November 1997

The holiday season is just around the corner, and wireless carriers will be looking to cash in by marketing their products and services as gifts to consumers enjoying a strong …

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 customers. “Thirteen PCS companies provide commercial …

Addressing a chief concern from designated entities over upfront financing, the Federal Communications Commission has postponed the Local Multipoint Distribution Service auction until Feb. 18. The FCC said it delayed …

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 planning to go to court-and to …

Nearly one year after British Telecommunications plc and MCI Communications Corp. announced plans to merge, MCI last week terminated the agreement and accepted a $37 billion stock offer to merge …

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 videos. The Library of Congress in …

I wonder how many Americans fired up their cellular phones last Thursday morning to see if a call to 911 would go through. I know I did. If ABC’s Nov. …

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 States. The system provides pay-as-you-go service …

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 systems in China’s Sichuan province. The …

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 it also designed home service …

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 were visiting the United States in …

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 wireless data solutions over their …

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 end are realized. The Vienna, Va., …

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 at the 2002 World Cup in …

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 to InfoPower, owners of Motorola …

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 protocol for one-way paging. This follows …

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 cellular radio development firm. Wireless …

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 a service that will do just …

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 basic trading areas launched cover more …

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 6 million American Depository Shares, priced …

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 of $3.2 million, or 70 cents …

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 there. The new company, NEC CG …

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 management and billing system, Communications Resource …

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 is adjacent to three cities, …

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, Helsinki, is working to change that …