WASHINGTON-Congress sent the White House a bill on Thursday designed to limit liability stemming from the onset of the millennium bug. President Clinton is expected to sign the measure.The Personal Communications Industry Association hailed the bill's passage as a "victory for the wireless industry...
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-As U.S. and European wireless firms accuse each other of gaming the standards-setting process for third-generation wireless technology, it turns out the high-powered Qualcomm Inc. lobbyist playing the trade card here represented Sweden's L.M. Ericsson in a separate standards fight two years ago.In the...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Investment in the telecommunications sector is an urgent priority for Central and Eastern European countries. Financial management consultant Price Waterhouse examined in a recent report the challenges of such investments for 12 countries in the region, representing a combined population of some...
NEW YORK-In late March, the logjam finally broke on the long-stalled liberalization of the Brazilian telecommunications market through the introduction of second wireless carriers.One forecast predicted the number of cellular telephone customers in Brazil could increase during the next five years to 23 million...
NEW YORK-Like Sam Ginn, its chairman and chief executive officer, AirTouch Communications Inc. is on a roll, aided by those two key components of success-good luck and good timing.Ginn arrived in New York Feb. 4 from San Francisco to meet "the Street," just behind...
WASHINGTON-State Department officials last week told Qualcomm Inc. that Russian authorities will not require technician Richard Bliss to return to Russia to face espionage charges.Bliss, who was arrested Nov. 25 while working on a wireless local loop system in the southern Russian city of...
NEW YORK-When looking for the causes of customer churn, executives of cellular and personal communications services carriers should "start with the man in the mirror," to borrow words from pop singer Michael Jackson."In many ways, it's not the customers who have caused churn; it's...
A federal court mediation process is scheduled to begin next month between AirTouch Communications Inc. and Pacific Bell Mobile Services Inc. regarding phone promotion materials used in the San Diego market.Litigation began in November, at the onset of the holiday sales period. AirTouch sought...
Investee Company Investors Amount Raised Type of Financing Nature of BusinessSignalSoft Corp. Olympic Venture Partners $1.9 million First Wireless location software & servicesBoulder, COPathnet Inc. ...
Boasting a 65 percent increase in first quarter earnings, Ericsson Inc. reported its radio communications sector is largely accountable for the company's financial results.For the period ended March 31, Ericsson's net income totaled $114 million, compared with $69 million for the same period in...
As the onset of narrowband personal communications services nears, the industry is abuzz about what promises to be the next wave of wireless wonder. But for many narrowband providers-to-be, it is only a natural extension of one-way paging.Two camps have emerged among advanced messaging...
Punctuating the onset of narrowband personal communications services, Motorola Inc.'s new InFLEXion messaging protocol is among a family of protocols the company expects to become the new paging standard.Distinguished by its voice and two-way data capabilities, speed, capacity and frequency reuse, InFLEXion reportedly is...
