BROWSING: Radio Shack
TRACFONE AVAILABLE AT RADIO SHACKS
MIAMI-TracFone, a prepaid cellular phone and airtime service marketed by Topp Telecom Inc., will be available in the New York metropolitan area and throughout Southern California at area Radio Shack outlets.Cellular service for the pay-as-you-go phone is provided by Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile for...
MORE CONSOLIDATION YET TO COME IN SHRINKING PAGING INDUSTRY?
NEW YORK-When it comes to further consolidation in paging, the industry in the United States has taken a deep breath and is waiting to exhale.During 1995 and early 1996, the paging industry underwent rapid consolidation. "Public stock prices have been off considerably over the...
RETAILERS SIGN UP FOR AERIAL HANDSETS
CHICAGO-Aerial Communications Inc. signed handset distribution agreements with Montgomery Wards Electric Avenue, Ritz Camera and Sears Brand Central.Other retailers carrying Aerial products and services include Best Buy, Circuit City, Office Depot, Office Max, Radio Shack and Staples. Aerial said its personal communications services products...
FIVE-PERSON COMPANY IS BRAINS BEHIND MAJOR PAGING SOFTWARE
In three years, SilverLake Communications Inc. has pushed itself into the forefront of the paging software market.Last year, the privately held Calabasas, Calif., company won a contract to provide its software to Paging Network Inc., defeating 25 other companies, that bid on the project,...
FCC ESTABLISHES 2-WAY FAMILY RADIO
WASHINGTON-After a two-year process, the Federal Communications Commission established the Family Radio Service, a short-range two-way consumer system first proposed by the Radio Shack division of Ft. Worth, Texas-based Tandy Corp.According to the commission, the service will provide an "affordable and convenient means" for...
SPRINT SPECTRUM PCS PREMIERE GARNERS EARLY, WARM RECEPTION
WASHINGTON-Stores are crowded. Literature is disappearing. Customer service is forced to beef up. Product is in short supply. The holidays are around the corner. Overwhelming success is a double-edged sword.But it is this sword that Sprint Spectrum, the personal communications service joint venture between...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
The Intercarrier Service Bureau of GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. and Radio Shack have teamed up to offer consumers out-of-market cellular network activation, GTE announced. Retail stores previously have only activated cellular phones for customers living within the store's market area. Radio Shack customers buying...