Monthly Archives: February, 1998

CHINA CONTINUES TO LEAD PAGING GROWTH IN REGION

WASHINGTON-The Asia-Pacific paging market is expected to expand from 87 million subscribers at year-end 1997 to more than 168 million in 2002, according to...

VIEWPOINT: FACT VS. OPINION

"From the mighty pen, true wisdom flows.If it says so, then it is so. If it is so, so it is.A thought's not fit...

ARCH/TELECOM TOWERS CONTRACT ENDED, MOODY’S TO REVIEW DEBT

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. earlier this month announced the termination of its previously disclosed definitive agreement to sell its site-management business to Telecom...

HOUSE BILL AIMS TO TIGHTEN BANK RUPTCY RULES

WASHINGTON-A House of Representatives bill that would tighten the rules surrounding small-business bankruptcy filings could have an effect on wireless operators-particularly those new services...

NEXT WIRELESS PLANS TO RESELL GEOTEK SERVICE

MONTVALE, N.J.-Next Wireless plans to become Geotek Communications Inc.'s first nationwide distributor of its mobile business services, announced the companies. Next Wireless plans to...

AUSTRALIA MOVES CLOSER TO APRIL AUCTION

The Australian Communications Authority will auction 10 personal communications services licenses totaling 230 megahertz sometime in April, and the Australian Communications Authority is encouraging...

BOSTON REPORTS LOSS FOR 1997

WOBURN, Mass.-Boston Communications Group Inc. reported an annual net loss of $1.1 million, or 8 cents per share, for the year ended Dec. 31,...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

In addition to $8.9 million AirNet Communications Corp. raised last year, the company announced it recently received $19.3 million in financing from a group...

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Satellite '98: The Road AheadFebruary 17-20Phillips Business Information Inc.'s Via Satellite. Shearaton Washington Hotel, Washington, D.C. (301) 340-1520.Mobile & PDA Expo '98February 18-20World Market Strategies...

CANADIAN WIRELESS MARKET PICKED UP IN 4Q, BUT SALES STILL SLOW

Canada's mobile phone market rebounded somewhat at the end of 1997 from lagging subscriber additions that plagued carriers throughout the year, but the results...

CENTENNIAL FORGES AHEAD IN PUERTO RICO, U.S. MARKETS

NEW YORK-The dominant impression today of Centennial Cellular Corp., New Canaan, Conn., is connected more to its late 1996 wireless debut in Puerto Rico...

NOKIA PROVIDES NEW ZEALAND NETWORK

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and BellSouth New Zealand signed an agreement for Nokia to provide a mobile intelligent network for the BellSouth Global System for...

SEARS EXTENDS ARDIS AGREEMENT

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.-Ardis announced that Sears, Roebuck and Co. signed a contract with the company extending their existing network services agreement three years. Under the...

PAGEMART’S NAFTA NETWORK GROWS

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. said its international network has expanded into Guatemala, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic.The paging carrier added the networks of Guatemala's...

FUEL CELL COULD BRING 100 HOURS OF TALK TIME

NEW YORK-It keeps going and going and going, but it isn't a rabbit or a battery.It's a miniature version of the methanol-powered fuel cells...

SENATORS PRESS FOR FAST, FAIR C-BLOCK RESOLUTION

Members of Congress are putting some heat on the Federal Communications Commission to resolve pending C-block personal communications services reconsideration petitions dealing with financial...

ANRITSU TO MAKE GLOBALSTAR TEST UNIT

RICHARDSON, Texas-Anritsu Co. announced it received a contract from Qualcomm Inc. to develop, manufacture and market a custom test instrument to perform radio communication...

PEOPLE

TRANSCRYPT INTERNATIONALTranscrypt International Inc. named Craig Huffaker senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer. Huffaker's 20 years of financial management experience include...

BELLCORE AND PBS TEAM IN PROGRAM

MORRISTOWN, N.J.-PBS The Business Channel and Bellcore have teamed up to deliver "The Global Telecom Game: The Players," to organizations of all sizes on March...

CUSTOMER SERVICE HELPS CARRIERS STAND OUT IN CROWD

It is much more expensive to recapture a wireless customer who has churned than it is to keep a customer on your network, say...

COMMNET-BLACKSTONE MERGER COMPLETED

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-CommNet Cellular Inc. announced it has closed the merger with AV Acquisition Corp., an affiliate of The Blackstone Group's Blackstone Capital Partners II...

CONDUCTUS’ CLEARSITE EFFECTIVE IN TRIALS

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. said initial results from field trials with two new cellular operators show that its ClearSite receiver front-end subsystem reduces dropped calls...

EVERYTHING WIRELESS TO SELL CELL PORT KIT

BOULDER, Colo.-CellPort Labs Inc. announced Everything Wireless, a Cellular Works company, will distribute the CellPort universal, hands-free car kit, according to an agreement signed...

BELL ATLANTIC EQUIPS PEOPLE’S CAB TAXIS

PITTSBURGH, Pa.-Bell Atlantic Mobile announced it is providing wireless technology to People's Cab, allowing it to accept credit cards for payment of cab fares...

POWERTEL DOUBLES PCS SUBSCRIBERS IN 4Q; LOSSES INCREASE, TOO

WEST POINT, Ga-Powertel Inc. announced its personal communications services business in the Southeast reported fourth-quarter revenues of $15.8 million, compared with third-quarter revenues of...
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