INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc.’s subsidiary, Brightpoint China Ltd., completed its acquisition of the business and certain assets of Legend International Ltd. The acquisition of the Hong Kong-based distributor of wireless communication equipment …
Nettech Systems Inc. formed an alliance with Racotek Inc. to deliver mobile computing solutions leveraging Racotek’s Systems Integration and production support services with Nettech’s InstantRF middleware product family. Racotek said …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Mobile announced its next-generation Cellscape Internet access service, which includes additional information services, enhanced encryption and predictable pricing. Cellscape provides business customers with access to information on …
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Southwestco Wireless L.P. have agreed to settle their highly emotional dispute over in-market roaming in Phoenix. The companies have resumed reciprocal cellular roaming under a …
LONDON-The cellular market in Japan is booming in both the consumer and business sectors, according to a report titled, “Mobile Communications in Asia and the Pacific 1997,” by London-based CIT …
Despite the fact most private-radio attention is aimed at certain 800 MHz and 900 MHz operations and the industrial radio arena, 220 MHz to 222 MHz service is up and …
BellSouth Mobility named Scott Stone, Jack Landham, Rick Rudden and Terry D. Newberry to management positions for Alabama and northwest Florida. Stone, who was named director of finance, joined the …
LONDON-U.K. operator Orange Personal Communications Services Ltd. launched Global System for Mobile communications roaming in Canada through an agreement with Microcell Connexions Inc. The Canada deal brings to 38 the …
MILAN-Omnitel Pronto Italia, Italy’s second Global System for Mobile communications provider, announced its customer base reached 1.7 million at the end of the third quarter, a 40-percent increase over the …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group introduced a Code Division Multiple Access cellular base transmission system that supports about twice the capacity of current commercial CDMA networks, said the …
WOBURN, Mass.-Boston Communications Group Inc. announced it successfully implemented Signalling System 7 in support of a wireless carrier’s prepaid service offering. This implementation will give carriers and their subscribers the …
It appears legal battles that have been going on for more than a year between Sprint Spectrum L.P. and the city of Medina, Wash., over tower siting have come to …
WICHITA, Kan.-IFR Systems Inc. announced it plans to change its name to IFR Corp. effective Jan. 1. The company said the change comes with its corporate restructuring, through which IFR …
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Harris Corp.’s Farinon Division announced it signed an exclusive contract with BCP SA and BSE SA, led by BellSouth Corp. and the Safra Group respectively, to design and …
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas-GoPage Inc. announced it has established e-mail paging connections in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and in the Grand Caymen Islands. The company now has its network overlay operating …
LONDON-The Cellular Service Provider Group of the Federation of Communications Services in the United Kingdom said it opposes the Office of Telecommunications’ mandate that requires mobile phone operators to offer …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Inc. announced it signed its first Global System for Mobile communications contract in Central Asia with Daewoo Central Paging Cooperation, a wholly owned subsidiary of South Korea-based Daewoo, …
Pssst. Hey, did anyone know that the wireless industry has a problem with fraud? If you didn’t, it’s because it’s taken seven years for carriers and manufacturers to talk frankly …
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc. announced it has signed agreements to bring its PhonePrint wireless fraud prevention service to markets in Alabama, Georgia and Maryland. The agreements, signed with Dobson …
With all the focus on enhanced messaging services allowed by both broadband and narrowband personal communications services lately, the last several months have seen a number of technologies introduced that …
