Wireless analysts say cellular carriers have two distinct goals in releasing a barrage of pricing plans at this time. Get as many customers on contract as possible, and confuse the …
WASHINGTON-President Clinton last week nominated former wireless regulator Regina Keeney to the Federal Communications Commission, an appointment that while popular could run into delays in the Senate because of the …
WASHINGTON-The job of exporting the information revolution appears increasingly better suited to National Telecommunications and Information Administration chief Larry Irving than to Mickey Kantor, who was named Commerce Secretary four …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s adoption last week of a sweeping local-competition docket at best opens the door for some wireless carriers to become true head-to-head competitors with local exchange carriers, …
Hong Kong’s dominant cellular operator Hongkong Telecom said it deeply regrets that the government failed to award it one of six new wireless licenses, and intends to discuss the matter …
The telecommunications landscape has been changing so fast lately that it has been hard to keep up with all the new technologies, the new regulations and the new spectrum allocations. …
BELMONT, Calif.-Western Multiplex Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Glenayre Technologies Inc., has received a waiver extension from the Federal Communications Commission. The waiver permits users of WMC spread spectrum …
CHARLOTTE, N.C.- Glenayre Technologies Inc. said it is working with the Chinese Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, various MPT design institutes, the Research Institute of Telecommunications Transmission and the Mobile …
NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service Inc., New York, assigned a Caa long-term rating to two outstanding debt issues of Geotek Communications Inc., Montvale, N.J. The speculative grade rating, with a stable …
WASHINGTON-Following July 30 rulings by two different U.S. appeals courts, the Federal Communications Commission’s D-, E- and F-block broadband personal communications services auctions will start Aug. 26. The application date …
Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile was the first U.S. company to roll out Code Division Multiple Access service, which was incorrectly reported in the July 22 issue of RCR.
PICKERING, Ontario, Canada-Clearnet Communications Inc. has signed a deal with Lucent Technologies Canada to buy pocket phone equipment, valued at $475 million, during the next five years using a loan …
Teletouch Communications Inc. announced it has completed its acquisition of laPAGEco of Baton Rouge, La. laPAGEco is a privately owned paging company that provides services to about 6,700 pagers on …
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and GTE Mobilnet Inc. signed an agreement to interconnect their wireless data networks. Both networks use Cellular Digital Packet Data technology and combined can provide data …
RESTON, Va.-American Mobile Satellite Corp. has appointed Gary Parsons president and chief executive officer. He will also serve on the company’s board of directors. Parsons succeeds Brian Pemberton who will …
CHICAGO-Ameritech Cellular Services is introducing Ameritech PrePaid Cellular service. Ameritech said its customers now have the ability to purchase cellular airtime on a pay-as-you-go basis with no long-term contracts, monthly …
SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Paging, a subsidiary of AirTouch Communications Inc., is offering Internet paging access to its 2.6 million customers nationwide. All AirTouch Paging customers now can receive e-mail messages sent …
While naysayers doubted that personal communications services networks could be built out in record time, the five systems now up and running prove them wrong. Western Wireless Corp. last week …
STAMFORD, Conn.- Intelligent Information Inc., which provides financial, news, weather, traffic, sports and entertainment information to wireless users, is quickly expanding its business, as reflected in several recent announcements. TCI …
NEW YORK-At a coverage cost of $7 per population equivalent-one-tenth the cost of cellular-satellite communications promise $300 million in cash flow for each 1 percent of market penetration. That is …
