BOSTON-American Tower Corp. said it entered into a purchase agreement to acquire approximately 75 communication sites in central and southern Illinois from Illinois PCS, a Sprint PCS affiliate. The 75 …
ARLINGTON, Va.-According to statistics compiled by the Telecommunications Industry Association, U.S. exports of telecommunications equipment for first quarter 1998 totaled nearly $5.3 billion, and the greatest increases were in paging …
NEW YORK-At least some shareholders are unhappy about last week’s announcement that Securicor plc, which owns 40 percent of Cellnet, a United Kingdom cellular carrier, plans to acquire Intek Global …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS said it signed a three-year contract with Nortel Networks valued at least $520 million for cdmaOne equipment and services for Phase III of Sprint PCS’ nationwide …
It has been more than 15 months since the first local multipoint distribution service auctions ended and brought broadband wireless access networks to reality. By all accounts, the prospect for …
ATLANTA-Amidst the buzz surrounding the emerging broadband market and related wireless access technologies last week at SuperComm ’99, Harris Corp., an established supplier of microwave radio systems, made its move …
SourceOne Wireless Inc.’s bankruptcy status may herald the end of the market for calling party pays paging, coming as no surprise to industry analysts, who believe the idea was doomed …
Amdocs Ltd., a St. Louis-based provider of billing and related systems to telecommunications carriers, on June 7 sold 20 million shares of its common stock, priced at $22.44 each, in …
HOUSTON-Crown Castle International’s board of directors named Ted Miller chairman. Miller also is the company’s chief executive officer. He succeeds Carl Ferenbach as chairman. Ferenbach was named lead director, said …
NEW YORK-WinStar Communications Inc. and Crescent Real Estate Equities Co. entered into an agreement under which WinStar will provide communications capabilities, including local and long-distance telephone, high-speed data and Internet …
WASHINGTON-State regulators are concerned the Federal Communications Commission this week will adopt an item suggesting calling party pays is a commercial mobile radio service exempt from state regulation. There is …
Paging resellers Your Phone Company Inc. of Portland, Ore., and Page Club USA of Seattle last week won a lawsuit against the Oregon branch of Paging Network Inc. and were …
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc.’s contract with Comunicacion Celular S.A., a cellular operator in the eastern region of Colombia, has been upgraded to provide full nationwide deployment of PhonePrint 5.0, …
China Unicom, which received the go-ahead from the Chinese government earlier this year to deploy cdmaOne technology, will gain control of four experimental Code Division Multiple Access networks operated by …
LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired said Chat Pak vending machines at select Lake Charles, Westlake and Sulphur, La., Conoco/Sporty’s locations now are dispensing its prepaid cellular cards. The vending machines dispense …
CALGARY, Alberta-Cell-Loc Inc. appointed company co-founder and President Michael Fattouche as its chief executive officer. Fattouche first served as president from November 1996 until June 1997, at which time he …
HONG KONG-The CDMA Development Group announced cdmaOne technology has gained significant momentum in Japan as a result of the recent cdmaOne nationwide service launch by DDI Corp. and IDO Corp. …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, in agreeing with the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, denied Omnipoint Corp.’s petition for a lower interest rate for the installment payment system for C-block personal communications services …
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry has asked a federal court to grant an additional 60-day stay of a lawsuit regarding implementation of the digital wiretap act. The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, the …
TAMPA, Fla.-BellSouth International Wireless Services announced five North American carriers, including BellSouth Mobility, converted to the BSI-WS International Settlement and Exchange Service. The BellSouth service provides international wireless roaming date-clearing. …
