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 …
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 …
