Monthly Archives: November, 1997

SANDLER CAPITAL BUYS PRICE STAKE

NEW YORK-Sandler Capital Management purchased 750,000 shares of Price Communications Corp. in a private transaction during October, announced Price Communications."Harvey Sandler is a successful...

INDUSTRY CAMPAIGNS SING WIRELESS PRAISES

WASHINGTON-After months of being publicly pounded on antenna siting, health concerns, unsafe cell phone drivers and blocked E-911 calls, the wireless industry is responding...

LET’S TALK CELLULAR PREPARES TO GO PUBLIC TO FUEL EXPANSION PLANS

NEW YORK-Let's Talk Cellular and Wireless Inc., Miami, was scheduled to go public Nov. 21, raising funds to fuel its construction of new stores...

COMPUTER CITY TO CARRY AERIAL PRODUCTS

CHICAGO-Computer City, one of North America's largest computer retailers, signed a distribution agreement with Aerial Communications to market the company's voice, data and fax...

NACT TO SELL ACULAB GROOMER DEVICE

PROVO, Utah-Nact Telecommunications Inc., a provider of telecom applications switching systems, announced it will resell theAculab Groomer Integrated Access Device with its STX tandem...

USCI HAS NET LOSS, AMERITEL USERS UP

NORCROSS, Ga.-USCI Inc. reported a net loss of $5.3 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, despite increased revenues and performance by its...

FINLAND REACHES 40% PENETRATION

HELSINKI, Finland-Cellular penetration rates recently reached 40 percent in Finland, according to Mikael Akermarck, senior researcher with the Finnish Ministry of Transport.The increased demand...

METROMEDIA WINS KAZAKHSTAN DEAL

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.-Metromedia International Group Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary, Metromedia International Telecommunications Inc., announced that Instaphone, the company's joint venture in Kazakhstan,...

PCS ONE KICKS OFF IN PENNSYLVANIA

LANCASTER, Pa.-PCS One, a joint venture of D&E Communications and Omnipoint Corp., launched personal communications services in Central Pennsylvania, which the operator said is...

WIRELESS INC. TO RESELL INNOVA RADIOS

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Wireless Inc. announced a strategic partnership with Innova Corp. to distribute private label digital microwave products worldwide.The company said the agreement will...

AERIAL’S GSM IS UP IN ORLANDO, FLA.

CHICAGO-Aerial Communications Inc. announced it launched its Global System for Mobile communications personal communications services network in Orlando, Fla., essentially completing the bulk of...

D.C. NOTES

More bad news for the wireless telecom industry on the RF front. The Communications Workers of America is throwing its full weight behind an...

WILDFIRE TAKES NEXT STEP, INTEGRATING THE ASSISTANT TO THE OFFICE

While it may feel cathartic at times, screaming at your computer monitor in blind rage rarely does much in terms of actual productivity. The...

PAGEMART EXECS SHIFT TO FOCUS ON NARROWBAND

DALLAS-In a move the company said would better position it for future competition, PageMart Wireless Inc. announced a reorganization in its executive management structure...

CACTUS TACKLES PRICKLY PRICE-SENSITIVE NETWORK BUILDOUT ISSUES

A Denver-based company has caught the attention of price-sensitive mobile phone carriers as well as some big manufacturers.Cactus Integration Group, incorporated Aug. 1, provides...

EGYPTIAN CARRIER PREPARES FOR IPO

NEW YORK-A 30-percent stake in Egyptian Mobile Telephone Co., the federally run wireless carrier, is expected to be offered later this month in an...

FIRM’S PREPAID HANDSET BYPASSES CELLULAR CARRIER: CONTROL TAKES PLACE IN UNIT

St. Paul, Minn.-based Tele digital Development Inc. has introduced a system that allows cellular phone service resellers and other providers to control the cost...

CELLULAR ONE-4-U PREPAID PROGRAM BILLED AT FLAT RATE

MADISON, Wis.-Cellular One of Wisconsin and Northern Illinois recently introduced Cellular ONE-4-U, a prepaid wireless service that allows consumers to purchase airtime without a...

CONDUCTUS SECURES SUBSYSTEM ORDERS

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. announced it has received commitments from two cellular operators to deploy its multiple ClearSite receiver subsystems in the carriers' base stations.Conductus...

ERICSSON GROWS CYPRUS SYSTEM

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a framework agreement, estimated at $24 million, with the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA) to expand its Global System for Mobile...

ODETICS WINS $3M IN ORDERS FROM LG

ANAHEIM, Calif.-Odetics Telecom announced it has received more than $3 million in orders for its K-Star II and PCS-GPS wireless synchronization systems from LG...

RAM AND MICROSOFT DESIGN HELP CD

WOOD BRIDGE, N.J.-Ram Mobile Data USA L.P. announced it will join with Microsoft Corp. to familiarize programmers with applications development for the Windows CE...

NEW FCC COMMISSIONERS ARE MUM ON PENDING WIRELESS ISSUES

WASHINGTON-Two new Federal Communications Commissioners are playing their cards close to the vest regarding their regulatory leanings during this honeymoon period of their tenure.Democrat...

WOLFETECH TEAMS WITH NETTECH ON RF

PRINCETON, N.J.-WolfeTech Corp. announced it has embedded Nettech Systems' Instant RF middleware in the Pocket Genie Internet access service to provide on-demand information to...

WORLD LAUNCHES WINCOM MODEM

HAZLET, N.J.-World Communication Group Inc. announced the launch of its WinCom synchronous, wireless spread spectrum modem for multibrand multiplexer applications.The modem incorporates one-to-one multiple...
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