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| CTIA Daily News from WOW-COM - September 15, 1998 | ||
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| Wireless PCS Licenses Go Up For Auction | ||
| Today 54 companies will bid on 908 licenses being offered by the Federal Communications Commission. (BOSTON) (TELE.COM) | ||
| Nokia Demonstrates GSM Mobile Network | ||
| Finland's Nokia Oy showed GSM mobile network operators how they can boost their data transmission speeds to almost 60 kilobits per second yesterday. (TOTAL) | ||
| Lucent Announces A New Chip Production Technique for Wireless Phones | ||
| The new production process will make single-chip wireless phones possible for the first time and is expected to extend battery life. (WIRED) | ||
| Ciena and Tellabs Call Off Marriage | ||
| Tellabs ends its plan to pay $7 billion for Ciena. (TELE.COM) (WASHPOST) (LATIMES) | ||
| IBM Confirms Plans to Sell Global Network | ||
| Big Blue is shopping around for a telecommunications buyer for its Global Network. (TELE.COM) | ||
| AT&T Readies October Launch for High-Speed Multimedia Network | ||
| AT&T Corporation's new high-speed multimedia network called Integrated Network Connect, known for its ability to carry multiple traffic types and quality of service, will be announced on October 1st. (ZDNET) (TECHWEB) | ||
| SNET Reaches Tentative Agreement With Union; Strike End Is in Sight | ||
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| FCC Approves WorldCom-MCI Merger | ||
| Federal Communications Commission Chairman William Kennard predicts no more "mega-mergers for the near future. (NEWS) (WASHPOST) (USATODAY) (LATIMES) (WIRED) (CNN) (NYTIMES) | ||
| FCC Delays Wiretap Deadline | ||
| The delay from Oct. 28, 1998, to June 30, 2000, will slow the FBI's ability to wiretap phones with digital technology. (TECHWEB) | ||
| Northern Telecom Planning to Cut 3,500 Jobs | ||
| Northern Telecom announced that it would lay off 3,500 workers, the equivalent of about 4 percent of its international work force. (WOW-COM) | ||
| SCC Communications Introduces 9-1-1 Solution for Wireless Local Loop Technology | ||
| Linking Local Loop and 9-1-1 connections seen as attractive for subscribers. (WOW-COM) | ||
| St. Louis Customers Seen Abandoning Wireline for Wireless | ||
| Wireless usage is up and more customers are turning to the wireless phone industry for exclusive service (WOW-COM) | ||
| Rogers Cantel "Pay As You Go" Products to Be Sold at Drug Store Chain | ||
| Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications announced that its prepaid Pay As You Go cellular and paging products will now be available at Shoppers Drug Mart outlets (WOW-COM) | ||
| Rescuers Save Duck Hunter >From Mud Flats | ||
| A cellular phone was used to help rescue
an Anchorage, Ala., hunter who was stuck in the Turnagain Arm mud flats
for two hours. A companion of the trapped hunter--who was sucked
into the quicksand-like mud up to his knees--used a
cellular phone to call for help. (WOW-COM) |
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