LEXINGTON, Mass.-Wildfire Communications Inc. announced an upgrade to its Wildfire Electronic Assistant, a service available through service providers nationwide that coordinates all of a professional’s daily telephone communications as a …
DENVER-U S West Inc. is getting back into the paging business by reselling service from Westlink Paging Inc., the California paging operator that bought U S West’s paging business in …
Editor’s Note: The companies listed below represent the 20 largest resellers of cellular service in the United States. Rankings are based on the total number of cellular resale subscribers reported …
SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. announced a contract with Russian telecommunications company IV Telecom to provide equipment for a digital cellular phone system using Code Division Multiple Access technology. Samsung …
Wireless resellers say they aren’t sure what will happen when personal communications services enter the marketplace next year, but if PCS launches a price war with cellular operators, everyone’s margins …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and Inter-Tel Inc. announced they have signed a development, supply and license agreement for telephone switching equipment for wireless local loop applications based on Qualcomm’s Code Division …
NEW YORK-Premiere Technologies Inc. sold an initial public offering of 3.5 million shares of common stock on March 5 at $18 each. The share price was well above the $10 …
Robert Franke is now director of distribution for AirTouch Cellular, a subsidiary of AirTouch Communications Inc. In his new position, Franke will be responsible for customer acquisition and dealer development …
Open Development Corp. introduced a network-based prepaid cellular service it says will increase revenue for cellular service providers between 15 percent and 30 percent. Prepaid cellular service is booming. To …
I’ve looked everywhere-the dictionary … the thesaurus … Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations … Harry Newton’s telecom opus. And I just can’t find it. I can’t find anything that lists “auctions” as …
WESTLAKE, Texas-Nokia Telecommunications Inc. announced it has been selected as the sole supplier for the initial buildout of American Portable Telecom Inc.’s personal communications services network. The $200 million contract …
WASHINGTON-Another top bidder in the C-block broadband personal communications services auction has had enough with the possibility of dealing with “front” organizations and speculators participating in the high-priced spectrum sale. …
SHELTON, Conn.-Engineering and Business Systems Inc., a global intelligent network telecommunications middleware and products provider, announced its merger with NewNet, an advanced wireless solutions provider. The joint company, called NewNet, …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s North Asia Cellular Infrastructure Division announced it has been awarded contracts to deploy seven Global System for Mobile communications networks in China. “With the explosive growth …
WASHINGTON-Only time will tell what the Federal Communications Commission will do with the information it gleaned from last week’s en banc hearing on spectrum policy. The all-day session, which involved …
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. said its first quarter net sales could result in a $10 million to $12 million reduction because of the recent Federal Communications Commission Notice of Proposed …
MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. said it has raised $75 million in private financing, and obtained a commitment for a $40 million credit facility from Soros Investment Partnership. Geotek will use …
GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. last week introduced FraudForce, a service aimed at blasting today’s most threatening cellular phone fraud, roaming fraud. Initial deployment of FraudForce will include FraudInterceptor, a tool …
WASHINGTON-Regulatory parity and universal service participation were the two common issues addressed by those who submitted comments regarding the Federal Communications Commission’s proposal to allow commercial mobile radio services operators …
NEW YORK-DSC Communications Corp. has seen its stock trade recently at less than half of its 52-week share price high of $64. Although the short-term prognosis for the company is …
