Ah…August in Washington. Congress is on hiatus. Agencies have ratcheted down. Tourists are dwindling. Humidity on certain days is below 99 percent. John Tesh (and his Olympic drivel) is gone. …
NEW YORK-Aided by strong growth in its mobile phones and telecommunications business groups, Nokia Corp. reported strong second-quarter net sales Aug. 8 of nearly $1.9 billion, a 17 percent increase …
WASHINGTON-In recent months, the Federal Communications Commission has focused the bulk of its attention on meeting and beating congressional telecom-reform mandates, the most recent of which involved adopting an order …
LUXEMBOURG-Millicom International Cellular S.A. said it received approval from the council for the Development of Cambodia to commercially launch cellular service in that country. Cambodia GSM Ltd., a 61.5 percent-owned …
NEW YORK-The establishment of Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Commission by Aug. 10 heralds the advent of significant new foreign ownership opportunities south of the border for wireless services companies. “Joint auctions …
NEW YORK-Given “some ridiculous pricing in reseller channels,” Metrocall Inc. “dramatically altered the distribution strategy” this spring, and results started to show by the end of the second quarter, said …
NEW YORK-This is the good news for would-be issuers contemplating raising public debt or equity-the so-called corrections of mid-July began to turn into a rebound by early August. In the …
Lucent Technologies Inc. said it doesn’t expect to renew its original equipment manufacturer contracts with Nokia Mobile Phones and Oki telecom at the end of the year when the agreements …
WICHITA, Kan.-Brite Voice Systems Inc. is providing the technology that will allow Ameritech Cellular Services to offer prepaid cellular phone rentals and service to delegates, news media and others attending …
Following their deposit of upfront funds, the following entities will be eligible to bid on all licenses in all blocks: 21st Century Bidding Corp. Advanced Telecommunications Technology Inc. AirGate Wireless …
IRVINE, Calif.-Cue Network Corp. announced Ameritech Corp. will resell Cue regional and nationwide messaging throughout the United States. Cue said it provides messaging throughout North America over the FM subcarrier …
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.-Ameritech Cellular Services introduced a customer-premise equipment system for wireless access to a private branch exchange system, said the company. The system, Inside Connection, operates as a mini-cellular …
NEW YORK-AirTouch Communications Inc., San Francisco, plans to issue two classes of convertible preferred stock in mid-August to complete its acquisition of Cellular Communications Inc., New York. Moody’s Investors Service …
SAN DIEGO-AirTouch Cellular announced it will provide Powerband digital cellular service, based on Code Division Multiple Access technology, to attendees and media at the Republican National Convention in San Diego. …
SEATTLE-Toll Free Cellular selected Illuminet to provide the SS7 infrastructure for the company’s toll free cellular calling intelligent network routing. Toll Free Cellular assigns businesses an 800 number to pay …
3607 Communications Co. launched its Code Division Multiple Access digital cellular phone network in Las Vegas and is offering the service to new and existing customers. The system, which covers …
MobileMedia Corp.’s board of directors has appointed Michael K. Lorelli chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors. Previously, he was president of the Americas Division of …
France Telecom Mobiles International has signed two digital cellular phone contracts with Chinese operator China United Telecommunications Corp. (China Unicom). The contracts call for the expansion of a 1995 system …
SAN DIEGO-NextWave Telecom Inc. has signed a non-binding letter of intent to negotiate the sale of several billion minutes of use from its personal communications services network to Cincinnati Bell …
I’m a 5-foot-3-inch person, but I’m beginning to feel like Gulliver in Lilliput electronics land. Anyone who watched the Summer Olympics probably saw the commercial in which a bunch of …
