SAN DIEGO-OmniVoice Technologies Inc. announced Bell Mobility of Canada soon will begin testing its digital voice paging technology. OnmiVoice's VoiceOver technology compresses voice messages into packets that can be transmitted over FLEX data networks, so carriers can offer voice paging services without needing to...
FOSTER CITY, Calif.-The Municipality of Anchorage in Alaska approved Alaska Communications Systems Inc.'s offer to acquire the operations of Anchorage Telephone Utility for $295 million cash.ACS was formed by Fox Paine & Co. L.L.C. and a management team led by Charles E. Robinson. Alaska...
MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. said it signed a definitive agreement to acquire for about $25 million Hadax Electronic Inc. of South Hackensack, N.J. Hadax makes remote test and access systems that allow telecom providers to conduct remote testing of T1 and E1 circuits.ADC expects take...
WASHINGTON-Yoshio Utsumi was elected secretary-general and Roberto Blois deputy secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union.The two replace Pekka Tarjanne and Henry Chasia, respectively. Voting was completed at the ITU's 15th Plenipotentiary Conference in Minneapolis.Utsumi has done work to help liberalize Japan's telecom market. Blois...
NEW YORK-The Federal Communications Commission announced it approved the transfer of licenses and authorizations from Southern New England Telecommunications Corp. to SBC Communications Inc., thereby granting the companies' merger application.The FCC concluded "the merger is unlikely to have any anti-competitive effects or any other...
NEW YORK-Because of costs associated with its acquisition of Bay Networks, Nortel Networks posted a net loss of $306 million, or 54 cents per share, during the third quarter, the company reported Oct. 27."We achieved a significant milestone in our history this quarter with...
LAS VEGAS-Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. along with its suppliers and contractors are participating in a wireless communications industry advertising campaign promoting the company's 181-city buildout effort for its 800 MHz analog two-way radio service.The campaign illustrates how the individual companies-some of them competitors-are using...
NEW YORK-A former U.S. congressman from New York filed a class-action lawsuit against Alcatel Alsthom, its chief executive officer Serge Tchuruk and its directors in connection with the company's recent merger with DSC Communications Inc.The lawsuit, filed by Bill Green and the law firm...
WASHINGTON-Tele-Communications Inc. President Leo Hindery, grilled by federal regulators last week on the cable TV giant's planned $48 billion merger into top long-distance and mobile phone carrier AT&T Corp., said TCI's 30-percent stake in Sprint PCS likely will be divested or put in a...
WASHINGTON-This year's midterm election has monumental implications for the political landscape in terms of telecom policy and the balance of power in America-however, not in the conventional sense.The Republicans, whose revolution took back the House and Senate from Democrats in the 1994 midterm election,...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and BellSouth Cellular Corp. have agreed to consolidate ownership of their jointly owned cellular properties in Los Angeles, Houston and Galveston, Texas, and have created a new management structure that will streamline operations, said the companies.The new agreement calls for...
MALVERN, Pa.-Triton Cellular Partners L.P. said it reached a definitive agreement to acquire Blue Mountain Cellular Telephone, a privately held company that provides cellular service in Oregon and Washington. The purchase price was not disclosed.The acquisition, expected to close during the first quarter of...
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. said it launched the Arch Paging Online Store, a Web site where customers may buy pagers and Arch paging services.Customers can numeric or alphanumeric service; local, regional or nationwide coverage; and a variety of paging devices from NEC Corp.,...
LOS ANGELES-Global Access Pagers Inc. announced it will unveil a line of pagers, starting with the Amigo, designed to operate on the recently available 220 MHz frequency.The pagers were developed in conjunction with Shuwa Technology Co. Ltd. of Japan. Global Access displayed early models...
The United States has spelled out its policy toward third-generation technology.The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has said it supports principles outlined by the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL), a consensus-led organization that represents telecommunications industry and government authorities from the 35 members of...
WASHINGTON-After raising $21.6 million in net high bids in 173 rounds, the Federal Communications Commission last Thursday ended the 220 MHz auction.In other 220 MHz news, more than 150 license holders for 220 MHz service were told earlier this month the FCC was canceling...
WASHINGTON-The two trade associations representing the wireless industry last week joined other trade associations and the federal government in a major advertising campaign asking, "Are You Y2K OK?" The campaign's objective is to reach small- and medium-sized companies that may not be as diligent...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week said wireless companies could calculate their universal-service contributions based on interstate revenues of 15 percent for cellular and personal communications services-a figure almost double what one wireless trade association said would be acceptable.FCC officials said the wireless industry...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced the formation of a new business organization, Telematics Information Systems, that plans to leverage the company's technologies related to the telematics market.Fred Tucker, Motorola executive vice president and president of the Automotive, Component, Computer and Energy Sector, will chair the...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-ReadyCom Inc. said it completed development of its two-way wireless voice messaging technology and is lining up carriers and distribution partners to make the service available in first half of next year.The Responder service allows users to send voice messages to voice...
DALLAS-PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. said Lucent Technologies Inc. now is its exclusive network infrastructure supplier after replacement of eight switches and more than 1,200 base stations during the past six months.PrimeCo said it replaced the mobile switching centers and base stations in Wisconsin; Austin/San...
MCLEAN, Va. and BEACHWOOD, Ohio-LCC International Inc. and Allen Telecom Inc. decided not to swap LCC's test and measurement equipment and related software analysis tools business for the engineering, software and consulting business of Allen Telecom's Comsearch division.The companies said they re-evaluated the strategic...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. declared itself the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones, as the company's mobile phone net sales increased by 94 percent to $2.6 million during the third quarter."Lower than anticipated price erosion in mobile phones and rapid digitalization in the Americas resulted...
Nortel Networks Inc. announced it entered an alliance with Matsushita Communications Industrial Co. Ltd. to collaborate on wideband Code Division Multiple Access market development, including experimental network systems, services and terminals. The two plan to implement experimental access networks, conducting trials in North America,...
