LONDON-The cellular market in Japan is booming in both the consumer and business sectors, according to a report titled, “Mobile Communications in Asia and the Pacific 1997,” by London-based CIT …
Despite the fact most private-radio attention is aimed at certain 800 MHz and 900 MHz operations and the industrial radio arena, 220 MHz to 222 MHz service is up and …
BellSouth Mobility named Scott Stone, Jack Landham, Rick Rudden and Terry D. Newberry to management positions for Alabama and northwest Florida. Stone, who was named director of finance, joined the …
LONDON-U.K. operator Orange Personal Communications Services Ltd. launched Global System for Mobile communications roaming in Canada through an agreement with Microcell Connexions Inc. The Canada deal brings to 38 the …
MILAN-Omnitel Pronto Italia, Italy’s second Global System for Mobile communications provider, announced its customer base reached 1.7 million at the end of the third quarter, a 40-percent increase over the …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group introduced a Code Division Multiple Access cellular base transmission system that supports about twice the capacity of current commercial CDMA networks, said the …
WOBURN, Mass.-Boston Communications Group Inc. announced it successfully implemented Signalling System 7 in support of a wireless carrier’s prepaid service offering. This implementation will give carriers and their subscribers the …
It appears legal battles that have been going on for more than a year between Sprint Spectrum L.P. and the city of Medina, Wash., over tower siting have come to …
WICHITA, Kan.-IFR Systems Inc. announced it plans to change its name to IFR Corp. effective Jan. 1. The company said the change comes with its corporate restructuring, through which IFR …
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Harris Corp.’s Farinon Division announced it signed an exclusive contract with BCP SA and BSE SA, led by BellSouth Corp. and the Safra Group respectively, to design and …
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas-GoPage Inc. announced it has established e-mail paging connections in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and in the Grand Caymen Islands. The company now has its network overlay operating …
LONDON-The Cellular Service Provider Group of the Federation of Communications Services in the United Kingdom said it opposes the Office of Telecommunications’ mandate that requires mobile phone operators to offer …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Inc. announced it signed its first Global System for Mobile communications contract in Central Asia with Daewoo Central Paging Cooperation, a wholly owned subsidiary of South Korea-based Daewoo, …
Pssst. Hey, did anyone know that the wireless industry has a problem with fraud? If you didn’t, it’s because it’s taken seven years for carriers and manufacturers to talk frankly …
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc. announced it has signed agreements to bring its PhonePrint wireless fraud prevention service to markets in Alabama, Georgia and Maryland. The agreements, signed with Dobson …
With all the focus on enhanced messaging services allowed by both broadband and narrowband personal communications services lately, the last several months have seen a number of technologies introduced that …
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-CommNet Cellular Inc. announced that its shareholders last week voted to approve the merger of AV Acquisition Corp., an affiliate of Blackstone CCI Capital Partners L.P., with and into …
VANCOUVER, B.C.-Clearnet Communications Inc. said it officially launched Clearnet PCS, its personal communications services network based on Code Division Multiple Access technology operating in the 1.9 GHz range. The company …
RESTON, Va.-Constellation Communications Inc. filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission to launch an additional 46 satellites to operate in the 2 GHz frequency bands. The satellites will allow …
The months-long debate at the Federal Communications Commission over C-block personal communications services debt restructuring, culminating in last month’s factious decision to offer limited relief to floundering auction winners, saw …
