Yearly Archives: 1997

GTE SIGNS CONTRACT FOR CLEARINGHOUSE

TAMPA-GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. signed a contract to provide its Access Services clearinghouse system to PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P.GTE also will provide its RoamerXchange...

MOODY'S REVISES PRONET'S RATING

NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service revised its outlook on ProNet Inc.'s senior subordinated notes rated B3 and its bank facilities rated B1.Moody's said the change...

MOODY'S INCREASES CBIS DEBT RATING

NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service announced May 21 it raised the investment grade ratings on the outstanding senior unsecured debt of Cincinnati Bell Inc. to...

WIRELESS CARRIERS SUBMIT SAFETY CANDIDATES FOR VITA AWARDS

The applications for this year's VITA Awards are in and the winners will be honored during the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's Wireless Safety Week,...

AIRMEDIA WORKING WITH L.A. CELLULAR

LOS ANGELES, Calif.-Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co. and AirMedia, formerly Ex Machina Inc. are jointly developing and marketing wireless messaging software and services.AirMedia customized...

AMTA ASKS GOVERNMENT TO REVISIT 220 MHZ RULES

WASHINGTON-The American Mobile Telecommunications Association said it has asked the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider certain aspects of its recently released rules for the...

ERICSSON THWARTS EFFORTS OF PROJECT 25 STANDARD

Ericsson Inc. won a victory of sorts recently when the interim standard for the common air interface of Project 25 was taken off IS...

AT&T RECEIVES THE DUAL-BAND PHONES REQUIRED FOR PCS LAUNCH

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. only now is receiving the dual-band handsets necessary to make its vision of a Digital PCS nationwide network a reality."Things...

BREAUX BILL ALLOWS LEASE FEES

WASHINGTON-Sen. John Breaux (D-La.) last week unveiled legislation to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from auctioning 12 megahertz of new private wireless spectrum, while...

NEXTWAVE PROGRESSES ON ITS MARKET BUILDOUT

NextWave Telecom Inc. said it successfully made the $12.5 million second down payment on its new 10 megahertz licenses, and now the company wants...

OMNIPOINT USERS TO ROAM IN FRANCE

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-New Jersey-based personal communications services carrier Omnipoint Communications Inc. has entered into a partnership agreement with France Telecom that will allow Omnipoint...

OMNIPOINT OFFERS PORTUGUESE ROAMING

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications Inc. initiated commercial roaming operations with Portuguese wireless operator Telecel S.A. The launch of roaming with Telecel via Subscriber Identity...

PAGEMART ENTERS CELLULAR ALLIANCE

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. entered into a five-year strategic alliance with First Cellular of Southern Illinois. Under the terms of the agreement, First Cellular will...

COURT LIKELY TO REMAND PAY PHONE COMPENSATION ISSUE TO FCC

WASHINGTON-Strong arguments voiced by the paging industry and other telecom sectors against public pay phone deregulation in federal appeals court last week could force...

PRONET TO PAY $5 MILLION IN SECURITIES SETTLEMENTS

ProNet and its insurance carriers have entered into an agreement to pay $5 million to settle securities class action lawsuits pending against the paging...

SAN FRANCISCO GETS GSM PCS SYSTEM

RICHARDSON, Texas-Pacific Bell Mobile Services launched its personal communications services network in San Francisco using Global System for Mobile communications technology. Ericsson Inc. supplied...

BID RIGGING PROVES PCS IS COMPETITIVE

Dear Editor: Regarding this past Monday's editorial, I have a couple of comments.First, Mercury PCS is based in Jackson, Miss., not in Texas. Second, while...

BILL WILL RESERVE CHANNELS FOR PUBLIC-SAFETY NEEDS

WASHINGTON-"This is not an inscrutable, hard-to-figure-out issue," said Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) at a hearing last week to discuss problems with his proposed Law...

CENTURY ACQUIRES INTEREST IN PCS FIRM

MONROE, La.-Century Telephone Enterprises Inc. acquired a 19.5 percent interest in Wireless 2000 Inc. and agreed to construct and operate its personal communications services...

MANUFACTURERS LOBBY FOR MOST-FAVORED NATION STATUS WITH CHINA

WASHINGTON-The telecommunications industry is preparing to mount a fierce lobbying campaign to support renewing most-favored-nation trade status for China.The debate on China MFN, which...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Union Electric Co., Honeywell Inc. and CellNet Data Systems teamed up to develop a wireless interactive home management system, which will begin a pilot...

VANGUARD SELECTS PRIORITY PLATFORM

WILMINGTON, Mass.-Vanguard Cellular Inc. selected Priority Call Management Inc.'s Oryx platform as a framework to develop enhanced products and services in Vanguard's Portland, Maine,...

KENAN INTRODUCES ARBOR/OM

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.,-Kenan Systems Corp. has introduced Arbor/OM, the first UNIX-based order entry and management system designed to support service providers in the converging communications...

AT DEADLINE: BUDGET COMMITTEE ESTIMATES $26B FROM AUCTIONS

The House Budget Committee on Friday was expected to approve a balanced budget deal reached by Congress and the White House that anticipates $26.3...

EUROPE REACHES 7M PMR USERS

LONDON-According to information gathered for a recent report, The Strategis Group estimated the west and east European land mobile radio (LMR) market at 7...
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