American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced it has signed a three-year contract extension with IBM Corp. to provide the computer company with wireless data network services over its Ardis network through …
WASHINGTON-House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.), straddled by cellular industry representatives and health-care activists, last week introduced E911-federal land antenna-siting legislation and signaled he would negotiate with Rep. Edward …
NEW YORK-Rural Cellular Corp., Alexandria, Minn., hopes to price late this week the sale of $125 million in senior subordinated notes to help finance its acquisition of Atlantic Cellular Co. …
WASHINGTON-Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), ranking minority member of the House telecommunications subcommittee, will not engage in the controversy surrounding antenna siting in Rock Creek Park, said Colin Crowell, a member …
Pricing has stabilized in the majority of U.S. markets, say analysts. While the name of the game last summer was to get the phone in the hand of the user …
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Paging Network Inc. officially threw its hat into the narrowband personal communications services game last week when Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced that PageNet has agreed to buy a two-way, …
DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. and Iridium North America announced an agreement under which PageNet will be the exclusive provider of Iridium’s global paging products and services when the service launches later …
DALLAS-Aeris Communications Inc. and Orbcomm Canada Inc. announced an agreement to integrate their respective MicroBurst and Orbcomm services for hybrid wireless data and messaging products and services in Canada. The …
NEW YORK-“A lot of what you’re hearing about voice over the Internet, about having actual, real-time conversations, is hype,” said Ralph Tomeoni, president and chief executive officer of TekNow, Phoenix. …
NORTHBROOK, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced a partnership with automobile manufacturer Renault and France Telecom Mobiles to develop a telematics system for Renault drivers. The on-board communications device will link drivers to …
LONDON-Millicom International Cellular S.A. announced it sold 900,000 B shares in NetCom Systems A.B.-representing 11.6 percent of a total holding of about 7.8 million A and B shares-to an unnamed …
NEW YORK-Led by dramatic expansion of television, mobile telephony and multimedia services, global satellite industry revenues will skyrocket to $171 billion in 2007 from $38 billion in 1997, according to …
WASHINGTON-Major wireless E911 and digital wiretap initiatives on Capitol Hill have taken unexpected turns that may not necessarily doom legislation, but could reshape bills against industry interests. Rep. Edward Markey …
WASHINGTON-Members of the House Commerce Committee last month urged the Federal Communications Commission to delay or eliminate the requirement that commercial mobile radio service providers implement local number portability (LNP) …
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it formed a new business venture that will provide products to help emergency crews respond to wireline and wireless 911 calls more quickly. The …
FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc.’s Messaging Systems Products Group announced the Wireless Application Protocol Forum will support the FLEX and ReFLEX paging protocols in its specifications. The WAP standard is a …
ATLANTA-World Access Inc. said it supplied equipment and services to Western Wireless International for a network deployment in Africa. The initial value of the contract is $2 million. According to …
Now that paging carriers must make Universal Service Fund contributions, even though they are ineligible to withdraw money from it, many are adding new charges to customer bills to recoup …
MALVERN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc. announced it received gross proceeds of about $300 million from its recently completed sale of 11-percent senior subordinated discount notes due 2008. The company plans to …
ATLANTA-GTE Wireless and Baja Celular of Tijuana, Mexico, have partnered to use digital networks that allow U.S. and Mexican cell sites to serve calls simultaneously without signal interference, said GTE. …
