Since the narrowband personal communications services licenses were awarded nearly two-and-a-half years ago, many companies have pushed ahead with plans to offer commercial service. Yet others seem to be creeping …
MAY 12-16 International Symposium on Integrated Network Management ’97, by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. Hotel Del Coronado, San Diego. Call Andrea Erickson at (301) 913-9338, ext. …
DENVER-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. donated five Digital PCS cellular phones with free airtime and long distance to the Colorado Oklahoma Resource Council to be used by survivors and families of …
SAN FRANCISCO-Pacific Bell Mobile Services launched its personal communications services network in the San Francisco Bay area. The network uses Global System for Mobile communications technology. Each phone includes a …
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. President Steve Hooper and Vice Chairman Wayne Perry resigned last week, but the duo will remain kissing cousins with the old regime through a new venture …
NEW YORK-Omnipoint Corp., whose operating company Omnipoint Communications Inc. is New York City’s first personal communications services provider, reported revenues for the first time in the first quarter and losses …
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications Services Inc., a subsidiary of Omnipoint Corp., signed a retail sales agreement with Computer City, a national computer chain. According to the agreement, Computer City stores …
SAN ANTONIO-NextWave Telecom Inc. began operating a personal communications services demonstration system in San Antonio, a market scheduled to be one of NextWave’s first launches. NextWave also is operating Code …
NEW YORK-The successful launch May 5 of the first six of 55 planned Iridium Inc. low-earth-orbit satellites is a good omen for the fledgling global mobile satellite service industry. The …
NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service, New York, has assigned an investment grade rating of A3 to a $2 billion medium-term note program by NEC Corp. in Tokyo and NEC Industries plc …
MobileMedia Corp. said it plans to appeal an administrative law judge’s recent denial of its April 23 request for a stay of hearing, which was ordered by the Federal Communications …
ISSAQUAH, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. began construction of a new customer service and technical support center in Albuquerque, N.M. The company said the 65,000 square foot facility will be open by …
WASHINGTON-Personal Communications Industry Association President Jay Kitchen blasted the Federal Communications Commission last week for ignoring congressional requests to reduce paging carrier contributions to the $2 billion annual universal service …
LINCOLN, Neb.-Transcrypt International Inc. introduced its Phantom analog portable radio, the latest addition to its line of land mobile radio equipment. The Phantom, which is available in VHF, UHF and …
Price is an important element of competition for paging carriers, but most industry insiders say features, quality of service and how a service meets a customer’s specific needs determine value. …
WASHINGTON-Dan Phythyon, acting chief of the Federal Communications Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, does not want to characterize himself or his staff as “the James Brown of the commission.” He modestly …
FREEHOLD, N.J.-Paging Partners Corp. and Suburban Cable Corp. signed an agreement to jointly market radio paging services through a new division, Suburban Paging, to Suburban’s 1.2 million subscribers. Headquartered in …
WASHINGTON-While no notice of proposed rulemaking is pending regarding the start and parameters for the next round of paging and narrowband personal communications services auctions, the wireless industry does need …
WASHINGTON-Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) was informed by the Food and Drug Administration last week that neither federal government nor cellular industry-funded scientists have conducted large-scale radio frequency radiation bioeffects research …
Only two innovative paging systems have been launched since new licenses were granted for narrowband personal communications services in 1994. SkyTel Corp. operates a two-way paging system aimed at elite …
