Olivetti SpA and Northern Telecom Ltd. have formed a joint venture to distribute and service Nortel telecommunications products in Italy. As part of the agreement, Nortel has acquired 49 percent …
WASHINGTON-The GOP-led Congress this fall will tackle landmark budget and telecommunications bills as part of a legislative agenda so sweeping and historic in scope that the outcome may well determine …
Incidents of cloning fraud and associated revenue loss have dropped more than 80 percent in Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile’s cellular markets since the company started aggressively using personal identification numbers …
With the dramatic changes that are occurring in every sector of the telecommunications industry, analysts and investors on Wall Street and elsewhere are re-evaluating the industry, its sectors and its …
Hindsight is best. Had I been able to anticipate what I call the Greed Factor-the behavior of a growing number of microwave incumbents in the 1.8 to 2.2 GHz band …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it will concentrate on making wireless regulations more flexible and streamlining licensing procedures in the coming months. The emphasis on the two areas will be …
On the eve of introducing a brand new wireless local loop product, Diva Communications Inc. already is placing a priority on forging strategic relationships in newly industrializing countries to jointly …
LUXEMBOURG-Millicom International Cellular S.A. showed second quarter revenues of $29 million, a 58 percent increase compared with earnings of $18.4 million a year earlier. For the three-month period ended June …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-TMI Communications and Co. L.P. announced its mobile satellite communications network is now operational and being tested. “We are pleased to announce that testing to date on the …
WASHINGTON-The government of Taiwan has licensed nine groups to operate CT2, second-generation cordless telephone service in the nation’s three telecommunications regions. Observers say it may give the operators a chance …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint will unveil the first offering of its Total Number service to customers in the Las Vegas market. Total Number is a single number service which allows customers …
Fueled by increasing safety concerns and customer demand, the cellular market has become the fastest-growing segment for speech-recognition use in the United States, according to industry analysts. Being able to …
WASHINGTON-Congress, in a move that has raised constitutional questions, is pushing legislation that would end entrepreneur block auction litigation and open the way for the sale of more personal communications …
Solectek Corp. of San Diego offers a high-speed wireless bridge system that can link local area networks up to 25 miles apart in an ideal setting, or 7 miles apart …
Editor’s Note: The following information is from a Smith Barney Inc. analysis released Aug. 9. From time to time, RCR prints investment opinions and summaries about publicly traded telecommunications companies …
True to its claim that it would launch two-way paging by mid-year, SkyTel Corp. is turning on commercial service Sept. 19 in 30 to 50 markets throughout the country. With …
JACKSON, Miss.-Prince, the Holland, Mich., supplier of automotive interior systems, and SkyTel Corp., the Jackson, Miss., wireless messaging service provider, said they have agreed to form an alliance to develop …
Yet another wireless technology is knocking on the door of the U.S. personal communications services marketplace, with the promise of wireline quality voice service. Actually, the low-power, microcellular PACS Edge …
When the Federal Communications Commission began the “finder’s preference” program late in 1991, it was hailed by the industry as a win-win situation. The FCC would receive help in the …
ierre Dogan, David Patton and Ray Nettleton Two observations can be drawn from the recent personal communications services license auctions. First, PCS participants are willing to assume enormous financial risk, …
