EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.-Quantum Internet Services introduced the Mir@ge Internet service provider program designed to reduce churn, increase revenue per subscriber and make it easier for wireless carriers to enter the …
WASHINGTON-The House Commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations last week found developer Franklin Haney in contempt of Congress for rebuffing subpoenas in the Portals influence peddling probe, setting in motion …
GREENVILLE, S.C.-Conxus Communications Inc. announced it expects its Pocketalk voice paging service to be available by June 25 in Philadelphia. Pocketalk is based on the InFLEXion protocol created by Motorola …
PageMart Wireless Inc. launched a narrowband personal communications services network in Austin and San Antonio, offering a guaranteed-receipt alphanumeric message service called Scout. This makes PageMart the first paging carrier …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Philips Semiconductors announced a new Time Division Multiple Access radio-frequency chipset targeted for designers of dual-band TDMA cellular and personal communications services handsets. The chipset reduces the number of …
It’s one thing to have lofty ambitions within the safe confines of executive boardrooms, but it’s quite another to let the world in on them. That’s what Philips Consumer Communications, …
WASHINGTON-Federal E911 legislation has yet to be introduced in the Senate and is on hold in the House. A bill introduced by Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.), chairman of the House …
Applied Cellular Technology Inc. received a letter of commitment for a $15 million unsecured line of credit from Boston’s State Street Bank and Trust Co.’s High Technology Lending Group. Proceeds …
ANNANDALE, Va.-KSI Inc. announced it received an investment from Allen & Co. Inc. to help fund further development of the location technology used in its enhanced 911 location system. The …
The Italian government named the Wind consortium the winning bidder for the country’s third mobile phone license, bringing to a close a tender process that began in the fall of …
WASHINGTON-Iridium L.L.C. announced it has signed distribution agreements with 209 regional wireless service providers and roaming partners across the globe. The distribution agreements bring Iridium access to 72 million wireless …
NEW YORK-Esat Telephone Group plc, Dublin, plans a secondary offering of 6 million American Depository Shares that Credit Suisse First Boston, New York, will lead manage. The carrier hopes to …
ATLANTA-LHS Group Inc. said it completed its acquisition of Marlborough, Mass.-based InfoCellular Inc. The acquisition provides LHS with a point-of-sale software solution, which expands its global billing and customer-care product …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Sprint Spectrum L.P. formed affiliation agreements that will bring Sprint PCS personal communications services to key cities in Georgia, Missouri, Louisiana, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas and …
MADRID-Spain’s incumbent mobile phone operators Telefonica and Airtel could have some competition soon, as the country prepares to award a third license this month. Involved in the auction is the …
A request by Connecticut’s attorney general and state utility regulators that a combined SBC Communications Inc./Southern New England Telecommunications Corp. reduce its local telephone rates could put the planned merger …
ALISO VIEJO, Calif.-Smith Micro Software Inc. said it released its version 3.0 HotPage software, which provides message management and transmission to alphanumeric and numeric pagers from computer systems using Microsoft …
COLUMBUS, Ohio-SmarTalk TeleServices Inc. acquired Worldwide Direct, a direct-to-consumer prepaid cellular phone distributor, in a stock-for-stock transaction that provides it with terminal-based prepaid capability. Combined with SmarTalk’s alliance with Boston …
ATLANTA-A survey of 500 small business owners, released at SuperComm ’98, demonstrated a “tremendous potential for sales in the coming years.” The survey, conducted by the Verity Group last month, …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission rejected an appeal by SkyTel Communications Corp.-formerly Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp.-that argued the paging carrier deserved its narrowband personal communications license for free as a pioneer’s …
