CINCINNATI-Despite soaring revenue and subscriber growth, USA Mobile Communications Inc. reported a sharp decline in net income for the second quarter, ended June 30, because of increases in depreciation and …
Convergence shows its colors as cable TV provider Cox Communications Inc. charts its course into next-generation wireless telephony, underscored by its announcement last month of plans to use Code Division …
WAYNE, Pa.-Comcast Cellular Communications Inc. is conducting a trial of the intelligent Personal Assistant service, which delivers calls to many locations using the subscriber’s existing cellular phone number. “This is …
Sprint Telecommunications Venture-which plans to operate next-generation mobile phone service across much of the nation-is keeping to its cable roots by selecting Code Division Multiple Access technology as the foundation …
BellSouth Wireless Inc. unveiled a new cellular technology application called Cellemetry, which makes it possible to send short data messages over existing cellular networks. Currently undergoing system trials, applications for …
Marking the first phase in licensing personal communications services in Canada, 18 consortia said they are interested in offering next-generation wireless services. Parties that wanted to participate in the licensing …
SALT LAKE CITY-U S West Cellular announced customers in Utah beginning today have access to Caller Pays service. Callers using the service will be billed 45 cents per minute on …
CommNet Cellular Inc. said it has successfully concluded its call for redemption of its 6.75 percent convertible subordinated debentures. Of $74.7 million aggregate principal amount of the debentures outstanding, $41.9 …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission and Omnipoint Corp. appeared to be close to negotiating a deal late last week on how to prevent big companies from taking illegal control of bidders …
AT&T Corp. took another giant step into wireless competition with the confidence of an experienced player holding a royal flush-primed with a fat distribution channel, a database brimming with customer …
AT&T Network Systems Inc. said it intends to buy some of Philips Electronics’ assets in a deal that would grant AT&T access to Global System for Mobile communications-based cellular equipment, …
NASHVILLE, Tenn.-Network USA Paging Corp. signed a letter of intent to buy Page East Inc. of North Carolina for $10.9 million. The agreement includes the right to acquire the paging …
SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Paging began service in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C., region and turned on service in several mid-Atlantic cities, including Wilmington, Del., York, Pa., and Charlottesville, Norfolk and Richmond, Va. With …
WASHINGTON-The United States and Japan will resume talks this fall in hopes of heading off a full-blown trade dispute concerning foreign access to Japan’s booming next-generation pocket telephone business, which …
San Diego-Westlink Paging Inc. announced completing its acquisition of Telecomm Systems Inc., a Eugene, Ore., paging company. The purchase forms the nation’s largest privately owned paging company in terms of …
The cellular industry is getting ready to enter its teen years and-just like human counterparts-is expected to be affected by growing pains, although they’re more likely to be technological than …
FORT LEE, N.J.-Tri-State Radio Co. announced deployment of Motorola Inc.’s FLEX high speed paging protocol on its East Coast and West Coast regional paging networks. “The rapid growth of our …
KAZAN, Republic of Tatarstan-Hughes Network Systems has installed a digital fixed wireless phone system in the Republic of Tatarstan valued at $48 million. It will initially serve Tatarstan’s capital city …
MIAMI-The Systems Consulting Group of Miami announced it was selected by the Wireless Data Division of AT&T Corp.’s McCaw Cellular Communications unit as the first systems integrator in the country …
SAN MATEO, Calif.-RadioMail Corp. has reduced usage fees for its two-way wireless messaging and information service operating on RAM Mobile Data USA L.P.’s network. RadioMail service is now available for …
