Monthly Archives: January, 1998
PAGENET TO START SUREPAGE SERVICE
LAS VEGAS-Paging Network Inc. introduced its new guaranteed-delivery text messaging service, called SurePage Nationwide Delivery.Airtime for the service will be provided by Mobile Telecommunication...
SPECTRIAN PLANS SACRAMENTO MOVE
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Spectrian Corp. signed a five-year lease on a new 20,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Stanford Ranch Industrial Park, northeast of Sacramento, Calif.The new location...
TEXAS RAISES $64M FROM TELECOM FUND
As the federal government struggles to implement its universal service fund program, the state of Texas has been quietly collecting fees from telecom providers...
ROAMING PERCEIVED AS A MUST-HAVE FOR PCS
NEW YORK-Some interesting twists are ahead on the road to roaming for personal communications services carriers as they seek to emulate their cellular counterparts,...
VIEWPOINT
While not everything is rosy in the PCS world-what with a couple bankruptcies, some layoffs, downgraded and stagnant rollout plans-the industry, in general, has...
UNITEL BUYS GEORGIA RSA FROM PRICE
DENVER-Daniels & Associates, an investment banking and financial services company specializing in the cable and telecommunications industries, announced that an affiliate of Unitel Cellular...
PRODUCTS
Matrix Systems introduced the Model 7000 Series Coaxial Relay Modules, designed to maintain coaxial switching continuity over a wide range of critical and severe...
MILLICOM TO SERVE TANZANIA NATIONWIDE
LUXEMBOURG-Millicom International Cellular S.A. was formally granted the right to provide nationwide coverage in the United Republic of Tanzania, said the company.Millicom also increased...
SOURCEONE TO SELL RAM TWO-WAY PAGING
WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-SourceOne Wireless Inc. signed an agreement to market the interactive paging service of BellSouth Corp. business venture RAM Mobile Data L.P., RAM announced.SourceOne...
NEWS BRIEFS
American Tower Systems Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of American Radio Systems Corp., announced it has reached an agreement to acquire the assets of...
PEOPLE
Bell Atlantic MobileBell Atlantic Mobile named Jack Plating executive vice president and chief operating officer. Plating will be responsible for the daily operations of...
HALF OF MILLICOM’S GROWTH IN PREPAID
LUXEMBOURG-Millicom International Cellular S.A. added 150,419 net new subscribers during the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, an increase of 76 percent from the 85,474...
RETAILER SUES 360° OVER DEALER CONTRACT
WASHINGTON-A Chicago wireless firm has sued 360
FDA RECOMMENDS MORE RF STUDIES
WASHINGTON-The Food and Drug Administration has recommended to Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) that more research be conducted on possible health risks from mobile telephones,...
STARRTEL RENOVATES VEEDER PLACE
MILFORD, Conn.-Starrtel Cellular Group Inc. will occupy 60,000 square feet of space in Veeder Place in Hartford, Conn., which is under renovation as part...
METROCALL COMPLAINS ABOUT INTERCONNECTION VIOLATIONS
Metrocall Inc. announced it has filed formal complaints with the Federal Communications Commission's Common Carrier Bureau enforcement division, charging several regional Bell and independent...
ERICSSON AND SCI TEAM TO OFFER IN-BASED PREPAID BILLING SYSTEM
IRVINE, Calif.-L.M. Ericsson and Subscriber Computing Inc. entered a partnership agreement in which Ericsson plans to market SCI's wireless intelligent network-based prepaid metered billing...
VENDOR FINANCING CAN BE RISKY BUT GOOD BUSINESS
Manufacturers are under pressure to finance independent personal communications services companies, but recent financial turmoil surrounding some C-block carriers highlights the risk involved in...
ORBCOMM COMPLETES COVERAGE IN W. HEMISPHERE WITH MEXICO
DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. said it has completed satellite coverage across the Western Hemisphere, as it signed an agreement with Orbcomm de Mexico S.A....
ANALYST PREDICTS ARPS TO INCREASE
NEW YORK-Despite a positive outlook for wireless telecommunications over the next eight years, "our concern is about getting from here to there," said Timothy...
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS TO EQUIP INTERDIGITAL
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. announced it selected Texas Instruments Inc. to manufacture a custom chip based on InterDigital's broadband Code Division Multiple...
COMSPACE TO JUMP-START SMR WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY
With a second round of financing in hand along with a strategic purchase and a name change, Comspace Corp., formerly Unique Technologies International Inc.,...
PINNACLE PURCHASES 12 TOWERS
Pinnacle Towers Inc. has gained access to cellular, paging and personal communications services markets in Baltimore and the eastern coast of Maryland following its...
TELTRUST SECURES $15M CREDIT FACILITY
NEW YORK-Teltrust Inc., Salt Lake City, a wholesaler of prepaid calling card, directory assistance and other telecommunications services, has secured a five-year, $15 million...
WORLD BRIEFS
BrazilMicrowave radio equipment manufacturer Harris Corp. announced plans to open a plant during the second quarter in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In addition to its...