Robert Croft has been named president of AT&T Wireless Services’ Messaging Division. Croft will be responsible for the strategic direction and management of AT&T’s current one-way messaging business as well …
Magnavox Electronic Systems Co. added the MX4040 lightweight briefcase satellite telephone to its line of MAGNAPhone satellite communications systems. Magnavox said the MX4040 is a type-approved International Mobile Satellite Organization …
ATLANTA-William E. Pallone has been appointed vice president, market deployment for GTE Mobilnet’s broadband personal communications services. According to GTE Mobilnet, Pallone led GTE’s broadband PCS auction team resulting in …
ATLANTA-GTE Corp. increased its cellular market presence by completing the acquisition of Contel Cellular Inc. and effecting a transition of all operations into the GTE Mobilnet unit. GTE purchased 90 …
ATLANTA-GTE Personal Communications Services has become a 4.5 percent partner in Japan-based Digital TU-KA Tohoku Co. Ltd., which plans to begin operating a 1.5 GHz digital cellular system by 1997 …
The multitude of items an engineer needs to consider during the communication system design phase is becoming more and more complicated. Properly designed communication sites, particularly cellular and personal communications …
RUTHERFORD, N.J.-Nextel Communications Inc. reported revenues of $37.1 million for the quarter ended March 31-95 percent higher than its revenues of $19 million for the first quarter of last year. …
Nokia Telecommunications Inc. said it signed a 10-year supply agreement with GO Communications Corp., with the first three years calling for an estimated $200 million in base station systems for …
ANCHORAGE, Alaska-Cook Inlet Region Inc. of Alaska has formed a limited partnership with BellSouth Corp. to pursue personal communications services licenses in the upcoming designated-entity auction. Cook Inlet Region, which …
The resignation of two Comcast Corp. representatives from Nextel Communications Inc.’s board of directors and Comcast’s request to register its Nextel stock for sale are part of a shift from …
Industry executive Chuck Parrish last month announced his resignation as general manager of GTE Corp.’s mobile data services, a part of GTE Mobilnet, in order to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities in …
Imagine needing to install a different type of electrical outlet to plug in your toaster, stereo and each lamp you own. Sounds crazy doesn’t it? Until recently, many cellular phone …
NEW YORK-Cellular Communications International Inc. obtained a commitment from DLJ Bridge Finance Inc. to purchase up to $80 million in the aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes. The money …
6-8 Mobile World Conference and Exposition, by Digital Consulting Inc. Infomart, Dallas. For information call (508) 470-3880. 6-9 Next Generation Networks ComForum and TecForums, by International Engineering Consortium. Ramada Inn, …
EDS Personal Communications announced a four-year agreement of provide a wireless billing consolidation system to McCaw Cellular Communications Inc. for the company’s National Acocounts Services group. The system will allow …
DENVER-An entrepreneur of cellular and personal communications services, J. Shelby Bryan was named chief executive officer of Denver-based IntelCom Group Inc., a teleport and local competitive access provider. William Becker, …
WASHINGTON-Thomas J. Bliley Jr. never strayed far from home, which for the powerful Republican chairman of the House Commerce Committee is historic Richmond, Va., where the tobacco industry, statues of …
WASHINGTON-The wireless telecommunications industry is finding out once again about the wondrous ways and means of lawmakers and lobbyists, and the institution they share-Congress. Every day is a new day …
Late last month, Paging Network Inc. passed the 5 million subscriber mark, yet another milestone for a company that seems unstoppable. The nation’s leading paging provider has a subscriber base …
SAN FRANCISCO-Personal communications services customers of Pacific Bell Mobile Services and Omnipoint Corp. in California and New York, respectively, will be able to access the services and convenience they receive …
