InterCel completes Maine sub. sale InterCel Inc. completed the sale of its Maine cellular subsidiary last week for the purchase price of about $77 million. InterCel said it will use …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Telecom Personal S.A., a cellular provider in northern Argentina, reached 100,000 subscribers. The company said it is the first Argentinian firm with less than a year in the …
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. said its net loss for the first quarter increased due to higher levels of debt to finance growth and depreciation and amortization expenses associated with …
PHOENIX, Ariz.-AG Communication Systems said Ameritech Cellular Services selected its INgage Authorization and Call Routing Equipment technology for use in Ameritech’s Dual Link service. The Dual Link service allows customers …
WASHINGTON-The wireless telecommunication industry and the Federal Bureau of Investigations are back on a collision course over how the 1994 digital wiretap bill should be implemented. The issue is an …
DENVER-Personal communications services operator Western Wireless Corp. launched its VoiceStream service last Thursday in Denver, promising rates at least 20 percent lower than AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s digital cellular rates. …
ISSAQUAH, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. executed definitive agreements to acquire the cellular properties and certain assets of Triad Cellular Corp. of Menlo Park, Calif. Western Wireless will acquire 12 rural service …
DENVER-U S West Communications Group awarded a contract it values at $500 million to Lucent Technologies Inc. for Code Division Multiple Access equipment and products for its personal communications services …
RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. launched a network services unit to offer multivendor telecommunications management services to carriers. The company’s network management services include billing, customer care, work force management, fault handling, …
The Federal Communications Commission filed a reply brief last week with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit which is causing a review of the commission’s wireless resale …
WASHINGTON-The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division has begun at least two civil investigations into possible “bid rigging and market allocation” that allegedly occurred during the personal communications services auctions. One prong …
CHICAGO-Aerial Communications Inc. signed handset distribution agreements with Montgomery Wards Electric Avenue, Ritz Camera and Sears Brand Central. Other retailers carrying Aerial products and services include Best Buy, Circuit City, …
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.-Quantum Communications Group Inc., a telecommunications consulting firm, joined with Compass International Research & Information Services to offer marketing research and retention services to wireless carriers. Headquartered in …
BEIJING-Qualcomm Inc. signed a four-year agreement to supply Code Division Multiple Access phones to an affiliate of Telecom Great Wall Development Co. of Beijing. Telecom Great Wall will begin taking …
Personal communications services providers aren’t radically undercutting incumbent cellular providers’ prices as they enter markets, according to a quarterly survey of wireless pricing in markets where PCS operators have begun …
JACKSON, Miss.-Now Communications Inc. began providing prepaid local phone, cellular, paging and long-distance services in Mississippi. Regular phone service is priced at $36.50 per month, cellular phone service is $30 …
FREEHOLD, N.J.-Paging Partners Corp. reported a decrease in net loss for the quarter ended March 31. Net loss for the quarter was $464,000, or 8 cents per share. That compares …
NORMAN, Okla.-A six-month study now is underway at the Center for the Study of Wireless Electromagnetic Compatibility in Norman, Okla., to see if wireless phones interfere with cardiac defibrillators. Researchers …
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Bloomberg Financial Markets announced they will begin offering financial news and market updates to users of AT&T’s PocketNet phone this summer. Information available from Bloomberg …
FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc. and TekNow signed an agreement that calls for Motorola to license client/server Telocator Network Paging Protocol technology from TekNow. Motorola will use the technology to complete …
