CTIA Daily News from WOW-COM - August 4, 1998
17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------ =_NextPart_000_01BDBFAE.8681CC30 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="---- =_NextPart_001_01BDBFAE.8684D970" ------ =_NextPart_001_01BDBFAE.8684D970 Content-Type: text/plain ========================================== Welcome to today's edition of the CTIA Daily News from WOW-COM. Please click on the icon / attachment for the most important news in wireless communications today. A new multi-billion dollar industry is here! Be at CTIA's WIRELESS I.T. '98 where personal computing and communications converge! Don't Miss Your Chance -- October 12-14, 1998 Bally's Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV For more information, visit http://www.wirelessit.com =========================================== ------ =_NextPart_001_01BDBFAE.8684D970 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.0.1458.49"> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT COLOR=3D"#FF00FF" = SIZE=3D2>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D</FONT><B= R> <FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2>Welcome to today's edition of the CTIA = Daily News</FONT><BR> <FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2>from WOW-COM. Please click on = the icon / attachment</FONT><BR> <FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2>for the most important news in = wireless communications today.</FONT><BR> <BR> <FONT COLOR=3D"#FF00FF" SIZE=3D2>A new multi-billion dollar industry is = here! </FONT><BR> <FONT COLOR=3D"#FF00FF" SIZE=3D2>Be at CTIA's WIRELESS I.T. = '98</FONT><BR> <FONT COLOR=3D"#FF00FF" SIZE=3D2>where personal computing and = communications converge!</FONT><BR> <BR> <FONT COLOR=3D"#FF00FF" SIZE=3D2>Don't Miss Your Chance -- October = 12-14, 1998</FONT><BR> <FONT COLOR=3D"#FF00FF" SIZE=3D2>Bally's Las Vegas, Las Vegas, = NV</FONT><BR> <BR> <FONT COLOR=3D"#FF00FF" SIZE=3D2>For more information, visit = </FONT><U><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2><A = HREF=3D"http://www.wirelessit.com" = TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.wirelessit.com</A> </FONT></U><BR> <FONT COLOR=3D"#FF00FF" = SIZE=3D2>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D</FONT= ><BR> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2> </FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML> ------ =_NextPart_001_01BDBFAE.8684D970-- ------ =_NextPart_000_01BDBFAE.8681CC30 Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="_CTIA_Daily_News_19980804.htm" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="_CTIA_Daily_News_19980804.htm" <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META NAME=3D"Author" CONTENT=3D"CTIA Editorial Staff"> <META NAME=3D"GENERATOR" CONTENT=3D"Mozilla/4.02 [en] (Win95; I) = [Netscape]"> <TITLE>_CTIA Daily News From WOW-COM_</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <CENTER><TABLE BORDER=3D0 COLS=3D2 WIDTH=3D"600" > <TR> <TD><A HREF=3D"http://www.wow-com.com"><IMG = SRC=3D"http://www.wow-com.com/images/homehed_test.gif" = ALT=3D"WOW-COM.COM" NOSAVE BORDER=3D0 HEIGHT=3D89 WIDTH=3D275></A></TD> <TD> <CENTER><A HREF=3D"http://www.nokia.com"><IMG SRC=3D"4nokia.gif" = ALT=3D"Today's News Sponsored by Nokia" BORDER=3D0 HEIGHT=3D50 = WIDTH=3D250></A></CENTER> </TD> </TR> </TABLE></CENTER> <CENTER> </CENTER> <CENTER><TABLE BORDER=3D0 WIDTH=3D"600" > <TR BGCOLOR=3D"#000099"> <TD></TD> <TD><B><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica"><FONT COLOR=3D"#CCCCCC"><FONT = SIZE=3D+1>CTIA Daily News from WOW-COM - August 4, 1998</FONT></FONT></FONT></B></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD> <HR WIDTH=3D"580"></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><B><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=3D+1>Motorola Forms = New Internet and Connectivity Services Division</FONT></FONT></B></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica">Motorola ICSD will focus on = developing products and services that simplify consumer communications including = speech-enabled, web-based, content, in-vehicle and paging information services. = (<A = HREF=3D"http://www.news.com/News/Item/Textonly/0,25,24904,00.html?pfv">N= EWS.COM</A>) - (<A = HREF=3D"http://biz.yahoo.com/finance/980804/motorola_m_1.html">YAHOO</A>= ) - (<A = HREF=3D"http://www.bloomberg.com/news2.cgi?T=3Dtechnews.ht&s=3D569073630= ">BLOOMBERG</A>) - (<A = HREF=3D"http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/filters/bursts/0,3422,2125030,00.html"= >ZDNET</A>) </FONT></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><BR></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><B><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica"><FONT = SIZE=3D+1>Telecommunications Companies Getting Better </FONT></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=3D+1>at Keeping = Customers Loyal</FONT></FONT></B></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica">According to Arthur Andersen's 1998 = American Customer Satisfaction Index, telecommunications companies are getting = better at taking care of their customers. The modest improvement (from = 65 to 66 on a 100-point scale) is said to result from investments in = sophisticated call-center technology, special customer services and targeted products and prices. (<A = HREF=3D"http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/980804/il_arthur__1.html">YAHOO</A>)= </FONT></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><BR></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><B><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=3D+1>House Commerce = Committee Chairman Blasts FCC </FONT></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=3D+1>for Giving = Spectrum to Teligent </FONT></FONT></B></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica">House Commerce Committee Chairman = Thomas W. Bliley (R-Va.) said the FCC appears to have "manufactured" a = national security need to justify its allocation of a valuable airwave spectrum to a private company without a public proceeding and at no additional = cost. The FCC's March 1997 decision shifts Teligent Inc.'s licenses for = Digital Electronic Messaging Services from the 18-gigahertz tier to the 24-GHz tier - in effect, quadrupling the portion of the airwaves it could take up. (<A = HREF=3D"http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/daily/980803a.html">ZDNET</A>) = ;</FONT></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><BR></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><B><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=3D+1>FCC to Hold = Hearings on Universal Service E-Rate</FONT></FONT></B></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica">Figures released by the U.S. = Department of Commerce show a widening gap in access to basic telephone services, as well as computer technology between rich and poor, and between races regardless of income level. The hearings will investigate ways to close this "digital divide." Currently, the FCC administers a = controversial program that is funded by fees charged to telecommunications providers. (<A = HREF=3D"http://www.news.com/News/Item/Textonly/0,25,24897,00.html?pfv">N= EWS.COM</A>) - (<A = HREF=3D"http://www2.nando.net/newsroom/ntn/info/080498/info3_19490.html"= >NANDO.NET</A>) - (<A = HREF=3D"http://interactive.wsj.com/edition/current/articles/SB9021811822= 79792500.htm">WALL ST. JOURNAL</A>) - (<A = HREF=3D"http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctd221.htm">USA TODAY</A>) - (<A = HREF=3D"http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/technology/story.html?s=3Dz= /reuters/980804/tech/stories/fcc_1.html">YAHOO</A>)</FONT></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><BR></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><B><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=3D+1>CellStar Says = Securities and Exchange Commission </FONT></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=3D+1>Probing Its = "Compliance"</FONT></FONT></B></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica">In its statement, CellStar said it = believes the SEC inquiry is primarily related to previously disclosed events = occurring in 1995 and 1996. In February 1996, the company lowered fourth quarter earnings estimates on what it said was a bookkeeping error related to = "double counting of inventory.'' A class-action suit on behalf of shareholders was filed against the company in April 1996 accusing the company of = misrepresentation of financial results. (<A = HREF=3D"http://biz.yahoo.com/finance/980803/cellstar_c_1.html">YAHOO</A>= ) - (<A = HREF=3D"http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/980803/tx_cellsta_1.html">CELLSTAR</= A>)</FONT></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><BR></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><B><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=3D+1>LMDS Services to = Businesses to Exceed $6.5 Billion by 2007, According to Report by Pioneer = Consulting </FONT></FONT></B></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica">More than half of the revenues will = be generated by the small business market (fewer than 10 employees), where a tremendous unmet demand exists for low-cost high-speed access = services, according to the report. (<A = HREF=3D"http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/980804/ma_lmds_re_1.html">YAHOO</A>)= </FONT></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><BR></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><B><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=3D+1>Samsung = Electronics Licenses Unwired Planet Microbrowser </FONT></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=3D+1>for CDMA = Handsets </FONT></FONT></B></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica">Samsung will use Unwired Planet's = microbrowser to deliver enhanced functionality and features in mainstream handsets = for consumers, in addition to providing the wireless information access = capabilities that network operators can deploy. (<A = HREF=3D"http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/980804/unwired_pl_1.html">YAHOO</A>)</FO= NT></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><BR></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><B><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=3D+1>Rutland, Vermont = Town Officials Assess Need </FONT></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=3D+1>for Cellular = Antenna Site</FONT></FONT></B></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica">Planning commission officials = explore ways that cellular phone service can be offered while preserving the = scenic landscape.(<A = HREF=3D"http://www.wow-com.com/results/professional/news/frameindex.cfm?= articleid=3D3052">WOW-COM</A>)</FONT></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><BR></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><B><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=3D+1>Dobson = Communications Acquires Its Third California </FONT></FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=3D+1>Cellular = Property</FONT></FONT></B></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica">Dobson buys California 7 Rural = Service Area (RSA) which includes Brawley, Calexico, and El Centro, Calif., = from Southern Cellular for $21 million. Dobson will market its = wireless service under the trade name AirTouch Cellular to the 143,400 = population of the area. (<A = HREF=3D"http://www.wow-com.com/results/professional/news/frameindex.cfm?= articleid=3D3067">WOW-COM</A>)</FONT></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><BR></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><B><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=3D+1>Popularity of = Wireless Phones Grows as Their Size Shrinks</FONT></FONT></B></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica">Wireless phones are more convenient = to carry and use as manufacturers shrink them down to the size of a pack = of gum, load them up with new features and longer talk and standby times, and offer better pricing. (<A = HREF=3D"http://www.pioneerplanet.com/tech/">PIONEER PLANET</A>)</FONT></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><BR></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><B><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=3D+1>CWA Members = Authorize Strikes if Negotiations Unsuccessful with Bell Atlantic, BellSouth and U S WEST</FONT></FONT></B></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica">Contracts with Bell Atlantic and = BellSouth expire August 8. Contract with U S WEST expires August 15.(<A = HREF=3D"http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/reuters/REU19980803S0003">TECH= WEB</A>) - (<A = HREF=3D"http://biz.yahoo.com/finance/980803/telecom_be_2.html">YAHOO</A>= ) - (<A = HREF=3D"http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/980803/dc_cwa_us__1.html">YAHOO</A>)= </FONT></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><BR></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><B><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=3D+1>Lucent Aims to = Expand in Asia </FONT></FONT></B></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica">Lucent will expand marketing its = data networking products and other communications network software in the = Asia Pacific region including Japan. Its target is to become the No. 1 player in the worldwide communications network business by 2001. (<A = HREF=3D"http://www.news.com/News/Item/Textonly/0,25,24896,00.html?pfv">N= EWS.COM</A>) - (<A = HREF=3D"http://biz.yahoo.com/finance/980804/lucent_hop_1.html">YAHOO</A>= )</FONT></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD> <HR WIDTH=3D"100%"></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=3D-1>For additional news = about the wireless industry--including periodic news updates throughout the = day--visit <A = HREF=3D"http://www.wow-com.com">http://www.wow-com.com.</A></FONT></FONT= ></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD> <HR WIDTH=3D"100%"></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=3D-1>CTIA Daily News from = WOW-COM is transmitted weekdays, except for holidays. Visit us on the World = Wide Web at <A = HREF=3D"http://www.wow-com.com/professional">http://www.wow-com.com/prof= essional</A>. </FONT></FONT> <P><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=3D-1>If you are not = interested in receiving the CTIA Daily News from WOW-COM, please send a message to <A = HREF=3D"mailto:unjoin-CTIA_Daily_News@um2.unitymail.com">unjoin-CTIA_Dai= ly_News@um2.unitymail.com</A>. </FONT></FONT> <P><B>***<FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=3D-1> The term = "unjoin-CTIA_Daily_News@um2.unitymail.com" must be listed in the TO section of the email.</FONT></FONT> = ***</B> <P><FONT FACE=3D"Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=3D-1>Please Note: Some of = the links in today's news are time sensitive. Those links may not be available as news changes throughout the day. Also, some news = sources may be subscription-based or require registration.</FONT></FONT></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD></TD> <TD> <HR WIDTH=3D"100%"></TD> <TD></TD> </TR> </TABLE></CENTER> <CENTER> </CENTER> </BODY> </HTML>
7865
Age (days ago)
7865
Last active (days ago)
0 comments
1 participants
participants (1)
-
CTIA Daily News