DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. and Colombian paging provider Espectracom signed a roaming agreement to extend PageMart's South American reach to Colombia, said PageMart. Roaming service...
The U.S. State Department suspended work July 27 on an international project aimed at launching communications satellite-carrying rockets from a floating launch pad near...
LONDON-The European Commission approved the formation of Symbian, a joint venture launched in June between Psion Software plc, L.M. Ericsson, Nokia Corp. and, eventually,...
The government of Peru and telecommunications company Telefonica del Peru earlier this month agreed to end the company's monopoly on conventional telephone service, according...
NEW YORK-Saying Teletrac Inc. faces "numerous competitive alternatives" to its wireless location services for commercial vehicles, Standard & Poor's Corp. lowered speculative grade ratings...
While many of its second-tier cellular counterparts have been acquired during the last year in an increasingly consolidated industry, Greensboro, N.C.-based Vanguard Cellular Systems...
ENCINITAS, Calif.-CommQuest Technologies has teamed with Hewlett-Packard Co. to provide a turnkey solution for in-line production testing of Code Division Multiple Access and Global...
NEW YORK-Convergys Corp. scaled back and sold an initial public offering Aug. 12 that is the prelude to its spinoff from Cincinnati Bell Inc.Convergys...
NEW YORK-The DDI Cellular Group, parent company of eight regional Japanese cellular carriers with a total of 4.4 million customers, has selected the INfusion...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Mobility DCS is offering two new wireless products for international business travelers-Bosch's World 718 Mobile Phone and DCS Fax Mailbox service.Bosch's world phone...
ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. said it signed a co-marketing agreement with Fujitsu Software Corp. to promote its new Premion Information Service through Fujitsu's ByeDesk Link...
Lucent Technologies Business Communications Systems said it plans to develop aggressively the company's U.S. network of 1,000 authorized dealers, distributors and value-added resellers, aiming...
Though the International Telecommunication Union is months away from reaching a consensus on third-generation standards, European and Japanese governments are revealing plans to auction...
ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association said it published a new performance guideline for cellular Time Division Multiple Access and personal communications services networks.Interim Standard-727,...
SAN DIEGO-National Dispatch Center Inc. announced U S West selected it to provide operator dispatch service to U S West alphanumeric paging and personal...
NEW YORK-NightFire Software Inc., Berkeley, Calif., debuted NetServ Express, which it said is "the first packaged software solution to automate the telecommunications service supply...
The industry's first cellular phone manufacturer has become another casualty of the highly competitive handset business. Oki Telecom Inc. has ceased manufacturing, sales and...
The recent commercial launch of PageMart Wireless Inc.'s facilities-based ReFLEX 25 narrowband personal communications services network has heralded in the new age of paging,...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission again extended the buildout time on the so-called Goodman/Chan licenses until current litigation can be resolved.In a July 31 ruling,...
