Congress last week approved an $8.6 billion disaster relief bill. Relief, that is, for states throughout the country humbled, yet not humiliated, by floods, tornadoes, mud slides and other natural …
The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association’s Foundation for Wireless Telecommunication honored several people at a dinner last week for their role in developing wireless communications. Pictured from left to right: William …
In a number of “hot” markets around the country, a tidal wave of demand for new personal communications services is swamping some companies’ customer service departments-forcing scores of would-be customers …
Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group and Coral Systems Inc. reached an agreement to allow Motorola to offer its customers Coral Systems’ FraudBuster fraud management system as part of its IN2 …
The source information on the chart on page 1 of the May 19 issue was incorrect. The information originally was compiled by Goldman Sachs.
GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. has signed a contract for its wireless prepaid calling service with Cellular One of Wisconsin and Northern Illinois, which will offer the service to more than …
NEW YORK-Competition from personal communications services companies in the United States is proving to be good news for wireless carriers and their stocks, David A. Freedman, managing director of Bear …
AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s plan for a digital personal communications services nationwide network has finally kicked off. After receiving its long-awaited shipment of dual-band, dual-mode handsets from Ericsson Inc. last …
New lawsuit filed on Motorola patents Motorola Inc. last week filed a new patent infringement lawsuit against Qualcomm Inc. in San Diego federal court, claiming all of Qualcomm’s wireless phones …
Aerial Communications Inc. launched personal communications services June 2 in Kansas City and Pittsburgh-the latest of five markets the PCS provider has rolled out in the last 11 weeks. Aerial’s …
Sen. Ernest Hollings is holding up Joel Klein’s nomination to head the Justice Department’s antitrust division because Hollings thinks Klein can’t read-at least as far as deciphering the Telecommunications Act …
Western PCS BTA 1 Corp. lost the first round of its battle with the city of Tucson, Ariz., over the city’s new zoning ordinance. Western claims the law prohibits it …
REDMOND, Wash.-Zetron Inc. named Lenbrook Wireless Communications its exclusive distributor for trunking products throughout Canada. The agreement covers Zetron products including trunking repeater controllers and wide area networking solutions, said …
MINNEAPOLIS-Personal communications services licensee WirelessNorth introduced its “Wireless Partners Program” during the North Dakota Telephone Association’s 35th Annual Tri-State Telephone Operations Conference last month in Fargo, N.D. The program defines …
The announcement of a proposed merger between a large New York investment firm and CommNet Cellular Inc. increased CommNet’s already high profile in the rural cellular market while boosting the …
Telemac appointed Peter McCracken chief executive officer, with responsibility for overseeing the development of innovative software technology and formulating strategic alliances with wireless industry leaders. Previously, McCracken was president and …
MOSCOW-Globalstar L.P. and Rostelecom JSC, Russia’s largest telecommunications operator, signed an agreement to form a joint venture company that will provide mobile satellite services in Russia. Globalstar Space Telecommunications (GlobalTel) …
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Glenayre Technologies Inc. reached agreements with several Latin American companies while participating in a trade mission in Brazil, Argentina and Chile. William Daley, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, led …
WASHINGTON-Lockheed Elementary School in Marietta, Ga., became the 100th school involved in the ClassLink program, which evolved from a challenge issued by U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich to the wireless …
SAN DIEGO-General Instrument Corp., a supplier of end-to-end digital transmission systems, signed a letter of intent to co-produce digital DVB satellite receivers in China with joint venture partners Xi’an Yellow …
