The top three executives of Metrocall Inc. convened a teleconference for journalists, analysts and stockholders Jan. 3 that they said was intended largely to dispel widespread rumors of a top-level …
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.-MobileMedia Corp. completed the acquisition of BellSouth Corp.’s MobileComm paging subsidiary and its nationwide narrowband personal communications services license. MobileMedia said it paid about $930 million. The company …
Even though the personal communications services auctions are designed to make money for the government, some entrepreneurs are finding their own ways to financially benefit from the auctions-by packaging auction …
WASHINGTON-With the new year only days old, industry associations here are gearing up to continue old negotiations with the Federal Communications Commission and to begin new ones. According to Alan …
“The ease with which such programming can be accomplished and the enormous capacity to store different stolen combinations poses a substantial threat to law enforcement and the cellular telecommunications industry.”-The …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has denied Qualcomm Inc.’s petition for reconsideration of the commission’s second Report and Order concerning pioneer’s preference rules. The commission did, however, grant Celsat America Inc.’s …
The worldwide market for wireless online transaction terminals and systems is forecast to grow from $487 million in 1995 to $1.9 billion by 1999, with wireless partially displacing wireline for …
NEW YORK-PriCellular Corp. announced it has entered into an agreement with U.S. Cellular Corp. to acquire the New York-6 rural service area consisting of about 111,000 pops in Greene and …
WASHINGTON-The Overseas Private Investment Corp. announced $423 million of support for three telecommunications projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The projects are a wireless public telephone system in Tanzania, …
I greet you this New Year with praise of gridlock. While many people are downcast about the chaos accompanying balanced budget and telecommunications reform bills, I find comfort in the …
TAMPA, Fla.-Nokia Corp. has announced a new version of its Nokia 232 cellular phone that enables the phone to operate on a Narrowband Advanced Mobile Phone Service network. The company …
WASHINGTON-Letters exchanged between lawyers for the Baltimore Mass Transit Administration and Bethesda, Md.-based American Personal Communications apparently have addressed all problems related to two interference incidents in Baltimore, including any …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-APAC Telecommunications Corp. and its joint venture partner, Kaili Oil and Gas Co., will install a mobile telephone system in Kaili City in the Chinese province of Guizhou, …
RICHARDSON, Texas-Alcatel Network Systems announced it has signed a master purchase agreement with the Sprint Telecommunications Venture and received its first purchase order from Pacific Bell Mobile Services related to …
Three international consortia met the Jan. 3 deadline to apply for one of two Global System for Mobile communications cellular licenses the Polish Communications Ministry plans to award this spring. …
Telecommunications experience, a plan to charge low fees and a promise of $400 million won Oe-Call a Global System for Mobile communications digital cellular license in Austria, according to Waltraud …
BRUSSELS-The European Commission has agreed to step up liberalization by two years and end state monopolies over mobile communications before the 1998 deadline. The decision to move the deadline up …
Dear President Clinton, Majority Leader Dole and Speaker Gingrich, As the country enters Week Three of budget-related furloughs, I think the American public has figured out that “essential government personnel” …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Motorola INc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group and Xi ‘an Datang Telephone Co. have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly provide cellular and wireless local loop base …
