ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp., the Fisher Pierce Division of Pacific Scientific Co. and Florida Power Corp. jointly announced an agreement to begin testing BellSouth's Cellemetry Data Service and BellSouth Cellular Corp.'s cellular networks for remote monitoring of electric power delivery distribution systems.Florida Power will monitor electric...
TAMPA, Fla.-BellSouth Cellular Corp. said it plans to launch its Time Division Multiple Access personal communications services network early next year in the Tampa Bay, Fla., area.The service area expands north to Hernando and Citrus counties, east to Polk County and south to Lee...
NEW YORK-In a notable exception to anti-cloning laws, a Georgia statute enacted last year permits authorized owners of analog cellular phones to have extensions made, said John Doumont, president of Cellular Additions. On the basis of that law, the Riverdale, Ga., company has built...
BellSouth Corp. announced it will buy Ram Broadcasting Corp., thereby gaining complete control of Ram Mobile Data USA's wireless data network, which the two companies co-own.Under a definitive agreement signed Friday, BellSouth also will fully acquire Ram Mobile Data Ltd., a United Kingdom-based wireless...
CERRITOS, Calif.-Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co. introduced the PayFirst prepayment plan to its wireless subscribers.Before each call, PayFirst sends a voice message that updates users on the number of prepaid minutes available. Users also can find out the number of minutes used after the...
Cord Communications Inc. selected Mark E. Reed to be its president and chief executive officer. Reed joins Cord from In Focus Systems, a multimedia projection systems company, where he was senior vice president of worldwide sales, marketing and services and president and CEO of...
With so many wireless carriers competing for potential customers, marketing techniques have become an important tool to attract clients.One of the more recent marketing trends seems to be the phenomenon of corporate sponsorships-companies donating money and products to community organizations-all in an attempt to...
MCI Communications Corp., which last week found itself with a third suitor in GTE Corp., may finally have an opportunity to enter the wireless arena in more than a reseller role.GTE, which owns cellular licenses in several metropolitan statistical areas, last week made a...
Lucent Technologies announced it promoted Richard McGinn, current president and chief operating officer, to chief executive officer, effective immediately. McGinn, 51, will replace Henry Schacht, 63, who will remain as chairman. McGinn has been with the company for two years and has a combined...
With cellular, personal communications services and enhanced specialized mobile radio providers vying for an estimated 14 million new customers in 1997, the wireless industry is expected to end this year with more than 58 million subscribers-a 32 percent annual gain, indicates a recent study...
ORLANDO, Fla.-Subscription fraud-the practice of assuming another person's identity and possibly his or her credit history-is the successor to cloning in the wireless industry, and carriers are putting in place a number of internal measures to combat the problem as transparently to the subscriber...
BellSouth Mobility named Scott Stone, Jack Landham, Rick Rudden and Terry D. Newberry to management positions for Alabama and northwest Florida. Stone, who was named director of finance, joined the company in 1992 as a business operations manager for BellSouth Cellular. Landham, the company's...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Harris Corp.'s Farinon Division announced it signed an exclusive contract with BCP SA and BSE SA, led by BellSouth Corp. and the Safra Group respectively, to design and install a microwave radio system for a the first all-digital cellular network in Brazil....
Consolidation as a means to expansion has been the tradition in the wireless industry. Look no further than Craig McCaw, amassing a wireless fortune one cellular license at a time.Each merger, each alliance, each buyout, has been greeted with surprise, then understanding, and finally,...
Editor's note: Following are five charts ranking major telecommunications carriers according to revenues, net income, percentage change in revenue from 1995 to 1996, percentage change in net income from 1995 to 1996 and two-year total return on investment to shareholders.Nordby International Inc. of Boulder, Colo.,...
Editor's Note: The cities listed here represent U.S. cellular markets 21 through 40, ranked by total number of subscribers in each metropolitan statistical area.Most carriers are unwilling to reveal subscriber numbers because of the highly competitive nature of the business.Tallies for total market subscribers and...
Telecommunications Techniques Corp. and Clear Communications Corp. formed an alliance to jointly market customer network management, intelligent surveillance and testing solutions for competitive access providers and wireless communications providers. TTC's test and measurement capabilities will be combined with Clear's expertise in customer network management...
WASHINGTON-Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association President Thomas Wheeler said last week that antenna siting disputes will be tied up in litigation for years if federal regulators fail to break the moratoria logjam undermining the congressional mandate for facilities-based wireless competition.CTIA is one of several parties...
Telemac appointed Peter McCracken chief executive officer, with responsibility for overseeing the development of innovative software technology and formulating strategic alliances with wireless industry leaders. Previously, McCracken was president and CEO of VentureLine Database Corp., an Internet/intranet database company he founded.Dr. Ronald C. Maehl...
HOUSTON-Corsair Communications Inc. began deploying its PhonePrint cellular fraud prevention system in the Houston metropolitan area for Houston Cellular Telephone Co.The PhonePrint system uses radio-frequency fingerprinting to detect and disconnect calls made from cloned phones. Mike Hanafin, vice president of engineering and operations for...
