NEW YORK-Transco Research Corp., a provider of prepaid cellular and wireline calling cards, is at the center of a federal investigation into stock pickers who accept money from the companies …
DENVER-Heather Forsgren Weaver has joined the staff of RCR as a reporter in the Washington, D.C., bureau. She most recently worked for Washington Telecom Week, an Inside Washington publication covering …
A ruling from a federal bankruptcy court in Dallas may have set a dangerous precedent for the Federal Communications Commission and further muddied the waters for C-block personal communications services …
Globalstar L.P.’s original service providers have until the end of today to decide if they want to take up Loral Space & Communications’ recent offer to buy a portion of …
WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard told Congress last week that public-safety wireless systems are at risk of succumbing to the Year 2000 computer bug, a problem that will cost …
NEW YORK-Transcrypt International Inc. last week saw its stock trading suspended on Nasdaq, and the company’s independent auditor resigned. Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. resigned as Transcrypt’s independent auditor, effective April …
The European wireless community has been reasonably successful at being able to feel superior to its U.S. counterparts. Europe has a unified digital standard. It offers short message services. It …
NEW YORK-France Telecom Inc. is putting the finishing touches on elaborate preparations that began three years ago for France 98, the month-long World Cup soccer tournament coming up this summer. …
DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. announced it entered into a strategic partnership with Forbes Inc. to offer wireless information services from Forbes Digital Media to PageNet subscribers. The information service-Forbes Online Business …
Mobile data applications to date have been fairly industry-specific and complicated, something many in the data industry blame for its confinement to a limited vertical market. But mobile data network …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s long-awaited decision on what should happen with low-power private wireless systems during refarming has been delayed by concerns over interference with heart monitors. The Land Mobile …
NEW YORK-Cue Data Corp. formed a strategic alliance with ZipLink L.L.C. of Lowell, Mass., to provide nationwide Internet connectivity featuring seamless integration with Cue Corp.’s nationwide wireless messaging network. Cue …
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association last week asked the Federal Communications Commission to delay until November implementing rules regarding how commercial mobile radio services carriers use information about their customers. …
Cincinnati Bell Inc. said it will separate its billing and customer-management businesses into a new subsidiary and then spin it off in a tax-free distribution to Cincinnati Bell shareholders after …
DALLAS-Chatham Technologies Inc., a Dallas-based manufacturer of custom enclosures for sale to original equipment manufacturers in the communications and electronic equipment business, opened a regional office in Sao Paulo, Brazil. …
NEW YORK-The California State Board of Equalization decided April 30 to postpone voting until at least late June on a permanent extension of the state sales taxes to wireless devices …
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association and the Personal Communications Industry Association, unable to get wireline carriers and manufacturers on board, moved forward on their own last week with a lawsuit …
SAO PAULO, Brazil-The Brazilian government plans to sell its 21-percent stake in telecommunications giant Telebras July 15 on the Rio de Janeiro stock exchange. Telebras is scheduled to split into …
BellSouth Cellular Corp. signed an agreement with PageMart Wireless Inc., which will allow the cellular carrier to add paging to a mix of bundled services it plans to offer. Under …
Paging Network Inc. and Iridium North America are expected to announce a service provider and distribution agreement this week that would allow PageNet to offer global paging services to its …
