BRISTOL, England-Orange plc is introducing a number of communications services packages that address multiple user groups. The new services, which will be available within the next month, include simultaneous voice …
BEIJING-Northern Telecom Ltd. was awarded a contract from the Tianjin Posts and Telecommunications Administration to increase the capacity of its existing Global System for Mobile Communications network. The expansion will …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-The wireless infrastructure market grew 63 percent to $5.3 billion last year, driven largely by the increased spending of personal communications services companies, according to research compiled by …
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.-Wireless reseller DCN Wireless signed a definitive agreement with NextWave Telecom Inc. to resell 600 million minutes of personal communications services airtime to California customers. DCN Wireless is …
DENVER-Intercell Corp. announced a preliminary agreement to sell its wholly owned subsidiaries, Intercell Wireless Corp. and Cellular Magnetics Inc., for a combined cash and stock value of $3.7 million. Terry …
JACKSON, Miss.-Mtel Latin America Inc., a subsidiary of Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp., signed an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of the Argentina-based paging company RadioMensaje S.A. The agreement lists …
WASHINGTON-TRW Inc. and Motorola Inc. asked the Federal Communications Commission to investigate Mobile Communications Holdings Inc. in connection with alleged lobbying violations aimed at securing industry, congressional and Clinton administration …
NEW YORK-McCaw International Inc., Seattle, plans to exchange for publicly traded debt securities about $461.5 million in 10-year, 13 percent senior discount notes it sold privately in March. The exchange, …
WASHINGTON-A bipartisan bill introduced late last week by Reps. Thomas Bliley (R-Va.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.), if passed, could bring competition to the international satellite arena that includes the International …
NORCROSS, Ga.-USCI Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiary, Wireless Communications Centers Inc., will install sales and customer service centers in high-traffic retail locations in Atlanta, Phoenix, Nashville and Memphis, Tenn., and Birmingham, …
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration aggressively lobbied Congress last week for most-favored-nation trading status with wireless export-rich China, with officials warning that doing otherwise could destabilize the communist Asian giant and hurt …
Editor’s Note: The cities listed here represent U.S. cellular markets 21 through 40, ranked by total number of subscribers in each metropolitan statistical area. Most carriers are unwilling to reveal …
NEW YORK-Teligent Corp. is the new name for Associated Communications L.L.C., a company established last year as a broadband wireless competitive local exchange carrier, announced Alex J. Mandl, its president. …
BOSTON-People are still slow to adopt wireless mobile data services, the Yankee Group reported. In fact, there has been no significant increase in the number of people who use wireless …
SALEM, Ore.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. awarded a contract to Supra Products Inc. to install the TRACcess key control and electronic access management system at AT&T’s cell sites nationwide. Supra values …
L.M. Ericsson signed a contract to supply a Digital Cellular System 1800 network in Denmark for Telia Mobile AB. Ericsson values the first phase of the project at $49 million, …
GERMANTOWN, Md.-Hughes Network Systems Inc. recently signed contracts with PT Ratelindo, an Indonesian telecom operator, to expand its fixed wireless telephone network in Jakarta. According to HNS, Ratelindo plans to …
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.-The Federal Communications Commission granted MobileMedia Corp.’s request to stay the hearing initiated by the FCC to evaluate whether the company is suitable to retain all of its …
Western Wireless Corp. said things are running smoothly in Hawaii since it launched the nation’s second personal communications services network there more than one year ago. But in the eyes …
NEW YORK-In an attempt to raise funds for a worldwide, low-earth-orbit satellite-based digital telecom system, Globalstar L.P. announced plans to sell $200 million of senior notes due 2004 in an …
