Monthly Archives: February, 1998

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...

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...

RAM MOBILE TEAMS WITH FUTURE HORIZONS

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Corp. business venture RAM Mobile Data USA L.P. announced it entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Future Horizons to market a...

SAMSUNG EQUIPS OLYMPIC COMMITTEE

SEOUL, Korea-Samsung Group is providing the Nagano Olympic Organizing Committee with four types of wireless communications equipment, six network and systems experts and 14,000...

STRATEGIS BULLISH ON COMMERCIAL MOBILE DATA MARKET

The Strategis Group predicts despite the industry's hardships to date, the commercial mobile data business can expect a rash of subscribers and revenues in...

TDS SELLS $150M DEBT ISSUE

NEW YORK-Telephone and Data Systems Inc., Chicago, has sold a $150 million debt issue of 8.04-percent Trust Originated Preferred Securities, a trademark name assigned...

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...

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...

GEOTEK TOUTS SUBSCRIBER ADDS

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. announced its fourth-quarter subscriber results, saying it activated 12,595 units, and that additional December orders activated in early January brought...

GEOTEK BOARD MEMBERS BUY HALF MILLION SHARES

MONTVALE, N.J.-Two Geotek Communications Inc. board members purchased a total of 480,000 shares of company common stock on the open market, said the company.Winston...

ULTIMATE STORES TO OFFER AIRTOUCH

DENVER-U S West NewVector Group Inc., doing business as AirTouch Cellular, said it will be Ultimate Electronics' sole provider of wireless products and services...

NEXTEL PLANS TO GROW WITH $1.3B OF PRIVATE DEBT

NEW YORK-In response to high levels of customer growth and usage, Nextel Communications Inc., McLean, Va., plans to accelerate construction of its nationwide network...

NEXTEL AWARDS 2 BILLING CONTRACTS

Nextel Communications Inc. has purchased multiple Business Support and Control System software product licenses from LHS Group Inc. initially to support Nextel's international operators...

EC PROPOSAL SETS GUIDES TO INTRO DUCE 3G TECHNOLOGY

BRUSSELS, Belgium-The European Commission said it adopted a proposal for the coordinated introduction of third-generation, or Universal Mobile Telecommunications System technology, in Europe.EC said...

AIRTOUCH PROFITS SKYROCKET IN 1997

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc. reported a record-breaking fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31 in terms of proportionate net income, revenue and customer growth.Net...

D.C. NOTES: TESTING KENNARD

These days, the talk of the town alternates between war with Saddam and womanizing with Monica. Day and night. It's overkill, but still quite...

FIXED WIRELESS ACCESS OFFERS OP PORTUNITIES IN MEXICO

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Main lines in Mexico and Central America will nearly double from a base of 11.5 million at year-end 1997 to 21 million at...

CORSAIR REPORTS ANNUAL EARNINGS UP

PALO ALTO, Calif.- Corsair Communications reported a 106-percent gain in annual earnings from a net loss of $12.8 million, or $1.44 per diluted share...

COLOMBIA TO ISSUE PCSLICENSES; MINISTRY WANTS SERVICE ACTIVE BY FALL

Despite protests from the country's current cellular operators, the Colombian Ministry of Communications is working on plans to auction personal communications services licenses by...

CELLSTAR COMPLETES INTERCALL PURCHASE

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. said it completed the acquisition of TA Intercall AB, a Stockholm, Sweden-based company that provides wireless communications products and services to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...
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