WASHINGTON-The government is expected to begin collecting subsidies from all eligible telecommunications providers this week for the universal service fund.The Federal Communications Commission recently...
NEW YORK-Intek Diversified Corp., a Princeton, N.J.-based wireless carrier and equipment manufacturer, announced Dec. 22 the terms of an agreement to issue a new...
NEW YORK-Compania de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A., a multiservice telecommunications company, announced it will purchase from VTR S.A. the 45-percent stake it doesn't already...
Editor's Note: In a year where the largest stories of the wireless industry were about personal communications services carriers besieged with financial and other problems,...
NEW YORK-Wireless prepaid services will provide $1 billion in revenues to American carriers this year, double that amount next year and quadruple the figure...
FORT WORTH, Texas-Uniden America Corp. promoted Al Silverberg from vice president of sales to president of the company. As president, he will oversee the...
MONTREAL-Bell Canada International Inc. announced that its Taiwanese consortium, KG Telecom, launched personal communications services in the northern region of Taiwan.KG Telecom is the...
Canadian mobile phone operators are hoping the holiday season will help them rebound from lagging subscriber additions and falling stock prices."The third quarter was...
CALABASAS, Calif.-Iridium North America named Skysite Communications Corp., a subsidiary of U.S. Digital Communications, its North American distributor for the new Iridium satellite-based global...
Pathnet Inc. signed an agreement with Northeast Missouri Electric Power Cooperative to help upgrade the utility company's existing internal communications network. Under the agreement,...
SAN FRANCISCO-The California Public Utilities Commission recently approved an $800,000 settlement between its Consumer Services Division and GTE Mobilnet Inc. to end its investigation...
WASHINGTON-Comments regarding the Federal Communications Commission's notice of proposed rule making on the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act have one thing in common-moving...
LINCOLN, Neb.-Aliant Communications said it entered a definitive agreement to acquire 3607 Communications Co.'s 50-percent interest in Omaha Cellular G.P.Following the close of the...
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. recently announced the expansion of its prepaid operations with the completion of an equity investment in Topp Telecom Inc.Topp's prepaid phones,...
A Nov. 24 article in RCR that profiled Cactus Integration Group incorrectly stated the company's relationship with Lucent Technologies Inc. and erroneously characterized Lucent's...
CHICAGO-SourceOne Wireless Inc. recently announced the purchase of Areawide Cellular, a cellular and paging retail operation with 29 locations in the Chicago area. The...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced that paging customers using WolfeTech Corp.'s PocketGenie Internet access software will be able to receive driving directions on...
OTTAWA-Northern Telecom Singapore Pte. Ltd., the Philippines Communications Satellite Corp. and its subsidiary, CALL Telecoms, have signed a memorandum of understanding to roll out...
Qualcomm Inc. field technician Richard Bliss, who had been detained in Rostov, Russia, since his arrest Nov. 25 for spying, reportedly was released to...
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint last week announced the availability of the Nokia 9000i Communicator in its retail stores.The digital handset allows users to browse the...
WASHINGTON-Down payments for newly won 800 MHz specialized mobile radio licenses are due at Pittsburgh's Mellon Bank tomorrow. Nextel Communications Inc. said it plans...
WILMINGTON, MASS.-INFONXX, an enhanced directory assistance service provider, deployed Priority Call Management's Oryx platform in a dozen sites nationwide, supporting three call centers.INFONXX offers...
