Competition is changing the customer satisfaction landscape in wireless markets, according to J.D. Power and Associates' 1998 U.S. Wireless Customer Satisfaction Study.Carriers who previously led in customer satisfaction changed in 10 out of 18 markets, said the study."With as many as four or five...
INTERDIGITALGerard Pepenella was hired by InterDigital Communications Corp. as vice president and general manager of broadband Code Division Multiple Access technology. He will collaborate with Gary Lomp, chief technology officer, on growth and enhancement of the company's technology and products. Pepenella joined InterDigital with...
ORLANDO, Fla.-BellSouth Corp. reported the buildout of its Sao Paulo, Brazil, Time Division Multiple Access network is proceeding rapidly. The company is part of a consortium that in July 1997 won the B-band license to serve Sao Paulo City. The consortium paid $2.5 billion...
ORLANDO, Fla.-BellSouth Wireless Data disclosed in greater detail its distribution strategy for its Interactive Paging service at PCS '98 last week, where the company also announced a strategic alliance and conducted a developer's seminar.BellSouth released a list of 43 distributors made up of resellers,...
Wireless intelligent network deployments remain slow in the United States as mobile phone carriers have focused on building out digital networks and spending money on switching and radio-frequency infrastructure.That is about to change, indicate WIN vendors, as more competitors enter the mobile phone market,...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry is at a "watershed point," and is now beginning to compete in earnest with wireline telephony, said Tom Wheeler, president of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. The industry is entering the fourth wave of its development, Wheeler said, noting the four...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Network Systems announced it has agreed to supply BellSouth Corp. with universal messaging infrastructure for BellSouth's Advanced Intelligent Messaging 2000 initiative.BellSouth hopes AIM 2000 will give customers the ability to send and reply to voice messages, receive Internet messages and interwork different...
WASHINGTON-NAACP President Kweisi Mfume last week called for a boycott of two top wireless firms-AirTouch Communications Inc. and AllTel Corp.-for inadequate representation of African Americans in employment and contracting practices, a backlash becoming more pronounced as a result of affirmative-action curbs and increased telecom...
NEW YORK-Orbcomm USA L.P., Dulles, Va., a provider of low-earth-orbit satellite-based data and messaging communications, announced Sept. 10 it has signed reseller agreements with three companies serving different industrial sectors.American Millenium Corp., Tavares, Fla., will deliver Orbcomm's two-way data services to the oil, gas,...
In preparation for PCS '98, RCR sat down last month with Jay Kitchen, president of the Personal Communications Industry Association to talk about the trade show, the wireless industry in general, and PCIA specifically. The following is a transcript of that interview: RCR: What is going...
The Federal Communications Commission late Friday extended the compliance deadline for implementation of the digital wiretap act until June 30, 2000. Without the extension, telecommunications carriers were subject to possible fines of as much as $10,000 per day come Oct. 25.The extension was not...
MOBILEMEDIAMobileMedia Corp., dba MobileComm, promoted several people in management positions. Steven Gross was named executive vice president of sales and marketing. He joined MobileComm as senior vice president of sales and marketing in 1996, and since has been responsible for new product introductions, including...
HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Communications Corp. announced it is reselling Research In Motion's Inter@ctive Pager 950 palm-sized advanced messaging device, operating on the BellSouth Intelligent Wireless Network.The Inter@ctive Pager 950 will be added to GoAmerica's Web@Hand product portfolio and marketed on its new Web site and...
Globecomm Systems Inc. said its board of directors authorized a stock repurchase of up to $2 million of its outstanding common stock, representing about 450,000 shares, or about 4.9 percent of its total outstanding shares, based on a closing price of $4.44. The buy-back...
WASHINGTON-A powerful Senate resolution that was to promote third-generation wireless harmonization was thoroughly diluted by U.S. backers of European-based mobile phone technology last week, a bizarre turnabout that drew a mix of new faces into the escalating controversy and further muddied the waters for...
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-NumereX Corp., which owns a controlling interest in Cellemetry L.L.C., announced a third-quarter net loss of $808,000, or 7 cents per share, compared with a net gain of $1.4 million, or 13 cents per share, during the corresponding period last year.Net sales...
U.S. stock markets, like most markets around the world, last week experienced a roller-coaster ride that left many companies with no choice but to hold on and hope for the best.Wireless stocks were not immune to the sudden drop Monday brought on by the...
Chances are slim to none that U.S. mobile phone operators will agree on one standard for the next generation of mobile phone services.Already fragmented with three different digital standards-cdmaOne, TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) and GSM (Global System for Mobile communications)-the United States is...
WASHINGTON-Almost 500 years after Columbus visited, Portugal and Spain are back on Latin American shores; this time, it isn't sugar cane or gold they are after, but rather the potentially lucrative telecom sector. Telefonica de Espana and Portugal Telecom were the most aggressive bidders...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc announced plans to buy the national GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) network in New Zealand for about US$369.1 million.Vodafone Europe Holdings BV reached an agreement to buy the network and related assets operated by BellSouth New Zealand Ltd. as well...
The Australian Communications Authority has invited applications for an auction of previously unsold 800 MHz and 1.8 GHz PCS spectrum.Bids closed on 31 August for the partial privatization of Telekom Austria. The Austrian government is looking to sell a 25-percent stake in the company,...
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Cellemetry L.L.C., which is a joint venture of NumereX Corp. and BellSouth Corp., signed agreements with two new carriers and completed the conversion of AirTouch Cellular to Cellemetry's centralized service bureau, said NumereX.The two new carriers are Cellular One-Great Lakes of Iowa...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc announced plans to buy the national Global System for Mobile communications network in New Zealand for about $369.1 million.Vodafone Europe Holdings BV reached an agreement to buy the network and related assets operated by BellSouth New Zealand Ltd. as well as...
Compared with defining-and keeping-the same wireless strategy over the years, gambling is beginning to look like a sound way to sock some money away for retirement.In today's frenetic telecom environment, it increasingly is difficult to decide which strategy to pursue.Should a telecom carrier try...
