The FBI, Bell Atlantic Network Services and Lucent Technologies Inc. signed a set of agreements to help facilitate the deployment of the digital wiretap act. The FBI signed a similar agreement with Nortel Networks last year. "This latest agreement exemplifies the type of cooperative,...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced an agreement with Bandai Co. Ltd. of Japan to help service providers stimulate new wireless network services in the United States, such as interactive games and other mobile Internet-based consumer services.Lucent said it plans to collaborate with Bandai...
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.-PNV Inc., a provider of full-service information and communications to the long-haul trucking industry, launched its PNV "B" Connected broadband wireless network for the trucking industry.The new service is available for use by fleets, original equipment manufacturers, industry suppliers and travelers at...
HONG KONG-In January, the Hong Kong government awarded five licenses for wireless fixed telecommunications network services (FTNS), signaling a major advance in Internet access.The licensees will use base stations to transmit voice, data and video signals via microwave links to rooftop antenna dishes on...
NEW YORK-RateXchange Inc., San Francisco, expects by early February to execute the first trade on its new online bandwidth exchange, inaugurated to meet the growing demand for telecommunications transport capacity.In early December, the company demonstrated its Real-Time Bandwidth eXchange at a conference in New...
PARSIPPANY, N.J. - Driven primarily by Internet Protocol related wholesale volume, U.S. wholesale network services revenue will grow at an average annual growth rate of 24 percent to $116 billion by 2003, up from $39 billion in 1998, according to The Phillips Group-InfoTech.The Parsippany,...
Several big names in the wireless and computing industries last week took additional steps in the process of converting wireless networks from a switch-based to a packet-based environment.Cisco Systems Inc. and Motorola Inc. unveiled the next phase of their joint venture, formed in February,...
LOS ANGELES-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its wireless data network in the Los Angeles market.AT&T Wireless Internet Protocol service will provide instant, wireless access to the Internet, as well as connections to e-mail, stock quotes, corporate databases and other network services using Cellular Digital...
NEW YORK-Illuminet Holdings Inc., which calls itself the largest unaffiliated Signaling System 7 network provider in the country, plans an initial public offering of 3.9 million shares priced between $14.50 and $16.50 each.Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, New York, is lead underwriter for the proposed...
Nokia and Reuters signed a global cooperation agreement to develop and deliver financial, sports and general news services based on the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP). The new service is optimized for the Nokia 7110 media phone and supports the WAP 1.1 specification.Comverse Technology acquired...
American Tower Corp. signed a $260 million agreement with AT&T Corp. to acquire approximately 1,942 microwave towers and build 1,000 new wireless communication sites for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. during the next five years.Dave Johnson, spokesman for AT&T's Network Services Division, said the microwave...
In yet another paging industry alliance aimed at wirelessly enabling personal digital assistants, Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s Wireless Access Group said it plans to partner with JP Systems Inc. to jointly develop and market wireless communications solutions.The partnership will pair the Wireless Access Group's two-way...
SYDNEY, Australia-In a year-end earnings announcement Aug. 12, Australia's Cable & Wireless Optus reported after-tax profits of $113 million for the fiscal year ended June 30."The after-tax profit result is 74 percent higher than the company's forecast in its prospectus last November," Optus said.Chris...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-3Com Corp. and Aether Technologies Inc. have formed a new company called OpenSky, created to extend corporate intranet and Internet-based information to wireless devices using the Palm Computing platform, Windows CE or the Wireless Application Protocol, as well as pagers.The new company...
HONG KONG-Hongkong Telecom announced it would increase its equity investment in Taiwan Telecommunications Network Services from 21.4 percent to 56 percent."Competition will become still tougher on a global scale following the full liberalization of the telecoms markets around the world and in the region,...
NCRNCR Corp. introduced a software product that allows carriers to perform event-driven marketing by analyzing customer behavior and predicting a customer's readiness to respond to particular marketing efforts. Called MarketingAgent, the software is part of NCR's Customer Relationship Management Solutions 4.0 portfolio. "Businesses that...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-Motorola Inc.'s Worldwide Information Network Services group announced the U.S. General Services Administration awarded it a contract for Iridium L.L.C. products and services.The contract is in addition to that with the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency, part of the Department of Defense. The...
After securing purchase-leaseback deals with BellSouth Cellular Corp. and Powertel Inc., Crown Castle International Corp. capped off its first quarter with significant increases in revenues and cash flow.Total revenues increased 366 percent to $55.1 million, compared with revenues of $11.8 million during last year's...
HarrisHarris Corp. named its current Communications Sector President, E. Van Cullens, president and chief operating officer of the company, effective July 1. He will be responsible for overseeing the business operations for Harris' six divisions. Cullens joined Harris as communications sector president in 1997,...
Motorola Inc.'s Worldwide Information Network Services group confirmed the Defense Information Systems Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense awarded it a three-year contract valued at up to $219 million for the purchase of Iridium phones, pagers and airtime.Under the contract, Motorola will provide...
MORRISVILLE, N.C.-Tekelec and Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bell Communications Research Inc., or Bellcore) said they formed a strategic marketing and sales alliance to provide intelligent network, advanced intelligent network and wireless intelligent network services to the public switched telephone network."This strategic alliance enables Tekelec and...
WASHINGTON-The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions said Year 2000 interoperability testing conducted by the Network Testing Committee indicated no Y2K related anomalies within U.S. interconnected telecommunications networks.ATIS said the NTS tests focused on call processing, mass calling events and potential congestion, cross network services...
DALLAS-Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. announced it entered the Canadian telecommunications market through an agreement to provide Bell Mobility with the dual-mode/dual-band Code Division Multiple Access personal communications services SCH-1530 phone."Our relationship with Bell Mobility gives us an immediate presence in Canada's largest wireless markets...
