NEW YORK-Telefonos de Mexico S.A. de C.V. and SBC Communications Inc. announced May 3 they would jointly purchase Cellular Communications of Puerto Rico Inc....
WASHINGTON-U.S. and Chinese officials will resume talks mid-May in Beijing in hopes of reaching a landmark deal by June that would dramatically open up...
SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Clearnet Communications Inc. said it entered into an underwriting agreement to raise cash proceeds of $256 million from the sale of its 10.13-percent...
NEW YORK-Montreal-based Telesystem International Wireless Inc. announced April 29 that Dolphin Telecom plc, its London-based subsidiary, raised $210 million in private equity to help...
WASHINGTON-The House Republican leadership sent a letter to their colleagues last week stating strong support for a House bill to relax export controls on...
WASHINGTON-MCI WorldCom Inc. chief Bernard Ebbers, basking in glow of first-quarter earnings that surpassed forecasts, last week did not indicate whether the No. 2...
The transition of control of cell sites from wireless carriers to independent tower companies is accelerating, and build-to-suit companies increasingly are getting the call...
NEW YORK-Frequency Electronics Inc., Mitchell Field, N.Y., received what it called its first multiyear agreement for its rubidium synchronization product line, a contract with...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. reported financial results for the first quarter that included a net loss of $9.9 million, or 3 cents per share,...
WASHINGTON-A group of telecom and oil companies has stepped up calls for the Federal Communications Commission to reject the extension of developmental wireless local...
DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. and Qualcomm Inc. signed an agreement under which Qualcomm will market and deliver the satellite-based trailer tracking system developed by...
RESTON, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. hosted its 1999 Global Solutions Conference last month, during which the low-earth-orbit satellite data and messaging services network operator and...
HarrisHarris Corp. named its current Communications Sector President, E. Van Cullens, president and chief operating officer of the company, effective July 1. He will...
Faced with an uncertain future and many difficult questions, members of the Paging Leadership Association met last month in Florida to determine how the...
Powertel Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Allen Smith hinted the company's national roaming rates could fall substantially in the coming months.The carrier today...
Sirius CommunicationsSirius Communications NV introduced the DataSat Code Division Multiple Access development system. It offers an alternative to today's very small aperture terminal systems....
ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. reported revenues for the first quarter ended March 31 of $32.3 million, an increase of 117 percent from the $14.8...
SnapTrack Inc. last week announced a strategic partnership with Motorola Inc. under which it will license its personal location system to Motorola's Semiconductor Products...
GREENSBORO, N.C.-Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. announced its shareholders approved the merger of Vanguard into a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Corp.Each Vanguard share will...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-NextLink Communications Inc. announced its $695 million cash and stock acquisition of WNP Communications Inc. is complete.NextLink picked up 39 A-block local multipoint...
LOUISVILLE, Colo.-AirCell Inc., which has developed an air-to-ground communications system that makes use of cellular frequencies, said private equity investors led by Blumenstein/Thorne Information...
WASHINGTON-At a time when policy makers are wrestling with how best to reform the Federal Communications Commission in the Digital Age of Competition, the...
TOKYO-Japan Telecom, AT&T Corp. and British Telecom plc formally announced a strategic and operational partnership under which AT&T and BT will acquire a joint...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced record revenue growth in the first quarter, adding 378,000 customers and surpassing 10 million total customers.AT&T Corp. said it...