Editor's Note: The companies listed below represent the 20 largest cellular carriers in the United States. Company rankings are based on the total number of...
DENVER-Western Wireless Corp. said it plans to launch personal communications services based on Global System for Mobile communications technology May 1 in Denver. The...
DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. granted type approval to Stellar Satellite Communications Ltd., a subsidiary of Elisra Electronics Systems Ltd. of Bene Beraq, for the...
NEW YORK-With production of handsets now hitting the current 300,000 capacity mark during some weeks, Qualcomm Inc. announced second-quarter earnings and revenues April 21...
DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. granted type approval to Stellar Satellite Communications Ltd., a subsidiary of Elisra Electronics Systems Ltd. of Bene Beraq, for the...
SAN FRANCISCO-MobiFon, the Romanian cellular venture of Telesystem International Wireless of Canada and AirTouch Communications Inc., launched commercial service less than five months after...
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.-MobileMedia Corp. said it submitted to its lenders a business plan as required under its debtor-in-possession financing agreement with Chase Manhattan Bank.In...
WASHINGTON-In the final salvo of paperwork regarding NextWave Telecom Inc.'s opposition to its application for review, Antigone Communications L.P. and PCS Devco Inc. continue...
HERNDON, Va.-Newbridge Networks won a contract to provide its MainStreetXpress 36170 Multiservices Switch for GTE Wireless' Code Division Multiple Access network in the San...
Amid the sagging stocks and belt-tightening that characterizes today's paging industry, one private company maintains rapid growth and is venturing into new markets.New York-based...
Standard Telecom America Inc. said it will start shipping sample quantities of its Nixxo Swing alphanumeric pager in the next few weeks.Swing is Standard...
XIAN, China-Northern Telecom Inc. won a contract to expand Shaanxi Provincial Telecommunications Administration's Global System for Mobile communications cellular network. Nortel values the agreement...
DALLAS-Northern Telecom Inc. signed a three-year supply agreement with Omnipoint Corp. for Nortel's wireless handsets. The agreement includes Nortel's PCS 1911 handset, which supports...
Tough competition from other operators has led to increased costs for cellular carrier Palmer Wireless Inc., fueling speculation that the carrier is up for...
The Federal Communications Commission announced three appointments in the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. David Horowitz was named chief of the Private Wireless Division of the...
BALTIMORE-A creditors' committee made up of the seven largest owners of unsecured debt in C-block winner Pocket Communications Inc. was chosen by the U.S....
OLYMPIA, Wash.-Illuminet Inc. said it began implementing its platform for local number portability. Under the first phase of local number portability, customers will be...
LISBON, Portugal-Concert plc, the company formed as part of the merger of British Telecommunications plc and MCI Communications Corp., and Portugal Telecom announced Portugal...
WEST POINT, Ga.-Personal communications services provider Powertel Inc., a subsidiary of InterCel Inc., reached an agreement with BellSouth Telecommunications Inc. for decreased and reciprocal...
NEW YORK-Preferred Networks Inc., a carrier's paging carrier headquartered in Norcross, Ga., announced April 15 an agreement to obtain between $15 million and $20...
Oh, the C-block PCS auction is becoming one of life's little ironies.Consider this: Congress in 1993 demanded that spectrum be set aside for smaller companies...
NEW YORK-Wall Street, once ebullient about wireless stocks, is somewhat gloomy these days about the prospects for new personal communications services carriers to raise...
WASHINGTON-As Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) examines replies due today from the Food and Drug Administration to questions on the agency's oversight of a cellular...
WASHINGTON-A status report released at the third of a three-part series of open meetings between wireless industry players and government agencies outlined six critical...
