Editor’s Note: The companies listed below represent the 20 largest cellular carriers in the United States. Company rankings are based on the total number of subscribers for their majority-held or …
NATICK, Mass.-Natural Microsystems Corp. licensed Voxware Inc.’s MetaVoice voice compression technology, which is designed to reproduce high quality speech while requiring low communications bandwidth and processing power. Natural MicroSystems said …
Could or would anyone buy MobileMedia Corp? If not, what will happen to this bankrupt company, which is the second largest paging carrier in the country, with more than 4 …
Mexico’s Ministry of Communications and Transportation has designated spectrum in the 3.4 GHz to 3.7 GHz band for wireless local loop services, to be auctioned after the auction of personal …
WHEATON, Md.-Cell site construction during 1996 increased 50 percent from 4,743 sites in 1995 to 7,392 last year, according to Herschel Shosteck Associates Ltd.’s recent report Cellular Market Forecasts. The …
WASHINGTON-The National Telecommunications and Information Administration came under fire last week by congressional Republicans who charged that some agency functions are redundant and attacked grant programs as a waste of …
RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. said it will use Marimba Inc.’s Castanet technology to deliver and manage software and content on its Internet and intranet-related products. The Castanet system allows end users …
Core performance helps Bell Atlantic with PrimeCo costs PHILADELPHIA-Bell Atlantic Corp.’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Raymond Smith, said during the first quarter the company was able to absorb start-up …
BETHESDA, Md.-Comsat Corp. filed a lawsuit against its former chief executive officer, Bruce Crockett, alleging a conspiracy linking him with Herbert Denton, Providence Capital Inc. and Wyser-Pratte Inc., who have …
A photo on the front page of RCR’s April 21 issue incorrectly identified the president of Intraplex Corp. He is Bill Rollins. Due to incorrect information supplied to RCR, the …
READING, Pa.-Gilbert Associates said it acquired the stock of TEC Cellular Inc., a Melbourne, Fla.-based software and engineering services provider. Gilbert also announced it signed a definitive agreement to purchase …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Trade Commission has suggested a series of front-end consumer-education electives be taken by the Federal Communications Commission that could protect potential investors from fraud promulgated by application mills …
RESTON, Va.-American Mobile Satellite Corp. said its net loss for the quarter ended March 31 was smaller than last year’s first quarter net loss. The company’s net loss was $27 …
NEC Corp. won contracts for two transmission projects in Costa Rica in conjunction with Intituto Costarricense de Electricidad. One project calls for NEC to supply a 2 GHz/8 Mbps digital …
Do you think President Clinton and Congress are rethinking spectrum lease fees this week? The government’s auction dream has ended. (Or turned into a nightmare, depending on how dramatic you …
APRIL 27-30 Rural Cellular Association’s Fifth Annual Convention and Exhibition, by the Rural Cellular Association. The Luxor, Las Vegas. (800) 722-1872. 28-29 New Wireless Spectrum Opportunities, by the Personal Communications …
States’ rights advocates are claiming victory for an appeals court decision that overturned a preliminary injunction set by a lower court that barred a state from considering a rate discrimination …
TULSA, Okla.-Enhanced Messaging Systems and SpaceCom Systems teamed up to provide an integrated satellite link and transmission control system for the paging industry. The system, HyperNet, provides reductions in satellite …
NEW YORK-SK Telecom Co. Ltd., South Korea’s primary cellular and paging carrier, sold $230 million in Yankee notes April 24, partly to finance its Code Division Multiple Access digital cellular …
WASHINGTON-A 44-member group with rural cellular applications pending at the Federal Communications Commission petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit April 17 to mandate lotteries …
