Monthly Archives: April, 1998

AMERITECH COMPLETES SALE OF ITS STAKE IN NEW ZEALAND CARRIER

NEW YORK-Ameritech Corp., Chicago, said it expects total proceeds of $2.1 billion from the sale of its 24.95 percent stake in Telecom Corp. of...

ADVERTISERS FAVOR PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGNS

Wireless carrier advertising trends may have turned a corner during last year's winter holiday season. Many industry experts believe carriers are beginning to spread...

CINCINNATI BELL EXPECTS EARNINGS TO INCREASE

Cincinnati Bell Inc. said it expects first-quarter earnings to be in the range of 35 to 36 cents per share, compared with 35 cents...

CLEARNET APPOINTS TWO UNDERWRITERS FOR NOTES OFFERINGS

PICKERING, Ontario, Canada-Clearnet Communications Inc. appointed two underwriting syndicates in connection with concurrent public offerings of senior discount notes due 2008 and Class A...

ROCK CREEK SITING COULD BE LITMUS TEST

WASHINGTON-For the second time in as many weeks, the National Park Service has returned an antenna-siting application to a wireless carrier as incomplete and...

TEAM TELECOM CHOSEN FOR BRAZIL’S B-BAND

PETAH TIKVA, Israel-Team Telecom International and its Brazilian representative, Construtel Projetos e Contrucoes Ltda., have been selected to provide a B-band operator in Brazil...

NEXUS ISSUES STOCK SHARES TO ISRAELI FIRM

TEL AVIV, Israel-Nexus Telocation Systems Ltd. announced it issued 450,000 ordinary shares of Nexus stock-representing 3.7 percent of the issued share capital of the...

VODAFONE TO EXPAND DATA NETWORK COVERAGE

LONDON-Vodafone Data Network Ltd. announced an expansion to extend its data communications service to several areas of the United Kingdom.The company has made a...

AMDOCS ENHANCES MULTISERVICE BILLING

ST. LOUIS-Amdocs said it enhanced its customer-care and billing platform to support local-fixed line ordering and to include a customer hierarchy facility for carriers...

MTEL INTRODUCES CALLER ID SERVICE

JACKSON, Miss.-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp. announced a Caller ID service, that allows all one-way and two-way alphanumeric paging customers to know who is paging...

FIRM FILES COMPLAINT AGAINST QUALCOMM

WASHINGTON-In a move that could reignite the debate over the wireless industry's responsibility to physically challenged Americans, a Colorado-based maker of a device enabling...

FRONTIER SELECTS ILLUMINET’S LNP

OLYMPIA, Wash.-Frontier Corp. used Illuminet's local number portability service to activate 200 live ported telephone numbers in the Northeast region on March 31, said...

DECISION CASTS CLOUD OVER WIRELESS EEO RULES

WASHINGTON-In an unexpected blow to government efforts to foster diversity in the fast-growing telecommunications industry, a federal appeals court here last week repealed some...

CHIPS RECOGNIZED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY

SACRAMENTO, Calif.-The Cellular 9-1-1 Education Task Force last week recognized California Highway Patrol dispatchers during Public Safety Telecommunicator Week.The task force is dedicated to...

SPRINT PCS UNIT CONTRIBUTES TO LOSS

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Corp. reported a first-quarter net income of $212.1 million, or 49 cents per share, which reflects a 27-percent drop from its...

ZIPLINK AND CUE DATA TEAM ON INTERNET APPS

LOWELL, Mass.-National Internet service provider ZipLink L.L.C. announced it entered into a strategic alliance with Cue Data Corp. to provide full-service, nationwide Internet connectivity...

WIRELESS FACILITIES MERGES WITH ENTEL

SAN DIEGO-Wireless Facilities Inc. of San Diego announced it has merged with a Virginia-based wireless infrastructure development firm, Entel Technologies Inc.The merger will increase...

SMALL U.K. OPERATORS CAN MARKET DIRECTLY TO CUSTOMERS

LONDON-The United Kingdom's Office of Telecommunications announced it has ended its restrictions on how mobile phone operators may market and distribute airtime and products.The...

PRODUCTS

RogersRogers Corp. introduced thin versions of its Poron urethane foam designed for making thin gaskets and pads used in pagers, personal organizers, cellular phones...

ARCH TRIES AGAIN TO SELL SITE BUSINESS

Arch Communications Group Inc. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell it site management business-again-this time to OmniAmerica Inc., West Palm Beach,...

AMERITECH LAYOFFS REFLECT DISTRIBUTION CHANGE

Ameritech Corp. said it will cut about 5,000 jobs, or 7 percent of its work force, from its cellular and security operations this year...

CARRIERS TRY TO FIND RIGHT MIX TO DISTRIBUTE PRODUCT

As the popularity and penetration of wireless communications spreads throughout North America, wireless carriers increasingly will use mass-market retail outlets and their own direct...

CORSAIR EARNINGS REFLECT NET INCOME

Corsair Communications Inc. reported a net income of $2.8 million, or 19 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $3.1 million, or...

NEXTEL ADDS 370K SUBSCRIBERS IN QUARTER, LOSS INCREASES

MCLEAN, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. reported revenues during the first quarter of $327 million, a 196-percent increase compared with revenues of $110.7 million for the...

TRITON TO BUY U.S. UNWIRED PROPERTIES

MALVERN, Pa.-Triton Cellular Partners reached a definitive agreement to acquire 12 wireless operating territories in Kansas, Alabama and Mississippi from U.S. Unwired for about...
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