The paging industry last week experienced a flurry of major resale deals involving several large carriers. BellSouth Corp. followed paging carriers Metrocall Inc., AirTouch Paging and Arch Communications Group Inc. …
The new market for voice paging services has a rather dubious history of failed service rollouts, but companies like ReadyCom Inc.-which last week announced its first market launch-are not ready …
AUSTIN, Texas-The Rural Cellular Association elected three new officers. They include President Tommie Morgan, MobileTel Inc.; Vice President Gary Hudson, Poka-Lambro Telecommunications Inc.; and Secretary-Treasurer Terry Addington, First Cellular of …
My daughter is becoming quite proficient at putting together puzzles. She doesn’t do it the way I would, matching the red of the mermaid Ariel’s hair with another piece that …
Xircom Xircom Inc. announced a new product line called CompactCard, which it said extends wireless connectivity for Windows CE handheld computers. CompactCard is a series of Type II CompactFlash cards …
Nearly one year after General Magic Inc. introduced its Portico virtual assistant service, the company has plans to add several enhancements to the service, free to customers. Buck Krawczyk, vice …
Another U.S. mobile phone carrier has announced definitive plans to commercially launch Internet access during the fourth quarter. Code Division Multiple Access operator Sprint PCS said it has signed an …
ORANGE, Calif.-World Wide Wireless Network Inc., a provider of high-speed business connectivity in Southern California, expanded its wireless network to include 13 points of presence. Prior to the expansion, World …
ATLANTA-World Access Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Comm/Net Holding Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiaries Enhanced Communications Corp., Comm/Net Services Corp. and Long Distance Exchange Corp. World Access …
NEW YORK-WinStar Communications Inc. said $120 million of its long-term debt-14-percent convertible senior subordinated discount notes due 2005-have been converted into shares of the company’s common stock, strengthening the company’s …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. said it finished the purchase of the Brownsville and McAllen, Texas, cellular markets from CenturyTel Inc. for approximately $96 million in cash. The markets include the …
WASHINGTON-While the Federal Communications Commission’s implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 has been upheld for the most part, the agency has wound up lately on the wrong end of …
More than a year after Arch Communications Group Inc. first offered to buy MobileMedia Communications Inc., the merger between the two companies has been completed. The result is the second-largest …
NEW YORK-AmTec Inc. has its home base in the Big Apple, where the money is, and its heart in the People’s Republic of China, where it believes telecommunications has the …
PHOENIX-AG Communication Systems, a subsidiary of Lucent Technologies Inc., completed an agreement it signed in August 1997 with Rogers Cantel Inc. to jointly market wireless office telephone systems based on …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission diluted the agenda for the highly anticipated Wireless Day by including an item regarding low-volume users of long-distance services, but the chairman’s office hopes the item …
ARLINGTON, Va.-Federal Communications Commission Chairman William Kennard last week launched a new effort to export the telecommunications revolution to African nations and other developing countries. “Fair, open and transparent regulatory …
As Telephone and Data Systems Inc. pursues a spinoff of personal communications services operator Aerial Communications Inc., it is dealing with sticky issues involving Sonera Ltd.’s investment in Aerial. Aerial …
NEW YORK-Bell Atlantic Corp. debuted its AccessAbility pages on its Web site. The pages will provide advice about services, discounts and other key resources of interest to the disabled community. …
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-Seven Seas Communications, a service provider for Iridium North America, announced it will lower its airtime rates for Iridium service, effective immediately. The new pricing plan offers access …
