Monthly Archives: May, 1999

DESPITE SLASHING AND SHUFFLING, TELECOM JOB MARKET REMAINS PROMISING

Working in the fast-paced world of wireless telecommunications is like playing a game of musical chairs-everything moves along smoothly until the music stops. In...

ARCH REVENUES DOWN SLIGHTLY

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. reported revenues for the first quarter ended March 31 of $94 million, only a slight decrease from the $94.7...

APPLICATION DISMISSAL DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JULY 1

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has extended the deadline for RF applications from May 1 to July 1. License applications filed at the FCC will...

AMSC REVENUES UP 100 PERCENT

RESTON, Va.-American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced revenues for the first quarter ended March 31 of $20.2 million, a more than 100-percent increase from the...

AIRTOUCH ANNOUNCES NEB. PRICE PLANS

OMAHA, Neb.-AirTouch Cellular announced the AirTouch Statewide Toll and Roaming calling plans, which eliminate roaming charges and allow the company's Nebraska customers to call...

WESTERN LOSES S.D. BID FOR ELIGIBLE-CARRIER STATUS

Western Wireless Corp. appears to have a long struggle ahead as it attempts to offer fixed wireless service in rural America.The South Dakota Public...

CABLE & WIRELESS REVENUES UP

LONDON-Cable & Wireless Communications reported revenues for the fiscal year ended March 31 of $4.3 billion, an increase from the $3.7 billion reported for...

STUDY SUPPORTS BROADBAND ACCESS FRENZY

The market for broadband access services is on the verge of dramatic growth, and fixed terrestrial wireless systems are expected to play a big...

METROCALL REVENUES RISE WHILE NET LOSS GROWS

Metrocall Inc. reported revenues for the first quarter ended March 31 of $145.2 million, a substantial increase from the $96.3 million reported for first-quarter...

TELEFONOS DE MEXICO, SBC BUY PUERTO RICO CARRIER

NEW YORK-Telefonos de Mexico S.A. de C.V. and SBC Communications Inc. announced May 3 they would jointly purchase Cellular Communications of Puerto Rico Inc....

PEOPLE INCREASINGLY IRRITATED WITH INCONSIDERATE CALLERS

Mobile phones have become commonplace in our society, but they aren't welcome every place.People increasingly have become annoyed listening to others' ringing phones and...

MCI WORLDCOM-NEXTEL GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

WASHINGTON-MCI WorldCom Inc. last week halted talks to buy Nextel Communications Inc. after succumbing to differences over price, putting shares of the No. 2...

ASTROLINK VENTURE TO DEVELOP BROADBAND SERVICES SYSTEM

NEW YORK-Astrolink L.L.C., a strategic venture initiated by Lockheed Martin Corp., announced it received $900 million in equity from founding partners Lockheed Martin Global...

JUSTICE APPROVES BELL ATLANTIC/GTE

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of Justice gave its approval to the merger of Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp., said the companies.The two companies and...

OPERATING COSTS HURT PAGEMART

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. reported revenues for the first quarter ended March 31 of $62.5 million, a 10.5-percent increase from the $56.6 million recorded for...

PAGEMART OFFERS SYNAPSE CARD FOR PALM III UNIT

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. announced it has developed a new version of the Synapse Pager Card that is adapted for the Palm III connected organizer...

NEWS BRIEFS

Arch Communications Inc. and PageMart Wireless Inc. jointly announced a five-year agreement under which the companies will provide narrowband personal communications services advanced messaging,...

PALM PLATFORM ADDS OMNIBROWSE IS SOFTWARE

BELLEVUE, Wash.-OmniBrowse Inc. announced its information services software has been added to the Palm Computing Platform, which powers various personal organizers, such as the...

D.C. NOTES: SPRINGTIME FOR SLOBODAN

As you may recall, Vice President Gore's name was floated here recently for wireless industry poster child in recognition of his staff's cache of...

WASHINGTON BRIEFS

President Clinton intends to renominate Susan Ness to a second term on the Federal Communications Commission. Speculation had been swirling in recent months about...

FCC UNDER MICROSCOPE IN COURT

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission regulatory procedures and wireless privacy have been put under the microscope by a federal appeals court here, following lawsuits by wireless...

CROWN ANTICIPATES CONTRACTS FROM WLL IN U.S., BROADBAND IN U.K.

After securing purchase-leaseback deals with BellSouth Cellular Corp. and Powertel Inc., Crown Castle International Corp. capped off its first quarter with significant increases in...

CELLSTAR CONSOLIDATES

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. announced it is consolidating its Latin America and North America regions into a new Americas region in an effort to increase...

TYCZ RECEIVES BOWLER AWARD

WASHINGTON-The PCIA Foundation last week bestowed its annual awards on two significant telecommunications policy makers.The Personal Communications Industry Association's 1999 Eugene C. Bowler Award...

BELLSOUTH FINDS REVENUE MARKETING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

As telecommunications carriers' revenues are under attack in light of increased competition, BellSouth Corp. has found a way to generate billions marketing its intellectual...
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