LITTLE CHUTE, Wis.-Airadigm Communications Inc. is launching service in Green Bay, Wis., and opening a retail store in the Bay Park Square Mall. Airadigm’s service is branded Einstein PCS. The …
BETHESDA, Md.-Comsat Corp. filed with the Federal Communications Commission for relief from what it calls outdated regulatory burdens. “Comsat is the only U.S. international communications carrier that is still regulated …
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Personal communications services provider Omnipoint Communications Services Inc. began operational roaming with Libertel in the Netherlands and Europolitan in Sweden. Although the companies’ networks operate in different frequencies, …
WASHINGTON-The paging industry urged the Federal Communications Commission last week to reject SBC Communications Inc.’s application to enter the long distance market, citing failure of the regional Bell telephone company …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Radio Messaging AB agreed to transfer all production and marketing rights for Ericsson’s RDS products to Cetronic AB. RDS is a subcarrier technology that is used in the …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden- L.M. Ericsson’s first quarter financial results produced net sales of $4 billion, a 36 percent increase from $2.9 billion during the same period a year ago. Net income …
DENVER-An affiliate of Dobson Communications Corp. acquired cellular assets from Horizon Cellular Telephone Co. of Hagerstown L.P. and Cumberland Cellular Partnership. Included in the acquisition are the Hagerstown, Md., metropolitan …
Frontier Cellular should have been included on RCR’s Top 20 Cellular Carriers list. The company had 233,199 subscribers for year-end 1996. Also, Comcast Cellular Communications Inc.s markets are in Delaware, …
NEW YORK-Comcast Cellular Holdings Inc., a newly formed holding company, plans to sell privately $900 million in senior unsecured notes that will be used to help repay the outstanding debt …
CARLSBAD, Calif.-Coded Communications Corp. and Racom Corp. partnered to provide wireless data access to Iowa public safety fleets, which allows them to access various law enforcement databases, broadcast their positions …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Cellcom, which operates a cellular network in Wisconsin and Iowa, will purchase four beta units of Conductus Inc.’s ClearSite receiver subsystem following a successful trial of the system, Conductus …
The cellular industry joined Ellen and the Clinton administration last week, volunteering to come out as a consumer advocate. That’s right, CTIA joined the fight against aggressive driving-this coming from …
Ericsson Inc. announced it supplied equipment and services to Airadigm Communications Inc. for its Einstein personal communications services network in Appleton, Wis. The network uses Global System for Mobile communications …
ATLANTA-Paging Network Inc. launched its VoiceNow voice paging service in Atlanta. The service allows subscribers to receive a caller’s voice message. Service packages begin at $10 per month and the …
WASHINGTON-The paging industry urged the Federal Communications Commission last week to reject SBC Communications Inc.’s application to enter the long distance market, citing failure of the regional Bell telephone company …
RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. and the University of Texas at Dallas will jointly develop curriculum for electrical engineers specifically for the wireless telecommunications industry. Stephen Gibbs, an Ericsson employee of seven …
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill.-Telular Corp. said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a lower court’s ruling in the case of Arthur L. Serrano and Andrew W. Holman …
WAYNE, N.J.-AT&T Corp. appointed Daniel Somers chief financial officer to replace Richard Miller, who left the company last month. Most recently, Somers was chairman and chief executive officer of Bell …
IRVING, Texas-Nokia Mobile Phones introduced a service that allows direct Internet access from standard Global System for Mobile communications cellular phones. “The main idea behind Smart Messaging is to combine …
IRVINE, Calif.-Subscriber Computing Inc. signed an international marketing agreement with Bull-Integris Telecommunications to jointly market SCI’s fraud control, prepaid billing, credit monitoring and switch interface products. SCI also agreed to …
