SAN ANTONIO-ATX Technologies Inc. plans to acquire Protection One Mobile Services Group in a transaction valued at about $28 million. Both companies provide telematics services. Protection One Mobile currently is …
MINNEAPOLIS-PCS.partners signed a contract with Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. to provide in-warranty repair and refurbishment services on Samsung’s Code Division Multiple Access digital mobile phones, said PCS.partners. With this agreement, …
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-A survey conducted by International Data Corp. found penetration of personal communications services phones is growing faster than penetration of either cellular phones or pagers. According to IDC’s “1999 …
CHICAGO-Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems Inc., operating under the Cellular One brand name, introduced two new services to the Chicago market-Digital Edge SharePaks and Money Manager. Digital Edge SharePaks lets up …
As the paging industry continues its transformation to narrowband personal communications services and engages in high-level consolidation, some have questioned the fate of the smaller, mom-and-pop paging carriers. In an …
It stands to reason that if you know how to make mobile phones work, you can shut them down-say, like at gas stations or in airplanes, theaters and hospitals. That’s …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp.’s Wireless Software Solutions division introduced the Nokia WAP Browser, a Wireless Application Protocol microbrowser designed for wireless handsets and personal digital assistants. The browser is featured in …
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. completed its reorganization into five businesses and began operating under its new corporate structure July 1. The company split into three companies under the control …
WASHINGTON-Congress sent the White House a bill on Thursday designed to limit liability stemming from the onset of the millennium bug. President Clinton is expected to sign the measure. The …
WASHINGTON-A major dispute has erupted between the wireless industry and the Clinton administration over the crafting of U.S. policy on third-generation wireless spectrum less than a year before the World …
SAN FRANCISCO-The Wireless Application Protocol Forum has released the latest version of its mobile Internet standard-WAP version 1.1-at its members meeting. Enhancements to the new version include: local and international …
BERKSHIRE, England-Vodafone Group plc and AirTouch Communications Inc. completed their merger. AirTouch’s stock stopped trading on the New York Stock Exchange at the end of the day June 29, and …
More and more, I find myself agreeing with FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth. However, even as I write that, I’m not necessarily comfortable with the claim. It generally has been my …
CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular announced the national rollout of BillTracker, an electronic billing solution that provides multi-service line and multi-account business customers with immediate access to monthly billing information, and enables them …
The gap between large and small independent tower companies became wider last week as a pair of transactions added nearly 2,500 towers to the portfolios of two of the larger …
BOSTON-A newly released report from the Yankee Group predicts the market for wireless telemetry services will grow to more than $6.6 billion in revenues by 2004. According the report, growth …
NEW YORK-Consumer perception of Korea Telecom as “slow moving and bureaucratic, but quite good at service provision,” has helped, not hindered, its subsidiary Korea Telecom Freetel, said Sang-Chul Lee, president …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission currently is considering how much mobile satellite service operators will have to pay to relocate incumbents in the 2 GHz band. MSS operators, particularly ICO Global …
Deutsche Telekom AG has about $18 billion at its disposal after its $11-billion secondary offering last week, and speculation is running high about what acquisitions it will make in Europe …
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. announced the Direct Selling Association has approved it as a supplier member. The association is made up of companies that make and sell various goods …
