Nationwide Network Services has teamed with MTV Network and Motorola Inc. to create a nationwide paging initiative aimed at teenagers and young adults.The promotion follows the likes of a program created nearly a year ago by MobileComm, Motorola and Pepsi Co. called the Mountain...
BETHESDA, Md.-Comsat Corp.'s board of directors approved a plan to refocus the company on its core satellite and network services businesses.The plan concentrates on the company's international satellite services and digital networking services and technology, especially in developing and operating digital networks in emerging...
REDMOND, Wash.-Metawave Communications Corp.'s Network Services Group will provide installation services to Cox California PCS Inc., according to an agreement Metawave values at $500,000.Metawave said it will provide rigging crews and project management services for Cox's 80 new personal communications services installations in Southern...
Qualcomm Personal Electronics reported it has shipped more than 1 million Code Division Multiple Access portable phones. Qualcomm Personal Electronics, a joint venture of Qualcomm Inc. and Sony Electronics Inc., manufactures the Qualcomm QCP-800 cellular and QCP-1900 PCS phones, and the Sony CM-D500 cellular...
LONDON-Orange plc signed a contract with Inference Corp. for its customer service software.Inference's case-based reasoning (CBR) products will assist staff in responding to customers' inquiries on the phone, said Inference. CBR gives staff of all levels access to specialist knowledge and guides them to...
A decision by the United Kingdom government to assign special prefixes to all new mobile phone numbers has opened a door of opportunity for a U.K. company.Redstone Network Services Ltd. provides number portability service marketed as Callsure. Callsure numbers are not linked to any...
WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. filed an amended S-1 registration statement Feb. 3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission in hopes of jumpstarting its halted initial public offering that had been planned for last summer.Underwriters for the offering include Smith Barney Inc.; Bear, Stearns & Co....
Wireless Access Inc. said it is volume shipping its AccessLink two-way wireless messaging device to SkyTel Corp. The AccessLink is a narrowband personal communications services device that allows end users to send, receive and reply to e-mail. AccessLink also allows users to create custom...
Asia Pacific Cable Network, a submarine telecommunications cable network, began its link up to nine Asian countries. The project, valued at $580 million, is a joint investment of 51 telecommunications entities worldwide. Companies that initiated the venture include Cellular Communication Network of Malaysia, Communication...
DALLAS-Alltel Enterprise Network Services signed a five-year agreement to provide satellite time for Paging Network Inc. Alltel will provide continuous access to its leased transponder on Hughes Communications Corp.'s Galaxy 4 satellite.PageNet said it has 8.4 million subscribers, 95 sales and service offices, 6,000...
Summa Four Inc. named Robert A. Degan president and chief executive officer, with responsibility for directing the company's growth and profitability. He has been a member of Summa Four's board of directors since 1984. Most recently, Degan was president and CEO of TyLink Corp.,...
WAKEFIELD, Mass.-Boston Technology Inc. said it will provide hardware, software and services to SBC Communications Inc. for enhanced telecommunications services.According to the agreement, Boston Technology will supply its Access NP and CO Access Network Services Platforms, associated software and service applications. Boston Technology values...
The sale of Bellcore to a high-tech California information company will sever one of the final threads binding the former Bell empire, and mark an era of possessive competition between the regional Bell operating companies.Science Applications International Corp. of San Diego was rumored to...
LONDON-The wireless market in the Asia-Pacific region is surpassing fixed telephony, according to CIT Research Ltd. Despite demand for more landline telephones in the area, CIT said overall market penetration of lines is only 6 percent, compared with 48 percent in Europe.In its study...
WASHINGTON-After filing his complaint against American Mobile Satellite Services more than four years ago, Gary Noreen, chairman and chief executive officer of La Canada, Calif.-based Radio Satellite Corp., will get his jury trial Nov. 25 in the U.S. District Court for the District of...
CALABASAS, Calif.- Tekelec signed a global licensing agreement to provide its Protocol Adaptable State Machine technology and Chameleon SoftTest products to all of L.M. Ericsson's divisions."The combination of PASM and Chameleon SoftTest allows Ericsson to create and execute testing in a virtual environment and...
SAN DIEGO-Pacific Communication Sciences Inc. will provide its Personal Access Link smart phone to TranSettlements Network Services for use in its Tracker Transportation Information System. TranSettlements provides value-added electronic data interchange services to the transportation industry.The cellular phone has an embedded wireless modem that...
HOUSTON-Castle Tower Corp. said it now owns 15 tower sites in the center ridge of Puerto Rico after acquiring the assets of Motorola Inc.'s Puerto Rico network services operations.The acquisition was completed by Castle's newly created International Acquisitions and Development division. Castle estimates Puerto...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Alcatel Telecom and Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group will purchase each other's wireless equipment according to a memorandum of understanding announced Thursday.According to the agreement, Alcatel will be allowed to purchase and distribute Motorola's Code Division Multiple Access radio systems, while it...
WAKEFIELD, Mass.-Boston Technology Inc. has agreed to provide Escotel Mobile Communications Ltd. with systems and software for voice messaging services for its Global System for Mobile communications network in India.According to the four-year contract, valued at $3.7 million, Boston Technology will provide its AccessNP...
Judging from information provided in Form 175s submitted prior to the Federal Communications Commission's auction of D-, E- and F-block personal communications services licenses, small rural telephone companies-backed by established telecom heavy hitters-are taking advantage of this last big sale of spectrum. Even though...
PLANO, Texas-Inet Inc., an international supplier of wireline and wireless telecommunications equipment, announced Telia International Network Services in Sweden will expand its GeoProbe System.The system, a network-wide SS7 monitoring system, non-intrusively captures and processes the data on the SS7 network for surveillance and performance...
Corsair Communications Inc. appointed Dr. Donald R. Oestreicher vice president of engineering. Oestreicher will direct Corsair's efforts in product engineering, research and development. Oestreicher's background includes engineering management with Dow Jones & Co., Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Valid Logic Systems and Xerox Corp....
