central Russia.The network, with a first-phase capacity of 3,000 subscribers, will permit OOO Tomsk to offer call waiting,...
LONDON-Orange Personal Communications Services Ltd. said it has become the first United Kingdom mobile service provider to offer roaming in Israel.The service in Israel was launched as Orange in October 1998, as a result of the licensing of the Orange brand to Partner Communications.Orange...
CellNet Data Systems Inc. announced it signed a contract with Puget Sound Energy to expand CellNet's 700,000-meter network by another 100,000 meters to extend network meter reading to some 85,000 additional natural gas customers and 15,000 electric customers. Under the terms of the agreement,...
WASHINGTON-U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky last week demanded that Mexico live up to World Trade Organization commitments to liberalize its telecommunications market."We urge Mexican authorities to take immediate measures that will benefit consumers and service providers in both our countries," said Barshefsky. "We also...
WASHINGTON-Justice Department antitrust czar Joel Klein, sending a mixed message, predicts Baby Bells will face local competition from wireless and wireline firms over time, even if mega-mergers among dominant telecom players are approved.Pointing to forces of deregulation, technology and globalization that are driving telecom...
