NEW YORK-North American telecommunications carriers rank below manufacturing, consumer products and financial services companies in their adoption of Internet-enabled enterprises, concluded a recent report of American Management Systems, Fairfax, Va. …
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel introduced new wireless rates plans that eliminate long-distance and roaming charges on all calls in the Carolinas. Customers can choose from six plans, starting as low as …
SARASOTA, Fla.-Pinnacle Holdings Inc. said it has entered agreements to acquire 552 communications sites in 20 separate transactions for a total purchase price of $50 million. The transactions include about …
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Detron Group N.V. established a joint venture with Crown Castle International. Crown Castle initially will invest $10 million in the venture, and Detron’s Sites & Towers affiliate will …
WASHINGTON-The House, over protests from local officials and environmentalists, narrowly passed legislation to enable Bell Atlantic Mobile and wireless carriers to erect towers in Rock Creek Park and on other …
WASHINGTON-With lawmakers back at work, the wireless industry will shift gears to push for passage of pending bills and try to position other legislation for congressional approval in 2000. Before …
Portals have a hidden agenda to capture the wireless e-commerce market. Carriers had better beware. Greek mythology chronicles the fall of the once-prosperous city of Troy, misled by the promise …
If you want clout in Washington, the only thing better than being a top board member of either of the two largest wireless trade associations is not being a member …
Nordic Mobile Telephone 450 MHz operators will decide by early October whether to push forward with three digital mobile-phone standards that include Code Division Multiple Access technology, which could give …
WASHINGTON-House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde (R-Ill.), responding to Federal Communications Commission delays in processing 50,000 fixed wireless applications that were dismissed last year, has introduced legislation to compensate 900 …
ST. LOUIS-Amdocs Ltd. announced Sept. 6 it plans to acquire International Telecommunication Data Systems Inc., Stamford, Conn., for about $182 million in Amdocs stock. Amdocs provides customer care, billing and …
SANTA ANA, Calif.-AirTouch Cellular said it launched a new retail center in Santa Ana, Calif., aimed at better serving Southern California’s Latino community. The new retail center is the first …
Analog Devices Inc. plans to introduce today a radio chipset that it calls the Holy Grail of radio receiver architectures. Called Othello, the chipset features an open market Global System …
Wireless carriers are about to get an education, one that San Francisco-based Telephia Inc. believes is long overdue. Founded in February 1998, by Tom Frangione and John Oyler-both with extensive …
WASHINGTON-SBC Communications Inc. and Ameritech Corp. agreed to include wireless issues in their proposed conditions for license transfer, said the Personal Communications Industry Association. “In a nutshell, we are pleased …
LOWELL, Mass.-M/A-Com Inc. and AMP Inc. entered into a $95 million contract under which M/A-Com’s OpenSky Wireless Internet Protocol network will be deployed for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s statewide public …
JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Communications Inc. opened an Internet-based customer service and message retrieval center called the Customer Service Lounge. From its Web site, SkyTel customers may access their accounts or submit …
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc.’s Mexican operating company, Pegaso PCS, will begin launching service in Guadalajara, Jilisco, Mexico, according to the company. Guadalajara is the second market in Pegaso’s rollout …
MCLEAN, Va.-LCC International Inc. said Dutchtone NV of the Netherlands chose LCC to conduct its Quality of Service measurement and reporting process. The agreement calls for LCC UK Ltd. to …
LONDON-British Telecommunications plc and AT&T Corp. each acquired a 15-percent stake in Japan Telecom for a total of $1.9 billion, completing BT’s strategic and operational partnership with Japan Telecom and …
