Monthly Archives: January, 1998

TELTRUST SECURES $15M CREDIT FACILITY

NEW YORK-Teltrust Inc., Salt Lake City, a wholesaler of prepaid calling card, directory assistance and other telecommunications services, has secured a five-year, $15 million...

SOURCEONE TO SELL RAM TWO-WAY PAGING

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-SourceOne Wireless Inc. signed an agreement to market the interactive paging service of BellSouth Corp. business venture RAM Mobile Data L.P., RAM announced.SourceOne...

INTEREST HIGH FOR BUNDLING AND CONSOLIDATED SERVICE BILLING

BOSTON-Wireless consumers increasingly are interested in bundled services from a single provider and consolidated billing, according to a recent study by the Yankee Group.Sixty-three...

LCC FOCUSES ON INTERNATIONAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT

LCC International Inc. last week made two moves that appear to be pointing toward an increasing importance of international markets to its radio frequency...

WIDESPREAD INTERNET ACCEPTANCE COULD GROW WIRELESS DATA APPS

BOSTON-The combination of an increasingly mobile work force with the growing popularity of the Internet could potentially speed up the adoption of wireless data...

QUALCOMM, VODAFONE REPORT SUCCESS IN CDMA-GSM TRIALS

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it has completed a six-month field trial with Vodafone Ltd. demonstrating the compatibility of a Code Division Multiple Access base...

MILLICOM TO SERVE TANZANIA NATIONWIDE

LUXEMBOURG-Millicom International Cellular S.A. was formally granted the right to provide nationwide coverage in the United Republic of Tanzania, said the company.Millicom also increased...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

NHancement Technologies Inc. announced that its Voice Plus subsidiary installed and launched a voice processing system in Wichita, Kan., for VoiceStream Wireless, the personal...

LUCENT EXCEEDS 1Q RESULTS AHEAD OF EXPECTATIONS

NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, N.J., North America's largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer, surprised the investment community Jan. 20 with first-quarter results way ahead...

ANALYST PREDICTS ARPS TO INCREASE

NEW YORK-Despite a positive outlook for wireless telecommunications over the next eight years, "our concern is about getting from here to there," said Timothy...

ROAMING PERCEIVED AS A MUST-HAVE FOR PCS

NEW YORK-Some interesting twists are ahead on the road to roaming for personal communications services carriers as they seek to emulate their cellular counterparts,...

METROCALL COMPLAINS ABOUT INTERCONNECTION VIOLATIONS

Metrocall Inc. announced it has filed formal complaints with the Federal Communications Commission's Common Carrier Bureau enforcement division, charging several regional Bell and independent...

STARRTEL RENOVATES VEEDER PLACE

MILFORD, Conn.-Starrtel Cellular Group Inc. will occupy 60,000 square feet of space in Veeder Place in Hartford, Conn., which is under renovation as part...

HK TELECOM QUITS LONG-DISTANCE FOR WIRELESS

NEW YORK-Hongkong Telecommunications Ltd. announced Jan. 20 it will terminate its exclusive international telecommunications license March 31 in exchange for a cash payment of...

UNITEL BUYS GEORGIA RSA FROM PRICE

DENVER-Daniels & Associates, an investment banking and financial services company specializing in the cable and telecommunications industries, announced that an affiliate of Unitel Cellular...

ERICSSON AND SCI TEAM TO OFFER IN-BASED PREPAID BILLING SYSTEM

IRVINE, Calif.-L.M. Ericsson and Subscriber Computing Inc. entered a partnership agreement in which Ericsson plans to market SCI's wireless intelligent network-based prepaid metered billing...

WORLD BRIEFS

BrazilMicrowave radio equipment manufacturer Harris Corp. announced plans to open a plant during the second quarter in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In addition to its...

RETAILER SUES 360° OVER DEALER CONTRACT

WASHINGTON-A Chicago wireless firm has sued 360

’99 AUCTION ESTIMATES IN LINE WITH LAST YEAR’S BUDGET

WASHINGTON-With the federal deficit giving way to an anticipated surplus, congressional and White House number crunchers are less apt to be as preoccupied with...

INTERDIGITAL CUTS WORK FORCE BY 17%

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. has reduced its work force by 17 percent and has restructured its operations to reduce spending and focus...

HALF OF MILLICOM’S GROWTH IN PREPAID

LUXEMBOURG-Millicom International Cellular S.A. added 150,419 net new subscribers during the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, an increase of 76 percent from the 85,474...

ERICSSON EQUIPS JAMAICAN FIRM

TORONTO-Ericsson Telecom, a distribution partner of Architel Systems Corp., entered an agreement with Telecommunications of Jamaica Ltd. to sub-license Architel's Automatic Service Activation Program.The...

DEMAND FOR CDMA EQUIPMENT HAS QUALCOMM SOARING

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported a 311-percent increase in net income for the quarter ended Dec. 28, 1997, from $9 million, or 13 cents per...

POWERTEL DOUBLES PCS CUSTOMER BASE

WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel Inc. said it nearly doubled its personal communications services customer base in the fourth quarter, adding 53,000 customers and closing 1997...

PAGENET TO START SUREPAGE SERVICE

LAS VEGAS-Paging Network Inc. introduced its new guaranteed-delivery text messaging service, called SurePage Nationwide Delivery.Airtime for the service will be provided by Mobile Telecommunication...
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