NEW YORK-Glenayre Technologies Inc. has declared a three-for-two split of the company's common stock to be effected in the form of a 50 percent stock dividend that will be distributed Jan. 5 to stockholders of record on Dec. 22.The company said it will have...
Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group has been awarded a contract for more than $10 million to expand the narrowband advanced mobile phone service in the Dominican Republic. The contract with the private telephone company, Tricom Inc., will expand that company's cell sites to a...
An international cellular operator and a U.S. paging equipment provider have cellular and paging service up and running in Bulgaria, despite the former Eastern bloc government's sluggish efforts to privatize business.A Bulgarian joint venture led by Cable & Wireless plc purchased a cellular license...
A "hip-pocket receptionist" is how Bell Atlantic Mobile describes its new ContactLine II service, a personal communications cellular device that allows customers to receive calls however, whenever and wherever they choose.People calling a ContactLine II customer can dial one number that is routed to...
Cellular One of Ohio and Michigan announced Lindsay Notwell has been appointed director of wireless data, heading up this new department. Notwell will be responsible for building and managing the wireless data group and supervise the rollout of various wireless programs. Prior to Cellular...
NORWELL, Mass.-Home-based coverage is the dominant requirement for future wireless communications products and services, according to a recent study.A third of the 800 U.S. adults surveyed this summer by BIS Strategic Decisions indicated they were interested only in home personal communications services, according to...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Top executives of the wireless venture between Bell Atlantic Corp. and Nynex Corp. have been selected to lead the two companies as they combine their cellular service properties into a new, unnamed company.Dennis Strigl, president and chief executive officer of Bell Atlantic Mobile,...
High stakes and fierce competition in the Federal Communications Commission's personal communications service auctions have shown no mercy for the weak of heart of the pocketbook. And June Walsh is no exception.President and owner of Eureka, Calif.-based Cal Autofone and Redding, Calif.-based REPCO (Radio...
FORT WORTH, Texas - Motorola Inc.'s Global Paging Infrastructure Division introduced its new Nucleus LT paging station, providing Latin America with next-generation paging station technology.The Nucleus LT transmitter is designed for single site, nonsimulcast, continuous-duty operation and can use radio frequency link, wireline, analog...
NEW YORK-Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to make an initial public offering of 12 million shares of common stock, priced between $24 and $26 a share.Proceeds from the offering will be used to purchase a 25 percent general...
An Oregon test and measurement equipment company with international alliances is poised for what it hopes is a wave of demand from companies building personal communications services networks."Test equipment is an integral part of installing a PCS system. And we think testing will be...
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NEW YORK-AT&T Corp. is seeking permission to make a secondary offering of 35.9 million shares of AT&T stock owned by BT plc.If the move is approved by the securities and Exchange Commission, it could be the largest secondary offering in U.S. history.BT, or British...
WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt's selection of Regina Keeney to head the new Wireless Telecommunications Bureau is looking better every day.Especially since Nov. 8, the day voters shook the political landscape by handing Congress over to Republicans and put President Clinton on notice...
WALLINGFORD, Conn.-SmartLink Development L.P. said it has been temporarily enjoined from selling its SMR Link universal trunking and networking product as a result of a pending patent infringement lawsuit filed by manufacturer E.F. Johnson Co.SmartLink President Mark Hatten said he is frustrated by the...
NEW YORK-Mobile communications executives George Schmitt and Al Boschulte have been chosen to lead the PCS PrimeCo L.P. alliance between U S West Inc., AirTouch Communications, Nynex Corp. and Bell Atlantic Corp.Schmitt, formerly AirTouch executive vice president, will manage the venture's bidding strategy in...
FRANKFURT, Germany-Investment banking firm Goldman, Sachs & Co. announced it has been selected as lead foreign manager for the privatization of Deutsche Bundespost Telekom.Specifically, Goldman, Sachs will be responsible for selling shares of Deutsche Bundespost Telekom to institutional investors in the Americas.With an estimated...
Editor's Note: The RCR research and editorial staffs have compiled this list of the 20 largest radio common carrier paging operators based on survey responses and interviews with industry contacts. Ranking is based on the number of subscribers the operators reported having in the United...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-U S West Inc. named Jan Peters chief operating officer of U S West NewVector Group Inc., the company's cellular division, where she will oversee all company operations.Prior to her appointment, Peters served as vice president of sales and distribution in the same...
Fluctuating support from Wall Street for enhanced specialized mobile radio companies may be indicative of in-and-out stock speculation rather than fear the ESMR companies are having actual problems, said the head of the American Mobile Telecommunication Association."Wall Street is fickle, with investors looking for...
WASHINGTON-A group called the Specialized Mobile Radio Wireless Operators Network, or SMR WON, recently formed to fight recent federal policies the group says will increase the cost of business dispatch mobile service.The new association said it plans to educate public officials about the alleged...
FORT WORTH, Texas-Uniden America Corp. reported the successful testing of its 220 MHz ESAS system in Ohio.Multiple sites were networked together in October, with mobiles roaming automatically between sites, handling single site calls, networked calls between units, individual calls and voice mail messages. Actual...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Go Communications Corp. issued a 10-year, multihundred-million-dollar request for proposal for a system integrator to develop and operate the information system technology for the 30 MHz and 10 MHz blocks of spectrum reserved for entrepreneurs by the Federal Communications Commission, the company said.The...
SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Cellular said it has introduced AirTouch Long Distance service in its Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego and Atlanta markets.AT&T Corp. is the network supplier. Cellular customers will be billed for all long distance service on a regular AirTouch cellular bill, rather than...
