WASHINGTON-The first week of the D-, E- and F-block broadband personal communications services auctions moved along without much fanfare, either at the beginning of Round 1 or with the end of Round 4.Spectrum auctions have turned out to be much like the recent political...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Spectrum L.P. has named Andrew Sukawaty chief executive officer.Sukawaty is known for his work helping launch a personal communications services network in the United Kingdom.Sprint Spectrum, a partnership consisting of Sprint Corp., Tele-Communications Inc., Comcast Corp. and Cox Communications Inc., is...
Comcast Cellular Communications Inc. has entered into an agreement with Paging Network Inc. to offer PageNet's wireless messaging services, including the company's line of alphanumeric and numeric pagers. PageNet will provide Comcast with customized equipment and other turnkey programs that can include pager leasing,...
Software developer Unwired Planet Inc. introduced an Internet access solution that promises to be a "Killer App" for wireless data services, beginning with Cellular Digital Packet Data.The Redwood Shores, Calif.-based company said its UP.Link open software platform will enable cellular phone and two-way pager...
IRVINE, Calif.-Cox California PCS Inc. said it will purchase about $500 million in personal communications services network equipment and services from Lucent Technologies.The company said it will employ digital Code Division Multiple Access technology and will integrate existing cable infrastructure into its PCS network."Today's...
FORT WORTH, Texas-Sprint Spectrum L.P. announced plans to establish a national customer care center and a regional headquarters for its personal communications services in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.The customer care center, scheduled to open later this year in Fort Worth's Mercantile Center Business Park,...
Qualcomm Personal Electronics has won significant handset contracts from Sprint Spectrum L.P. and PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P., with a combined value of $850 million.The Sprint Spectrum agreement requires that Qualcomm begin shipping Code Division Multiple Access phones next month, a tall order for a...
BALA CYNWYD, Pa.-The Associated Group Inc. and Comcast Cellular Communications Inc. announced they will launch a trial this summer in New Jersey of the TruePosition Cellular Location System.The service trial will span a 50-mile stretch of the New Jersey Turnpike, including Burlington, Camden, Gloucester...
Boston Communications Group Inc. announced it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of about 3.8 million shares of its common stock. The offering will be managed by Alex, Brown & Sons Inc., Donaldson, Lufkin...
Sprint Spectrum L.P. has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Seattle challenging a six-month moratorium on tower building put in place in February by the city council of Medina, Wash., calling it a violation of the new federal telecommunications law.Medina, which...
Sprint Spectrum L.P. has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Seattle challenging a six-month moratorium on tower building put in place in February by the city council of Medina, Wash., calling it a violation of the new federal telecommunications law.Medina, which...
SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. announced an agreement with Sprint Spectrum L.P. to provide 1.3 million Code Division Multiple Access personal communications services terminals for the U.S. market. Value of the transaction was not disclosed.Samsung said it will begin mass producing PCS terminals at...
Nextel Communications Inc. said the 177 licenses it won at auction are a "relatively small thing" considering the enormous holdings it has already.Nextel has been quiet for the last year, silently building out digital networks, completing large acquisitions and swapping properties with other specialized...
NEW YORK-When it comes to siting wireless communications towers, passing "Go" means collecting a lot more than $200.Tower placement ease got a boost from Section 704 of the new federal telecommunications law which, "sets explicit national (tower) siting standards resulting from a negotiated rulemaking...
Repairing, remanufacturing, refurbishing and recycling cellular phones is the business of ReCellular Inc.The company brings phones sent in by carriers, dealers and other clients back to new condition. And while some phones are serviced for return to the owners, ReCellular's livelihood is derived from...
Linda Noda Hobbs has been named president of The National Dispatch Center Inc. Hobbs will oversee all aspects of NDC's day-to-day operations, including implementation of policies, systems and procedures. Since joining NDC in May 1995, Hobbs has played multiple roles within the company. Hobbs...
Last month's passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 heralds the industry's most fundamental structural change since AT&T Corp. was split up in 1984. Traditional barriers separating industry sectors are crumbling. Wireless will play a key role in the industry's transformation. While few provisions...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-Eighty-two percent of business cellular subscribers want a single wireless handset that can be used as an office phone indoors and as a mobile phone outdoors, concludes a two-year study conducted by Alexander Resources Inc.Alexander said the biggest threat to cellular and personal...
At some point in most relationships, one partner looks at the other, and instead of seeing Prince or Princess Charming, sees a human ... complete with flaws.The partners in the newly named Sprint Spectrum L.P. are at that point. In other words, the honeymoon...
Sprint Spectrum L.P. denies any discord among its member companies, despite revisions to the venture's original plans to launch cable telephony with its wireless service. But telecommunications analysts are split on what the modification means.It shouldn't be surprising that the companies are repositioning 16...
RUTHERFORD, N.J.-Nextel Communications Inc. said it has received about $100 million from Comcast Corp.'s exercise of its anti-dilutive stock purchase rights. As a result of the purchase, Comcast has acquired about 8.2 million shares of Nextel common stock, Nextel said.Nextel said that Comcast has...
ISELIN, N.J.-Dusting off patents shelved by Bell Laboratories due to commercialization prohibitions, Telecommunications Premium Services Inc. hopes to gain competitive advantage in the frontier of anywhere, anytime communications.Founded less than two years ago by David L. Turock, a Bell Labs alumnus, TPS' service offering...
Sprint Telecommunications Venture has awarded contracts to build its personal communications services network to AT&T Network Systems Inc. and Northern Telecom Inc. with roughly a 60/40 split of STV's markets. The contracts are valued at more than $3 billion."Today's announcement is a key step...
BRUSSELS-Telecom liberalization in Europe was pushed ahead last week when the European Commission adopted a policy requiring member states to begin to abolish phone monopolies and open mobile phone licensing.The deadline set by the European Union for full liberalization is Jan. 1, 1998. The...
