WASHINGTON-The Wireless Consumers Alliance Inc. this week plans to ask the Federal Communications Commission to rule that state courts are not pre-empted by federal law from awarding monetary damages against …
Restructuring has proven to be a difficult task for Swedish vendor L.M. Ericsson, whose board of directors last week unanimously opted to unseat President and CEO Sven-Christer Nilsson. Alarmed Nilsson …
Private radio users’ use of cellular and paging services is lower than might be expected, considering their telecom needs, said The Strategis Group, which found about 30 percent of employees …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Federal Communications Commission needs to “strike the proper balance” between regulation and forbearance, the Personal Communications Industry Association told a congressional task force on July 2. PCIA was …
YAOUNDE, Cameroon-France Telecom signed a concession agreement for Global System for Mobile communications wireless phone service in Cameroon, to be operated by Yaounde-based Societe Camerounaise de Mobiles. SCM will build …
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. announced cellular service provider Cocelco S.A. in Colombia chose CellStar to provide a variety of distribution and value-added services. Under terms of the agreement, CellStar will provide …
SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Clearnet Communications Inc. introduced two new Internet-ready phones that integrate digital phone, two-way radio and alphanumeric paging services with a Internet microbrowser, e-mail, fax and remote dial-up capabilities. The …
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. announced Celumovil, the largest cellular service provider in Colombia, chose CellStar to provide distribution and value-added services. Under terms of the two-year agreement, CellStar will serve as …
ALBANY, N.Y.-The Federal Communications Commission approved the transfer of control of various licenses for wireless spectrum owned by CAI Wireless Systems Inc. to MCI WorldCom Inc., clearing the way for …
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Paging Network do Brasil S.A. acquired rival paging carrier Powernet in a cash deal valued at about $5 million. The deal adds 46,000 subscribers to PageNet do Brasil’s …
NEW YORK-Heading into a scorcher of an Independence Day holiday, American stock markets closed in record-setting territory, thereby heating up the prospects for wireless sector companies seeking financing during the …
VIENNA, Va.-Cable & Wireless USA filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission to provide switched and private line service to Bermuda through facilities owned by C&W USA, said the …
BOSTON-Consistent with the tower industry’s consolidation trend, American Tower Corp. scored high last week with several new transactions. The company signed a $39 million agreement to acquire 108 wireless communication …
ARCNET, an architecture and engineering firm based in Holmdel, N.J., held their inaugural key ceremony to present 28 1999 3-series BMWs along with prepaid car insurance to all employees with …
DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. entered an Internet commerce deal with AllnetServices.com Corp., under which the latter will make PageMart products and services available for purchase over the Internet. The new Web …
NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Corp. lowered its rating on about $90 million in outstanding debt and $250 million in pending debt securities of Aliant Communications Co. because of the Nebraska …
MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communications Corp. said it initiated deployment of a base station subsystem for Carolina PCS I L.P., which includes basic trading areas in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. …
HELSINKI-Nokia Telecommunications said it signed an agreement to acquire a 40-percent holding in U.K.-based Aircom International to further accelerate its PC-based network planning system competence and product creation. “Nokia will …
WASHINGTON – Nextel Communications Inc. last week met stiff opposition to efforts to secure private wireless spectrum and approval for the transfer of 900 MHz dispatch licenses from bankrupt Geotek …
Today’s satellite-based data and messaging carriers have found the secret to their success is partnering with those they once considered their primary competitors-terrestrial-based wireless data carriers. At first, satellite data …
