HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp.’s U.K. subsidiary, Castle Transmission International Ltd., increased its revolving senior credit facility to $236 million. The bank syndicate led by Credit Suisse First Boston has expanded …
The popularity of prepaid wireless services has skyrocketed in the United States, but carriers are experiencing a not-so-pleasant side effect- high churn-and many are challenged by the need to expand …
ARLINGTON, Va.-TeleCorp PCS Inc. opened a new customer care call center in its Memphis, Tenn., market, said the company. The 46,000-square-foot facility provides customer service and inbound telesales operations for …
WASHINGTON-A wild flurry of lobbying on telecom appropriations bills late last week ended with Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) withdrawing an amendment to relax the spectrum cap and House subcommittee members …
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. reported revenues for the second quarter ended June 30 of $6.15 billion, an 8.5-percent increase from the $5.66 billion reported for second-quarter 1998. The company recorded net earnings …
Bell Atlantic Mobile has ventured into a collaborative effort with Phone.com Inc. and Motorola Inc. to use Wireless Application Protocol technology to enable over-the-air provisioning on Code Division Multiple Access …
With so many competitors vying for the business of telecommunications customers, carriers are finding that keeping old customers is sometimes harder than finding new ones. Athene Software Inc., a two-year-old …
BETHESDA, Md.-Astrolink L.L.C. and partners Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications, TRW and Telespazio closed an equity investment of $900 million in cash that will allow Astrolink to offer on-demand wireless broadband …
HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Communications Corp. announced it has secured $7.5 million in private equity financing from CIBC Capital Partners. The funding is part of a larger financing project GoAmerica is undertaking, …
WASHINGTON-What began this spring as a congressional effort to restructure the Federal Communications Commission in the post-telecom act era could end up as a major rewrite of wireless policy. Wireless …
FORT WORTH, Texas-Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems and AlliedSignal said they entered into a cooperative agreement to test the effectiveness of using a two-way communications system-based on Iridium L.L.C.’s satellite …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS and Qualcomm Inc. signed an agreement valued at about $400 million calling for Sprint to purchase Qualcomm’s new Internet-capable Thin Phone and pdQ smart phone. Shipments …
BOULDER, Colo.-SpectraLink Corp. reported revenues for the three months ended June 30 of $10.5 million, an increase from the $8.4 million reported for second-quarter 1998. The company recorded net income …
TOKYO-NEC Corp. and SnapTrack Inc. signed an agreement calling for NEC to use SnapTrack’s wireless location technology to develop a location information system that will be marketed to wireless carriers …
WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. announced in a Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that on July 7 the company entered into a $10 million, two-year revolving …
Following more than a month of bidding wars and posturing, the fight over which company will acquire U S West Inc. and Frontier Corp. is over and both suitors can …
Poor Tom Daschle. First, the Senate minority leader from South Dakota is handily rebuffed by the GOP in a high-profile fight over managed health-care reform. A big sticking point: Liability …
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. was dealt a major blow last week by the Federal Communications Commission, which told the nation’s top dispatch operator it cannot use private wireless spectrum to build …
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. said it has expanded its agreement with 7-Eleven to sell the MobileComm Pre-Paid Paging package in stores nationwide. Arch first began selling the product in …
Second-quarter subscriber growth in the U.K. mobile-phone market exceeded analysts’ expectations as prepaid services continue to provide a growth engine for the industry. “The market has been ahead of expectations …
