Yearly Archives: 1997

MCI COMPLETES DISPATCH SYSTEM

DALLAS-MCI Communications Corp. announced the completion of its new dispatch system that uses wireless technology to send technicians to customer sites.The new system, called...

ERICSSON PCS SET PROMISES STYLE, PERSONALIZED FEATURES

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-Ericsson Inc. recently announced that shipments of its smallest personal communications services phone are under way this month.The CF 788 weighs...

ORBCOMM SIGNS ON DAMOS, COMPLETING S.AMERICA COVERAGE

DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. now covers the entire South American continent after signing a service license agreement with Damos SudAmerica S.A.Orbcomm, a provider of...

INTEK’S BOARD APPROVES BUY-BACK

PRINCETON N.J.-Intek Diversified Corp. said its board of directors has allocated $1 million for the repurchase of up to 1 percent of the company's...

JUDGE PULLS CALIF. SMR LICENSES, ANNULS FINDER’S PREFERENCE APPS

An attorney for California specialized mobile radio station owner Marc Sobel is preparing to appeal a ruling by a Federal Communications Commission administrative law...

GTE PLANS TO USE MOTOROLA’S CDMA

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-GTE Wireless plans to launch an 800 MHz digital cellular phone system in San Diego using the cdmaOne infrastructure equipment supplied by...

DTS RECEIVES ITS LARGEST ORDER EVER

ATLANTA-Digital Transmission Systems Inc., a telecommunications equipment maker, recently announced that it received a $5.4 million order from a national wireless carrier.The order, which...

WESTERN WIRELESS SAYS GTE HAWAII INTERCONNECT PACT IS UNFAIR

Western Wireless Corp. filed a complaint against GTE Hawaiian Telephone Co. Inc. seeking an order compelling GTE to implement arbitrated interconnection agreement rates between...

CARRIERS GET ILLUMINET SUPPORT

OLYMPIA, Wash.-Several wireless carriers selected Illuminet's Cellular Administration and Operations Support Service to manage seamless roaming in new markets and to establish roaming with...

PRICES DOWN 6 PERCENT AS PCS AND CELLULAR FIGHT FOR CUSTOMERS

NEW YORK-Competition among wireless carriers has driven down per-minute use charges by 6 percent on average, with some carriers slashing prices by more than...

ALLTEL OFFERS DUAL-MODE SERVICE

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. announced it is now offering dual-mode digital wireless phone service in central Arkansas.The new service will allow customers with digital...

BELLSOUTH HAS 36-CENT DIVIDEND

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. announced a regular quarterly dividend of 36 cents per share last week.The dividend, payable Feb. 2, is the 56th consecutive quarterly dividend...

F-BLOCKERS WANT C-BLOCK REFINANCE OPTIONS: FCC MAY PUSH BACK COMMITMENT DATE, CONSIDER PRESENT VALUES

WASHINGTON-What's good for the goose should be good for the gander, commenters say, when it comes to personal communications services financial-restructuring relief offered by...

TELULAR DELIVERS WLL SERVICE TO THE REPUBLIC OF GUINEA

VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. said it will begin delivering PhoneCell fixed wireless terminals to the West African Republic of Guinea this month, after being...

INTELLICELL PLATFORM PART OF PHS SYSTEM

SAN JOSE, Calif.-ArrayComm Inc. recently announced the incorporation of its IntelliCell Personal Handyphone System platform into the next generation of cell stations to serve...

SECURICOR REFINANCES INTEK DEBT

PRINCETON, N.J.-Securicor Communications Ltd., the majority shareholder of Intek Diversified Corp., has agreed to a major refinancing of Intek's $23 million debt.Under the agreement,...

CELLULAR SET TO RING IN HOLIDAYS

For many cellular carriers, this holiday season marks the first in which more than two wireless carriers in each market will be competing to...

FINANCIAL WOES COULD FORCE ASIA TO FURTHER OPEN TELECOM MARKET

WASHINGTON-Amid a backdrop of deeper financial woes in Asia and prospects for an unprecedented bailout for the region, the United States last week reached...

LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY EMBRACES WIRELESS DATA SERVICES

The use of mobile data products by police departments has gained such rapid acceptance across the country this year that it may be emerging...

NOKIA WILL EXPAND CHINESE NETWORKS

ESPOO,Finland-Nokia Corp. signed agreements to expand Global System for Mobile communications networks for two carriers in China.An agreement with Jiangxi Post and Telecommunications Administration...

FRANCE TELECOM AIMS FOR 3M USERS

PARIS-As a leading cellular service provider in France, with a 55-percent market share, France Telecom Mobile is hoping to have 3 million Itineris Global...

METROCALL COMMON RIGHTS EXPIRE

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. announced that the indexed variable common rights associated with its merger with A+ Network Inc. have expired without value.After the merger...

BRIGHTPOINT WINS ESAT DIGIFONE PACT

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc.'s new subsidiary, Brightpoint (Ireland) Ltd., will supply Esat Digifone with "Digipacks" that will include fulfillment and distribution services, and wireless handsets and...

JURY AWARDS RESELLERS $2.5M IN 360° LAWSUIT

A Greenville, S.C., jury awarded four independent cellular dealers $2.5 million each in punitive damages and actual damages totalling nearly $2 million in a...

JAPAN CARRIERS USE CDMAONE BRAND

COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced that Japanese cellular service providers DDI Corp. and IDO Corp. will use cdmaOne as the brand name...
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