Paging operators have different ideas about what will be the killer application that attracts paging customers to two-way service. But they do agree about a few things: Paging customers want …
SkyTel Corp. said it expects to have radio and software glitches worked out of its SkyTel 2-Way network in the next few months. While the service has been operating well …
BALA CYNWYD, Pa.-The Associated Group Inc. and Comcast Cellular Communications Inc. announced they will launch a trial this summer in New Jersey of the TruePosition Cellular Location System. The service …
TULSA, Okla.-SpaceCom Systems has formed an alliance with Redsat S.A. of Mexico and TeleComm de Mexico to market its FM Cubed satellite transmission technology and equipment in Mexico, Central America, …
SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Paging, a subsidiary of AirTouch Communications, said it has begun service in Albuquerque, N.M., and its surrounding communities. “Albuquerque is a key market for us because of its …
Samsung Electronics Co. has committed $25.8 million to manufacture prototype Code Division Multiple Access equipment for PCS, illustrating confidence that its PCS partnership will win a license for personal communications …
Samsung said it created many of its own parts for its CDMA equipment. The company has invested $390 million into telecom research and development this year. A total of 34 …
NEW YORK-Rogers Cantel Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications Inc., sold an $800 million debt issue May 22 to refinance at lower rates outstanding indebtedness that …
SKOKIE, Ill.-U.S. Robotics is entering the wireless data communications infrastructure market with its new Wireless Access System for the company’s Total Control Enterprise Network Hub high-speed access platform. The platform …
The paging industry is undergoing a major regulatory overhaul. The question is why? As the most competitive sector of the wireless telecommunications industry, it is not clear whether sweeping changes …
WASHINGTON – C-block personal communications services auction winner BD-PCS Inc. has several legal channels open to it before it is forced to give up the 17 markets it won at …
Jim Wolfinger, president and chief executive officer of Phoenix-based Choice Cellular, has been named president of the National Wireless Resellers Association. Wolfinger will serve a two-year term as president. Russ …
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The Personal Communications Industry Association has elected William L. Collins III chairman of its board of directors. Collins is president and chief executive officer of Metrocall. “Bill …
NEW YORK-The numbers vary depending on the source, but there is unanimity about the trends unfolding in the nation’s paging sector during the past year: subscriber growth, consolidation in the …
WASHINGTON-The best near-term opportunities for cellular and personal communications services carriers to sell data services are in the utilities and transportation industries, according to a new study from Economic and …
Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it has been awarded a $107 million contract by Escotel to build and maintain a Global System for Mobile communications network covering India’s Haryana, Uttar Pradesh …
NEW YORK-Western Wireless Corp. went public May 22 with an 11 million share common stock offering priced at $23.50 each. At the same time, the company sold a 10-year, $150 …
NextWave Telecom Inc., parent company of top C-block personal communications services license-winner NextWave Personal Communications, completed May 6 at $290 million private placement. The underwriter was ING Barings. Details of …
Motorola Inc. has been contracted to build a Global System for Mobile communications network in the Czech Republic for operator Radiomobil. The deal is valued at $100 million. The network …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. announced it has successfully completed two additional rural field tests of its ultra-low-noise receiver subsystem for cellular base stations. The Conductus subsystem is designed to provide enhanced …
