Monthly Archives: May, 1997

FCC URGED TO REJECT SBC'S APPLICATION

WASHINGTON-The paging industry urged the Federal Communications Commission last week to reject SBC Communications Inc.'s application to enter the long distance market, citing failure...

SOMERS IS SELECTED AS NEW AT&T CFO

WAYNE, N.J.-AT&T Corp. appointed Daniel Somers chief financial officer to replace Richard Miller, who left the company last month. Most recently, Somers was chairman...

NOKIA PREMIERES SMART MESSAGING

IRVING, Texas-Nokia Mobile Phones introduced a service that allows direct Internet access from standard Global System for Mobile communications cellular phones."The main idea behind...

SCI, BULL-INTEGRIS INK MARKETING DEAL

IRVINE, Calif.-Subscriber Computing Inc. signed an international marketing agreement with Bull-Integris Telecommunications to jointly market SCI's fraud control, prepaid billing, credit monitoring and switch...

CELLSTAR PREMIERES CUSTOMER INTERFACE

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. and InfoCellular Inc. introduced a customer acquisition and inventory fulfillment product.The interface provides one application for customer qualification, fulfillment and activations,...

CENTENNIAL P.R FINISHES FINANCING

NEW CANAAN, Conn.-Centennial Cellular Corp.'s subsidiary Centennial Puerto Rico Wireless Corp. completed a long-term bank credit agreement.The $130 million financing arranged by Citibank N.A....

INDUSTRY LEVERAGES INTERNET PROTO COLS TO GIVE MOBILE DATA A BOOST: CDPD NETWORKS EXPAND COVERAGE AREAS

More than a year after the Internet burst into the wireless space, the big story in mobile data continues to be how the industry...

D&B ASSIGNS B RATING TO NEXTEL NOTES

CHICAGO-Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. assigned a `B' rating to the senior discount notes of Nextel Communications Inc. The rating also applies to...

TAUZIN URGES THE INDUSTRY TO RECRUIT AND NURTURE SENIOR CITIZENS

WASHINGTON-Somewhere in southern Louisiana, Mama Tauzin lives alone, and her son, the congressman, worries about her. He wants to buy her a wireless device...

MOTOROLA INC. EXECUTIVES REARRANGE TOP POSITIONS

An executive shuffle is taking place at Motorola Inc.In the company's annual report for 1996, Hector Ruiz is titled executive vice president of Motorola...

MTEL 1ST QUARTER RESULTS SHOW SMALLER LOSSES THAN LAST YEAR

NEW YORK-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp., Jackson, Miss., reported first quarter results showing increases in revenues and operating cash flow, with continuing but lessening losses...

NEXTWAVE, LCC COME TO TERMS

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. and engineering provider LCC International Inc. have concluded negotiations revolving around the C-block winner's default of a March 31 payment for...

NOKIA PHONE GROUP LEADS SALES GROWTH

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. reported net sales for the first quarter ended March 31 of $2.2 billion, 43 percent more than first quarter 1996 net...

NORTEL PLACES BULK OF PCS FINANCING

DALLAS-Northern Telecom Inc. said it placed more than 80 percent of its customer financing commitments to North American personal communications services operators with a...

TYNANGROUP GROWS ALONG EAST COAST

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-TynanGroup Inc., a national project planning and management firm, expanded its East Coast operations with a new facility in Greenwich, Conn. The...

U S WEST SHIFTS ITS FOCUS TO CABLE

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-U S West Media Group said it began shifting its focus to cable networks during the first quarter, even as its domestic wireless...

EX PCS PLAYER BLAIMS LOST LICENSES ON U S WEST

BDPCS Inc. last week filed a lawsuit in a Colorado court against U S West Inc., claiming U S West's last-minute refusal to loan...

BLUE RIDGE BUYS CHEROKEE WIRELESS

GREENSBORO, N.C.-Blue Ridge Investors L.P. completed a management-led buyout of Cherokee Wireless Services Inc., which provides program and contract management services for tower and...

BOCA RATON TOWERS UNDER CITY SCRUTINY

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Cellular towers constructed on the property of schools in Boca Raton, Fla. are receiving increased scrutiny by city officials.The Palm Beach County...
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