CALGARY, Alberta-Cell-Loc Inc.’s TimesThree division reported an agreement with Sprint Sites USA to lease space on more than 2,000 Sprint Sites tower sites throughout the United States. Cell-Loc said the …
WASHINGTON-The House of Representatives last week passed legislation by voice vote to mandate that wireless subscribers be taxed based on a single address. The Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act will ensure …
WASHINGTON-John Stanton, chairman and chief executive officer of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. and Western Wireless Corp., was named chairman of the board of directors of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. Stanton …
As the bigger tower companies gobble up tower sites across the country, TrinTel Communications Inc. is building its business on filling in the gaps and constructing new sites to lease …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Personal Communications Industry Association reported that Christopher Galvin, chairman and chief executive officer of Motorola Inc., will be the opening keynote speaker at PCIA’s GlobalXChange. “As one of …
MENLO PARK, Calif.-Wireless infrastructure equipment provider interWave Communications International Ltd. signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Microcellular Systems Ltd. The acquisition is expected to …
OLYMPIA, Wash.-Illuminet Holdings Inc. completed its acquisition of prepaid wireless provider National Telemanagement Corp. NTC will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Illuminet, with the combined companies providing Signaling System …
Mexico Four Mexican wireless telephone operators-Baja Cellular, Movitel, Norcel and Cedetel-signed a $66 million expansion contract with Motorola Inc. to provide an end-to-end Code Division Multiple Access network solution. The …
NEW YORK-Globalstar L.P. said it made an agreement that replaces a $250-million Chase credit facility and will leave the company at the end of the year with a surplus of …
LONDON-By the end of the year there are expected to be 16.7 million wireless portal end users in Europe’s top 15 markets, according to a study released by The Strategis …
For those people still neglecting to turn off their cellular phones in public places like movie theaters, churches and restaurants, a technology is in the works that will take the …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Superconducting wireless systems manufacturer Conductus Inc. reported that the first third-generation field trial of its ClearSite system demonstrated reductions in the effects of interference on 3G base station performance, …
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Technology Inc. is acquiring Exalink Ltd., an Israel-based Wireless Application Protocol gateway and application software developer. The tax-free, stock-for-stock transaction will be accounted for as a pooling of …
CALGARY, Alberta-Cell-Loc Inc. announced it entered into an agreement with OpenGrid Inc. that will bring together Cell-Loc’s Cellocate network with OpenGrid’s Intelligent Wireless Services offerings. “By coupling the two technologies, …
WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court last month refused to stay the scheduled re-auction of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.’s personal communications services licenses or hear an appeal on their cancellation. “A petition …
The Canadian government is opening up its telecommunications market for new wireless players and giving incumbents a chance to acquire the spectrum they need to offer third-generation and enhanced services. …
DALLAS-The next time you hear the distinct pitch of a wireless phone ringing, don’t be surprised if the person picking it up is sporting shorts and sandals instead of a …
Sprint PCS affiliate IWO Holdings filed a prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise $173 million in an initial public offering. The company said it would use proceeds …
WASHINGTON-Sprint PCS late Friday was expected to file a lawsuit in a California federal court, claiming the California Public Utilities Commission is violating federal law by not assigning it more …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and Cable & Wireless introduced a global wireless Internet platform. Cable & Wireless is supplying the data center infrastructure and connectivity to its global Internet Protocol backbone, …
