NEW YORK-DSC Communications Corp., a major manufacturer of switches for wireless and wireline telecommunications, announced it anticipates posting disappointing revenues and earnings for the third quarter ending Sept. 30. The …
WASHINGTON-The five-year, $25 million industry-funded research program on potential cancer risks from pocket telephones will come to a screeching halt unless wireless carriers and manufacturers agree to indemnify scientists named …
OCTOBER 7 Making Sense of the Changing Communications Marketplace, by TeleStrategies Inc. Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, Washington, D.C. (703) 734-7050. 7-9 Wireless APPS Convention, by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. …
NEW YORK-Boston Communications Group Inc. has a not-so-modest proposal and concrete plans to execute it: a prepaid wireless roaming network for the Western Hemisphere. Already the company is in various …
BellSouth Mobility has launched digital cellular service in Atlanta. After spending $77 million preparing the network for the Summer Olympic Games, the company said it was more than ready to …
CALABASAS, Calif.-Silverlake Communications Inc., a wireless software and services provider, said PageMart Inc. will sell its paging PC Software. Airsource Pro features e-mail forwarding, message scheduling, message tracking and group …
VIENNA, Va.-Cable & Wireless Inc. announced its chief executive officer, Gabe Battista, has resigned to become CEO of Network Solutions Inc., a provider of enabling utility services for the Internet …
MCLEAN, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. said it has secured $1.66 billion in bank financing for the nationwide expansion of the company’s integrated wireless communications network. The company also last week launched …
Pittencrieff Communications Inc. is the latest, largest and perhaps last significant addition to Nextel Communications Inc.’s corral of specialized mobile radio company acquisitions. Nextel announced late last week its plans …
MobileMedia Corp. marked the end of the third quarter with poor earnings, anticipated bank covenant violations, increased churn, a decrease in net new subscribers and potential trouble with the Federal …
WAUKESHA, Wis.-Metrix Inc., along with Itronix, Ram Mobile Data USA L.P. and Racotek Corp. have started a marketing relationship to offer a fully integrated, wireless remote service management solution. Wireless …
NEW YORK-Lightbridge Inc., whose flagship service is online, real-time customer activations for wireless carriers, went public Sept. 27 with a $38 million offering of common stock. Cowen & Co., New …
Editor: Quentin Hardy’s article, “Jacobs’ Patter,” in the Sept. 6 edition of The Wall Street Journal claims that “some of the biggest names in telecommunications” have invested perhaps $20 billion …
WASHINGTON-A three-judge circuit court panel last week continued to deliberate whether to extend a temporary stay of the Federal Communications Commission’s interconnection and local competition rules. There are mixed industry …
OLYMPIA, Wash.-Illuminet announced members of its personal communications services consortium may obtain wireless rechargeable battery packs, power cords, hands-free kits and other wireless accessories for resale from Direct Power Plus …
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched Interim Standard 136 cellular digital service in 40 major markets last week using the label PCS, deliberately trying to confuse the technology distinctions between cellular …
Regional Bell operating company U S West Communications Group said it hopes to bundle wireless services along with its local exchange service by 1997. The company is bidding for several …
The only really great feature about an old clunky answering machine- which by now many people have replaced with voice mail-is call screening. Solopoint Inc. said its SoloCall SmartCenter combines …
WASHINGTON-A notice of proposed rulemaking recently released by the Federal Communications Commission seeks to abolish finder’s preference rules in the 220-222 MHz band in light of the commission’s almost certain …
CINCINNATI-Cincinnati Microwave Inc. introduced its third-generation Cellular Digital Packet Data modem, the MC-DART 300, in original equipment manufacturer and stand-alone versions. The MC-DART adds full duplex capabilities to the features …
