HOUSTON, Texas-The Wireless Dealers Association has teamed with STA Telecommunications Corp. to provide the association’s wireless agents, dealers and resellers with a new revenue-building program-selling long-distance services. WDA said the …
After several broken engagements, MCI Communications Corp. thinks it has finally found a partner it can commit to long-term for wireless service, NextWave Telecom Inc. Although MCI has been down …
WASHINGTON-The United States and Asia-Pacific nations are progressing toward an accord to eliminate tariffs on wireless telecommunications equipment and information technology products by 2000. U.S. trade officials met with their …
ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association announced it has published a variety of interim standards for wireless networks, including 1800 MHz personal communications services systems, public mobile systems, wideband spread spectrum …
TYLER, Texas-Teletouch Communications Inc. announced its net revenues rose 161 percent to $7.8 million for the fiscal year fourth quarter ended May 31, from $3 million the same period a …
Software provider TCSI Corp. announced four contracts last week for its Object Services Package, which the company believes illustrates the industry’s interest in the distributed power and re-usability of object …
WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers looking for relief from high interconnection costs may have to wait a bit longer before the proxy pricing suggested by the Federal Communications Commission in its recently voted …
Alexandria, Minn.-based Rural Cellular Corp. said it plans to offer personal communications services and cellular service to customers in portions of Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin through a joint venture …
ATLANTA-Preferred Networks Inc. announced it has completed construction and has begun operating its Midwest Technical Control Center in Wheeling, Ill. The new TCC, the fourth of 10 TCCs that PNI …
LA MIRADA, Calif.-PagePrompt USA announced the company has moved its general offices and customer service areas, gained through the acquisition of Network One in April, from Northern California to new …
LEWISTON, N.Y.-New York Power Authority trustees have approved an agreement with Sprint Spectrum L.P. to allow the personal communications services operator to install antennas on NYPA transmission towers. NYPA said …
Licensees of narrowband personal communications services report their development, testing and introduction plans for two-way messaging services are right on schedule. But Ian Gillott, manager of wireless research for IDC/Link …
It’s not been a good week or so for the Morris’, Dick and Phillip, that is. Their futures are nebulous, perhaps up in smoke. Probably not the end-game either had …
OTTAWA, Quebec, Canada-Northern Telecom Ltd. announced its vocoder tests conducted at its Subjective Assessment Laboratory in Ottawa, Quebec, Canada, showed Code Division Multiple Access speech vocoders offer voice quality equivalent …
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Information Services Inc. has named Jeffrey Fox president and William Cravens chairman. Fox most recently served as senior vice president of business development and Cravens previously served …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s International Cellular Infrastructure Group has appointed Paul Strzelecki vice president and general manager of Motorola’s European Cellular Infrastructure Division. Strzelecki will be responsible for ECID’s overall …
NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s has lowered its ratings of MobileMedia Communications Inc.’s subordinated debt to CCC from B-and its corporate credit rating to B- from B+. The credit rating agency …
Metro One Telecommunications Inc. opened trading on the Nasdaq National Market at $8.50 per share in its initial public offering of 2.4 million shares of common stock, of which the …
LOS GATOS, Calif.-Metricom Inc. has launched its Ricochet wireless communications network and will offer its Ricochet Wireless Modem and Internet service in Seattle, the Sea Tac airport and several surrounding …
WASHINGTON-In a highly unusual case involving improper lobbying by the lawmaker who may oversee the telecommunications industry one day, the Federal Communications Commission threw out two Louisiana rural cellular licenses …
