MCLEAN, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. will provide integrated wireless communications services, including cellular, paging and two-way radio, to the participants and organizers of the NATO 50th Anniversary Summit being held in …
Analysts last week hoped Motorola Inc. would shed some light in its earnings conference call on whether it will need to raise more money or take additional charges to cover …
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Mobile Data Solutions Inc. and Kenan Systems signed a cooperative marketing agreement that will join MDSI’s mobile work force management products with Kenan’s billing, customer care, order management and …
WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman William Kennard denied improperly lobbying for legislation to prevent wireless licenses from becoming mired in bankruptcy litigation, but now-in a new flare up-has drawn sharp rebuke …
United Kingdom L.M. Ericsson and U.K. operator One 2 One signed a $320 million contract under which Ericsson will supply radio base stations and base station controller equipment to expand …
NEW YORK-Harris Corp. announced it is repositioning itself to become a pure communications equipment company and will spin off its Lanier Worldwide subsidiary to its stockholders, creating two separate companies-communications …
TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. formed an alliance with Amdocs, a customer care and billing provider, to implement new technologies to facilitate roamer data processing. The first solution to be …
CHICAGO-STPCS Joint Venture L.L.C., which markets its personal communications services through its D- and F-block licenses throughout south Texas as SOL Communications, joined the North American GSM Alliance L.L.C., becoming …
DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. announced it will hold a press conference April 19 at the Comdex show in Chicago to unveil what it called a major alliance of paging industry leaders. …
SAN DIEGO, Calif.-In a $50 million transaction, Leap Wireless International Inc. increased its ownership of Chilesat Telefonia Personal S.A. from 50 percent to 100 percent, by purchasing Telex-Chile’s and Chilesat …
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. said it revised its financial results for the first quarter, as announced on March 23. First-quarter revenues were reduced from $524.7 million to $515.3 million; net income …
WASHINGTON-The re-auction of personal communications services licenses for the C, D, E and F blocks closed last week with participants bidding $412.8 million in 78 rounds, or about $3.60 per …
Pinnacle Towers Inc. acquired four towers in North Carolina and Texas in two transactions. AirNet Communications Corp. said it is supplying additional infrastructure equipment, including base transceiver stations and a …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week told wireless carriers that bills to their customers must include their name, a phone number where billing questions can be answered, and carriers must …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Mobile signed agreements with Lewiston-Auburn Cellular Inc. and Seacoast Cellular L.L.C. to purchase each company’s 33.33 percent interest in the Portland and Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, metropolitan statistical areas. …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Mobile announced customer additions for the first quarter totaled 190,000, 50 percent better than first quarter 1998, bringing its total customer base to 6.4 million. Among the …
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Corp. and Ascend Communications said they received antitrust clearance for their proposed merger from both the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission. The merger, …
Despite a short-lived challenge, Arch Communications Group Inc. won the battle to acquire MobileMedia Communications Inc., following approval by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. MobileMedia’s third …
WASHINGTON-The Association of Public Safety Communications Officials Inc. last week kicked off National Public Safety Telecommunications Week by honoring two 911 dispatchers involved in lifesaving emergency calls. Missey Hammack of …
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it has assumed operations of Durango Cellular Telephone Co. in Durango, Colo., following its acquisition of the company on March 31, and is introducing an …
