If you look at maps of the United States that depict the 1900 MHz coverage for the nation's three primary digital standards, it appears each standard will cover a great deal of the country.In the future, that is, because illustrations of coverage footprints are...
France Telecom Group, Sonofon, Tele Danmark AS and Telia AG were awarded licenses to operate nationwide Digital Cellular System 1800 networks in Denmark.Denmark's National Telecom Agency reported it expects the personal communications network licensees to offer services "at prices which have never here been...
Brazil is in the wireless spotlight. Demand is high, penetration is low and growth in all sectors is being fueled by deregulation and a stronger economy.Brazil's current annual cellular growth rate is about 70 percent. The number of subscribers totaled 2.7 million last year,...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. purchased a 61 percent interest in Otecel, one of two nationwide wireless telephone companies in Ecuador.BellSouth acquired the interest by buying all of the shares of the company's two largest shareholders, Planer Overseas Corp. and Discovery Inc. Otecel began service under its...
Motorola Inc.'s Pan American Wireless Infrastructure Division will install an Advanced Mobile Phone Service cellular network in Brazil. Motorola values the agreement with Telecomunicacoes de Sao Paulo S.A. at $63 million. The network will cover about 50,000 subscribers in the city of Aracatuba, and...
The mobility service BellSouth Mobility Inc. intends to launch in its new D- and E-block markets not only fills in coverage gaps in the carrier's existing cellular footprint, but boosts BellSouth's total pops by 11 million.BellSouth is the nation's third largest cellular operator, reporting...
NEW YORK-Nokia Corp. became a licensee of the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. March 13, joining 200 other companies that pay the nonprofit organization to recycle nickel cadmium batteries, a mainstay of wireless communications devices. Products sold by participating electronics manufacturers carry the RBRC "Charge...
Editor's Note: The companies listed below represent the 20 largest resellers of cellular service in the United States. Rankings are based on the total number of cellular resale subscribers reported by each company. Personal communications services was not included because resellers have either recently entered...
Four years ago Systems/Link Corp. introduced RoamEx, which "allowed carriers with fraud problems in big cities access to what was going on," said Diane Sammer, president of Systems/Link.Today RoamEx is rapidly becoming the ticket to global roaming.RoamEx exchanges caller data between different wireless carriers'...
BellSouth Mobility Inc. has introduced a simplified per-minute rate plan for digital wireless customers making calls in their home state.Digital customers in BellSouth Mobility's north Georgia, middle Georgia and Chattanooga, Tenn., markets will pay their current per-minute rates, while digital customers in other areas...
NEW YORK-Potential investors in BellSouth Corp. may soon be able to buy its common stock directly from the company under a new plan the Atlanta-based telecommunications company announced Feb. 18.BellSouth, a $19 billion communications giant, said the "plain English" prospectus it has developed is...
WASHINGTON-Despite carrier and Federal Communications Commission efforts to mitigate the situation, there still is plenty of confusion regarding wireless tower siting out in the suburbs. Many jurisdictions and their constituents either don't understand new federal rules that mandate "no blocking" rules or they don't...
Cellular One began offering local telephone service in Rochester, N.Y., adding to its package of local and long-distance wireless service, paging, Internet access and long-distance wireline service. "By adding local phone service, we have reached our goal of building a `one-stop shop' for telecommunications...
Profits U.S. carriers are beginning to receive from their international investments may position them well for the marketing battle on the homefront.According to David Roddy, chief telecommunications economist for Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group, carriers that situate themselves as a global wireless business should...
A cellular operator with New England properties launched a digital cellular network on the specialized mobile radio frequency in Hawaii, saying it is the first non-traditional cellular company to accomplish this feat.Officials with Atlantic Cellular Co. of Colchester, Vt., said they have explored the...
As expected, the partnership of British Telecommunications plc and Viag AG, E2 Mobilfunk, received a license to operate a fourth mobile phone network in Germany.E2 Mobilfunk was the sole applicant for the Digital Cellular System 1800 personal communications network license.Luca Tassan, analyst with Strategis...
WALTHAM, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. said it will use its Customer Acquisition System to streamline the customer acquisition process for eight of the 10 largest A- and B-block personal communications services license holders.Carriers that have signed contracts with Lightbridge include Aerial Communications Inc., AT&T Wireless Services...
WASHINGTON-The mobile data industry still is in its infancy, according to manufacturers, service providers and users, but the next few years promise a mini boom in applications easy for almost anyone to use. A study recently released by Booz Allen Hamilton predicts 17.4 million...
CHICAGO-United States Cellular Corp. reached a trade agreement with BellSouth Corp. to acquire a 12-market cluster that provides cellular service to most of Wisconsin and parts of northern Illinois. Cities involved in the transaction include Milwaukee, Madison, Appleton, Green Bay and Sheboygan, Wis., and...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Cellular Corp. launched an Internet World Wide Web site that will allow customers to buy cellular phones and service.When the site is accessed, customers will be prompted to enter their zip code to determine if they are in one of the 216 cities...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-American Phoenix Group Inc. announced the creation of Tetherless Access New Zealand Ltd. to supply data communications services to New Zealand companies.The company will be headed by Greg Cross, former managing director of Microsoft New Zealand and general manager of sales and marketing...
While one arm of U S West Inc. prepares to roll out pocket phone service later this year, another arm, U S West Media Group's cellular division, is slated to disappear.The paradox highlights U S West's jagged wireless communications strategy. In its short wireless...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Cellular Corp. deployed its Mobile America prepaid calling card program in Bakersfield, Calif., and Mobile, Ala.The program allows consumers to purchase a Mobile America prepaid card in 10-, 30- and 60-minute increments. To access BellSouth's cellular network, customers dial *888 on any cellular...
NEW YORK-Under an agreement with BellSouth Corp. that became effective Jan. 1, Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile has become the first cellular carrier doing business in the Carolinas to collect call competition charges from a regional Bell operating company.The change resulted from the 1996 federal...
