WICHITA, Kan.-Cellnet, a United Kingdom cellular operator, has awarded Brite Voice Systems a contract to provide extra capacity and enhancement to support Cellnet’s relaunch of its Callback intelligent messaging service …
Triden Telecom Inc. has signed a letter of intent to acquire Communitronics Inc., a paging company based in Mobile, Ala. Communitronics has 3,000 pagers in service and is expanding its …
IRVINE, Calif.-Cox California PCS Inc. and Boston Technology Inc. signed a three-year contract to provide services for personal communications services customers in the Los Angeles/San Diego major trading area. Under …
FAIRFAX, Va.-American Management Systems, a business and information technology consulting firm, announced an $8.5 million agreement to develop a comprehensive customer care and billing platform to support Canadian-based Microcell Telecommunications …
NEW YORK-Hugh Johnson’s official title is chief investment officer of First Albany Corp., Albany, N.Y., an investment bank and brokerage firm that specializes in high-technology stocks. In that capacity, “I’m …
Of late, the move from corporate executive to born again entrepreneur is not uncommon in wireless. But still it comes as a surprise Alex Mandl would leave his post as …
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.-Wynd Communications Corp. is introducing a new version of its WyndMail for Windows messaging software. WyndMail version 1.5 includes a message header preview feature to provide subscribers …
NEW YORK-In what is believed to be the first and only such endeavor to date, Working Assets this summer introduced an affinity program in which it donates a percentage of …
Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Cnet Inc., a Plano, Texas-based provider of engineering software tools for wireless communications systems. Glenayre said the purchase will …
The colossal growth of the wireless industry, in particular the buildout of personal communications services and digital cellular networks, has created a supply-and-demand problem-too many jobs and not enough people. …
ARLINGTON, Va.-Omnipoint Corp. announced a loss of $21.5 million, or 47 cents per share, for the second quarter ended June 30. This compares with a loss of $16.4 million, or …
WASHINGTON-A lengthy notice of proposed rulemaking adopted July 25 by the Federal Communications Commission but not released until Aug. 13, “initiates a comprehensive review of our existing regulatory framework of …
L.M. Ericsson’s radio communications sector is responsible for almost two-thirds of the company’s sales in the second quarter, ending the three-month period with $2.7 billion net revenue, a 33 percent …
The company had a new phone system installed in the Washington office a week ago, and for days I wondered if it worked. My phone didn’t ring, there were no …
NEW YORK-After many delays, Brazil’s B-band cellular license auctions, which will be open to foreign bidders, are likely to begin early next year. The Brazil Senate last month ratified telecommunications …
RALEIGH, N.C.-BellSouth Mobility DCS has launched the second phase of its three-year, $500 million network deployment plan to bring personal communications services to the Carolinas and eastern Tennessee. The company …
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has acquired the Little Rock, Ark., and Memphis, Tenn., 1900 MHz personal communications services licenses from SBC Communications Inc. In addition to acquiring the two major …
NEW YORK-Shareholders of Cellular Communications Inc., New York, were scheduled to vote Aug. 16 whether to approve the company’s acquisition by AirTouch Communications Inc., San Francisco. Once the merger is …
WALTHAM, Mass.-Primark Corp. has acquired Yankee Group Research Inc., a market research and consulting firm in the communications and computing field. The transaction includes cash payments of $34 million and …
Motorola Inc.’s Advanced Messaging Group said Shanghai Guomai, the largest paging carrier in China, is operating using Motorola’s FLEX protocol-based paging system in Shanghai. Guomai has close to 1 million …
