CARROLLTON, Texas-Wireless phone distributor CellStar Corp. completed a $135 million multiple currency revolving credit facility, giving it the ability to borrow in various currencies for meeting capital needs and growth …
WASHINGTON-Members of the House Subcommittee on Crime now know what the wireless industry has recognized but the public-safety community refuses to admit: that the two parties are no closer to …
INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. said it declared a two-for-one stock split to be effected in the form a 100-percent stock dividend payable on Nov. 21 to common stock shareholders of record on …
WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. announced it signed an agreement appointing Worldwide Direct Inc. an exclusive authorized distributor of STC’s prepaid service, called CellEase. Under the agreement, Worldwide Direct will …
WOBURN, Mass.-Boston Communications Group Inc. announced it has signed an agreement with Motorola Inc. through the its Cellular Subscriber Sector’s Latin America Division, under which Motorola will market and distribute …
NEW YORK-Changing things inside a network is about to get easier by orders of magnitude, according to NEO Networks Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. NEO Networks, Minnetonka, Minn., will integrate …
NEW YORK-Two months into Bell Atlantic Corp.’s completed acquisition of Nynex Corp., company executives told the investment community they expect greater savings and higher earnings growth than originally envisioned for …
BURNABY, B.C.-BC Tel Mobility, a Cellular Digital Packet Data network provider in British Columbia, Canada, announced the Victoria and Abbotsford police departments have opted to use CDPD for wireless communications. …
SYDNEY, Australia-Telstra, an Australian telecom company, announced it selected Northern Telecom Inc. as its preferred digital fixed wireless access network infrastructure equipment and services provider, with plans to deploy 350 …
BellSouth Corp. announced it will buy Ram Broadcasting Corp., thereby gaining complete control of Ram Mobile Data USA’s wireless data network, which the two companies co-own. Under a definitive agreement …
FAIRFAX, Va.-American Management Systems announced its third-quarter net income reached $4.5 million, or 11 cents per share, compared with $10.7 million, or 25 cents per share, for the third quarter …
NORCROSS, Ga.-USCI Inc. subsidiary Ameritel Communications and Cable and Wireless Inc. announced they formed a strategic alliance, under which CWI will use USCI’s carrier platform to offer wireless products and …
CHICAGO-Aerial Communications Inc. is trying to lure potential Ohio customers to its personal communications services network as they ponder over pork chops and compare fat content on nutritional labels. Exploring …
MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced the release of its EZT3 DS3 access multiplexer, which it said gives carriers the power of simple network management protocol and flexible capacity upgrades. ADC said …
OLYMPIA, Wash.-Illuminet said it completed the service provider testing necessary to connect to Lockheed Martin’s Number Portability Administration Center in the mid-Atlantic region. Completion of the testing means Illuminet’s service …
AT&T Corp.’s board of directors unanimously elected C. Michael Armstrong chairman and chief executive officer of the company, effective Nov. 1. AT&T was widely viewed to be under pressure to …
Business and consumer market customers traditionally have been the focus of the paging industry’s marketing and sales efforts. But there is a hidden, some say ignored, segment of the population …
NEW YORK-Globalstar, L.P., which plans to become a wholesaler of a satellite-based wireless voice and data communications, will sell a $325 million issue of senior notes. Globalstar, headquartered in New …
MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. announced its majority-owned subsidiary, Geotek Argentina S.A., was awarded a nationwide license to build a digital Frequency Hopping Multiple Access network in Argentina. The subsidiary holds …
NEW YORK-Powertel Inc., a personal communications services carrier based in West Point, Ga., announced Oct. 20 it joined forces with Gemplus Corp. and CyberMark in a four-month trial of prototype …
