ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Pyramid Communications recently purchased the Nextel Communications Service Shop in Greenwood, S.C., and the Nextel Communications Sales and Service Shop in Albermarle, N.C. Both stores provide a full …
WASHINGTON-C-block personal communications services licensee General Wireless Inc. asked the Federal Communications Commission to deny an application for review filed May 5 by Antigone Communications L.P. and PCS Devco Inc. …
ATLANTA-Global Affinity Paging Inc. formed a partnership with Houston Spectrum Associates to provide local, regional and nationwide numeric and alphanumeric paging services in Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz., through Global Affinity’s …
MOSCOW-Globalstar L.P. and Rostelecom JSC have reached an agreement that will allow Russians to gain access to advanced telephony services through Globalstar’s worldwide mobile satellite system beginning in late 1998. …
WASHINGTON-The head of the wireless industry’s cancer research project last week cautioned against reading too much into preliminary findings from a new Finnish study that mobile phones are free of …
DALLAS-Excel Communications Inc. and NextWave Telecom Inc. signed a letter of intent to negotiate the purchase of wireless airtime by Excel on NextWave’s personal communications services network. NextWave’s goal is …
RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. will conduct the first disaster recovery test of its Emergency Response Unit, an emergency replacement vehicle designed to ensure continuous, high-quality communications in adverse conditions. The unit …
PORTLAND, Ore.-Cord Communications Inc., a firm specializing in wireless network build outs, said it won a site development contract for Nextel Communications Inc.’s operations in northern California and southern Oregon. …
Cook Inlet Region Inc. will roll out personal communications services this week in Tulsa, Okla.,-just the second C-block player to launch commercial PCS operations. Airadigm Communications Inc., another C-block licensee, …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Telecommunications signed a contract with Mobilix, a subsidiary of the France Telecom Group, to supply a new Digital Cellular System 1800 MHz network in Denmark. Mobilix won a …
Six months ago, personal communications services came to New York with the promise of revolutionizing the cellular market. But the new digital wireless service has had a rough struggle here. …
SAN FRANCISCO-E&Y Kenneth Leventhal Real Estate Group formed a new business group to provide strategic consulting services to the telecommunications sector. Stephen Polito, leader of the new firm, said the …
MCLEAN, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. signed a roaming agreement with Clearnet Communications Inc. of Canada, which will allow Nextel customers to access service wherever Clearnet offers integrated Dispatch Enhanced Network service. …
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp.’s board of directors approved a three-for-two common stock split, to be paid in the form of a stock dividend. Stockholders will receive an additional share for each …
QUEBEC-Bell Mobility, a Canadian wireless communications company, and Taxi Laurier Ste-Foy have introduced Canada’s first in-vehicle mobile Scotiabank point-of-sale terminals to allow wireless direct payment of fares. The new terminals …
A new company has been formed to specialize in applying Code Division Multiple Access digital technology to product innovations. Digital Line Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., will focus on …
NEW YORK-Following a six-month jail sentence imposed May 23 on a cellular phone caller who killed another motorist, the British government said it will consider whether to outlaw outright mobile …
RCR Publications Inc. recently hired two new reporters. George Lurie has been hired as a reporter, covering the cellular beat, and Antony Bruno has been chosen to cover the paging …
WASHINGTON-BDPCS Inc., which lost its C-block personal communications services licenses last year due to a default on its down payment, still is liable for a $67.6 million payment due mid-June …
Today is the deadline to submit bids for a Digital Cellular System 1800 MHz license in Austria. A winner could be announced next month. The tender was announced about two …
