ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-CommNet Cellular Inc. announced that its shareholders last week voted to approve the merger of AV Acquisition Corp., an affiliate of Blackstone CCI Capital Partners L.P., with and into …
VANCOUVER, B.C.-Clearnet Communications Inc. said it officially launched Clearnet PCS, its personal communications services network based on Code Division Multiple Access technology operating in the 1.9 GHz range. The company …
RESTON, Va.-Constellation Communications Inc. filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission to launch an additional 46 satellites to operate in the 2 GHz frequency bands. The satellites will allow …
The months-long debate at the Federal Communications Commission over C-block personal communications services debt restructuring, culminating in last month’s factious decision to offer limited relief to floundering auction winners, saw …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. announced a proposed private offering of $150 million in senior subordinated notes. The notes will have a maturity of 2007 and will be offered only to “qualified …
ORLANDO, Fla.-For the first time in seven years, Tom Wheeler, president of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, was able to say, “We’ve turned the corner on fraud.” Addressing some 700 …
OCTOBER 6-7 Wireless Directory Assistance & Enhanced Services, by AIC Conferences. The Hotel Monaco, San Francisco. (800) 409-4AIC. 6-8 Billing & Customer Care in Telecom, by International Quality & Productivity …
The Australian Communications Authority has postponed its planned auction of spectrum for personal communications services until early 1998 to clear up key policy issues that may be ambiguous to potential …
The PCS companies now proposing that the Federal Communications Commission change the rules to allow them to stay in business are proposing options that any creditor in the business world …
IBM Corp. and Geotek Communications Inc. announced they will join forces to provide integrated mobile communications services, equipment and software to business customers in the United States and some international …
Rank Company Name 1996 Revenues (000) 1 Matsushita Electric Inds. Co. Ltd. $63,192,000 2 NEC Corp. $41,174,000 3 Motorola Inc. $27,973,000 4 Lucent Technologies Inc. $23,286,000 5 Ericsson (L.M.) Telephone …
Rank Company Name 1996 Net Income (000) 1 Motorola Inc. $1,154,000 2 Lucent Technologies Inc. $1,054,000 3 Ericsson (L.M.) Telephone $1,034,152 4 NEC Corp. $718,000 5 Nokia Corp. $654,460 6 …
WASHINGTON-With industry consolidation increasing and prospects for greater facilities-based competition diminishing, new life has been breathed into the wireless resale debate. Most recently, San Francisco-based AirTouch Communications Inc. has come …
WASHINGTON-Electric power deregulation is forcing monopoly utilities to look at wireless telecommunications as a revenue-generating means to capitalize on existing infrastructure and to diversify in a new competitive environment. Though …
NEW YORK-The Federal Communications Commission granted four additional 38 GHz licenses to Winstar Communications Inc., covering Las Vegas, Honolulu, Mobile, Ala., and Denver. The company filed for the licenses before …
DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. reached an agreement to carry Philips Consumer Communications’ Cobalt numeric pagers. The Cobalt pager has a three-button interface, large backlit display screen with 20-digit message, 12-digit display …
Once the industry’s dynamic duo of distribution, the relationship between paging carriers and paging resellers is no longer the love fest it once was. In paging’s early days, resellers were …
