MELBOURNE, Australia-Telstra Corp., Australia’s largest communications company, announced it is getting out of the paging business. It hopes to complete the sale to Link Telecommunications Pty. Ltd. by October, giving …
The head of Philips Consumer Communications quit in late August amidst the company’s announcement it doesn’t expect to break even this year. PCC President and Chief Executive Officer Mike McTighe …
Chile’s Undersecretary of Telecommunications Juanita Gana announced mobile phone carriers no longer can force subscribers to sign long-term contracts, according to an article in El Diario. Until now carrier contracts …
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is seeking comment from the mobile phone and mobile satellite service industry on whether additional spectrum is needed in the United States for third-generation mobile …
NEW YORK-Nextel International Inc., Seattle, announced it has launched commercial service of its integrated Digital Enhanced Network in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Manila, Philippines. Nextel International, a wholly owned …
TOKYO-In reaction to the Japanese government’s announcement it will limit to three in each district the number of carriers providing IMT-2000 services, cellular carriers here have started playing musical chairs, …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Unseemly and ongoing disputes over intellectual property rights seem to have hijacked the current debate about third-generation (3G) cellular. Posturing by radio manufacturers continues to dominate the news …
WASHINGTON-The U.S. Federal Communications Commission plans to re-auction returned C-block PCS (Personal Communications Services) licenses 23 March, 1999. The FCC will use the same eligibility rules used for the original …
In what is no doubt the single-largest transaction in the history of the U.S. paging industry, Arch Communications Group Inc. and MobileMedia Corp. confirmed they have completed a definitive merger …
Total paging subscribers in the United States will reach 68.9 million by year-end 2002, according to The Strategis Group report “The State of the U.S. Paging Industry: 1998.” Of that …
DUBLIN, Ireland-The number of new phone manufacturers and the introduction of GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) handset design packages have lead to a proliferation of new handsets. However, there …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The long-awaited launch of cellular service in Botswana is expected to have a huge impact on the country’s communications and business sector. Botswana’s small population of 1.47 million …
NEW YORK-U.S. telecom giants GTE Corp. and Bell Atlantic Corp. on 28 July announced a US$50-plus billion stock-for-stock pooling of interests that would create the nation’s largest cellular carrier. The …
The quest for international partnerships continued in the summer as AT&T Corp. announced a US$10 billion joint-venture plan with British Telecommunications plc to more strongly position itself in the global …
Across most of the world’s regions, carriers and analysts are claiming prepaid cellular a resounding success. Along with calling party pays, it is considered one of the leading contributors to …
L.M. Ericsson head Sven-Christer Nilsson told the Japanese press late last week his company will continue negotiations with Qualcomm Inc. and said it is ready to reach some form of …
SAN DIEGO-SecurFone America Inc. completed a memorandum of understanding for a strategic alliance and distribution agreement with Microwave Designs International Inc., a privately held wireless engineering company, and its affiliate …
While satellite news of late primarily has focused on voice and data services, broadband satellite communications services are expected to play an increasingly important role in the next 10 years, …
CLAREMONT, Calif.-WolfeTech Corp. and SatCon Communications Europa Ltd. formed a strategic alliance to deliver WolfeTech’s PocketGenie software to the European cellular market and to offer SatCon’s European information services to …
Mounting financial and political unrest in Russia last week escalated into a full-blown ruble disaster, drawing the country into the throes of a currency crisis that sent stock markets worldwide …
