Moody’s Investors Service assigned a first-time, top-tier, investment-grade rating of Aa3 to the $1 billion program of medium-term, euro-denominated notes to be issued by Belgacom Finance S.A. The debt is …
NEW YORK-Moody’s Bankrupt Bond Index posted its third consecutive monthly increase in January, “attributable to large gains in a handful of issues,” including one sold by Geotek Communications Inc., the …
STAMFORD, Conn.-SmartServ Online Inc. signed a joint marketing agreement with Bell Atlantic Mobile to extend wireless access to its financial and information applications via BAM’s AirBridge wireless data network. The …
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J.-Berliner Communications Inc., which provides radio-frequency engineering, site acquisition, project management and tower construction services nationwide, secured $1.5 million in additional financing from Critical Capital Growth Fund L.P. …
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Communications Inc. announced an agreement with Cellemetry L.L.C., under which it now offers new services for remote monitoring or control of security systems, utility meters, moving vehicles …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS announced it signed new affiliation agreements with seven companies. Sprint PCS has signed 16 affiliates to date, representing licensed personal communications services coverage of more than …
ATLANTA-TWS Inc. announced it has joined the Vodafone Business Partners Programme to provide enhanced wireless messaging services to Vodafone subscribers. TWS’ bulletIN Internet Messaging Services will allow Vodafone customers in …
NEW ORLEANS-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced at Wireless ’99 two new wireless intelligent network applications-Calling Name caller ID and a short messaging solution that allows originated transmissions on handsets, for Time …
NEW YORK-Going public could get a bit easier and cheaper if William Hambrecht succeeds in his goal, announced last week, to conduct initial public stock offerings on the Internet using …
PRINCETON, N.J.-Intek Global Corp. announced its Intek Global Technologies Ltd. unit signed an agreement with Semelab plc of Britain to manufacture and distribute linear modulation-based radio-frequency power amplifier modules originally …
Japan Tu-Ka Phone Kansai Inc., based in Osaka, Japan, said it selected Brite Voice Systems and Marubeni, a large Japanese trading company, to launch an intelligent network-based version of BriteDebit, …
EL DORADO HILLS, Calif.-International Billing Services announced Paging Network Inc. selected the company to be its exclusive provider of statement processing services. Under terms of the agreement, IBS will help …
NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service Inc. has downgraded its long-term investment grade ratings of AT&T Corp. debt and preferred stock while upgrading those of cable television company Tele-Communications Inc., which AT&T …
PALM BEACH, Fla.-Applied Cellular Technology Inc. announced it entered into a strategic alliance with AmeriLink Corp. This alliance will allow “ACT and AmeriLink to offer enhanced communications infrastructure capabilities to …
NEW YORK-OmniAmerica Inc., Albuquerque, N.M., announced the Department of Justice Antitrust Division approved its merger with American Tower Corp., Boston. OmniAmerica and American Tower announced Nov. 16 their plan to …
BOSTON-American Tower Corp. announced the closing of a public offering of 27 million shares of Class A common stock at $25. Of the total number of shares, 25.7 million were …
NEW ORLEANS-AirNet Communications Corp., Melbourne, Fla., plans to announce Global System for Mobile communications 900 MHz and 1800 MHz systems at the GSM World Congress later this month, AirNet President …
PHOENIX-AG Communication Systems, a Lucent Technologies Inc. subsidiary, will offer its intelligent network-based INgage Wireless Prepaid Services solution on Sun Microsystems Inc.’s scalable Netra computing platform. “Carriers with small- to …
TEMPE, Ariz.-Motorola Inc.’s Computer Group and ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced they have teamed to deliver a fault-tolerant system platform for advanced wireless short message services. The effort combines ADC’s NewNet …
Omnipoint Technologies Omnipoint Technologies Inc. introduced a Global System for Mobile communications radio module called Eagle One as the latest addition to its GSM-based wireless solutions product suite. The original …
