WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc.’s proposed $159 million buyout of Pittencrieff Communications Inc.-a deal that could give one firm half of the 2.2 million dispatch customers and access to most of the …
WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme Court last week declined to hear an appeal of a pioneer’s-preference fee case filed earlier this year by Jackson, Miss.-based Mobile Telecommunication Technology Corp. Instead, it chose …
BOULDER, Colo.-Mobile Systems International Inc., Richardson, Texas, has donated one license of its Planet software to the Interdisciplinary Telecom Program at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo., for educational purposes. …
QUEBEC-A group of Canadian inventors are hoping to find a U.S. distributor for their radio muting product for cellular phone users. The Wave Shadow 1000 is a small device containing …
WASHINGTON-The wireless telecommunications industry said many carriers will not meet the Jan. 1 deadline when new radio frequency radiation safety guidelines go into effect. The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association last …
FLEX has been adopted en masse in the paging industry, at least in principle. In reality, the majority of U.S. one-way paging customers are POCSAG customers and carriers are in …
Lightbridge Inc.’s ProFile subscription fraud prevention product is used by carriers in every state except California because the state’s public utilities code won’t allow it, the company reports. “The Public …
President Clinton has proposed to provide free basic Internet access to all elementary, middle and high schools and libraries, an election-year measure potentially costing billions of dollars that would be …
NEW YORK-Because many new personal communications services providers are unable to pay out of pocket for equipment purchases, AirNet Communications Corp. announced last week it would downsize, restructure and direct …
NEW YORK-Recent developments in a class-action lawsuit alleging securities fraud against CellStar Corp., a cellular handset distributor, have emerged as a vanguard test of part of a new federal law …
Olivetti SpA is seeking to sell part of its stake in Omnitel Pronto Italia, Italy’s privately owned Global System for Mobile communications cellular carrier that is experiencing rapid subscriber growth …
LAS VEGAS-After making a splash last July in the wireless Internet/intranet-access market with a micro-browser software solution optimized for so-called “thin-client” wireless devices, Unwired Planet Inc. is moving on up …
Editor’s Note: The RCR editorial staff has compiled this list of terrestrial-based, two-way mobile data operators based on interviews with industry contacts. The chart is arranged alphabetically since many of …
STOCKTON, Calif.-Communication Systems Development Inc. completed the first phase of its network infrastructure in California, linking Los Angeles to the San Francisco Bay area. The network consists of 75 tower …
NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service Inc. announced Oct. 10 it has upgraded its ratings on $350 million in outstanding debt issued by Centennial Cellular, New Canaan, Conn. The New York-based rating …
Canadians may be giving Fido to their loved ones this Christmas. But Fido is not a dog. It’s the spunky brand name for Microcell Telecommunications Inc.’s personal communications service scheduled …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Telecomunicacoes do Ceara S.A., a Brazilian cellular provider, chose Motorola Inc.’s Pan American Wireless Infrastructure Division to supply its Advanced Mobile Phone Service network in the state of …
NEW ORLEANS- Axcess Global Communications Corp. is charting a national footprint to deploy paging using Radio Broadcast Data Service FM-subcarrier frequencies. The company offers traditional paging, and online information services …
FAIRFAX, Va.-American Management Systems has introduced what it says is the first Internet-based customer care and billing tool for telecommunications companies. AMS said its UNIView application links a carrier’s World …
PHOENIX-AG Communication Systems has agreed to supply its INgage authorization and call routing equipment to BellSouth Cellular Corp. INgage is a value-added cellular service that allows calls to be routed …
