NEW YORK-Vimpel-Communications, a Russian wireless telecommunications company, went public on the New York Stock Exchange Nov. 15 with an offering of 5.4 million American Depository Shares priced at $20.50 each. …
NEW YORK-Compania Anonima Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela, the country’s monopoly telecommun-ications conglomerate, was scheduled to become a publicly traded company Nov. 22 with an offering outside the country of 34.2 …
NEW YORK-Single-number portability, delivery of branded content and the growing similarity between switched voice and data are all trends that are moving in fast, according to participants in a panel …
WASHINGTON-While the returning Republican-led Congress intends to enforce deregulation next year, the Federal Communications Commission claims the wireless telecom industry is being slowed by regulatory reform legislation passed earlier this …
The paging sector’s stock plunge this year is mostly a result of the large amount of money raised by “marginal players” in 1995, unexpected negative consequences of Motorola Inc.’s FLEX …
SmarTrunk Systems Inc. announced its ST-865KW2 SmarTrunk II trunking logic board, which offers advanced trunking features for Kenwood’s latest portable and mobile conventional radio models. The logic board enables radios …
Social unrest in eastern Zaire hasn’t interrupted the independent cellular network of Telecel International Ltd., which operates an analog system countrywide there. “There has been a temporary surge of activity, …
Don Smith is the new director of wireless technology and network operations for specialized mobile radio carrier ComTec International Inc. Prior to joining the company, Smith was director of network …
WASHINGTON-“That peculiar smell drifting up from Puerto Rico is the odor of burning money. Our money. I’m tired of smelling it,” wrote Gary North Nov. 8 to other limited partners …
WASHINGTON-President Clinton has threatened to repeal a key provision of the administration’s new encryption policy if it determines that legislation undercuts security safeguards, a move one prominent Republican telecom lawmaker …
FAIRFIELD, N.J.-Electronics Communications Corp. activated its own paging system making it a full-service paging carrier. Electronics Communications has licenses covering Long Island, Westchester and Rockland counties and metropolitan New York, …
… “I hope that Chairman Hundt will read Shakespeare and understand that `discretion is the better part of valor.’ And if he doesn’t read Shakespeare, I hope that he reads …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission this week took additional steps to help hasten the end of the D-, E-and F-block personal communications services auction that began Aug. 26 and that has …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. said it installed its ClearSite receiver subsystems in a field trial in three sites in Wisconsin. The trial will run through the end of January to cover …
WINTER PARK, Fla.-Communications Electronics Specialties said it has changed its name to CES Wireless Technologies. The company also released a 1997 product catalog and launched a web site. “The new …
Frankfurt, Germany-based Deutsche Telekom MobilNet GmbH (T-Mobil) bought 16 percent of personal communications services provider American Personal Communications’ share of its partnership in Sprint Spectrum; proceeds will be used to …
PARAMUS, N.J.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it reduced wireless telephone fraud in metropolitan New York City by 90 percent so far this year, using its authentication system and Corsair Communications …
WASHINGTON-President Clinton’s goal in his second term to reach a balanced budget deal with the Republican-led Congress could lead to expanded auction authority and a full-blown debate on spectrum reform …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-ADC Telecommunications Inc. has licensed PCS Wireless Inc.’s in-building distributed antenna array product line, Cellular MEX/BEX. MEX/BEX is a low power, radio frequency signal repeater that extends distribution …
WASHINGTON-After filing his complaint against American Mobile Satellite Services more than four years ago, Gary Noreen, chairman and chief executive officer of La Canada, Calif.-based Radio Satellite Corp., will get …
