Phoenix Wireless GroupPhoenix Wireless Group announced several new appointments. Christopher Bear was named director of engineering. He joins the company from AccessLine Technologies Inc.,...
MALAYSIA-Tecnomen Malaysia announced it signed a contract to deliver a multimessaging system for an 1800 MHz Global System for Mobile communications network owned by...
Though most are based on some form of wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology, the proposals submitted to the International Telecommunication Union last month...
As the digital revolution begins to move at a substantial pace, mobile phone manufacturers have some tough decisions to make.The demand for digital handsets...
LOS ANGELES-In Touch Paging USA announced it signed an agreement with the New Mexico State Athletic Association for paging services and distribution.Under terms of...
AustraliaThe Australian Communications Authority said it prepared a recommendation to the Minister for Communications, the Information Economy and the Arts, for a nationwide reallocation...
Formed to take advantage of the current round of consolidation in the paging industry, a fairly new company announced its first purchase-the paging assets...
CLEVELAND, Ohio-Reltec Corp. said it established a joint venture with Splice do Brazil Telecommunicacoes e Eletronica S.A. to capitalize on opportunities provided by the...
WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel Inc. has launched a summer-long promotion offering four digital handsets for $50 each. The company is waiving its $30 activation fee...
FORT LEE, N.J.-MobileMedia Corp. announced it signed a definitive agreement to sell its 163 transmission towers to Pinnacle Towers Inc.The $170 million sale allows...
WASHINGTON-Key lawmakers are expected soon to ask Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard to lift burdensome common carrier regulations off the backs of specialized...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Mobile said about one-fourth of its new customers are choosing digital service, and as a result, digital now accounts for close...
Comverse Network Systems, a division of Comverse Technology Inc., joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum Ltd., said the company. Comverse said it is the...
WASHINGTON-BellSouth Corp. told the Federal Communications Commission last week that since a majority of personal communications services customers in Louisiana said they use their...
The proposed combination of SBC Communications Inc. and Ameritech Corp. could create a big obstacle to the implementation of calling-party-pays service in the United...
WASHINGTON-The Congressional Budget Office has informed House telecom subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) that his 911 federal land antenna-siting bill will not generate the...
SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Clearnet Communications Inc. launched an automatic roaming service that provides Clearnet PCS clients with digital coverage across the United States without the confusion...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc. said it signed an agreement to provide its PhoneCheck wireless performance monitor to Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co.PhoneCheck is...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced it won a $45 million order to expand the digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service network operated by Telefonica Comunicaciones Personales...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a contract to provide a turn-key Global System for Mobile communications network to Paltel in the Autonomous Areas of the...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.- Evolving Systems Inc., a software product development and systems integration firm, last week debuted its MetOSS-GEM software platform that automates and streamlines...
A group of smaller, paging manufacturers impudently are challenging the pager dominance of the 800-pound gorilla that is Motorola Inc. by creating products with...
QualcommQualcomm Inc. announced its shipment of samples for its fifth-generation chipset, including the MSM3000 single-chip Mobile Station Modem and the IFT3000 and IFR3000 fully...
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications Inc. began commercial roaming with Estonian Mobile Telephone Co. of Estonia and Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd. of Taiwan.The agreements...