WASHINGTON-The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission decided early Oct. 16 to move forward with refarming implementation as planned for Oct. 17, thus derailing any stay that had …
Espoo, FINLAND-The Quadrant Consortium, which is comprised of British Telecommunications plc, Nokia Corp., Motorola Inc. and TRW, has been authorized by the British government to begin work on the specification …
PanaVise Products Inc. introduced a combination mounting kit designed to keep cellular phones secure while driving, but quickly release the phone for easy removal from the vehicle. The PortaGrip 2000 …
CUPERTINO, Calif.-DSP Communications Inc. said it delivered Code Division Multiple Access baseband processor samples to original equipment manufacturer customers for use in subscriber handsets. At the same time, DSPC and …
AAR Electronics Inc. Mountain SMR Group Advanced Comm. and Electronics Nextel License Acquisition Corp. Alpha Communication Sites Inc Niles Radio Communications Arthur Patrick, dba Lawton Comm. North Site Communications Inc. …
NEW YORK-China Telecom (Hong Kong) Ltd., the major cellular carrier in the populous Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces, priced its initial public stock offering at HK$11.80 per share Oct. 16, Goldman …
The personal communications services industry saw its second top management change in less than a month as Pacific Bell named John Polumbo president and chief executive officer of its PCS …
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. announced the consummation of its $150 million convertible subordinated notes offering to qualified institutional buyers. The notes will be unsecured obligations, bear interest at an annual rate …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. announced the first step in the regulatory review for its merger with ProNet Inc. has been completed successfully. The merger has received the necessary antitrust clearance now …
NEW YORK-Vulcan Ventures Inc., the investment organization chaired by Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul G. Allen, announced Oct. 14 it would increase its stake in Metricom Inc., a wireless data and …
NEW YORK-To get a sense of where the narrowband personal communications services industry is headed in the United States, picture this: The presidents of American Paging Inc., Arch Communications Group, …
WASHINGTON-InTouch USA Inc. announced it has taken its wireless equipment rental service worldwide, primarily to offer carriers with holes in their roaming capabilities access to foreign networks. The company said …
L.M. Ericsson signed three contracts valued at $223 million to expand Global System for Mobile communications and Total Access Communications System mobile networks in China. The first contract, signed with …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. signed a royalty-bearing license agreement with Hitachi Ltd. of Japan, which grants Hitachi a license to manufacture and sell subscriber products for wireless applications based on the …
NEW YORK-Established and new entrants to the wireless handset manufacturing sector are sitting pretty on the crest of a wave of growing worldwide demand, said participants in the NatWest Securities …
MCI Communications Corp., which last week found itself with a third suitor in GTE Corp., may finally have an opportunity to enter the wireless arena in more than a reseller …
To clarify the cost of airtime for Global System for Mobile communications subscribers who use their phones to roam on foreign networks, the GSM MoU Association’s global membership voted to …
Affordable Message Center, a wireless reseller based in New York, introduced a bundled package service plan to its wireless and wireline wholesale customers that combines various elements of the company’s …
LISLE, Ill.-Tellabs said it won a contract to supply its MartisDXX managed access and transport network solution to EuroTel Bratislava, which provides Global System for Mobile communications, Nordic Mobile Telephone …
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association announced Philips Consumer Communications’ Trapeze Global System for Mobile communications 1900 MHz wireless mobile phone has been certified by the association. Philips’ Trapeze, model TCD-718, …
