DENVER-U S West Inc. plans to expand its Access2 personal communications services to Phoenix, Tucson, Minneapolis and other cities this year, according to company President Solomon Trujillo. Access2 Advanced PCS …
WASHINGTON-A total of 21 states have pending legislation regarding emergency service and its parameters scheduled for votes this year, according to a survey performed by wireless E911 equipment manufacturer Xypoint …
NEW YORK-ZipLink L.L.C., Lowell, Mass., announced Jan. 8 it has been named exclusive Internet and enhanced one-number service provider for the new Beeperwear pager watch offered by MTX Paging Products …
In the new global telecom market, the World Trade Organization is king-the United Nations for global telecom free trade as it were. For the United States, having rules of the …
Location: Geneva, Switzerland Established: Jan. 1, 1995 Created by: Uruguay Round negotiations (1986-1994) Membership: 132 countries (as of September 1997) Budget: $93 million (1996) Secretariat staff: 500 Director General: Renato …
NEW YORK-World Access Inc., Atlanta, rang in 1998 in the same way it rang out 1997, with an acquisition announcement. World Access announced Jan. 2 a definitive agreement to purchase …
WASHINGTON-Western Wireless Corp., parent company of personal communications services provider Western PCS Corp., was granted permission by the Federal Communications Commission to boost its foreign ownership to a possible 39.9 …
CARROLLTON, Texas-Hutton Communications Inc., a national distributor of wireless and power systems products, announced it has moved its corporate headquarters to a 72,000-square-foot building in Carrollton, Texas, a suburb of …
NEW YORK-WorldCom Inc.’s early October offer of $35.28 billion for MCI Communications Corp. was by far the single largest merger of any kind announced not only during the fourth quarter …
NEW YORK-Global TeleSystems Group Inc., an American carrier providing wireless and wireline phone service in the former Soviet Republic and Eastern Europe, plans to go public. With Merrill Lynch & …
TAMPA, Fla.-Mercury Cellular & Paging has installed GTE Telecommunication Services Inc.’s ChurnManager customer retention and marketing system, Mercury announced. Mercury can use the knowledge-based technology to analyze factors that affect …
TYLER, Texas-Teletouch Communications Inc. has acquired the 158.10 MHz paging license for the Dallas/Fort Worth area from GTE Corp. for about $1 million, Teletouch announced. “Teletouch already owns the 158.10 …
Many companies that provide anti-cloning products to analog cellular network operators are gearing up for the takeover of digital-based service in the coming years and are waiting to capitalize on …
WASHINGTON-The FBI told House Commerce appropriations subcommittee Chairman Harold Rogers (R-Ky.) two additional weeks are needed before it can submit a digital wiretap plan to Congress. The Justice Department sought …
NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, N.J., plans to issue a $300 million, 30-year debt issue later this month to refinance outstanding commercial paper. Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co., …
WASHINGTON-Fulfilling another congressional directive under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the Federal Communications Commission last week released its report and order governing the reallocation of broadcast channels 60-69. “The first …
The effects of Bell Nino, which jumped on the radar screen in Wichita Falls, Texas, New Year’s Eve, are being felt in the nation’s capital. The Bells and U.S. District …
There is little doubt that the telecommunications industry has taken on a global hue. Increasingly, American wireless providers are teaming up with foreign companies to expand their service portfolios across …
NEW YORK-Cue Corp. entered into a strategic alliance to provide its regional and nationwide FM subcarrier messaging service to the new Clarion Corp. of America AutoPC, a platform using Microsoft …
NEW YORK-SBC Communications Inc. and U S West Inc. won their legal challenge to the constitutionality of part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The carriers had asked Judge Joe …
