The echoes of MCI WorldCom Inc.'s proposed acquisition of SkyTel Communications Inc. continue to ring loudly throughout the industry, as two other paging companies...
WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. said it registered the Internet domain name "CellEase.com" and will begin taking orders immediately for prepaid cellular phones, CellEase...
LINCOLN, Neb.-Transcrypt International Inc. said it signed a memorandum of understanding with lead plaintiffs' counsel to settle the pending stockholder class-action lawsuits against the...
Portugal Telecom announced the consortium, Medi Telecom, won the second Global System for Mobile communications license in Morocco.The Medi Telecom consortium, led by Telefonica...
ALBANY, N.Y.-The Federal Communications Commission approved the transfer of control of various licenses for wireless spectrum owned by CAI Wireless Systems Inc. to MCI...
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. announced Celumovil, the largest cellular service provider in Colombia, chose CellStar to provide distribution and value-added services.Under terms of the two-year...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Paging Network do Brasil S.A. acquired rival paging carrier Powernet in a cash deal valued at about $5 million.The deal adds 46,000...
NEW YORK-Heading into a scorcher of an Independence Day holiday, American stock markets closed in record-setting territory, thereby heating up the prospects for wireless...
VIENNA, Va.-Cable & Wireless USA filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission to provide switched and private line service to Bermuda through facilities...
BOSTON-Consistent with the tower industry's consolidation trend, American Tower Corp. scored high last week with several new transactions.The company signed a $39 million agreement...
ARCNET, an architecture and engineering firm based in Holmdel, N.J., held their inaugural key ceremony to present 28 1999 3-series BMWs along with prepaid...
DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. entered an Internet commerce deal with AllnetServices.com Corp., under which the latter will make PageMart products and services available for purchase...
MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communications Corp. said it initiated deployment of a base station subsystem for Carolina PCS I L.P., which includes basic trading areas in...
SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Clearnet Communications Inc. introduced two new Internet-ready phones that integrate digital phone, two-way radio and alphanumeric paging services with a Internet microbrowser, e-mail,...
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. announced cellular service provider Cocelco S.A. in Colombia chose CellStar to provide a variety of distribution and value-added services.Under terms of...
FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Spectrum Resources Towers L.P. acquired six towers in Baltimore, Md., in two separate transactions, said the company.The towers were acquired from Blanton...
SAN ANTONIO, Texas-SBC Communications Inc. completed its acquisition of Comcast Cellular Corp. following approval by the Federal Communications Commission July 2, said the company.The...
The government of Kazakhstan's temporary ban on Russian rocket launches from the Baikonur cosmodrome has mobile satellite service providers with upcoming launch dates there...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium announced its support for the letter U.S. Commerce Secretary William Daley and USTR Charlene Barshefsky sent to Karel...
WASHINGTON-The Wireless Consumers Alliance Inc. this week plans to ask the Federal Communications Commission to rule that state courts are not pre-empted by federal...
Restructuring has proven to be a difficult task for Swedish vendor L.M. Ericsson, whose board of directors last week unanimously opted to unseat President...
Private radio users' use of cellular and paging services is lower than might be expected, considering their telecom needs, said The Strategis Group, which...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Federal Communications Commission needs to "strike the proper balance" between regulation and forbearance, the Personal Communications Industry Association told a congressional task...
YAOUNDE, Cameroon-France Telecom signed a concession agreement for Global System for Mobile communications wireless phone service in Cameroon, to be operated by Yaounde-based Societe...
