Yearly Archives: 1998

WORLDCOM-MCI LEADS 4Q TELECOM MERGER ACTIVITY

NEW YORK-WorldCom Inc.'s early October offer of $35.28 billion for MCI Communications Corp. was by far the single largest merger of any kind announced...

HUTTON RELOCATES TO CARROLLTON, TEXAS

CARROLLTON, Texas-Hutton Communications Inc., a national distributor of wireless and power systems products, announced it has moved its corporate headquarters to a 72,000-square-foot building...

FCC APPROVES WESTERN WIRELESS ALIEN-OWNERSHIP WAIVER

WASHINGTON-Western Wireless Corp., parent company of personal communications services provider Western PCS Corp., was granted permission by the Federal Communications Commission to boost its...

WORLD ACCESS PURCHASES MAJORITY STAKE IN NACT

NEW YORK-World Access Inc., Atlanta, rang in 1998 in the same way it rang out 1997, with an acquisition announcement.World Access announced Jan. 2...

WTO AT A GLANCE

Location: Geneva, SwitzerlandEstablished: Jan. 1, 1995Created by: Uruguay Round negotiations (1986-1994)Membership: 132 countries (as of September 1997)Budget: $93 million (1996)Secretariat staff: 500Director General: Renato RuggieroFunctions: Administering WTO trade agreements Forum for...

WTO BRINGS BITE PREVIOUS TRADE ACCORDS DIDN’T HAVE

In the new global telecom market, the World Trade Organization is king-the United Nations for global telecom free trade as it were.For the United...

ZIPLINK JOINS PAGER WATCH EFFORT

NEW YORK-ZipLink L.L.C., Lowell, Mass., announced Jan. 8 it has been named exclusive Internet and enhanced one-number service provider for the new Beeperwear pager...

21 STATES HAVE BILLS TO ADDRESS E911

WASHINGTON-A total of 21 states have pending legislation regarding emergency service and its parameters scheduled for votes this year, according to a survey performed...

ACCESS2 NAMES ’98 LAUNCH CITIES

DENVER-U S West Inc. plans to expand its Access2 personal communications services to Phoenix, Tucson, Minneapolis and other cities this year, according to company...

AML TO SUPPLY LUCENT AND OEM

CAMARILLO, Calif.-AML Communications Inc. announced it received two separate orders for its amplifiers, totaling about $470,000, from Lucent Technologies Inc. and an original equipment...

FIRMS JOIN TO EQUIP MEXICO AT 220 MHZ

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Angellcom and Radiodigital 220 announced an agreement with Intek Diversified and its subsidiary, Midland Radio, to supply Securicor LTR 220 MHz base...

THE FRUSTRATIONS OF FINDING A JOB

Editor's Note: A wireless RF engineer with 18 years experience shared his recent job-hunting experience with RCR-and the response he wished he could have written...

ATS TO SELL STOCK IN PRIVATE ISSUE

BOSTON-American Tower Systems Corp., a subsidiary of American Radio Systems Corp., announced it agreed to sell $80 million in a private placement of its...

BELLSOUTH STARTS `SMART’ ROAMING

ATLANTA-BellSouth Mobility DCS has launched international roaming with nine European Global System for Mobile communications operators enabling BellSouth's customers to use their smart cards...

BLISS NOT REQUIRED TO RETURN TO RUSSIA

WASHINGTON-State Department officials last week told Qualcomm Inc. that Russian authorities will not require technician Richard Bliss to return to Russia to face espionage...

BRIGHTPOINT ENTERS CONXUS AGREEMENT

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced it has entered into an agreement to perform value-added logistics services like receiving, kit preparation and packaging for Conxus Communications Inc.,...

CBIS, COMCAST PARTNER TO TACKLE CHURN

CINCINNATI-Cincinnati Bell Inc. and Comcast Cellular Communications Inc. signed an agreement to conduct a six-month program to test an integrated solution for managing customer...

FCC DELAYS C-BLOCK RESTRUCTURING DECISIONS

WASHINGTON-C-block personal communications service licensees will have an additional seven weeks to file with the Federal Communications Commission their choice-if any-of the four financial...

SMARTALK APPROVED FOR CONQUEST BUY FROM SHAREHOLDERS

LOS ANGELES-SmarTalk TeleServices Inc. said it completed its acquisition of ConQuest Telecommunications Services Corp., following "overwhelming approval by shareholders of both companies."Under the terms...

SOURCEONE OFFERING CALLING PARTY PAYS

CHICAGO-SourceOne Wireless Inc. has expanded its ForeverPage service to include alpha paging subscribers. The new Calling Party Pays now allows alphanumeric subscribers to receive...

AT&T ACQUIRES TELEPORT, GIVING PARTNERS AN OUT

NEW YORK-AT&T Corp., New York, announced it will acquire Teleport Communications Group in a stock swap transaction valued at about $12 billion, based on...

USTEL BEGINS TAILORED BILLING

CULVER CITY, Calif.-UStel Inc. announced that its new proprietary, in-house billing service began operation after nine months of development and parallel testing.The company's chief...

RESELLERS ASK FCC FOR ROAMING RIGHTS EQUAL TO CARRIERS

WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Resellers Association said it asked the Federal Communication Commission to require wireless carriers to offer automatic roaming agreements on a nondiscriminatory basis.TRA...

US/INTELICOM APPROACHES PREPAID WITH NEW OPTION

Software developer US/Intelicom stands poised to capitalize on prepaid wireless, an industry segment some analysts expect to grow rapidly during the next few years....

VIEWPOINT

They're coming out of the woodwork to point out the perils of driving and dialing. Cellular phones can cause distractions, says a new report...
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