ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. released its fourth-quarter earnings report, in which the company announced a net loss of $16.9 million, or 58 cents per share, about equal to losses reported in …
Companies in the wireless industry know good help is hard to find. As the industry continues to grow at an accelerated rate to keep pace with competition, the demand for …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson built the first phase of Cable & Wireless Panama’s digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service network infrastructure as part of a projected five-year investment in that company, said …
WASHINGTON-Just who is WNP Communications Inc. in Earlysville, Va., and where did it come up with a $100 million upfront payment for the upcoming local multipoint distribution services auction, set …
MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communications Corp. and Southeast Telephone, which won six basic trading area licenses in the C-block auction, announced the commercial launch of personal communications services in the Williamson, W.Va./Pikeville, …
ITALY Business customers of Omnitel Pronto Italia now can call from Italy to Europe, the United States and Canada for the same price as local calls, announced Omnitel. “Italian telecommunications …
Ike Kim, the number-one man at what is striving to be the number-two paging device manufacturing company, died earlier this month, ending a successful but far-too-short career in the wireless …
NEW YORK-Global TeleSystems Group Inc., an American carrier providing wireless and wireline phone service in the former Soviet Republic and Eastern Europe, went public early this month. The initial public …
MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. announced its fourth-quarter subscriber results, saying it activated 12,595 units, and that additional December orders activated in early January brought the total to 15,151 units as …
MONTVALE, N.J.-Two Geotek Communications Inc. board members purchased a total of 480,000 shares of company common stock on the open market, said the company. Winston Churchill, chairman of the Executive …
DENVER-U S West NewVector Group Inc., doing business as AirTouch Cellular, said it will be Ultimate Electronics’ sole provider of wireless products and services in all its retail stores where …
NEW YORK-In response to high levels of customer growth and usage, Nextel Communications Inc., McLean, Va., plans to accelerate construction of its nationwide network this year with at least $1.3 …
Nextel Communications Inc. has purchased multiple Business Support and Control System software product licenses from LHS Group Inc. initially to support Nextel’s international operators in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and the …
BRUSSELS, Belgium-The European Commission said it adopted a proposal for the coordinated introduction of third-generation, or Universal Mobile Telecommunications System technology, in Europe. EC said the proposal responds to concerns …
SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc. reported a record-breaking fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31 in terms of proportionate net income, revenue and customer growth. Net income for the quarter showed …
These days, the talk of the town alternates between war with Saddam and womanizing with Monica. Day and night. It’s overkill, but still quite serious stuff. But those two malcontents …
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Main lines in Mexico and Central America will nearly double from a base of 11.5 million at year-end 1997 to 21 million at the end of 2002, at an …
PALO ALTO, Calif.- Corsair Communications reported a 106-percent gain in annual earnings from a net loss of $12.8 million, or $1.44 per diluted share in 1996, to a net loss …
Despite protests from the country’s current cellular operators, the Colombian Ministry of Communications is working on plans to auction personal communications services licenses by this spring. Fabiola Montealegre, analyst with …
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. said it completed the acquisition of TA Intercall AB, a Stockholm, Sweden-based company that provides wireless communications products and services to Swedish and European markets. The acquired …
