WASHINGTON-The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division has begun at least two civil investigations into possible “bid rigging and market allocation” that allegedly occurred during the personal communications services auctions. One prong …
CHICAGO-Aerial Communications Inc. signed handset distribution agreements with Montgomery Wards Electric Avenue, Ritz Camera and Sears Brand Central. Other retailers carrying Aerial products and services include Best Buy, Circuit City, …
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.-Quantum Communications Group Inc., a telecommunications consulting firm, joined with Compass International Research & Information Services to offer marketing research and retention services to wireless carriers. Headquartered in …
BEIJING-Qualcomm Inc. signed a four-year agreement to supply Code Division Multiple Access phones to an affiliate of Telecom Great Wall Development Co. of Beijing. Telecom Great Wall will begin taking …
Personal communications services providers aren’t radically undercutting incumbent cellular providers’ prices as they enter markets, according to a quarterly survey of wireless pricing in markets where PCS operators have begun …
JACKSON, Miss.-Now Communications Inc. began providing prepaid local phone, cellular, paging and long-distance services in Mississippi. Regular phone service is priced at $36.50 per month, cellular phone service is $30 …
FREEHOLD, N.J.-Paging Partners Corp. reported a decrease in net loss for the quarter ended March 31. Net loss for the quarter was $464,000, or 8 cents per share. That compares …
NORMAN, Okla.-A six-month study now is underway at the Center for the Study of Wireless Electromagnetic Compatibility in Norman, Okla., to see if wireless phones interfere with cardiac defibrillators. Researchers …
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Bloomberg Financial Markets announced they will begin offering financial news and market updates to users of AT&T’s PocketNet phone this summer. Information available from Bloomberg …
FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc. and TekNow signed an agreement that calls for Motorola to license client/server Telocator Network Paging Protocol technology from TekNow. Motorola will use the technology to complete …
IRVING, Texas-NEC America Inc.’s Wireless Voice Terminals Division extended the warranty on its Authentic Accessories products for its TalkTime 800 Series phone. The extension is effective immediately on new sales …
WASHINGTON (AP)-MCI Communications Corp. can continue its practice of not disclosing on monthly bills that it charges customers in full-minute increments, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The U.S. Court …
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has received Code Division Multiple Access infrastructure contracts valued at $178 million from network operators in the United States and Korea. The contract …
NEW YORK-Latin American countries may offer new opportunities for wireless telecommunications carriers, but they must be prepared to compete against incumbents for purchasing power that is concentrated in the hands …
WASHINGTON-Joel Klein, the Clinton administration’s choice for Justice Department antitrust czar, appears headed for Senate confirmation despite mild grilling at last week’s hearing for approving the Bell Atlantic Corp.-Nynex Corp. …
WASHINGTON-The government’s recent disappointing wireless auction and the prospect of failing to meet the administration’s five-year, $36 billion auction revenue goal prompted more fallout on Capitol Hill last week, including …
AMMAN, Jordan-Motorola Inc.’s Paging Products Group said Jordan Radio Paging adopted the FLEX protocol as the standard to expand its paging system. Jordan Radio Paging, a privately owned paging company, …
ARLINGTON, Va.-The Industrial Telecommunications Association Inc. filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission concerning Motorola Inc.’s petition for clarification in the refarming proceeding, the organization said. In the petition filed …
China will have more than 20 million cellular subscribers by 2000, predicts a report released by International Technology Consultants Inc., titled Wireless Communications Markets: China. By 2000, China’s Ministry of …
BOCA RATON, Fla.-Cellular towers constructed on the property of schools in Boca Raton, Fla. are receiving increased scrutiny by city officials. The Palm Beach County School district apparently thought it …
