Bad hair week for the Baby Bells and smut police. A near miss for wireless. The Justice Department last Wednesday recommended against Ameritech’s foray into the Michigan long-distance market. So …
Espoo, FINLAND-Nokia Corp., L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc. and Unwired Planet Inc. will work together to define a common protocol for wireless data technologies. The initial proposal to consolidate the technologies …
With the advent of competition in the wireless marketplace, many carriers are focusing on building networks or protecting and acquiring their customer bases. A white paper released by Arthur Anderson …
WASHINGTON-Comments submitted last week by NextWave Telecom Inc. to the Federal Communications Commission regarding proposed changes to the established C- and F-block personal communications services repayment plans smacks of a …
BearCom Inc., a two-way radio equipment dealer, acquired a portion of Motorola Inc.’s Radio Products Group rentals business, commonly referred to as Motorola Rentals. The business will be consolidated into …
The whisper on Wall Street is turning into a roar. Suddenly, telecom stocks are “hot” again, springing back to life in recent weeks following a painful and prolonged two-year slump. …
WirelessNorth selected CellStar Ltd. to provide customer fulfillment for personal communications services handsets, accessories and packaging for WirelessNorth’s markets in North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota. WirelessNorth said it …
WASHINGTON-The June 23 adoption of the Second Report and Order regarding the Phase II rules governing the future of 800 MHz specialized mobile radio and related auctions by the Federal …
Bell Atlantic Corp.’s Carrier Services has teamed up with Metrocall Inc. to launch a calling party pays numeric paging service. The four-month trial service will be available to residents of …
When Mark Feighner took the reins as president of GTE Wireless Corp. a little more than two years ago, his goal was to profitably grow the company in line with …
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc.’s Wireless Messaging Group said it successfully transmitted one-way and two-way paging messages concurrently using the same network infrastructure. During ReFLEX testing with PageMart Wireless Inc., Glenayre …
CEDAR CREST, N.M.-Specialty Teleconstructors Inc. signed letters of intent to acquire all of the capital stock of Microcell Communications of America Inc. and Ellis Tower Co. Inc. in exchange for …
At an unprecedented gathering earlier this month, a number of prominent specialized mobile radio equipment suppliers temporarily set aside competitive interests to draft a historic action plan. Their goal: selecting …
RICHARDSON, Texas-Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. won a one-year renewable contract from AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s Wireless Data Division to supply its Cellular Digital Packet Data smart phones. The phone combines …
NORCROSS, Ga.-USCI Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiary, Ameritel Communications Inc., said it successfully sold its paging services over the QVC television program in the first of an Ameritel series on QVC. …
WASHINGTON-With last week’s House vote supporting presidential renewal of most-favored-nation trading status for China, the focus shifts to Hong Kong-and its huge wireless-driven telecom export market that falls under Beijing …
TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. said World Technology Corp., Irvine, Calif., will be the first service provider to offer personal number services to consumers nationwide through GTE TSI’s AccessLine service …
Berkeley Varitronics Systems Inc. won a contract to provide propagation analysis equipment to Qualcomm Inc. for international distribution of personal communications services and cellular systems. Berkeley values the arrangement at …
NEW YORK-Telesystem International Wireless Inc., Montreal, was expected to place privately last week a 10-year note issue of about $150 million to help finance its overseas ventures in cellular telephony, …
NEW YORK-Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. said June 25 it had raised the ratings on debt securities issued by U.S. Cellular Corp. while affirming the ratings on outstanding debt …
