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 …
WASHINGTON-The sale of 128 Wireless Communications Services licenses ended early Friday morning after a total of 29 rounds. The final four rounds contained no new bids, no new high bids …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. acquired a 49 percent equity interest in Corporacion Nacional de Radiodeterminacion, a Mexican company that has been the exclusive operator and distributor of Qualcomm’s OmniTracs two-way mobile …
GREENWICH, Conn.-PanAmSat Corp. said it will issue to its shareholders a proxy statement detailing the planned merger of PanAmSat and the Galaxy satellite services business of Hughes Communications Inc. The …
DALLAS- Paging Network Inc. reported a first quarter net loss of $39.9 million, or 39 cents per share, compared with a $12.1 million net loss, or 12 cents per share, …
CAMPBELL, Calif.-P-Com Inc. signed an agreement to supply digital microwave radios to Telcel, a subsidiary of Telefonos de Mexico. The equipment will be used to expand Telcel’s network, which operates …
Wireless pricing in competitive markets with at least one personal communications services operator on average is 18 percent lower than in markets with no PCS competitors, reported the Yankee Group. …
NEW YORK-“The C-block is obviously dead, and we are waiting for the final nail to be put in the coffin-not because they overpaid or are late, but because the FCC …
NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service Inc. said the proposed merger of U S West Media Group’s domestic wireless businesses and its interest in PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. into AirTouch Communications Inc. …
LONG BEACH, Calif.-Kenwood Communications Corp. announced its affiliate Kenwood of Japan and Unique Wireless Developments L.L.C. have signed a memorandum of understanding to implement technology that allows five times the …
Billing and customer care are hailed by industry analysts, vendors and service providers as keys to success in a highly competitive wireless market. The recent focus in this area has …
DALLAS-HighwayMaster Corp. signed an agreement with Wal-Mart to install 3,000 of its Series 5000 mobile communications units in Wal-Mart’s fleet of trucks this year. The HighwayMaster system is a nationwide …
GEORGETOWN, Guyana-Guyana Telephone & Telegraph said it launched the first fixed wireless access network in the Anna Regina area of the Caribbean. The system uses Northern Telecom Ltd.’s Proximity product …
SEATTLE-GTE Wireless launched its personal communications services network in the Seattle major trading area covering the greater Puget Sound region. The network uses Code Division Multiple Access technology. GTE activated …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Glenayre Western Multiplex announced its Lynx spread spectrum digital microwave radios are available for off-the-shelf sales. Ken Ruppel, Lynx product manager, said in order to meet growing demand for …
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-TGN Associates International Inc. announced a research and development engineering reorganization of its European and Asian Technology manufacturing partnerships. The reorganized group will assist U.S. companies in launching …
WASHINGTON-AirTouch Communications Inc.’s planned $5 billion purchase of U S West Inc.’s wireless properties is threatened by a proposal backed by Congress and the Clinton administration to close a loophole …
