Monthly Archives: April, 1998
TRITON AIMS TO RAISE $300M IN PRIVATE SALE FOR NETWORK
NEW YORK-Triton PCS Inc., a startup Time Division Multiple Access carrier based in Malvern, Pa., was expected to sell privately late last week its...
SPECTRUM RESOURCES BUYS TOWER ASSETS OF CLEVELAND FIRM
FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Spectrum Resources Towers L.P. announced it has acquired the tower assets of Tower Industrial Park, which is based in the Cleveland area.Major...
STUDY FINDS PACEMAKER REACTION AT LESS THAN 3 INCHES
NORMAN, Okla.-Follow-up research examining the interaction between cardiac pacemakers and certain wireless phones found that an adverse interaction only occurred when the devices were...
GROUP ASKS COURT TO STAY TELECOM ACT RULE
WASHINGTON-A group that claims mobile phone transmitters pose a public health risk last week asked a federal appeals court in New York to stay...
STUDY FORECASTS EXPANSION OF SOUTH ASIAN MARKET
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Although the Asian currency crisis likely will result in making both handsets and financing more difficult and costly to obtain, wireless subscriber growth...
PCIA CHALLENGES FEE INCREASES
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Personal Communications Industry Association last week challenged unexplained regulatory fee increases, claiming the fees will hinder competition between wireless and wireline services.PCIA...
MOVE AFOOT FOR SOFTWARE-DEFINED HANDSET
A movement is slowly growing toward developing a wireless handset that can operate around the world, though few carriers seem to be taking interest...
OMNIPOINT TO UNLOAD SMALL MARKETS
Personal communications services provider Omnipoint Corp. last week became one of the first C-block licensees to select options from the Federal Communications Commission's license...
D.C. NOTES: THE RACE ISSUE
Last week, conservative wordsmith and Baltimore Orioles baseball fan George Will cheered the recent federal appeals court decision to throw out FCC broadcast equal...
SUBSCRIBER FRAUD IS LATEST THEFT TOOL
NEW YORK-As wireless carriers have closed off easier avenues for theft of services, subscriber fraud, including outright theft of identity, has emerged as the...
INTERDIGITAL LICENSES 2 JAPANESE FIRMS
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Technology Corp. entered into patent license agreements with two unnamed Japanese manufacturers of digital cellular equipment, resulting in up-front payments...
BELLSOUTH DCS OFFERS VOICE MAIL RAPIDREPLY
Personal communications services carrier BellSouth Mobility DCS said it is offering an enhanced voice-mail service called RapidReply to customers in the Carolinas, eastern Tennessee...
DUAL-MODE PIECE OF PCS STRAT EGY, BUT NOT ALWAYS ENCOURAGED
Just as analysts had predicted, dual-mode/dual-band handsets are an important strategy for most U.S. personal communications services operators as they build out their networks....
IRIDIUM REPORTS $205M NET LOSS
WASHINGTON-Iridium L.L.C. reported a net loss of $205 million for the quarter ended March 31, which the company said is consistent with its expectations.The...
AERIAL’S OPERATIONS DRAG DOWN TDS’ INCOME
Telephone and Data Systems Inc. said start-up costs associated with its personal communications services business, Aerial Communications Inc., reduced cash flow and operating income...
SATELLITE PAGING BUYS PREMIER PAGING
DENVER-Satellink Paging L.L.C., a subsidiary of Satellink Communications Inc., has acquired Premier Paging of New Orleans Inc., announced Daniels & Associates, a Denver-based investment...
TECNOMEN TO EXPAND TIANJIN GSM SYSTEM
ESPOO, Finland-Tecnomen announced it signed a contract valued at about $2 million with Chinese operator Tianjin Toll Telecommunications Bureau to expand the capacity of...
POCKET’S UNSECURED CREDITORS TO GET REORGANIZATION INFORMATION
WASHINGTON-A federal bankruptcy judge in Baltimore last week ordered the Federal Communications Commission to surrender to unsecured creditors of Pocket Communications Inc. information intentionally...
PHONE TIME TO MERGE WITH GLOBAL ACCESS
LONG BEACH, Calif.-Phone Time Resources Inc.'s board of directors announced it approved a merger with Global Access Pagers Inc., featuring a 1: 40 reverse stock...
CHINA TELECOM TO BECOME FULL PARTNER IN GLOBALSTAR
GlobalStar Telecommunications Ltd. announced that China Telecom Group Ltd. has agreed to invest $37.5 million to become a full partner in Globalstar L.P.China Telecom,...
LUCENT ACQUIRES GERMAN SOFTWARE COMPANY
Lucent Technologies Inc.'s Microelectronics Group acquired Optimay GmbH, a privately held software-development company based in Munich, Germany.Optimay, which will become a subsidiary of Lucent...
SOUTHWEST PCS DRIVING SBC’S WIRELESS GROWTH
SAN ANTONIO, Texas-SBC Communications Inc. added 112,000 wireless subscribers during this year's first quarter-and 919,000 during the past 12 months-bringing its total number of...
FCC TO TACKLE RESALE POLICY
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, in a long-awaited and far-reaching policy call, is expected to rule within weeks on wireless resale policy for the future.The...
OMNIPOINT LINKS 2 ROAMING AGREEMENTS
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications Inc. announced the company's second roaming partnership in Lebanon, with Libancell.Omnipoint also initiated its second roaming partnership in Russia with...
NET INCOME DOWN 77 PERCENT: GLENAYRE EXPECTS CONTRACTS TO IMPROVE BOTTOM LINE
DALLAS-Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s net income dropped 77 percent in the first quarter, but the company announced several new contracts.Glenayre reported net income of $3.2...