1997

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 Dispatch.Mgr, is a computerized wireless …

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 4.7 ounces and stands four …

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 global low-earth-orbit satellite data and …

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 outstanding 42 million shares of common …

An attorney for California specialized mobile radio station owner Marc Sobel is preparing to appeal a ruling by a Federal Communications Commission administrative law judge that revoked Sobel’s licenses, denied …

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 Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group, announced …

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 the company says is the …

Western Wireless Corp. filed a complaint against GTE Hawaiian Telephone Co. Inc. seeking an order compelling GTE to implement arbitrated interconnection agreement rates between the companies. Gene DeJordy, director of …

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 other carriers, said the company. Companies …

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 a third, according to a new …

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 wireless phones, which have the …

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 declared by BellSouth since its …

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 the Federal Communications Commission. Forwarding an …

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 award an $8 million contract by …

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 Japan’s PHS network. Manufactured by Kyocera …

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, the loans that were payable …

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

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 an agreement to expand telecommunications equipment …

The use of mobile data products by police departments has gained such rapid acceptance across the country this year that it may be emerging as the most popular current application …

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 China calls for Nokia to …

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 System for Mobile communications customers by …

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 was completed more than a …

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 accessories. Ireland’s newest mobile phone operator, …

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 lawsuit against 3607 Communications Co. Dealer …

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 for their joint Code Division Multiple …