MONTREAL-Ericsson Private Radio Systems agreed to incorporate wireless data connectivity tools from M3i Systems Inc. into its trunked private radio system, said M3i. The agreement initially calls for two M3i …
PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. awarded Lucent Technologies Inc. a $500 million three-year exclusive contract to supply personal communications services equipment and services for the next phase of its network development. …
WASHINGTON-Communications lawyers that practice before Federal Communications Commission’s downtown headquarters have hired the powerful Patton Boggs lobbying firm to fight the agency’s uncertain move to the Portals. Edward Newberry of …
MCLEAN, Va.-Nextel International Inc. has purchased a 21-percent interest in an unnamed Japanese wireless operator for approximately $32 million, according to its parent company, Nextel Communications Inc. According to Nextel …
PRINCETON, N.J.-Intek Global Corp. announced it repurchased 352,500 common shares from Simmonds Capital Ltd. at $2.75 per share, in a private transaction of both cash and notes. Intek has repurchased …
China L.M. Ericsson announced it signed a $64 million contract with the Shanghai Posts & Telecommunications Administration to expand its Global System for Mobile communications dual-band network. Ericsson said it …
HANNOVER, Germany-InterDigital Communications Corp. and Siemens AG said they are first to market with a broadband Code Division Multiple Access-based wireless local loop solution that delivers advanced broadband services. Both …
InStep Mobile Communications Inc. announced it is collaborating with BC TEL Mobility, Mitsubishi Wireless Communications Inc. and Samsung Telecommunications to test a new wireless Internet dispatching solution. A select group …
Much hype has surrounded information services and what they mean to the future of the paging industry. By providing customers with information-such as news, sports scores and stock quotes-carriers hope …
INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. and Nokia Corp. said they extended their current agreement to distribute cellular phones and accessories in China until Dec. 31, 1999.
WASHINGTON-In the private sector, he has represented Pacific Telesis, Bell Atlantic Corp., Lockheed Martin and other high-tech corporate giants. In the world of politics, his No. 1 client is Albert …
HARDWICK, Vt.-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard, facing Vermont citizens hostile to the prospect of losing control of cherished land-use oversight, resoundingly reaffirmed his opposition last week to federal pre-emption …
NEW YORK-Cellular Communications International Inc., New York, plans to retire outstanding senior discount notes paying 13.25-percent interest and replace them with a private placement of about $225 million in new …
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Personal communications services provider Omnipoint Communications Inc. activated its first roaming deal in Indonesia with PT. Satelit Palapa Indonesia. This brings to 41 the number of Omnipoint’s international …
WASHINGTON-The Justice Department last week extended for 60 days its probe into whether Labor Secretary Alexis Herman financially benefited from helping Mobile Communications Holdings Inc. obtain a global satellite phone …
Vendors and carriers have renewed hope that the world could have one standard in place for third-generation systems, but Europe holds one of the keys in making it a reality. …
In this March Madness season of religious conversion, I join David Brock (Clinton basher turned sympathizer) and Trent Lott (Starr malcontent turned sympathizer) in the mass confessional. You know, if …
FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Spectrum Resources Towers L.P. acquired the tower assets of PB Industries, consisting of 20 towers located in Oklahoma with tenants including Western Wireless Corp., Sprint Spectrum L.P., Paging …
SAN DIEGO-The Satellite Global Access division of ComStream has signed several new contracts to provide its VSATPlus II satellite networking product to companies in Latin America, the United States and …
HARDWICK, Vt.-Even on a miserable, rainy day in March, this small New England state of maple syrup, cheddar cheese, splendid ski resorts and Ben and Jerry’s ice cream whispers a …
