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 …
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 …
