BEIJING-Northern Telecom Ltd. was awarded a contract from the Tianjin Posts and Telecommunications Administration to increase the capacity of its existing Global System for...
BRISTOL, England-Orange plc is introducing a number of communications services packages that address multiple user groups.The new services, which will be available within the...
BALTIMORE-Major investor and creditor Pacific Eagle Investments Ltd. has pledged another $5 million infusion to Pocket Communications Inc. to keep the C-block personal communications...
MINNEAPOLIS-AirTouch Cellular launched its prepaid cellular service in Minnesota, which is targeted at customers who have been denied service for credit reasons and those...
BEACHWOOD, Ohio-Allen Telecom Inc. acquired the outstanding minority interest in Forem SpA, giving Allen complete ownership of the company. The acquisition also gives Allen...
Century acquires Pacific TelecomThe recent string of blockbuster telecom acquisition announcements continued this week as Century Telephone Enterprises Inc. signed a definitive purchase agreement...
When AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced its Digital PCS brand name in 40 digital cellular markets last October, many carriers expressed anger at the...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced two new ways to send messages to AT&T Digital PCS, AT&T PocketNet and AT&T Paging customers.The new services,...
BOULDER, Colo.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it has entered final negotiations with SCC Communications Corp., which would make SCC the primary vendor to deploy...
WASHINGTON-The House Commerce Committee approved expanded spectrum auction legislation last week amid an uproar over signs the bill falls well short of the five-year,...
Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group and Coral Systems Inc. reached an agreement to allow Motorola to offer its customers Coral Systems' FraudBuster fraud management...
In a number of "hot" markets around the country, a tidal wave of demand for new personal communications services is swamping some companies' customer...
Congress last week approved an $8.6 billion disaster relief bill. Relief, that is, for states throughout the country humbled, yet not humiliated, by floods,...
LAS VEGAS-Easy Cellular Inc. began prepaid residential and long-distance services in Miami. The company said it received more than 1,000 inquiry calls and 70...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a rulemaking that would allow almost limitless foreign ownership of U.S.-based telecommunications carriers.The commission, however, vowed to retain...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s Integrated Network Group signed a letter of intent with Northern Telecom Ltd. to jointly market Glenayre's MVP modular voice processing...
Euristix Ltd. and Tellabs are working together to develop Tellabs' Titan 550 Element Management System using the Euristix Raceman EMSX platform development toolkit based...
WASHINGTON-According to a June 3 petition filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland, C-block personal communications services licensee Pocket Communications...
NEW YORK-PriCellular Corp. announced June 3 that it acquired the Wisconsin 5 RSA, which consists of three eastern Wisconsin counties. The Wisconsin 5 RSA...
TORONTO-Qualcomm Inc. said it signed an 18-month contract to supply Code Division Multiple Access digital handsets to Bell Mobility, a Canadian wireless services provider....
NEW YORK-After more than two years of effort, standards for interoperability of smart cards for U.S.-based personal communications services received approval May 30."It represents...
Smartalk Teleservices Inc. rocketed into the prepaid calling card big leagues last week, virtually doubling in size with the acquisitions of GTI Telecom Inc....
NEW ORLEANS-Now that all three of soon-to-be-former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt's Telecommunications Act of 1996 implementation goals-universal service, access-charge reform and interconnection-have...
