Bell Atlantic Mobile Bell Atlantic Mobile named Jack Plating executive vice president and chief operating officer. Plating will be responsible for the daily operations of the company’s six regional markets …
NEW YORK-Despite a positive outlook for wireless telecommunications over the next eight years, “our concern is about getting from here to there,” said Timothy E. Caffrey, director of corporate ratings …
DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. said it has completed satellite coverage across the Western Hemisphere, as it signed an agreement with Orbcomm de Mexico S.A. de C.V. to offer services to …
American Tower Systems Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of American Radio Systems Corp., announced it has reached an agreement to acquire the assets of Washington International Teleport from Midcontinent Media …
WASHINGTON-A Chicago wireless firm has sued 360
Matrix Systems introduced the Model 7000 Series Coaxial Relay Modules, designed to maintain coaxial switching continuity over a wide range of critical and severe environments and applications. The relay modules …
LUXEMBOURG-Millicom International Cellular S.A. added 150,419 net new subscribers during the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, an increase of 76 percent from the 85,474 reported in the comparative period of …
Metrocall Inc. announced it has filed formal complaints with the Federal Communications Commission’s Common Carrier Bureau enforcement division, charging several regional Bell and independent telephone companies with continuing to violate …
WASHINGTON-The Food and Drug Administration has recommended to Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) that more research be conducted on possible health risks from mobile telephones, but the agency left unclear whether …
While not everything is rosy in the PCS world-what with a couple bankruptcies, some layoffs, downgraded and stagnant rollout plans-the industry, in general, has made terrific inroads in a short …
Manufacturers are under pressure to finance independent personal communications services companies, but recent financial turmoil surrounding some C-block carriers highlights the risk involved in extending credit to companies whose only …
DENVER-Daniels & Associates, an investment banking and financial services company specializing in the cable and telecommunications industries, announced that an affiliate of Unitel Cellular Communications Inc. has acquired the cellular …
As the federal government struggles to implement its universal service fund program, the state of Texas has been quietly collecting fees from telecom providers there under a similar assessment program …
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. announced it selected Texas Instruments Inc. to manufacture a custom chip based on InterDigital’s broadband Code Division Multiple Access technology. InterDigital intends to use …
NEW YORK-Teltrust Inc., Salt Lake City, a wholesaler of prepaid calling card, directory assistance and other telecommunications services, has secured a five-year, $15 million revolving line of credit from Fleet …
LUXEMBOURG-Millicom International Cellular S.A. was formally granted the right to provide nationwide coverage in the United Republic of Tanzania, said the company. Millicom also increased its ownership in Mobitel from …
LAS VEGAS-Paging Network Inc. introduced its new guaranteed-delivery text messaging service, called SurePage Nationwide Delivery. Airtime for the service will be provided by Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp.’s SkyTel ReFLEX 50 …
IRVINE, Calif.-L.M. Ericsson and Subscriber Computing Inc. entered a partnership agreement in which Ericsson plans to market SCI’s wireless intelligent network-based prepaid metered billing system for Advanced Mobile Phone Service …
MILFORD, Conn.-Starrtel Cellular Group Inc. will occupy 60,000 square feet of space in Veeder Place in Hartford, Conn., which is under renovation as part of an inner-city economic development plan, …
WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-SourceOne Wireless Inc. signed an agreement to market the interactive paging service of BellSouth Corp. business venture RAM Mobile Data L.P., RAM announced. SourceOne initially will resell the interactive …
