NEW YORK-Promotional activity revved into high gear during the critical December holiday season, which accounts for about 40 percent of carriers’ yearly gross customer additions, according to an informal but …
WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association is awaiting Justice Department approval for a national database that will include information on potential wireless site locations targeting new and collocation opportunities. Justice is …
TEL AVIV, Israel-Nexus Telecommunication Systems Ltd. announced the acquisition of Aptel Ltd., a developer of wireless technologies and products, owned mainly by DSP Group Inc. Nexus purchased 100 percent of …
… Kudos to AT&T Wireless for being the proud provider of PCS service that worked in D.C.’s Old Ebbitt Grill. The bartender said most pocket phones don’t work in Old …
WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. took Omnipoint Corp. to task over its Nov. 24 petition for reconsideration and clarification regarding proposed financial options for C-block personal communications services players. Comments on Omnipoint’s …
The Federal Communications Commission late last week was expected to allocate 24 megahertz for public safety communications and reserve 36 megahertz in the same 800 MHz band for commercial wireless …
Despite filing for bankruptcy last year, MobileMedia Corp. announced plans to build out networks for its two nationwide narrowband personal communications licenses, with service available to select markets later this …
In an initial victory for paging carriers nationwide, the Federal Communications Commission’s Common Carrier Bureau announced its current rules do not allow local exchange carriers to charge paging carriers for …
STAMFORD, Conn.-International Telecommunication Data Systems Inc. and Computer Sciences Corp. announced that ITDS will buy TRIS, a cellular telephone billing unit of Computer Sciences, for $100 million. Under the terms …
Italy’s Ministry of Post and Telecommunications granted Telecom Italia permission to operate a Digital European Cordless Telephone wireless network after a year of deliberations. Called Fido, the system allows customers …
InterDigital Technology Corp. made another move in a long-running patent dispute with Ericsson Radio Systems AB. The company’s parent, InterDigital Communications Corp., announced ITC has sought a further stay of …
PLANO, Texas-Inet Inc. and GoAmerica Communications plan to offer two free months of GoAmerica’s wireless Internet and intranet services with the purchase of Inet’s Spider Cellular Digital Packet Data modem …
MEXICO Corsair Communications Inc. recently completed installation of its radio-frequency fingerprinting system for Baja Celular Mexicana in Tijuana, and for Celular de Telefonia in Monterrey, the company announced. Corsair will …
TRW Inc. announced it will integrate its interests in Odyssey Telecommunications International Inc. with ICO Global Communications, marking the first consolidation move in the mobile satellite industry. TRW said it …
As 1998 begins and a new century beckons, the wireless industry finds itself riding the wave of landmark free trade agreements that will open telecom and information technology markets and …
Motorola Inc.’s Messaging Systems Products Group announced that the Radiocommunication Sector of the International Telecommunication Union approved its FLEX paging protocol as an international paging standard. The Geneva-based organization’s ITU-R …
InfoPower, a subsidiary of Motorola Inc., announced it has combined forces with Solo America and Metrocall Inc. to provide the ESPN To Go wireless sports information and paging service nationwide. …
NEW YORK-World Access Inc., Atlanta, announced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Advanced TechCom Inc., a Wilmington, Mass., designer and manufacturer of digital microwave and millimeter wave radio systems. …
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre and Unicom China Paging Corp. have launched the third phase of Unicom’s nationwide paging network in China, the companies announced in a ceremony at Unicom’s office in Xiamen. …
CHICAGO-Aerial Communications Inc. announced it applied to have its True Per-Second Billing service registered as a federal service mark. Saying it is one of the pioneering companies of per-second billing, …
