WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, fearful of anticompetitive activity against wireless phone firms, will require the Baby Bells, GTE Corp. and other local landline telcos...
DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. announced it has expanded its distribution agreement with The Southland Corp.'s 7-Eleven stores to six additional states.In Virginia and Maryland 7-Eleven...
BAKERSFIELD, Calif.-Pacific Bell Mobile Services launched its personal communications services network, based on the Global System for Mobile communications standard, in Bakersfield and the...
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...
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...
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...
With cellular, personal communications services and enhanced specialized mobile radio providers vying for an estimated 14 million new customers in 1997, the wireless industry...
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...
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...
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...
Nokia Corp. and MobileOne of Singapore signed an agreement to expand MobileOne's Global System for Mobile communications network capacity to accommodate about 200,000 customers....
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...
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...
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...
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...
DES MOINES, Iowa-Iowa Network Services Inc. and Western Wireless Corp. announced a joint venture formed to expand personal communications services throughout Iowa.Called Iowa Wireless...
MONTGOMERYVILLE, Pa.-Gemplus Corp. and Far Point Consulting together introduced a smart card-based electronic gift certificate application for the retail market.The product, which was developed...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Personal communications services operators Western Wireless and Aerial Communications Inc. each launched a service last week that will allow subscribers to receive e-mail messages...
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....
