Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile began integrating DSC Communications Corp.’s INfusion Signal Transfer Point W/2 into its cellular network. The INfusion STP W/2 provides packet switching of Signaling System 7 signaling …
DENVER-Bolder Technologies Corp., a manufacturer of rechargeable batteries, selected Excell Battery Co. to be its exclusive value-added distributor in Canada. Excell has offices in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, …
NEW YORK-A happy marriage of convenience is taking place among billboard companies and wireless communications carriers looking for antenna sites. “It’s something that just seems to be coming around the …
CHANTILLY, Va.-Telco Communications Group Inc. reached an agreement with Destineer Corp., a subsidiary of Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp., to provide SkyTel messaging and paging services to its business customers. According …
The involvement of Tele-Communications Inc. in Sprint Spectrum L.P. is in a holding pattern, possibly awaiting stronger financial times for TCI. TCI shareholders voted overwhelmingly last month to create two …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Synacom Technology Inc. relocated its headquarters to a larger office building in San Jose, and it opened field sales offices in Dallas and Atlanta. The company said demand …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s adoption of long-awaited rules for digital television service also buoyed up hope that additional spectrum for public safety and other wireless services via reallocation of channels …
HOUSTON-Castle Tower Corp. said it is repairing towers and shelters it acquired from Pittencrieff Communications Inc. in 1995 as well as sites it acquired from Motorola Inc. in Puerto Rico. …
The sixth largest PCS carrier (by pops) went bankrupt long before it ever got to market. Pocket Communications has $1.5 billion in liabilities, most of which is a large debt …
PLANO, Texas-BellSouth Cellular Corp. selected Inet Inc.’s GeoProbe system to access instantaneous data from its network to support network management, fraud detection and usage measurement functions. The GeoProbe system is …
DALLAS-BearCom Inc., a distributor of two-way radio equipment, acquired certain assets of West Coast Radio Communications. BearCom said it completed four acquisitions in the last four months in an effort …
ORANGEBURG, N.Y.-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile launched its DigitalChoice service in New York and New Jersey. The company said the 13-kilobit per second, Code Division Multiple Access cellular system is the …
DENVER-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. issued a special offer to members of the media covering the Oklahoma City bombing trial, which is set to begin in Denver this week. The company …
Arch Communications Group Inc. amended two credit agreements for various subsidiaries, in part to help finance future purchases of narrowband personal communications services spectrum. In separate news, Moody’s Investor Services …
WASHINGTON-The American Mobile Telecommunications Association asked that the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to implement a licensing freeze be examined as part of the FCC’s rules. The specialized mobile radio trade …
TORONTO-Wyrex Communications Inc. established its first U.S. sales office in Birmingham, Ala. The company said it plans to open additional sales offices in the United States this year and a …
WASHINGTON-A key hearing in Illinois state court early next month could determine whether a major case proceeds in which consumers claim cellular pocket phones cause brain cancer and accuse pocket …
ATLANTA-World Access Inc. acquired Cellular Infrastructure Supply Inc., a Burr Ridge, Ill.-based provider of equipment and related design, installation and technical support services to cellular, personal communications services and other …
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. signed a letter of intent with Worldwide Wireless Inc. to trial its TrueLink broadband Code Division Multiple Access wireless local loop product in Worldwide …
WASHINGTON-Despite major progress recently on opening up global telecommunications markets, the Clinton administration last week said barriers to equipment and services trade remain. The 387-page foreign trade barriers report comes …
