HOUSTON-Easterly Investor Relations announced Crown Castle International Corp. and Quanta Services Inc. have been added to the Russell 3000 Index, which measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies …
NEW YORK-The government of Portugal said its sale of a 13.5-percent equity stake in Portugal Telecom plc and an associated share rights issue raised $1.62 billion. Contributing to the capital …
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications Inc. announced the launch of its 100th international roaming agreement through the inauguration of service with Portuguese operator TMN. “Presently our customers can use their clear, …
BOSTON-American Tower Corp. signed a definitive agreement to acquire 192 towers located in the South from Triton PCS, an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate. The towers are located in Virginia, …
OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Technologies said it will begin direct licensing of its Aether Intelligent Messaging software development and transport environment as part of an initiative to help drive the growth …
WASHINGTON-Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle’s (D-S.D.) move to pre-empt the planning commission here from deciding on Bell Atlantic Mobile’s Rock Creek Park tower applications set off protests from local officials, …
I say ol’ chap, want to know how you rate as a reporter of mobile phone health & safety issues in the United Kingdom? Ring up the Federation of the …
ATLANTA-Crown Castle International Corp. and BellSouth Corp. reached a preliminary agreement that calls for BellSouth to sublease the unused space on its 773 personal communications services towers to Crown Castle …
Early word from the Clinton administration is it supports the World Radiocommunication Conference being held in Istanbul next spring. Is the White House serious and, if so, what are the …
PARAMUS, N.J.-Following closely on the heels of its launch in Washington, D.C., Nextlink Communications Inc. launched commercial service for small- and medium-sized businesses in northern and central New Jersey, said …
PRINCETON, N.J.-Nettech Systems Inc. has agreed to market its middleware product offerings in conjunction with Internet Image Inc.’s TargetLink remote software deployment technology. Together, the two hope to provide a …
Portugal Telecom announced the consortium, Medi Telecom, won the second Global System for Mobile communications license in Morocco. The Medi Telecom consortium, led by Telefonica and including Portugal Telecom, the …
Although they believe the future growth of the paging industry lies in advanced messaging, paging carriers continue to search out new ways to attract customers to traditional paging services as …
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it is deploying Lightbridge Inc.’s FraudBuster fraud detection software. “FraudBuster will alert us when wireless accounts show a pattern of activity that match one of …
SAN DIEGO-Wireless Knowledge L.L.C. introduced its Integrators Alliance Program, offered to system integrators and value-added resellers interested in the wireless data market. The program was created to ensure seamless integration …
NEW YORK-WinStar Communications Inc. announced its Wireless Fiber service will be made commercially available in buildings owned by Boston Properties Inc. Under terms of the agreement, WinStar will offer its …
U S West Wireless recently completed field tests of Qualcomm Inc.’s High Data Rate product, saying it was impressed with the solution, but didn’t indicate plans to deploy the technology …
DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. announced it has agreed to resell its paging and messaging services for a five-year period to Sprint Corp. According to the agreement, Sprint initially will offer traditional …
The wireless handset market has proven that a strong brand name doesn’t guarantee success. Sony Electronics Inc. announced last week it is pulling out of the North American handset business …
LINCOLN, Neb.-Transcrypt International Inc. said it signed a memorandum of understanding with lead plaintiffs’ counsel to settle the pending stockholder class-action lawsuits against the company and certain of its current …
