WASHINGTON-Countries worldwide are invited to invest in Iridium Inc., an international consortium planning to introduce global satellite communications. The Iridium Global Ownership Program will facilitate direct ownership in the project, …
Wynd Communications Corp. is pursuing the wireless data market with an integrated messaging and information service for the mobile professional called WyndMail. San Luis Obispo, Calif.-based Wynd is a subsidiary …
Well, it’s finally here. American Personal Communications, doing business under the Sprint name, has introduced personal communications services in the Washington, D.C., market. Broadband PCS is a reality. One small …
A Canadian company said it has won approval to build a personal communications services network in Vietnam. “We have a signed contract with Saigon PTS, and we believe we have …
MEXICO CITY-Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V. said it has filed a lawsuit against Telefonos de Mexico S.A. de C.V. and Radio Movil Dipsa, charging the firms with conducting monopolistic practices …
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration is expected to press Japan on the Personal Handyphone System issue before returning home this week from Tokyo, where the United States participated in the Asia-Pacific Economic …
WAYNE, N.J.-Toshiba America Consumer Products said it will suspend Toshiba-brand cellular phone operations in the United States due to dropping phone prices and the appreciation of the yen. The company …
SBC Communications Inc. intends to offer wireline telephone service in the five cellular markets it owns in New York, but is keeping quiet about how it plans to deliver the …
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Sun Microsystems Computer Co. unveiled its Ultra workstation family, Ultra 1 and Ultra 2, designed to help cellular companies expedite cell site planning, engineering and design. Sun said …
WASHINGTON-Federal regulators are preparing to propose a novel regulatory scheme combining private and commercial mobile radio rules under one license, while work continues on crafting final wireless common carrier rules. …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission shutdown last week will delay the Nov. 28-scheduled 900 MHz specialized mobile radio auction, while an extended budget fight between the GOP-led Congress and the Clinton …
About 370 short-form applications were filed by deadline for the C-block personal communications services auction set to begin Dec. 11, but the federal government shutdown, which has rendered the Federal …
WHEATON, Md.-Wireless local loop subscribers are expected to double in the next four years, from 172 million to 367 million, according to a new report by Herschel Shosteck Associates Ltd. …
Information services-whether it be sports, financial or headline news that arrives on an alphanumeric pager-could mark the early stages of a new industry, according to company promoters. “Paging companies that …
Unitech Industries Inc. said it has agreed to manufacture private label cellular phone accessories for Caudwell Communication & Technology, a European distributor of cellular products. Unitech will manufacture batteries, power …
MELBOURNE, Fla.-As part of the company’s strategy to address the worldwide remote and rural telecommunications market, Harris Corp. said it has acquired NovAtel Communications Ltd.’s wireless products division, research and …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Pan American Wireless Infrastructure Division will expand Comunicaciones Celulares’ cellular phone system in Guatemala City and surrounding areas, Motorola announced. The contract, valued at $20 million, …
IRVINE, Calif.-U.S. AirWaves Inc. has hired Fluor Daniel Inc. to provide design, engineering, site selection, procurement, installation, program management and construction management services for building a personal communications services network. …
BRUSSELS, Belgium-The European Commission has adopted a proposal to coordinate the selection of mobile satellite communications systems due to spectrum limitations and the economic, industrial and social implications of the …
WASHINGTON-Even as the nation’s first broadband personal communications services system began commercial operations here last week, questions continue to be raised in the United States and abroad about the potential …
