WASHINGTON-The private radio industry is waiting this week to see if the long-awaited refarming plan, scheduled to be implemented Oct. 17, actually will go into effect as planned. At the …
DENVER-Denver-based PageTap Inc. and Information Station Specialists of Zeeland, Mich., announced they will begin providing real-time information to travelers on the road. By using PageTap’s PT4-R, ISS is now able …
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. and PageMart Wireless Inc. announced a five-year strategic alliance that will allow Alltel to offer its customers PageMart’s numeric and text-based paging services. Alltel is a …
DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. announced it has expanded its distribution agreement with The Southland Corp.’s 7-Eleven stores to six additional states. In Virginia and Maryland 7-Eleven stores, PageMart began offering in …
A Federal Express drop-box pages a route driver letting him know that it received no packages that day and that a stop is not necessary. A beer distributor sends an …
BAKERSFIELD, Calif.-Pacific Bell Mobile Services launched its personal communications services network, based on the Global System for Mobile communications standard, in Bakersfield and the Central Valley, Calif. The area is …
FOLSOM, Calif.-Objective Systems Integrators Inc. has released a software solution called WebOperator 1.0 that it says will allow users to monitor and control the status of networks, including wireless networks, …
BATON ROUGE, La.-C-block license holder Meretel Communications L.P. is expected this week to launch personal communications services in Baton Rouge, La., using dual-mode, dual-band Code Division Multiple Access handsets. Eatel …
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WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, fearful of anticompetitive activity against wireless phone firms, will require the Baby Bells, GTE Corp. and other local landline telcos to set up separate subsidiaries to …
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-Long Distance International’s new wireless division, LDI Wireless, signed a resale agreement with GTE Wireless. The contract calls for GTE to provide LDI a seamless cellular service that …
IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. announced its new Time Division Multiple Access IS-136 wireless handset, called the Nokia 2160i, will be equipped with a Nokia-developed enhanced full rate vocoder. The EFR ACELP …
TEL AVIV, Israel-Nexus Telecommunication Systems Ltd. said it plans to acquire Aptel Ltd., a private company owned primarily by DSP Group Inc., for 925,000 shares of Nexus stock. The closing …
McLEAN, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. announced the rollout of an enhanced specialized mobile radio network in Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz., and Spokane, Wash. The additions bring to 350 the number of …
JACKSON, Miss.-The Federal Communications Commission extended the timetable for public comment on WorldCom’s application to establish a voting trust in connection with the company’s bid to acquire MCI Communications Corp. …
MINNEAPOLIS-Personal communications services provider WirelessNorth announced it launched a Code Division Multiple Access network in Fargo, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn. The company said it plans to launch Grand Forks, N.D. …
NEW YORK-WinStar Communications Inc. acquired 16 additional 38 GHz licenses, increasing its bandwidth in four of the top 50 U.S. markets, said the company. The Federal Communications Commission granted WinStar …
I read the 50-page document several times but I still can’t find the reorganization plan that is supposed to be included in Pocket Communication Inc.’s reorganization plan submitted to a …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced it will replace the existing analog cellular telephone network in Culiacan, Sinaloa and Hermosillo Sonora, Mexico, according to a contract it signed …
ATLANTA-TWS Inc. launched a wireless messaging service called bulletin, which allows subscribers to receive e-mail generated messages on their wireless phone, reply to the sender of the message and forward …
