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...
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