While not everything is rosy in the PCS world-what with a couple bankruptcies, some layoffs, downgraded and stagnant rollout plans-the industry, in general, has made terrific inroads in a short …
Manufacturers are under pressure to finance independent personal communications services companies, but recent financial turmoil surrounding some C-block carriers highlights the risk involved in extending credit to companies whose only …
DENVER-Daniels & Associates, an investment banking and financial services company specializing in the cable and telecommunications industries, announced that an affiliate of Unitel Cellular Communications Inc. has acquired the cellular …
As the federal government struggles to implement its universal service fund program, the state of Texas has been quietly collecting fees from telecom providers there under a similar assessment program …
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. announced it selected Texas Instruments Inc. to manufacture a custom chip based on InterDigital’s broadband Code Division Multiple Access technology. InterDigital intends to use …
NEW YORK-Teltrust Inc., Salt Lake City, a wholesaler of prepaid calling card, directory assistance and other telecommunications services, has secured a five-year, $15 million revolving line of credit from Fleet …
LUXEMBOURG-Millicom International Cellular S.A. was formally granted the right to provide nationwide coverage in the United Republic of Tanzania, said the company. Millicom also increased its ownership in Mobitel from …
LAS VEGAS-Paging Network Inc. introduced its new guaranteed-delivery text messaging service, called SurePage Nationwide Delivery. Airtime for the service will be provided by Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp.’s SkyTel ReFLEX 50 …
IRVINE, Calif.-L.M. Ericsson and Subscriber Computing Inc. entered a partnership agreement in which Ericsson plans to market SCI’s wireless intelligent network-based prepaid metered billing system for Advanced Mobile Phone Service …
MILFORD, Conn.-Starrtel Cellular Group Inc. will occupy 60,000 square feet of space in Veeder Place in Hartford, Conn., which is under renovation as part of an inner-city economic development plan, …
WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-SourceOne Wireless Inc. signed an agreement to market the interactive paging service of BellSouth Corp. business venture RAM Mobile Data L.P., RAM announced. SourceOne initially will resell the interactive …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Spectrian Corp. signed a five-year lease on a new 20,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Stanford Ranch Industrial Park, northeast of Sacramento, Calif. The new location will house Spectrian’s cellular support …
With a second round of financing in hand along with a strategic purchase and a name change, Comspace Corp., formerly Unique Technologies International Inc., plans to jump-start the specialized mobile …
NEW YORK-Some interesting twists are ahead on the road to roaming for personal communications services carriers as they seek to emulate their cellular counterparts, which reap between 15 percent and …
Pinnacle Towers Inc. has gained access to cellular, paging and personal communications services markets in Baltimore and the eastern coast of Maryland following its acquisition of 12 towers from Shore …
While the personal communications services industry is characterized as up and running, a host of PCS carriers have yet to launch service, raising questions about whether they will survive in …
Overall wireless pricing has decreased between 6.1 percent and 10 percent in the United States since September, said Robinson-Humphrey Co. L.L.C.’s latest pricing survey. “This relatively low price decrease is …
ANRITSU CO. Anritsu Co. introduced the MS8606A digital mobile radio transmitter tester that performs Code Division Multiple Access measurements in less than two seconds. Covering the 300 kHz to 3 …
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it received several contracts, totaling nearly $100 million, for Code Division Multiple Access systems in California, Georgia and South Carolina. Central Wireless Partnership purchased …
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) last week asked Attorney General Janet Reno to consider for approval a site collocation data clearinghouse developed by the Personal Communications Industry Association. …
