WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association last week announced it is creating a new membership council to represent local multipoint distribution services operators.PCIA said it plans to represent fixed, broadband wireless interests on Capitol Hill, at the Federal Communications Commission and before other federal, state...
PAOLI, Pa.-Orga Card Systems Inc. was chosen by Iowa Wireless Services L.P. to be the exclusive provider of Global System for Mobile communications smart cards for its personal communications services launch this fall.Orga plans to supply its most advanced 16K dual-mode subscriber identity module...
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Cellemetry L.L.C., which is a joint venture of NumereX Corp. and BellSouth Corp., signed agreements with two new carriers and completed the conversion of AirTouch Cellular to Cellemetry's centralized service bureau, said NumereX.The two new carriers are Cellular One-Great Lakes of Iowa...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is planning to add 82 airports to the airport-frequencies protected list. This list will allow the airports primary access to frequencies specially allocated for airports in the 450-470 MHz range.Airports need this spectrum to accomplish tasks ranging from security checks...
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. reportedly has begun negotiations with the incumbent licensees in the 800 MHz band to move them off the network in order for Nextel build out its own telecommunications system more quickly.The Federal Communications Commission has yet to release the relocation public...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it accepted 38 applications to participate in the upcoming auction of licenses in the 220 MHz band.The auction is scheduled to begin Sept. 15, and upfront payments are due today. The 220 MHz service auction is considered Phase II...
HOLMDEL, N.J.-CommUnique Corp. said it will sell two-thirds of its wireless division in a restructuring agreement aimed at better focusing the company's two disparate segments on their respective markets. CommUnique will be renamed Formal Systems America Inc.Today, CommUnique is comprised of two divisions-the wireless...
Omnipoint offers new rate plansCEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Personal communications services operator Omnipoint Communications Inc. will announce today new service offerings that include bundled-minute rate plans. The company has long avoided offering bundled-minute plans.Omnipoint introduced what it calls Custom-Tailored Wireless and No-Fee Prepay packages. The new...
FORT LEE, N.J.-TSR Wireless L.L.C. announced it purchased a narrowband personal communications services license from AT&T Two-Way Messaging Communications Inc. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.TSR's acquisition of the AT&T license combined with its earlier acquisition of American Paging gives the company...
Tellabs Inc. and Ciena Corp. revised the exchange ratio of their proposed stock-for-stock merger from an equal exchange to a ratio of 0.8 shares of Tellabs for each outstanding share of Ciena following a recent announcement by AT&T Corp. it would not consider Ciena's...
DALLAS-Samsung Telecommunications America and Sprint PCS announced they have joined in a partnership to promote breast cancer awareness.The joint effort consists of an extensive breast-cancer-awareness campaign that includes providing phones and service for a national community outreach program to help breast-cancer victims. The companies...
WASHINGTON-The House and Senate are pushing bills to curb foreign bribery in international business, legislation that should aid the U.S. wireless telecom industry as trade barriers come down and carriers and manufacturers move into global markets."American industry is the most competitive in the world,"...
DALLAS-Bosch Telecom Group Inc. said its Bosch World 718 mobile phone is available throughout North America from Quintex Communications Corp.The phone provides seamless access to worldwide Global System for Mobile communications networks, said the company. Quintex, a subsidiary of Audiovox Corp., sells cellular and...
BURLINGTON, Mass.-Novera Software Inc. announced its jBusiness Solutions product will be used to create a customer-care system for Arch Communications Group Inc.Arch, which recently underwent an operational restructuring, will use Novera's Java-based server solution for order placement and fulfillment, billing, inventory and as an...
Conxus Communications Inc. will begin offering its Pocketalk portable answering machine service in the Boston metropolitan area beginning Sept. 7. The launch of Boston will extend Pocketalk's reach to 12 U.S. markets covering more than 80 million people. Bill deKay, president of the company,...
U.S. factory sales of telecommunications equipment during the first half of the year rose by 13.1 percent compared with last year, to more than $36.6 billion, said the Telecommunications Industry Association. TIA's figures were based on statistics compiled by the Electronic Industries Alliance Market...
MENLO PARK, Calif.-Nuance Communications said it will provide its natural language speech-recognition technology to Motorola Inc. for its upcoming speech-enabled service code-named Myosphere.Nuance 6 allows users to speak to devices like they talk to people. For example, instructions such as, "call Ann in her...
WASHINGTON-Is Vice President Gore-paralyzed by prolonged industry confrontations and walloped by worsening Clinton-administration scandals-at risk of becoming a marginal player in a myriad of high-stakes, high-tech policy debates central to U.S. global competitiveness and national security in the next century?Any diminished influence and leadership...
VIENNA, Va.-Omnipoint Communications Inc. awarded TeleworX a five-year, $4 million lease for wireless network design and optimization tools-including Max, Xcalibur and PlotworX-for use in all Omnipoint's U.S. markets.Max is a fixed network planning tool that analyzes multiple network routing alternatives and calculates the least-cost...
The head of Philips Consumer Communications quit last week amidst the company's announcement it doesn't expect to break even this year.PCC President and Chief Executive Officer Mike McTighe resigned from those positions effective Oct. 1.When Lucent Technologies Inc. and Philips Electronics N.V. hatched the...
WASHINGTON-A Federal Communications Commission proposal to privatize the equipment-authorization process has been panned by parties directly impacted by the suggestion.The FCC released a notice of proposed rule making this spring that would create Telecommunications Certification Bodies. TCBs would preform many of the functions of...
WASHINGTON-Finishing guidelines to facilitate antenna sitings on park property, The National Park Service stopped short of presuming that antennas can be sited without harming NPS lands.Instead, NPS decided each application must be reviewed individually, including applications for collocation."The good news is that they have...
WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice last week said BellSouth Corp. has not yet opened up its markets sufficiently enough to offer long-distance service in Louisiana.The regional Bell operating company applied last month to offer long distance in Louisiana based on, among other things, the strength...
MCLEAN, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc., along with other equity investors, announced an agreement with Nextel Partners Inc. to build and operate an integrated digital wireless communications network using frequencies licensed to Nextel."The program allows Nextel to focus its domestic efforts in optimizing operations in larger...
