Yearly Archives: 1997

NEXTEL’S DEBT SALE RECEIVES B3 RATING

NEW YORK-Nextel Communications Inc., the largest 800 MHz enhanced specialized mobile radio carrier in the country, plans to sell $500 million in 10-year debt.Moody's...

U.S. CELLULAR 3Q RESULTS STAND OUT IN TDS FAMILY

United States Cellular Corp. was once again the cash cow in Telephone and Data Systems Inc.'s family of wireless businesses during the third quarter.USCC's...

ARCHITEL TO EQUIP GTE WITH ASAP

TORONTO-Architel Systems Corp. will license its Automatic Service Activation Program to GTE Data Services Inc. under an agreement valued at $7 million in the...

ITALY’S TREASURY PLANS TO SELL REMAINING TELECOM ITALIA SHARES

NEW YORK-In a public offering scheduled for late this month, Italy's Treasury Ministry will sell its remaining 35.7 percent stake in Telecom Italia, the...

ALLTEL TO MARKET PAGEMART’S SERVICES TO ITS TELEPHONY CUSTOMERS

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. and PageMart Wireless Inc. announced a five-year strategic alliance that will allow Alltel to offer its customers PageMart's numeric and...

PAGETAP AND ISS OFFER ROAD REPORTS

DENVER-Denver-based PageTap Inc. and Information Station Specialists of Zeeland, Mich., announced they will begin providing real-time information to travelers on the road.By using PageTap's...

WTB CHIEF HINTS AT REFARMING STAY

WASHINGTON-The private radio industry is waiting this week to see if the long-awaited refarming plan, scheduled to be implemented Oct. 17, actually will go...

WIRELESS RESELLERS SAY THEIR INTERCONNECTION RIGHTS ARE IGNORED

WASHINGTON-Wireless resellers have interconnection rights that have been ignored by carriers and federal regulators said an industry coalition, including surprise MCI Communications Corp. suitor...

MICROWAVE POWER WINS LUCENT ORDER

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Microwave Power Devices Inc. announced it received a $6.6 million order from Lucent Technologies Inc. for Code Division Multiple Access-based personal communications services...

CLEARNET’S MIKE SHOWS BIG GROWTH

TORONTO-Clearnet Communications Inc. said it added 11,175 subscribers to its Mike enhanced specialized mobile radio network during the third quarter, the largest quarterly addition...

BELL MOBILITY STARTS CDMA-BASED PCS

TORONTO- Bell Mobility launched its PCS Plus personal communications services network in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City.Subscribers can use dual-mode analog/digital phones, by...

ASTRONET RELOCATES, JOINS MITSUBISHI

DULUTH, Ga.-Astronet Corp., a Mitsubishi Electric America company, said it has completed its move from Lake Mary, Florida, to Duluth, Ga. By moving to...

ASSOCIATED TO ISSUE TWO-FOR-ONE SPLIT

PITTSBURGH-The Associated Group Inc. announced its board of directors approved a two-for-one stock split of the company's class A and B common stock.The split...

SENATE IS LIKELY TO OK KENNARD

WASHINGTON-President Clinton's four picks for the Federal Communications Commission won approval by the Senate Commerce Committee last week, and there were new indications that...

FLEX LICENSED TO MIRAE OF KOREA

FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc.'s Messaging Systems Products Group announced Korea-based Mirae Communications Co. Ltd. has been licensed to make FLEX pagers. The consumer electronics...

QUALCOMM JOINS WITH TELEBAHIA

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced two projects with Telebahia, the A-band cellular operator in Bahia, Brazil.Qualcomm announced a pioneering project with Nec Do Brasil S.A....

MOTOROLA TO EXPAND PERU CDMA SYSTEM

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group was awarded a contract to expand the Code Division Multiple Access cellular network in Peru, the company...

BOSTON TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPLY SERVICES

WAKEFIELD, Mass.-Boston Technology Inc. and Panafon S.A. formed an agreement calling for Boston to supply its Access NP Network Services Platforms, software and value-added...

CUSTOMERS CONFUSED ON PRICE, LOOKING FOR `LIFESTYLE’ MATCHES

With cellular, personal communications services and enhanced specialized mobile radio providers vying for an estimated 14 million new customers in 1997, the wireless industry...

POCKETNET PARTNERS

ABC News-ESPN SportsZoneAccuWeatherAmerican Weather Conceptsbiztravel.com, New YorkBloomberg OnlineCellNews by NewsAlert IncData Broadcasting Corp.Festivals.comFuture AccessInfoSpace Inquisit IncIntelligent Information Inc.Internet Restaurant Guide ...

WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY PLANTS SEEDS FOR MORE PLENTIFUL HARVEST

NEW YORK-Wireless telecommunications and computer information systems are fast bringing agriculture to the brink of the next green revolution, known as precision farming."Farming has...

FLASH COMM JOINS WITH DBA SYSTEMS

MELBOURNE, Fla.-Flash Comm Inc. formed a strategic alliance with DBA Systems Inc. to manufacture its first-generation communications and tracking products, which initially will focus...

ERICSSON TO BUILD R&D UNIT IN JAPAN

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Inc. announced it will establish a research and development center in Japan to focus on Wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology and...

AT&T PITCHES POCKETNET TO THE CONSUMER CROWD

NEW YORK-Expanding an offering available to corporate customers for the last year, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. last week introduced its PocketNet service, which allows...

COMSAT CHOSEN BY DELTA FOR ITS SATELLITE SERVICES

BETHESDA, Md.-Delta Air Lines selected Comsat Mobile Communications to provide satellite communications services to its passengers and its cockpit crews on all international flights.According...
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