NEW YORK-Barely finished with its acquisition of Pacific Telesis Group, SBC Communications Corp. is widely rumored to be exploring merger possibilities with AT&T Corp.Ruthlyn Newell, a spokesman for AT&T, headquartered in New York, declined to comment, citing company policy on "rumors or speculation about...
BONN, Germany-The partnership of British Telecommunications plc and Viag AG, called E2 Mobilfunk GmbH, received its license to operate a Digital Cellular System 1800 personal communications services network in Germany.The joint venture company received the concession in February, but the final award was delayed...
Coherent Communications Systems Corp. announced its chief financial officer, Michael Gendron, has left the company to pursue other interests. Gendron's responsibilities will be assumed by Joan Cominski, corporate controller, while the company searches for a new CFO.Cellexis International Inc. promoted Gary Paisley to president...
Groups led by AT&T Corp. and Telia of Sweden are among those that recently purchased bidding packages from the Argentine government, which plans to award two 1900 MHz personal communications services licenses this fall.Interested companies must present initial offers, including technology plans, by Aug....
A class action lawsuit charging Los Angeles cellular carriers with price fixing is set to go to trial July 7 in Orange County Superior Court, nearly four years after it was filed.Arthur Garabedian, who sells cellular phones and service for cellular resellers and agents...
While many cities across the nation have been caught off guard by the number of towers wireless providers want to construct, the city of Greensboro, N.C., forecasted the onslaught nearly two-and-a-half years ago.After the A- and B-block auction of personal communications services licenses was...
Editor's Note: The cities listed here represent the 20 largest cellular markets in the United States. Ranking is based on the 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...
GREENSBORO, N.C.-Blue Ridge Investors L.P. completed a management-led buyout of Cherokee Wireless Services Inc., which provides program and contract management services for tower and antenna needs.Based in Cornelia, Ga., Cherokee Wireless has six branch offices throughout the Southeast. The company's customers include BellSouth Mobility...
Editor's Note: The companies listed below represent the 20 largest cellular carriers in the United States. Company rankings are based on the total number of subscribers for their majority-held or controlled markets. All subscriber numbers reflect year-end 1996 figures reported by each company.AirTouch Communications Inc....
Could or would anyone buy MobileMedia Corp? If not, what will happen to this bankrupt company, which is the second largest paging carrier in the country, with more than 4 million customers.The industry cannot assess MobileMedia's value until the Federal Communications Commission either revokes...
WASHINGTON-The sale of 128 Wireless Communications Services licenses ended early Friday morning after a total of 29 rounds. The final four rounds contained no new bids, no new high bids and a spate of waivers. In this first auction of flexible-use spectrum, the Federal...
A C-block enterprise created by two Alabama telephone companies is methodically slipping into position to rival big-name wireless players in the Gulf Coast area.The telephone companies believe if they are going to lose landline customers to wireless offerings, they want to lose business to...
WEST POINT, Ga.-Personal communications services provider Powertel Inc., a subsidiary of InterCel Inc., reached an agreement with BellSouth Telecommunications Inc. for decreased and reciprocal interconnection rates as directed by the Telecommunications Act of 1996.Powertel and BellSouth's local network will compensate each other for terminating...
Tough competition from other operators has led to increased costs for cellular carrier Palmer Wireless Inc., fueling speculation that the carrier is up for sale.Fort Myers, Fla.-based Palmer won't comment on what it calls "a market rumor" that it is looking for a buyer....
WCS auction slows, could end earlyWhile bidding started out with a bang last Tuesday for the Wireless Communications Services auction, pledges round by round since that time have been on a downhill slide, and the auction could end as early as this week. With...
While many large cellular carriers are slowly progressing toward offering bundled telecommunications services, a small Mississippi cellular company began its bundled offering last week.Cellular South customers now have the option to purchase cellular, residential and long-distance service from the company and receive one bill...
NEW YORK-Mergers and acquisitions by U.S. companies appeared to be unaffected in the first quarter of this year by recent volatility in the equity markets and concerns about higher interest rates and inflation.The overall value of proposed transactions announced in the first quarter of...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil-About 15 companies submitted bids last week for ten B-band cellular licenses in Brazil.One source reported that bids ranged from $200 million for more desolate Amazon basin states to at least $600 million for Sao Paulo city and Sao Paulo state.Foreign...
For a cellular carrier competing in a growing marketplace, value-added services translate into more revenue. A small Silicon Valley development firm plans to deliver on that concept.San Jose, Calif.-based Aeris Communications Inc., formerly known as Axion Logistics Corp., plans to position itself as a...
Company Technology Wquipment Provider21st Century Telesis Inc. PACS/DCTU Siemens AG NEC Corp.Hughes Electronics Corp. BellcoreACC-PCS Inc. N/A N/AAer Force Communications L.P. N/A N/AAmerican Portable Telecommunications Inc. ...
Xypoint Corp. named Jim Thornton chief financial officer with responsibility for all accounting, administration, human resources, risk management and treasury functions. Prior to joining the company, Thornton was president and chief executive officer of Ventana Corp. Before that he was president of finance and...
Cellemetry Data Service has signed eight new contracts since it was launched almost a year ago, and now provides total coverage to 125 million pops in North America.The service was developed by BellSouth Corp. in the early 1990s, and launched commercially 10 months ago....
Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile began integrating DSC Communications Corp.'s INfusion Signal Transfer Point W/2 into its cellular network. The INfusion STP W/2 provides packet switching of Signaling System 7 signaling messages for basic and advanced services such as call set-up, caller name and caller...
TORONTO-Wyrex Communications Inc. established its first U.S. sales office in Birmingham, Ala. The company said it plans to open additional sales offices in the United States this year and a second Canadian office by the fourth quarter.The Birmingham office, to be headed by Bob...
