REDMOND, Wash.-Metawave Communications Corp. closed a $91 million round of private equity financing, the largest private equity amount raised by an equipment manufacturer during first-quarter 1999, according to the MoneyTree …
WHIPPANY, N.J.-Bell Labs researchers say they have developed a wireless location system that is accurate to within 15 feet when users are outdoors, and to 100 feet when they are …
When it became the first satellite-based global voice operator to launch commercial service last year, Iridium L.L.C. predicted its success would serve as the example other such carriers would need …
Latin America Cellular/personal communications services handset shipments to Latin America showed a significant technology shift from analog Advanced Mobile Phone Service to digital Time Division Multiple Access technology during the …
DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. signed a reseller agreement with Hughes Global Services to deliver Orbcomm’s low-earth-orbit satellite-based communications services to U.S. government and military customers, said the company. Hughes will …
WASHINGTON-As forecast in RCR on May 10, Susan Ness was nominated last week by President Clinton for a second six-year term on the Federal Communications Commission. Ness said she was …
NEW YORK-“The best news I will present today is that, for the first time in more than a year, there is significant interest by institutional investors” in private equity investments …
PORTLAND, Ore.-Metro One Telecommunications Inc. said it signed a multi-year contract to provide its enhanced directory assistance services to subscribers of Nextel Communications Inc.’s wireless service. Metro One expects to …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. and Glenayre Technologies Inc. signed a multimillion dollar contract to upgrade Metrocall’s nationwide paging network to support new Internet applications, two-way messaging and enhanced services. The upgrade …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission saw its review of telecommunications mergers curtailed by a Senate committee last week just as it was succeeding in extracting 26 merger conditions from SBC Communications …
WASHINGTON-Republicans, seeing potentially dividing issues in 2000 and hoping to tap into the deep pockets of Digital America, are fighting Democrats for the heart and soul of the high-tech agenda …
ATLANTA-GTE Wireless announced a seven-week advertising campaign to introduce its lowest-priced $80 prepaid wireless service, which includes a phone and 30 minutes of airtime. “One in every four new customers …
GREENVILLE, S.C.-Lucent Technologies Inc. has one of its first contracts in the United States for Global System for Mobile communications equipment. The company announced a $45 million supply contract with …
To increase the secondary market trading liquidity of Grupo Iusacell’s public equity and to give the Mexico City-based wireless carrier greater access to debt financing, a new but allied entity …
What should have been a blow to the U.S. mobile satellite services industry is turning more into a tap on the shoulder as MSS companies conduct business as usual despite …
SAN FRANCISCO-Saraide.com and APiON Ltd. have partnered to conduct Wireless Application Protocol Gateway trials, scheduled to begin this summer. According to the company, the trials will allow Saraide.com to integrate …
WASHINGTON-The big debate at last week’s Federal Communication Commission enhanced 911 technology round table was not over the technical issues but rather over the policy issues. Still left to be …
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico-TeleCorp PCS Inc. said it initiated service in Puerto Rico under the SunCom brand name. It is the company’s largest market-3.8 million people. TeleCorp said it will …
DENVER – The boards of directors of U S West and Frontier Corp. both authorized their companies’ management and advisers to enter into discussions with Qwest Communications International Inc. U …
The Gartner Group’s Dataquest reports that Interim Standard-95 Code Division Multiple Access-based handsets are the top-selling handset in the U.S. market. As such, Qualcomm Inc., powered by a lead in …
