Licensees of narrowband personal communications services report their development, testing and introduction plans for two-way messaging services are right on schedule. But Ian Gillott, manager of wireless research for IDC/Link …
It’s not been a good week or so for the Morris’, Dick and Phillip, that is. Their futures are nebulous, perhaps up in smoke. Probably not the end-game either had …
OTTAWA, Quebec, Canada-Northern Telecom Ltd. announced its vocoder tests conducted at its Subjective Assessment Laboratory in Ottawa, Quebec, Canada, showed Code Division Multiple Access speech vocoders offer voice quality equivalent …
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Information Services Inc. has named Jeffrey Fox president and William Cravens chairman. Fox most recently served as senior vice president of business development and Cravens previously served …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s International Cellular Infrastructure Group has appointed Paul Strzelecki vice president and general manager of Motorola’s European Cellular Infrastructure Division. Strzelecki will be responsible for ECID’s overall …
NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s has lowered its ratings of MobileMedia Communications Inc.’s subordinated debt to CCC from B-and its corporate credit rating to B- from B+. The credit rating agency …
Metro One Telecommunications Inc. opened trading on the Nasdaq National Market at $8.50 per share in its initial public offering of 2.4 million shares of common stock, of which the …
LOS GATOS, Calif.-Metricom Inc. has launched its Ricochet wireless communications network and will offer its Ricochet Wireless Modem and Internet service in Seattle, the Sea Tac airport and several surrounding …
WASHINGTON-In a highly unusual case involving improper lobbying by the lawmaker who may oversee the telecommunications industry one day, the Federal Communications Commission threw out two Louisiana rural cellular licenses …
To the Editor: I am writing to clarify the law applicable to state and local regulation of personal wireless service providers, as discussed by Susan H.R. Jones in her article …
WASHINGTON-Lawmakers return this week to tackle a handful of telecommunications policy and funding issues before adjourning in a month to campaign in House and Senate races. Appropriations bills will dominate …
SPOKANE, Wash.-Itron Inc., a provider of information and communications solutions for utilities, reached an agreement with Precision Meters to jointly develop automatic meter reading modules compatible with Precision’s domestic, turbine …
Of late, the move from corporate executive to born again entrepreneur is not uncommon in wireless. But still it comes as a surprise Alex Mandl would leave his post as …
NEW YORK-Investors who want up-to-the-minute financial information beamed directly to them will benefit from two recently introduced products from PageMart Wireless Inc., Dallas, and Wireless Financial Services Inc., New York. …
NEW YORK-Omnipoint Corp. raised $250 million in gross proceeds in its sale of 10-year senior notes Thursday to help finance the buildout of its personal communications services network in the …
MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.-Personal communications services operator Omnipoint Communications Inc. has chosen Paoli, Penn.-based Orga Card Systems to supply subscriber identity modules, or smart cards. Under the terms of the agreement …
If you look at a list of nations supporting commercial Global System for Mobile communications networks, Japan is conspicuously absent from the list. Its neighbor, China, has numerous GSM systems, …
Were there not enough sports metaphors in politics already, the addition of former Buffalo Bills quarterback, congressman and Housing secretary Jack Kemp to the Dole prez ticket has made matters …
NEW YORK-Recent Securities and Exchange Commission censure of Nasdaq, a stock market that lists many wireless-related companies, is just one of several drivers of significant changes ahead for the financial …
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Motorola Inc. announced the winners of its second annual pager design competition for college student designers. The enormous growth in pager use by children and teenagers prompted Motorola …
