Monthly Archives: April, 1998

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...

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...

ADLER TO EVALUATE N.J. ANTENNA SITING PROSPECTS

Adler Engineering Inc. has won a contract with the state of New Jersey to evaluate all state-owned property for wireless antenna siting and assist...

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...

COMPANIES ORDER AMPS FROM MITEC

MONTREAL-Mitec Telecom Inc. announced it received an order to supply 1.9 GHz Code Division Multiple Access amplifiers for "personal communications services-over-cable" wireless application from...

ACSI CHANGES NAME TO E.SPIRE COMMUNICATIONS

NEW YORK-American Communications Services Inc. last week changed its name to e.spire Communications Inc. and introduced a new national brand.The new corporate identity and...

AIRTOUCH REPORTS RECORD DATE

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc.'s board of directors declared June 30 as the record date for the second-quarter dividends on its 6-percent class B mandatorily...

DESPITE SLOW START, RUSSIA TRUNKING INDUSTRY TO GROW

WASHINGTON-Lack of awareness and problems with securing financing have made for a slow start in Russia's commercial trunked radio industry, but the number of...

BAM TESTS RADIOCAMERA FOR POSSIBLE E911 USE

SAN RAMON, Calif.-U.S. Wireless Corp. signed an agreement to test and evaluate its RadioCamera wireless geographic location and tracking system in cooperation with Bell...

SALES STAFFERS PROVIDES TEMPORARY SALES STAFF

NEW YORK-In its five-year history, Sales Staffers International Inc., Andover, Mass., has carved an unusual niche in the broader market of outsourced services for...

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...

SILVERLAKE ADDS ENHANCEMENTS

CALABASAS, Calif.-Silverlake Communications Inc. announced it has completed software enhancements for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. with MessageFlash Text Messaging Software version 2.0 in AT&T...

AMERICAN PAGING SUES NEXUS OVER JOINT VENTURE

It was designed to be a way to compete against Motorola Inc.'s FLEX technology, but instead the joint venture between Nexus Telocation Systems Ltd....

PRECISION SYSTEMS IN CASH-FLOW TROUBLE

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.-Precision Systems Inc.'s auditors, Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., expressed concern about the company's ability to continue, citing recurring losses from operations and...

TELIA GIVES UP OWNERSHIP STAKE

DUSSELDORF, Germany-Mannesmann AG, Olivetti and Bell Atlantic International have acquired Swedish telecom operator Telia's 9.66 percent ownership in Monitel Sistemi Radiocellulari, which owns 6.8...

ERICSSON UNVEILS OFFICE SOLUTION

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Ericsson Inc. last week introduced its Wireless Office System at the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium Global Summit in Vancouver, British Columbia.The premise-based...

DIGITAL SOUND BECOMES PULSEPOINT

CARPINTERIA, Calif.-PulsePoint Communications' shareholders approved the company's name change from Digital Sound Corp. to PulsePoint, re-elected its board of directors and authorized a reverse...

LEAHY TAKES ON PAY-PHONE INDUSTRY

WASHINGTON-The paging industry's battle against pay-phone deregulation has picked up support from an unlikely source in Congress.Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), a leading opponent of...

UNSECURED CREDITORS DEMAND INFO ON POCKET PLAN

Unsecured creditors of Pocket Communications Inc. have subpoenaed the Federal Communications Commission for information omitted from the reorganization plan approved last month by several...

PRICE LOSS UP 90 CENTS PER SHARE

Cellular carrier Price Communications Corp. announced results for the fourth quarter of 1997, ended Dec. 31, which is the first reporting period that includes...

SPRINT PCS ADDS SONY PHONE TO LINE

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Spectrum L.P. announced the latest addition to its line of digital phones, the Sony CM-S110SPR, which is manufactured by Qualcomm Personal...

POWER PAGE EXEC SAYS COMPANY NOT GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION

California-based paging carrier/reseller Power Page L.L.C. and its marketing arm, Wireless Marketing Inc.-profiled last June in RCR for its uncommon practice of enlisting independent...

NORTEL TO EQUIP BOUYGUES’ EXPANSION

PARIS-Bouygues Telecom, a French Global System for Mobile communications 1800 MHz network operator, selected Northern Telecom Ltd. to supply radio equipment in its fourth-phase...

POINT OF PURCHASE SALES IN RETAIL ALMOST DISSOLVED

Mobile phone accessory manufacturers and distributors say the accessory market has redefined itself since the onslaught of increased wireless carrier competition.Retailers no longer try...
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