ProNet Inc. signed letters of intent to acquire four paging operations for a combined purchase price of $20.2 million. ProNet said it plans to acquire Williams Metro Communications Corp. and …
RIDGELAND, Miss.-MobileComm, the paging subsidiary of BellSouth Corp., and ReadyCom Inc. have entered an agreement whereby MobileComm plans to offer ReadyTalk service in its markets. ReadyTalk, conceived by Chapel Hill, …
WASHINGTON-Congress’ desire to raise $14 billion over the next seven years from expanded spectrum auctions has turned into a fierce debate about whether that goal can be attained without auctioning …
SAN DIEGO- Qualcomm Inc. announced that Amtrak signed a contract to purchase 80 OmniTracs mobile satellite communications units. The systems will be used aboard about half of the rail company’s …
Tonawanda, N.Y.-based Sinclabs, a division of Sinclair Technologies, announced its Excelsior antenna line, which consists of low band, 1/4 wave, 220 MHz, wideband UHF/VHF, cellular trunking, no ground plane and …
PCS PrimeCo L.P. has chosen AT&T Network Systems Inc. and Motorola Inc. to be equipment manufacturers for its nationwide personal communications services network. AT&T and Motorola will split the contract …
WASHINGTON, D.C.-A committee under the Industry Carriers Compatibility Forum submitted to federal authorities a plan for providing personal communications services users with number portability. The Industry Numbering Committee’s proposal would …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Pilipino Telephone Corp. awarded Motorola Inc.’s International Cellular Infrastructure Division a $270 million contract to expand and enhance its Mobiline cellular phone system, said Motorola. The initial phase …
Kathy Maloney has been named director of the New Product and Service Development Lab at BellSouth Cellular Corp. Maloney previously was with IBM Corp. for more than 20 years, most …
DALLAS-Northern Telecom Ltd. received a contract valued at $3.7 billion from Uzdunrobita, a joint venture between ICG Inc. of Perry, Ga., and the Uzbekistan Ministry of Communications-of the Uzbekistan republic …
U.S. telecom companies have the chance to buy into one of Indonesia’s cellular operators, PT Telkomsel, which is seeking a strategic partner to help combat the $586 million investment Deutsche …
WASHINGTON – The structure of the wireless telecommunications industry will be in a constant state of flux for the near future due to evolving regulatory, technological and economic changes, according …
I hereby nominate NBC President Robert Wright official spokesman of the cellular telephone industry. That’s right, the same Bob Wright who warned lawmakers on the Senate Commerce Committee last week …
RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Nextel Communications Inc. has activated its digital specialized mobile radio service in the Baltimore/Washington, D.C., market. “It is always exciting to begin service in a new market, …
Reflection Technology Inc. said it has increased staffing in its engineering, marketing, finance and sales departments by 25 percent in anticipation of shipping its FaxView personal facsimile reader in this …
WASHINGTON – MCI Communications Corp. filed with the Federal Communications Commission protesting a proposed investment by France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom AG in rival telecommunications provider Sprint Corp. until French …
Reversing an earlier stance, South Korea is trying to deter infighting among some of its industrial heavyweights by awarding a single personal communications services license to a consortium that includes …
Olivetti SpA and Northern Telecom Ltd. have formed a joint venture to distribute and service Nortel telecommunications products in Italy. As part of the agreement, Nortel has acquired 49 percent …
WASHINGTON-The GOP-led Congress this fall will tackle landmark budget and telecommunications bills as part of a legislative agenda so sweeping and historic in scope that the outcome may well determine …
Incidents of cloning fraud and associated revenue loss have dropped more than 80 percent in Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile’s cellular markets since the company started aggressively using personal identification numbers …
