GREENSBORO, N.C.-Blue Ridge Investors L.P. completed a management-led buyout of Cherokee Wireless Services Inc., which provides program and contract management services for tower and antenna needs. Based in Cornelia, Ga., …
BDPCS Inc. last week filed a lawsuit in a Colorado court against U S West Inc., claiming U S West’s last-minute refusal to loan the former C-block auction winner $37 …
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-U S West Media Group said it began shifting its focus to cable networks during the first quarter, even as its domestic wireless subscriber base grew 38 percent. The …
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-TynanGroup Inc., a national project planning and management firm, expanded its East Coast operations with a new facility in Greenwich, Conn. The company also is establishing an office …
DALLAS-Northern Telecom Inc. said it placed more than 80 percent of its customer financing commitments to North American personal communications services operators with a group of more than 20 major …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. reported net sales for the first quarter ended March 31 of $2.2 billion, 43 percent more than first quarter 1996 net sales of $1.6 billion. Net profit …
WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. and engineering provider LCC International Inc. have concluded negotiations revolving around the C-block winner’s default of a March 31 payment for services. A $2 million wire transfer …
NEW YORK-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp., Jackson, Miss., reported first quarter results showing increases in revenues and operating cash flow, with continuing but lessening losses per share of common stock. Consolidated …
An executive shuffle is taking place at Motorola Inc. In the company’s annual report for 1996, Hector Ruiz is titled executive vice president of Motorola Inc., and president of the …
WASHINGTON-Somewhere in southern Louisiana, Mama Tauzin lives alone, and her son, the congressman, worries about her. He wants to buy her a wireless device that would alert someone should she …
CHICAGO-Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. assigned a `B’ rating to the senior discount notes of Nextel Communications Inc. The rating also applies to the senior debt of Dial Call …
More than a year after the Internet burst into the wireless space, the big story in mobile data continues to be how the industry is responding to this communications phenomenon. …
NEW CANAAN, Conn.-Centennial Cellular Corp.’s subsidiary Centennial Puerto Rico Wireless Corp. completed a long-term bank credit agreement. The $130 million financing arranged by Citibank N.A. is meant to fully fund …
GREENBELT, Md.-Cellular One of Washington, D.C./Baltimore introduced its RSVP Piper Traveler, a product that combines a pager and an analog cellular phone. RSVP Piper Traveler features a nationwide numeric display …
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. and InfoCellular Inc. introduced a customer acquisition and inventory fulfillment product. The interface provides one application for customer qualification, fulfillment and activations, the companies said. Users enter …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-BT Mobile awarded a contract to Ericsson Ltd. to upgrade BT’s wide area paging network. The project, scheduled for completion this year, will add features and increase network capacity. …
BOTHELL, Wash.-GTE Corp.’s Network Management Organization opened an office in Surrey, U.K., to focus on the European market. Jean-Pierre Goetz, the group’s director of European sales for WorldWin, will head …
MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. launched its ninth mobile communications network in Tampa, Fla. The network allows dispatchers, fleet managers and mobile employees to communicate with each other. Tampa is Geotek’s …
SEATTLE-Cellular Technical Services Inc. will supply its Blackbird Platform and PreTect wireless fraud prevention systems to GTE Wireless. The Blackbird and PreTect products work together using radio frequency fingerprinting to …
WASHINGTON-A major Australian study has found significant cancer in rodents exposed to digital wireless phone radiation, dramatic findings that offer compelling new evidence of potential health risks from phones and …
