WASHINGTON-Dan Phythyon, top mobile communications regulator at the Federal Communications Commission, last week cautioned against overreaction to congressionally mandated private wireless auctions and urged licensees to lobby Congress for spectrum …
Sprint Corp., citing poor market conditions, said it is postponing its planned public offering of its Sprint PCS venture. The Kansas City, Mo.-based long-distance carrier said it will continue to …
ORANGE, Calif.-Paging Dimensions Inc. announced it has acquired Glendale, Calif.-based Pagecell Inc. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. PDI operates FLEX and POCSAG networks covering California and parts …
Western Wireless Corp. said it is considering spinning off its 80.1-percent ownership interest in its personal communications business VoiceStream Wireless Corp. to its shareholders on a tax-free basis. The company, …
CINCINNATI-Triton PCS selected Convergys Corp. to provide billing and customer-care software for the company’s personal communications services markets, said the companies.
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it launched a new high-capacity Global System for Mobile communications system in Beijing, China. Nokia said the new system offers a 10-fold capacity increase compared with …
NEW ORLEANS-Independent tower companies hoping to cash in on the anticipated sale of tower assets by wireless carriers still are waiting for the first big deal to set the standard …
NEW YORK-Teligent Inc., Vienna, Va., opened for business Oct. 27, offering its bundled point-to-multipoint telecommunications services to small- and medium-size companies in 10 major cities. The commercial launch occurred in …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Technor International Inc. subsidiary, CellPoint Systems AB, agreed to allow French Global System for Mobile operator France Telecom Mobiles to test and evaluate its GSM positioning technology for the …
WASHINGTON-Top Pentagon brass-angrily responding to new revelations U.S. military communications have disrupted wireless telecom operations abroad and major U.S. weapons have been rendered useless due to lackluster Defense Department frequency …
DALLAS-Dobson Cellular Systems said it will install Nortel Networks’ digital infrastructure equipment in Maryland, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania under a three-year, $30-million contract. Nortel will supply radio and switching …
SAN FRANCISCO-The California Public Utilities Commission has ordered local telephone and electric utility companies to allow telecommunications firms and cable TV companies equal access to their poles, conduits and rights-of-way …
WASHINGTON-At a time other sectors of the telecommunications industry are urging the Federal Communications Commission to go away and leave them alone, Mark Crosby, president of the Industrial Telecommunications Association …
AirTouch Communications Inc. reportedly is close to awarding a new contract to Nortel Telecom Inc. to replace existing Motorola Inc. Code Division Multiple Access equipment in Los Angeles. Industry sources …
LISLE, Ill.-United Kingdom mobile phone operator Cellnet will deploy Tellabs EC Duo 8000 echo cancelers in 13 switching centers to eliminate background noise from mobile phone calls, Tellabs announced.
WASHINGTON-Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. Chairman George Carlo is expected to recommend early next year that basic scientific research be de-emphasized in the future in favor of post-market surveillance. Carlo announced …
INDIANAPOLIS-In its third quarter report, Brightpoint Inc. of Indianapolis reported net income of $9.42 million, or 18 cents per share, up from $5.93 million, or 12 cents per share, the …
NEW YORK-Telecommunications carriers, equipment manufacturers, regulators and financiers are invited to attend the second steering committee meeting Nov. 9 of a new organization being formed to promote competitive markets and …
Ben J. Kern Jr., president and chief executive officer of Natcom Inc., died Oct. 17 of complications from leukemia. He was 64. Mr. Kern founded Natcom, an authorized Motorola Inc. …
SAN DIEGO-OmniVoice Technologies Inc. announced Bell Mobility of Canada soon will begin testing its digital voice paging technology. OnmiVoice’s VoiceOver technology compresses voice messages into packets that can be transmitted …
