NEW YORK – Nextel Communications Inc. made a big splash in the capital markets last week with two big deals, neither of which will directly finance the carrier’s domestic specialized …
WILSONVILLE, Ore.-Wireless reseller NW Communications announced a partnership with Japan Radio Corp. Ltd., a JRC unit that manufacturers prepaid equipment. Together the companies are offering a prepaid cellular service called …
SAN FRANCISCO-Multiplier Industries Corp. and Hutton Communications completed agreements to distribute the Multiplier Plus line of cellular and personal communications services accessories through Hutton’s distribution centers in Denver, Seattle, Dallas, …
JACKSON, Miss.-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp.’s wholesale division, Destineer, signed 20 reseller agreements for its messaging services. The agreements allow resellers to market Mtel’s interactive two-way messaging service as well as …
Qualcomm Inc. has asked the Federal Communications Commission for the Miami pioneer’s preference personal communications services license the company was denied three years ago. The request comes after the FCC’s …
SAN FRANCISCO-Lucent Technologies Inc. is introducing a design, development and interoperability testing facility designed to speed new applications for wireless carriers to market. Lucent’s Wireless Innovation Lab is located in …
WASHINGTON-“This is an exciting wireless opportunity for businesses with clear vision and a good business plan,” commented Michele Farquhar, chief of the Federal Communications Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at a …
More than 20,000 people with more than 20,000 different views. And yet, I kept hearing one recurring theme at CTIA Wireless ’97 last week. When it comes to competition, the …
SAN FRANCISCO-Results from a recent survey of wireless phone users showed personal communications services users are more likely younger, male professionals, while cellular users are more often older women, although …
WASHINGTON-Despite being overruled by his fellow commissioners, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt has signaled his intention to campaign aggressively for a highly deregulatory, market-driven spectrum policy. Using the office …
NEW YORK-With at least several hundred billing and customer care systems providers out there today, wireless carriers, especially new players, are suffering an embarrassment of riches. The trick is to …
CAMBRIDGE, England-During a visit to Simoco International Ltd., Ole Lauridsen, chairman of the TETRA MoU, was given a demonstration of Simoco’s Trans European Trunked Radio Access equipment. The demonstration included …
SAN FRANCISCO-More than 230,000 square feet of exhibit space already has been leased for next year’s Wireless ’98 industry trade show-hosted by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association in Atlanta-almost as …
SAN FRANCISCO-Market segmentation and minimizing costs are critical success factors for wireless operators, and as countering forces, these topics were hot conversation at this year’s Wireless ’97 conference. Cellular Telecommunications …
SAN FRANCISCO-Superconducting Core Technologies Inc. announced its REACH Receiver Front End System has been sold domestically and internationally as a result of its field tests. The system uses cryoelectronic filters …
SAN FRANCISCO-Gilbert Associates Inc. said it will purchase the stock of TEC Cellular Inc. Melbourne, Fla.-based TEC, a provider of Windows-based wireless system design software tools, network design technical services …
WASHINGTON-Major reshuffling at the Federal Communications Commission last week has Dan Phythyon succeeding Michele Farquhar next month as chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission and …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-ICO Global Communications, a global mobile satellite communications company, awarded a contract to a consortium consisting of L.M. Ericsson, Hughes Network Systems Inc. and NEC Corp. The consortium will …
WALTHAM, Mass.-EDS Personal Communications said Century Cellunet Inc. and Radiofone Inc. will be the first U.S. carriers to use new enhancements of EDS’ core clearinghouse service. The Air Rate Edit …
CUPERTINO, Calif.-DSP Communications Inc. and Siemens Wireless Terminals, a division of Siemens Business Communications Systems Inc., announced they have signed a worldwide strategic agreement for Interim Standard 95 and J-STD-008-based …
