Monthly Archives: November, 1997

HOLIDAYS PROMISE BIG BUCKS AND BIG RISK FOR WIRELESS CARRIERS

The holiday season is just around the corner, and wireless carriers will be looking to cash in by marketing their products and services as...

GSM ALLIANCE MARKS 1M CUSTOMER WITH FOOD BANK DONATION

SAN FRANCISCO-Personal communications services carriers using Global System for Mobile communications technology in the United States and Canada now have more than 1 million...

LMDS AUCTION DELAY

Addressing a chief concern from designated entities over upfront financing, the Federal Communications Commission has postponed the Local Multipoint Distribution Service auction until Feb....

NEVADA WIRELESS PROVIDER FIGHTS TELCO OVER INTERCONNECT ISSUES

WASHINGTON-Nevada-based wireless companies owned by Mark Edwards have been shut down due to long-standing disputes between Edwards and Nevada Bell, and now he is...

ANALYST: WIRELESS WON’T BE PRIORITY FOR WORLDCOM

Nearly one year after British Telecommunications plc and MCI Communications Corp. announced plans to merge, MCI last week terminated the agreement and accepted a...

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MAY ASK FOR AUCTION $ TO PRESERVE TV SHOWS

WASHINGTON-The Library of Congress may ask the Federal Communications Commission for a piece of the auction-revenue pie to promote a program to preserve TV...

D.C.NOTES

I wonder how many Americans fired up their cellular phones last Thursday morning to see if a call to 911 would go through. I...

SEMA STARTS BILLING VIA BUREAU SERVICE

ATLANTA-Sema Group, a systems integration, consulting and outsourcing company, launched a customer care and billing service bureau for wireless network operators in the United...

MOTOROLA TO EXTEND SICHUAN NETWORKS

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group was awarded two contracts to expand the Sichuan Posts and Telecommunications Association's analog and digital cellular phone...

SPRINT UP IN BOSTON WITH BIG HOME AREA

BOSTON-Sprint Spectrum L.P. launched its personal communications services network in Boston, offering competitive service plans like $30 per month for 300 minutes.The company said...

THAILAND TELECOM EXPERIENCE

The Personal Communications Industry Association hosted representatives from the Telephone Organization of Thailand to discuss the U.S. wireless experience, said PCIA. The delegates, who...

GOAMERICA OPENS CENTER FOR CARRIERS

HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Communications Corp. opened its wireless data service center for wireless network operators.The center provides carriers with a single source for marketing end-to-end...

TELIGENT PLANS TO CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING WITH FINANCING FEAST

NEW YORK-Teligent Inc. hopes to celebrate Thanksgiving in a major way, assuming its plans to hit the public capital markets big time before month's...

CARRIER VERIFIES 3G INTERNET ACCESS: SK TELECOM FINISHES TEST

SK Telecom Co. Ltd., South Korea's largest cellular operator, has completed test trials of third-generation services, which it expects to offer to the public...

MOTOROLA PAGERS TO RECEIVE FREE NEWS

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-InfoPower Inc., a subsidiary of Motorola Inc., introduced a free news service to be available exclusively on all Motorola Inc. alphanumeric pagers.According...

FLEX GAINS SPEED WITH RUSSIAN FIRMS

FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc.'s Messaging Systems Products Group announced that Moscow-based Complex Communications Systems Ltd. and Page-Link Technology are now licensees of Motorola's FLEX...

TELULAR CLOSES BUY OF WIRELESS DOMAIN

VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. announced it completed its acquisition of Wireless Domain Inc. in an all-stock deal.Telular previously had owned 50 percent of the...

GENERAL MAGIC NARROWS MARKET FOCUS WITH SERENGETI SERVICE

Hoping to cash in on the expected integration of wireless voice and data applications, Sunnyvale, Calif.-based General Magic Inc. has been striving to complete...

US UNWIRED IS LAUNCHED IN TEXAS AND LA.

LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired, an operating partner in C-block winner Meretel Communications, launched service in Baton Rouge and Lafayette, La., and Beaumont, Texas. The...

IRELAND’S ESAT TELECOM OPENS TO PUBLIC, TRADING STARTS AT $13

NEW YORK-Dublin, Ireland-based Esat Telecom Group plc, a minority owner of Ireland's second cellular carrier, went public Nov. 7 with an initial offering of...

ILLINOIS SUPER HAS $3 MILLION NET LOSS

MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill.-Illinois Superconductor Corp. announced a third quarter net loss of $3 million, or 58 cents per share, compared with a net loss...

NEC FORMS JOINT VENTURE WITH INDIAN FIRM

NEW YORK-NEC Corp. said it will establish a joint venture company in India with Crompton Greaves Ltd., a leading electronics and telecommunications systems maker...

SCI WINS CONTRACT FROM PUERTO RICO

IRVINE, Calif.-Subscriber Computing Inc. said it has signed a contract with Celpage, Puerto Rico's second largest telecommunications paging carrier, to provide an integrated customer...

PRICELLULAR TO BUY TENNESSEE 4 RSA

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-PriCellular Corp. announced an agreement to acquire the Tennessee 4 rural service area from Bachtel Liquidity L.P. for about $73 million.The RSA...

INVEST IN FINLAND TARGETS INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS

NEW YORK-Nokia Corp. arguably is the only Finland-based company that is synonymous in the United States with telecommunications. But the Invest in Finland Bureau,...
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