Wireless Services

NEW YORK-Venture capitalists invested more than $160 million in 30 wireless industry companies during the second quarter, according to a survey by Price Waterhouse Technology Industry Group, Dallas. Overall, venture-backed investments jumped by nearly a third compared with the same …

Cellular phones seem to have pervaded the lives of Americans just like baseball, hot dogs and apple pie. The Cellular One Group said it set out several months ago to find intriguing and funny stories involving cellular phones by sponsoring …

SAN FRANCISCO-Cellular One in San Francisco, a partnership of AirTouch Communications Inc. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc., announced it is adding its own cellular long-distance service. Cellular One said customers now can receive all of their cellular charges, local air …

The wireless division of WorldCom Inc. aspires to be present in all major U.S. markets, indicating that the nation’s fourth largest long-distance company seeks to be the country’s fourth most powerful telecommunications company as well. Wireless service has been added …

After several broken engagements, MCI Communications Corp. thinks it has finally found a partner it can commit to long-term for wireless service, NextWave Telecom Inc. Although MCI has been down this road before, this time I think the company may …

Licensees of narrowband personal communications services report their development, testing and introduction plans for two-way messaging services are right on schedule. But Ian Gillott, manager of wireless research for IDC/Link Resources, suggests carriers have shifted to more conservative time schedules. …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Information Services Inc. has named Jeffrey Fox president and William Cravens chairman. Fox most recently served as senior vice president of business development and Cravens previously served as vice chairman and chief operating officer. Prior to joining …

Metro One Telecommunications Inc. opened trading on the Nasdaq National Market at $8.50 per share in its initial public offering of 2.4 million shares of common stock, of which the company is selling about 1.68 million shares and existing shareholders …

To the Editor: I am writing to clarify the law applicable to state and local regulation of personal wireless service providers, as discussed by Susan H.R. Jones in her article titled, “Who is in charge here?” in the Aug. 5 …

ATLANTA-MCI Communications Corp. began offering cellular service in Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston on Wednesday, bringing its coverage footprint up to one-third of the U.S. population. The company is expected to announce a new, billion-dollar alliance today, possibly with a U.S. …

WASHINGTON-Democrats will meet this week in Chicago to launch President Clinton’s re-election campaign and try to take away the bounce that the Republican national conventional gave to the Dole-Kemp ticket earlier this month. Both major political parties are playing to …

CHICAGO-CenterPoint Properties Corp., a publicly traded real estate investment trust, announced it has reached an agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to grant the cellular company a master lease covering more than 70 of CenterPoint’s industrial properties. The sites are …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has acquired the Little Rock, Ark., and Memphis, Tenn., 1900 MHz personal communications services licenses from SBC Communications Inc. In addition to acquiring the two major trading area licenses, AT&T said it also will gain control …

NEW YORK-In Latin American countries, “where completion of a phone call is cause for celebration in some cases,” rising gross domestic product signals increasing financing demands for wireless communications infrastructure buildout. “GDP and demographics look good; there is a correlation …

Sprint Spectrum L.P. said it is facing the same problem in Oregon experienced by its personal communications services competitor, Western Wireless Corp.-an attempt by the state to tax its personal communications services license. “This tax puts PCS operators at a …

Preferred Networks Inc. said it has signed an agreement with NationsBank for a $20 million revolving credit facility. The money will be used primarily to finance the acquisition of paging networks and capital expenditures for the company’s nationwide network construction, …

NEW YORK-The establishment of Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Commission by Aug. 10 heralds the advent of significant new foreign ownership opportunities south of the border for wireless services companies. “Joint auctions for personal communications services and local wireless access are contemplated …

Lucent Technologies Inc. said it doesn’t expect to renew its original equipment manufacturer contracts with Nokia Mobile Phones and Oki telecom at the end of the year when the agreements expire. Lucent said it is making good progress on establishing …

3607 Communications Co. launched its Code Division Multiple Access digital cellular phone network in Las Vegas and is offering the service to new and existing customers. The system, which covers 85 percent of the company’s analog traffic areas, will allow …

Gearing up for the influx in demand for customer care and billing, Cincinnati Bell Information Systems Inc. and American Management Systems announced the expansion of their businesses. CBIS said it has opened a data center in Orlando, Fla., that will …

Comsat RSI Mark Antennas signed agreements with several contractors to supply antennas for Sprint Spectrum L.P.’s personal communications services network. The contractors include Black & Veatch and MFS Network Technologies, said Comsat. Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile has signed intercarrier agreements …

Gearing up for the influx in demand for customer care and billing, Cincinnati Bell Information Systems Inc. and American Management Systems announced the expansion of their businesses. CBIS said it has opened a data center in Orlando, Fla., that will …

WASHINGTON-With less than a ringing endorsement from two commissioners, the Federal Communications Commission last week adopted hybrid radiofrequency exposure guidelines that may violate a new law regarding technical standards used by government agencies. The new RF guidelines are stricter than …

Hong Kong’s dominant cellular operator Hongkong Telecom said it deeply regrets that the government failed to award it one of six new wireless licenses, and intends to discuss the matter with Hong Kong officials. Fourteen companies bid for the 10-year …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and GTE Mobilnet Inc. signed an agreement to interconnect their wireless data networks. Both networks use Cellular Digital Packet Data technology and combined can provide data service to more than 65 million potential customers in 34 …