WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, in a long-awaited and far-reaching policy call, is expected to rule within weeks on wireless resale policy for the future.The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau is about to make a recommendation to the five commissioners on wireless resale policies that have been...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-California Microwave Inc. completed the sale of its Microwave Networks Division located in Minnesota to Tadiran Ltd.California Microwave received about $31.5 million at the time of closing, with which it plans to buy back up to 3 million shares of its own stock...
WASHINGTON-For the second time in as many weeks, the National Park Service has returned an antenna-siting application to a wireless carrier as incomplete and in doing so may have unwittingly bolstered chances for E911 federal property antenna-siting legislation that House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy...
WASHINGTON-House Commerce Committee Chairman Thomas Bliley (R-Va.) said the privatization of the International Maritime Satellite Organization and the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization being negotiated by the Clinton administration may be inconsistent with U.S. law and could complicate an international satellite-reform bill that is estimated...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone selected Comverse Network Systems to supply a voice/text messaging system for the SFR network in France, announced Comverse.The N.J.-based company completed an initial phase of installations in the SFR network, with systems now providing call answering and short message...
DENVER-The Colorado Public Utilities Commission scrapped a plan that would have provided a new area code for wireless phones and pagers only.Citing legal and financial implications, the commission has instead opted to retain an original plan calling for an all-services overlay for area-code relief.The...
LISLE, Ill.-Coherent Communications Systems Corp. plans to hold a special stockholders' meeting May 12 to approve the previously announced merger with Tellabs Inc.Following approval of the merger, Coherent would become a wholly owned subsidiary of Tellabs.Coherent manufactures echo-cancellation and conferencing products for the wireless...
Due to incorrect information provided to RCR, Rick Bakosh's name was misspelled on RCR's Top 20 Cellular Markets list. Bakosh is the area vice president for Ameritech Cellular's Chicago market.Also, due to incorrect information provided to RCR, the wrong carrier was listed as the...
LAS VEGAS-Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. signed a letter of intent with Foothill Capital Corp., an asset-based lender and wholly owned subsidiary of Norwest Corp., that calls for Foothill to provide $10 million of secured debt financing to Chadmoore.The financing, which remains subject to certain...
SAN CARLSO, Calif.-CellNet Data Systems Inc. demonstrated the integration of its wireless technology with photocopiers at the Business Technology Association Converging Technologies Conference in Orlando, Fla.The integration allows CellNet to provide automated meter collection services to photocopier companies, distributors and leasing companies, priced on...
NEW YORK-Ericsson Inc. Mobile Phones and Terminals announced it will be the exclusive presenting sponsor of Grammy Award winning singer Celine Dion for her 1998-1999 North American concert tour, "Lets Talk About Love."Dion sings "My Heart Will Go On," this year's Academy Award-winning song...
WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data announced Sears Roebuck & Co. awarded it the "Innovation Source of the Year" award and selected it from the retailer's 10,000 vendors to be its "Partner in Progress."BellSouth provides Sears with a wireless data communications network that integrates a terrestrial...
The Land Mobile Communications Council this week is expected to ask the Federal Communications Commission to allocate 15 megahertz now and more spectrum later for private wireless communications. The request will include opportunities for sharing with the federal government, a feature supported by the...
INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced an agreement to provide distribution and logistics services for Sprint Spectrum L.P.Brightpoint will offer accessory procurement, brand packaging of accessories, inventory maintenance and management and distribution and sales of Sprint PCS products to its retailers, agents and dealers.Brighpoint's wholly owned subsidiary,...
NEW YORK-Transcrypt International Inc., a Lincoln, Neb., manufacturer of wireless information security and land mobile radio products, has announced additional delays in filing its form 10-K annual report with the Securities and Exchange Commission.The company already had said late in March that it would...
In the most recent round of billing company mergers and acquisitions, LHS Group Inc. will acquire InfoCellular Inc., and Intertech and International Billing Services said they will work together to supply mutual customers one-stop shopping for billing and customer care.The events follow recent acquisitions...
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration says China's telecommunications services market remains off limits to foreigners, a situation that could complicate the president's visit to Beijing this June, undermine the Asian giant's prospects for membership in the World Trade Organization and foreclose to U.S. wireless firms the...
SAN RAMON, Calif.-U.S. Wireless Corp. signed an agreement to test and evaluate its RadioCamera wireless geographic location and tracking system in cooperation with Bell Atlantic Mobile's cellular telephone network.Bell Atlantic Mobile is evaluating the RadioCamera system as a possible solution to the Phase II...
SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc.'s board of directors declared June 30 as the record date for the second-quarter dividends on its 6-percent class B mandatorily convertible preferred stock, series 1996, and its 4.25-percent class C convertible preferred stock, series 1996.
NEW YORK-American Communications Services Inc. last week changed its name to e.spire Communications Inc. and introduced a new national brand.The new corporate identity and brand, mark the beginning of a new phase in the company's evolution beyond its early days as a competitive access...
Arch Communications Group Inc. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell it site management business-again-this time to OmniAmerica Inc., West Palm Beach, Fla.The transaction, expected to be completed by the end of June, is valued at $38 million. Under terms of the...
MONTREAL-Mitec Telecom Inc. announced it received an order to supply 1.9 GHz Code Division Multiple Access amplifiers for "personal communications services-over-cable" wireless application from Sanders Corp.Mitec also said it received a follow-on order from Northern Telecom Inc. to supply Time Division Multiple Access tower-top...
ST. LOUIS-Amdocs said it enhanced its customer-care and billing platform to support local-fixed line ordering and to include a customer hierarchy facility for carriers serving the high-end business sector.The Amdocs platform supports convergent customer-care and billing activities in multiservice fixed-line and mobile environments, including...
LOWELL, Mass.-National Internet service provider ZipLink L.L.C. announced it entered into a strategic alliance with Cue Data Corp. to provide full-service, nationwide Internet connectivity and specialized Internet e-mail forwarding and notification services.Cue plans to provide turnkey Internet services to its business and residential customers...
