April 1998

MALVERN, Pa.-Triton Cellular Partners reached a definitive agreement to acquire 12 wireless operating territories in Kansas, Alabama and Mississippi from U.S. Unwired for about $158 million. Triton’s strategy is to acquire rural wireless properties to develop regional rural service area …

LONDON-Vodafone Data Network Ltd. announced an expansion to extend its data communications service to several areas of the United Kingdom. The company has made a significant investment in new base-station equipment that has already brought services to areas in Belfast, …

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Adler Engineering Inc. has won a contract with the state of New Jersey to evaluate all state-owned property for wireless antenna siting and assist in marketing viable sites to carriers. Adler Engineering, headquartered in Barrington, N.J., provides site design, surveying, …

Ameritech Corp. said it will cut about 5,000 jobs, or 7 percent of its work force, from its cellular and security operations this year in a $3 billion cost-containment program. Jerrell Ross, a spokesman for the company, said the restructuring …

MONTREAL-Mitec Telecom Inc. announced it received an order to supply 1.9 GHz Code Division Multiple Access amplifiers for “personal communications services-over-cable” wireless application from Sanders Corp. Mitec also said it received a follow-on order from Northern Telecom Inc. to supply …

NEW YORK-American Communications Services Inc. last week changed its name to e.spire Communications Inc. and introduced a new national brand. The new corporate identity and brand, mark the beginning of a new phase in the company’s evolution beyond its early …

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc.’s board of directors declared June 30 as the record date for the second-quarter dividends on its 6-percent class B mandatorily convertible preferred stock, series 1996, and its 4.25-percent class C convertible preferred stock, series 1996.

WASHINGTON-Lack of awareness and problems with securing financing have made for a slow start in Russia’s commercial trunked radio industry, but the number of units in service there is expected to more than double by 2000, according to the International …

SAN RAMON, Calif.-U.S. Wireless Corp. signed an agreement to test and evaluate its RadioCamera wireless geographic location and tracking system in cooperation with Bell Atlantic Mobile’s cellular telephone network. Bell Atlantic Mobile is evaluating the RadioCamera system as a possible …

NEW YORK-In its five-year history, Sales Staffers International Inc., Andover, Mass., has carved an unusual niche in the broader market of outsourced services for large corporations. Companies like AT&T Corp., Microsoft Corp., GTE Corp. and Bell Atlantic Corp. deploy its …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Corp. reported a first-quarter net income of $212.1 million, or 49 cents per share, which reflects a 27-percent drop from its net income for the comparable period last year, listed as $290 million, or 67 cents per …

CALABASAS, Calif.-Silverlake Communications Inc. announced it has completed software enhancements for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. with MessageFlash Text Messaging Software version 2.0 in AT&T Wireless’ digital mobile phone and paging services. MessageFlash 2.0 is a custom application combining the look …

It was designed to be a way to compete against Motorola Inc.’s FLEX technology, but instead the joint venture between Nexus Telocation Systems Ltd. and American Paging Inc. has dissolved into a lawsuit and counter lawsuit. In the most recent …

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.-Precision Systems Inc.’s auditors, Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., expressed concern about the company’s ability to continue, citing recurring losses from operations and cash-flow problems, said the company. Precision Systems said it has taken steps to improve its cash …

DUSSELDORF, Germany-Mannesmann AG, Olivetti and Bell Atlantic International have acquired Swedish telecom operator Telia’s 9.66 percent ownership in Monitel Sistemi Radiocellulari, which owns 6.8 percent of Italian mobile operator Omnitel Pronto Italia. Mannesmann and Olivetti, through their joint venture company, …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Ericsson Inc. last week introduced its Wireless Office System at the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium Global Summit in Vancouver, British Columbia. The premise-based system, designed to capitalize on advantages of the Time Division Multiple Access standard, offers companies …

CARPINTERIA, Calif.-PulsePoint Communications’ shareholders approved the company’s name change from Digital Sound Corp. to PulsePoint, re-elected its board of directors and authorized a reverse stock split of 1: 4. The company expects its common stock to start trading on a …

WASHINGTON-The paging industry’s battle against pay-phone deregulation has picked up support from an unlikely source in Congress. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), a leading opponent of federal pre-emption of local antenna-siting regulation, has introduced legislation to force pay-phone operators to make …

Unsecured creditors of Pocket Communications Inc. have subpoenaed the Federal Communications Commission for information omitted from the reorganization plan approved last month by several creditor-vendors, the FCC and the Justice Department. Unsecured creditors believe knowledge of private portions of the …

Cellular carrier Price Communications Corp. announced results for the fourth quarter of 1997, ended Dec. 31, which is the first reporting period that includes the results of Palmer Wireless Inc. Price acquired Palmer in October. Revenues for the quarter totaled …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Spectrum L.P. announced the latest addition to its line of digital phones, the Sony CM-S110SPR, which is manufactured by Qualcomm Personal Electronics. The single-band phone has a suggested retail price of $149 and is packaged with a …

California-based paging carrier/reseller Power Page L.L.C. and its marketing arm, Wireless Marketing Inc.-profiled last June in RCR for its uncommon practice of enlisting independent marketing associates to help it acquire customers-declared bankruptcy April 2. Rod Kahn, president and chief executive …

PARIS-Bouygues Telecom, a French Global System for Mobile communications 1800 MHz network operator, selected Northern Telecom Ltd. to supply radio equipment in its fourth-phase network expansion. The contract is valued at more than $122 million. Nortel will install several hundred …

Mobile phone accessory manufacturers and distributors say the accessory market has redefined itself since the onslaught of increased wireless carrier competition. Retailers no longer try to convince newly activated mobile phone subscribers that they need a leather case or a …