Federal Communications Commission Common Carrier Bureau Chief Regina Keeney, citing personal reasons, abruptly pulled herself from contention for the open agency seat last week. Keeney, former chief of the Wireless …
ACC Corp., through its wholly owned subsidiary ACC TelEnterprises Ltd., signed an agreement with Paging Network of Canada Inc., a paging company affiliated with PageNet in the United States, to …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile launched its DigitalChoice cellular phone service in Washington/Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Charlotte, N.C. DigitalChoice uses 13-kilobit Code Division Multiple Access technology. The DigitalChoice service includes caller …
Western Wireless Corp. said it became the first commercial mobile radio service provider to obtain arbitration decisions from state regulatory bodies implementing the interconnection requirements of the Telecommunications Act of …
Is the Federal Communications Commission setting the stage for new Wireless Telecom Bureau leadership? With Dan Phythyon’s return (from Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs) to deputy bureau chief, and …
PICKERING, Ontario-Clearnet Communications Inc. said it will consolidate its national headquarters into a single building this fall in the Toronto area. The company signed a 10-year lease for the 220,000 …
DSP Communications Inc. expects to see continued growth in 1997 and 1998, when the company may reap rewards from its new product, a wireless branch exchange system. The company reported …
ATLANTA-BellSouth Cellular Corp. deployed its Mobile America prepaid calling card program in Bakersfield, Calif., and Mobile, Ala. The program allows consumers to purchase a Mobile America prepaid card in 10-, …
WICHITA, Kan.-Brite Voice Systems deployed its VoiceSelect voice dialing system in Los Angeles Cellular’s market and Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc.’s networks on the East Coast. VoiceSelect allows customers to dial …
WASHINGTON-On the day before the first anniversary of the bidding error that plunged C-block personal communications services applicant PCS 2000 L.P. into the lion’s den of licensing problems, the Federal …
WASHINGTON-Global System for Mobile communications technology now has a national footprint in the United States, according to analysis by GSM North America following the D-, E-and F-block auctions. GSM North …
A California federal judge dismissed a proposed settlement between AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and minority owners of AT&T cellular markets after the court discovered AT&T signed an employment agreement with …
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-The Asia/Pacific region has experienced cellular subscriber growth rates of around 70 percent, according to a report compiled by Pyramid Research Inc. “Growth rates have been pushed up by …
American Messaging Systems Inc. is entering the two-way market with an alternative to ReFLEX that provides high system capacity, quick time to market and helps carriers cut costs, said the …
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.-Ameritech Cellular and Paging announced a recycling effort for nickel cadmium batteries called Battery Drop Stop. Cellular users can drop off used cellular batteries at Ameritech Cellular Centers …
The Failure Group Inc. acquired Broadcast Communications Systems Inc., a company that designs, installs and maintains wireless communications networks. Broadcast Communications has erected communications towers and provided related training and …
NEW YORK-Advanced Radio Telecom Corp., a 38 GHz provider of wireless local loop service that went public last year, has registered to sell a public offering of debt and stock-purchase …
NEW YORK-Under an agreement with BellSouth Corp. that became effective Jan. 1, Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile has become the first cellular carrier doing business in the Carolinas to collect call …
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Despite the threat from emerging personal communications services networks, the cellular service market continues to flourish, according to research conducted by Frost & Sullivan International Inc. The report …
NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. said its fourth quarter 1996 worldwide operations had record subscriber growth, adding more than 85,000 net new cellular subscribers. The company had a total of …
