1998

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 Electronics. The single-band phone has a …

ASHLAND, Ken.-RAM Technologies announced it has acquired American Answering Service of Charleston, W.Va. “We look forward to providing American Answering Service’s customers with state-of-the-art computerized messaging service, a wide variety …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission member Harold Furchtgott-Roth, joining a growing chorus of critics, has charged the Democratic-led agency with subordinating the interests of rural and low-income universal service recipients to connecting …

NEW YORK-Wireless telecommunications services and equipment providers issued nearly $14 billion in debt securities during the first quarter of this year, according to Securities Data Co., Newark, N.J. Overall issuance …

NEW YORK-Centennial Cellular Corp., New Canaan, Conn., announced the company is considering its options, including selling some or all of its assets. The company, a cellular carrier on the United …

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 marketing associates to help it acquire …

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 network expansion. The contract is valued …

BOISE, Idaho-Extended Systems announced its JetEye PC infrared serial adapter will be bundled with NEC America Inc.’s Beacon Data Pager. JetEye will allow a PC to exchange data with the …

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 to convince newly activated mobile …

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 Wireless’ digital mobile phone and paging …

A California software company has introduced an object-based server that captures, processes and manages distributed events and transactions across disparate computer and network systems. Softwire Corp. of Larkspur, Calif., already …

DENVER-U S West Inc. said it hopes to finish the split of its two companies, U S West Communications Inc. and MediaOne Group, by mid-June after clearing all major legal …

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 net income for the comparable period …

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 large corporations. Companies like AT&T Corp., …

IRVINE, Calif.-Subscriber Computing Inc. installed a fraud detection system for Canadian personal communications services provider Microcell Telecommunications Inc., announced the company. Subscriber Computing said Microcell is the first North American …

Century Communications Corp. reported an increase in revenue and a greater net loss for its third quarter, ended Feb. 28, compared with the corresponding quarter of the previous year. Third-quarter …

LISLE, Ill.-Coherent Communications Systems Corp. plans to hold a special stockholders’ meeting May 12 to approve the previously announced merger with Tellabs Inc. Following approval of the merger, Coherent would …

I’m not paranoid. Really, I’m not. But I am becoming increasingly protective of my privacy as I get bombarded with companies trying to glean bits of information about me to …

DENVER-The Colorado Public Utilities Commission scrapped a plan that would have provided a new area code for wireless phones and pagers only. Citing legal and financial implications, the commission has …

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone selected Comverse Network Systems to supply a voice/text messaging system for the SFR network in France, announced Comverse. The N.J.-based company completed an initial phase …

NEW YORK-Consorcio Ecuatoriano de Telecommunicaciones S.A., Ecuador’s largest cellular carrier, announced last week it had scrapped plans to go public. Instead, the Quito-based company said it will seek to meet …

WASHINGTON-House Commerce Committee Chairman Thomas Bliley (R-Va.) said the privatization of the International Maritime Satellite Organization and the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization being negotiated by the Clinton administration may be …

ROME-Three consortia have submitted bids for Italy’s third mobile phone license, due to be awarded mid-year. Two of the bids were expected for some time. Picienne-a consortium led by the …

Signaling the beginning of a global partnership, Telecom Italia said it will pay $2 billion for minority interests in Cable & Wireless plc’s international businesses. “I am pleased to welcome …

ISSAQUAH, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. selected actress Jamie Lee Curtis to be the “voice of VoiceStream,” representing the company’s personal communications services products throughout 1998. Curtis will appear in Western Wireless’ …