WASHINGTON-While it may not be an auctionwide pattern, bidders on the largest basic trading areas (ranked by pop) in the D-, E- and F-block personal communications services auction tend to …
SAN FRANCISCO-Sprint PCS will use Lightbridge Inc.’s Customer Acquisition System to streamline customer acquisition and improve customer retention for Sprint PCS’ personal communications services network. In addition, Sprint will use …
NEW YORK-As the telecommunications industry moves toward offering a broader array of bundled services, Wall Street needs to move away from its outmoded, one-size-fits-all criteria for evaluating cellular companies. This …
NEW YORK-Cellular subscribers said they are most satisfied with customer service from AT&T Wireless Services Inc., according to J.D. Power and Associates’ second annual survey of customer satisfaction in the …
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is pushing its PBX-connected, digital microcellular in-building wireless system, saying it sees a 40 percent compounded annual growth rate for the business market. “There are about …
Concurrent with the bidding deadline to operate a fourth wireless phone network in Germany, cellular operators DeTeMobil and Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH have announced extensive rate cuts. The American Embassy in …
MONTVALE, N.J.-Hughes Network Systems Inc. agreed to manufacture Frequency Hopping Multiple Access infrastructure subsystems for Geotek Communications Inc. and to provide Geotek with $100 million in vendor credit financing. Hughes …
Editor: On behalf of WillowRun L.P., I would like to respond to your Sept. 16 article, “Editor who got free stake in PCS carrier promotes that firm.” The article nicely …
SAINT-QUENTIN, France-Three prominent European companies are forging a partnership that will bid to operate the telecommunications system of the French railway. The Bouygues Group of France will own 51 percent …
Western Wireless Corp. is expected soon to privately sell $200 million in notes due 2007 to help finance its ongoing personal communications services buildout and to acquire additional spectrum in …
Ericsson Radio Systems said it has transmitted data at a rate of 144 kilobits per second on 5 megahertz of channel bandwidth, using Code Division Multiple Access technology, in a …
WASHINGTON-FaciliCom International announced it is offering Demand Assigned Multiple Access services over its global fiber optic and satellite network to provide carriers and multinational companies lower cost digital connectivity. The …
WASHINGTON-As expected, DCR PCS Inc., part of Pocket Communications Inc. and the second-largest C-block winner, responded to National Telecom PCS Inc.’s recent second supplement to its petition to deny DCR’s …
Fortunately, I’ve never needed to call a cop for help. I’ve never been in a dangerous situation in the dark of night. I’ve never been accosted by anyone wielding a …
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration’s free Internet plan would discriminate against wireless carriers by forcing them to pay extra into the universal service fund without the likelihood of gaining access to monies …
Andres Link and Richard Swerdlow met three years ago playing basketball in Miami, and began discussing business opportunities. Last month, the University of Florida named the pair’s partnership, Cellular Works, …
HOUSTON-Castle Tower Corp. said it now owns 15 tower sites in the center ridge of Puerto Rico after acquiring the assets of Motorola Inc.’s Puerto Rico network services operations. The …
A U.S. District Court judge has ruled Gwinnett County, Ga., violated the Telecommunications Act of 1996 by denying BellSouth Mobility Inc. a permit to construct a monopole cellular tower. In …
Cellular One of Michigan and Ohio will adopt the AirTouch Cellular name and bring the number of states offering cellular service under the AirTouch brand to 17. “Our strength as …
UNITED KINGDOM-The number of wireless users in Asia is on par with the number of mobile subscribers in western Europe, but Asia’s subscriber base is expected to increase twice as …
