Nearly a year ago, Glynn Ingram had an idea. He wanted to provide bundled telecommunications services to small businesses and consumers on one bill.So he and a few colleagues from MobileComm formed Unity Communications Services and hit the Mississippi roads to share the idea...
MobileMedia Corp. sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, received a commitment to borrow $200 million and said its service to customers will not be affected as the company restructures finances and operations.But things don't look so good from the other side of the fence.Resellers charge...
Paging Network Inc. appointed Steven Cadwell vice president of national accounts to lead its National Accounts Direct division, which provides customized customer service, billing and pager distribution. Prior to joining PageNet, Cadwell served in various sales and marketing positions during a 17-year tenure with...
U.S. Communications Inc. has spent $5 million during the last four years forming an in-store system designed to entice Kmart shoppers to sign up for wireless service."We've got it set up so they can just come in and buy it, like buying a toaster,"...
The Failure Group Inc. acquired Broadcast Communications Systems Inc., a company that designs, installs and maintains wireless communications networks. Broadcast Communications has erected communications towers and provided related training and technical services since 1981. For the last two years it has specialized in personal...
TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. said it will provide its Access S&E roaming administration service to BellSouth Mobility DCS. The service provides settlement and exchange of roamer billing information among personal communications services providers in North America, Latin America and Europe.GTE TSI will serve...
TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Tele-communication Services Inc. signed a contract to provide its roamer administration service to personal communications services provider Western Wireless Corp. GTE TSI also will provide settlement and exchange services to Western Wireless.GTE TSI's Access service provides roamer billing information among cellular and...
Summa Four Inc. named Robert A. Degan president and chief executive officer, with responsibility for directing the company's growth and profitability. He has been a member of Summa Four's board of directors since 1984. Most recently, Degan was president and CEO of TyLink Corp.,...
At 29, Kashif Hassan is the president of Wyrex Communications Inc., a small Toronto-based wireless consulting company with a clientele including some of the biggest players in the U.S. personal communications services market.As the framework for PCS developed, Hassan-an electrical engineer and veteran of...
DANVILLE, Calif.-The U.S. Department of Commerce approved a patent for Telemac's Debit Technology, which offers cellular providers a pay-as-you-go solution for credit restricted and budget-conscious customers."We are very pleased to be recognized as the inventor of the first cellular phone with a switch independent,...
WASHINGTON-Business executives rate long-distance carriers as being more innovative in their customized telecom solutions than are local exchange carriers, an opinion wireless carriers should heed when considering a venture into the local loop, according to an updated survey."The Third Annual Telecommunications Survey-Business User Perspectives...
NEW YORK-If unaccompanied by rigorous precautions, the new add-on features personal communications services carriers are rushing to provide could pierce the elaborate security veil built into Global System for Mobile communications technology.Over-the-air activation, prepaid calling and multifunctional handsets all pose potential security as well...
WASHINGTON-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. will use the Cibernet On-line Roaming Database to administer and exchange carrier market data used in roaming. The database allows carriers to update their roaming data online for immediate use by roaming partners.CORD transfers data such as home carrier's name...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-CTI Movil, a cellular network operator in Argentina, selected Lucent Technologies Inc. to expand its Advanced Mobile Phone Service network and install an online billing platform. Lucent values the contract at $35 million.The expansion calls for Lucent to install its 5ESS(R)-2000 switch-based...
Picture this. Down at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., the space shuttle Columbia sits on the launch pad. The astronauts have run tests for months in preparation for the big day. Now they are strapped into their seats in the command...
LITTLE CHUTE, Wis.-ClearSystems Inc. will provide its customer care and billing platform, Innoverse, to Airadigm Communications, a personal communications services license winner.Innoverse was designed using client/server object-oriented technology, the company said. Ned Earle Sr., president of ClearSystems, said Innoverse will provide Airadigm customized workflow...
EL DORADO HILLS, Calif.-International Billing Systems Inc. will provide statement presentment services to Metrocall, according to a five-year agreement.Metrocall will use IBS' statement design, graphics and targeted inserting capabilities to provide easy-to-read statements to its paging customers."After a thorough cost-benefit analysis, we found that...
CINCINNATI-Cincinnati Bell Information Systems Inc. rolled out its Precedent 2000 customer care and billing solution for PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P.'s personal communications services launch in 16 markets.Earlier this year, PrimeCo signed an agreement with CBIS to deploy the Precedent 2000 exclusively in its PCS...
DENVER-American Management Systems Inc. has won a contract to develop a personal communications services customer care and billing platform for U S West's new PCS services.The application will be based on American Management System's Mobile2000 customer management and billing system.The system will allow U...
NEW YORK-Single-number portability, delivery of branded content and the growing similarity between switched voice and data are all trends that are moving in fast, according to participants in a panel Nov. 20 on wireless technology."No intelligent network platform is as reliable as a switch....
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. said it installed its ClearSite receiver subsystems in a field trial in three sites in Wisconsin. The trial will run through the end of January to cover two full subscriber billing cycles.ClearSite allows weak signals to be received more clearly, potentially...
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Cylink Corp. introduced the AirLink E1/T1 microwave radio, an infrastructure component designed to provide dependable, cost-effective wireless connections for personal communications services providers to their cell switching centers. AirLink E1/T1 also can provide temporary cell sites to promote carrier services or provide an extra...
WASHINGTON-Pocket Communications Inc. has selected Danet Inc. as its nationwide billing and customer care software provider. Danet will install customized billing software and systems, which will enable pricing and packaging of personal communications services features such as voice mail, data, fax and short messaging."Part...
