ALEXANDRIA, Va.-GO Communications Corp. signed on two new strategic investors, Alltel Corp. and Nissho Iwai, a Japanese trading company. The new partnerships, along with previously announced investments, bring GO’s financial …
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Europe’s high-speed paging systems soon will be linked by a networking protocol developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute and incorporated into Glenayre Technologies Inc.’s products, Glenayre announced. Using …
Whether minorities, women or small businesses, some designated entities planning to bid in the government’s auction for personal communications services spectrum are concerned what effect the Supreme Court’s ruling on …
The Federal Communications Commission late last week adopted a transition plan to move private land mobile radio users below 800 MHz to more narrow channels of 12.5 kHz by Aug. …
DALLAS-Motorola Inc. said it will invest $15 million in Dallas-based CellStar Corp. to hold a 3 percent interest in the company, which is one of the world’s largest wholesale distributors …
Wireless penetration rates are just shy of 10 percent in Canada, but are predicted to exceed 40 percent in the next decade, according to a recent study by Redondo Beach, …
ARLINGTON, Va.-Bell Atlantic Corp.’s Carrier Services division said it is offering Wireless 500 Service to wireless carriers providing cellular and personal communications services. A 500 number is not assigned to …
A-Plus Communications Inc. will merge with Network USA Paging Corp. to create a new company that will be the largest independent paging service provider based in the Southeast. The merged …
AirTouch Communications Inc. shut down its nascent cellular digital packet data network in San Diego-apparently the casualty of changing approaches to CDPD business development. According to a “report card” issued …
WASHINGTON-A cloud of uncertainty continues to hang over the upcoming entrepreneur block auction for personal communications services licenses, this time due to the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in the …
L.M. Ericsson received an expansion order from Tokyo Digital Phone to supply switching equipment, radio base stations and software for new functions in the TDP digital cellular network. Ericsson values …
DALLAS-Northern Telecom is introducing new switch-based software to eliminate the waterfall sound sometimes heard in Time Division Multiple Access cellular technology. Nortel’s Background Noise Conditioning feature will be available by …
When it rains, it pours. That phrase certainly has been true for news taking place the last two weeks in the wireless industry. The U.S. digital standards war is getting …
Hughes Network Systems Inc. and national operator SPT Telecom have installed a fixed wireless network in The Czech Republic capital city of Prague. The Hughes GMH 2000 will employ Extended …
AURORA, Colo.-Wireless Telecom Inc. signed an agreement to distribute Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co.’s wireless data service in the Los Angeles area to WTI’s network of value-added resellers. WTI said …
WASHINGTON-WINForum, a trade association of wireless telecommunications and computer manufacturers, has filed a request with the Federal Communications Commission to allocate radio spectrum for new devices that will permit extremely …
It looks like the local Bell companies, long-distance telephone carriers and cable TV operators are one step closer to being able to compete in each other’s backyard, as the House …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. and Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group will market Motorola’s new INReach wireless communication system to Vanguard’s customers in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Florida, Maine and …
ARLINGTON, Va.-Sprint Corp.’s Local Telecommunications Division has become the seventh telecommunications company to join the UNIBRIDGE network information referral service. UNIBRIDGE said its members will provide interconnection, private line transport, …
WASHINGTON-A wireless resale amendment dividing cellular carriers and resellers is headed to the House floor. This follows the Commerce Committee’s decision to sidestep the politically sensitive matter prior to passing …
