Yearly Archives: 1997

SOURCEONE BUYS AREAWIDE CELLULAR

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...

SKYSITE TO MARKET IRIDIUM SERVICES

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...

SPRINT PCS OFFERS WEB INFORMATION

IRVINE, Calif.-Southern California personal communications services consumers now can review Sprint PCS price plans, coverage maps, handset prices and features, and make purchases on...

CALEA DEADLINE SHOULD BE ROLLED BACK, COMMENTERS TELL FCC

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...

UNIDEN’S SILVERBERG PROMOTED TO PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY

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...

21ST CENTURY GROOMING FIRST PACS DEPLOYMENT

21st Century Telesis Inc. said it is making a significant step toward becoming the first U.S. wireless carrier to commercially deploy Personal Access Communications...

LUCENT OFFERS DIRECTIONS ON PAGERS ONLINE

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...

CPUC APPROVES FEE GTE MUST PAY FOR CELL SITE VIOLATION

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...

MOTOROLA INTEGRATES MESSAGING SOFTWARE

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced it will offer a software product that allows users to send text messages from their personal...

CALIFORNIA MICROWAVE TO SELL DIVISION TO L-3

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-California Microwave Inc. has agreed to sell its Satellite Transmission Systems division to L-3 Communications Corp. for $27 million in cash, the...

INTERVOICE READY FOR GROWTH SPURT IN ENHANCED SERVICES MARKET: COMPANY PROMISES CHEAPER BUNDLING

NEW YORK-Bundling of multiple prepaid wireless and wireline services is about to get easier and cheaper for small and large carriers, according to InterVoice...

CORRECTION

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...

CENTURY TELEPHONE COMPLETES PACIFIC TELECOM ACQUISITION

MONROE, La.-Century Telephone Enterprises Inc. said it completed its acquisition of Pacific Telecom, the largest in its history, and another acquisition of additional ownership...

WITH SPECTRUM BOUGHT, NEXTEL IS READY TO TACKLE RELOCATION TASK

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...

SPECTRALINK OFFERS LINK WITH SIEMENS

BOULDER, Colo.-SpectraLink Corp. now provides a digital interface between its enhanced Pocket Communications System and Siemens Business Communications Systems Inc.'s digital telephone switches, announced...

MATRIXX TO BUY AT&T SOLUTIONS

NEW YORK-AT&T Corp. and Cincinnati Bell Inc. announced a definitive agreement for Matrixx Marketing Inc., the teleservices unit of Cincinnati Bell, to acquire AT&T...

VIEWPOINT

Theory works so much better than reality. President Clinton proclaims a grand plan to make sure that American school children, as well as libraries...

NORTEL, PHILIPPINE SATELLITE FIRM TEAM TO BUILD TELECOM GATEWAY

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...

GREAT GROWTH EXPECTED FROM PREPAID MARKET IN COMING YEARS

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...

MOODY’S CHANGES TAC DEBT RATING

NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service announced Dec. 22 it had lowered the speculative grade ratings to Ba2 from Ba1 on about $400 million in outstanding...

OMNIPOINT SELLS 9000I IN ITS RETAIL LOCATIONS

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...

ERICSSON TO USE ADC METRICA SYSTEM

RICHMOND, England-ADC Metrica and L.M. Ericsson signed an agreement for Ericsson to use Metrica's performance management technology, Network Performance Reporting, in its telecom management...

INFONXX DEPLOYS PRIORITY’S ORYX

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...

CHILE TELECOM FIRM TO PURCHASE REMAINING STAKE IN STARTEL S.A.

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...

D.C. NOTES

My New Year's resolution is the same every year: find some way to stay in this business and make more money. However, this time, I...
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