BOSTON-The combination of an increasingly mobile work force with the growing popularity of the Internet could potentially speed up the adoption of wireless data networks and services, according to a report by the Yankee Group."The Internet's advantages in terms of ubiquity, simplicity and standardization...
LEXINGTON, Mass.-Wildfire Communications Inc. announced that Century Telephone Enterprises Inc. will begin consumer trials of its Network Wildfire service with residential, business and wireless customers in Louisiana and Wisconsin.Century will be the first carrier to install the Wildfire service using Compaq Corp.'s ProLiant servers...
NEW YORK-Despite a positive outlook for wireless telecommunications over the next eight years, "our concern is about getting from here to there," said Timothy E. Caffrey, director of corporate ratings for Standard & Poor's."The industry has continued to surprise us. It keeps growing faster...
Metrocall Inc. announced it has filed formal complaints with the Federal Communications Commission's Common Carrier Bureau enforcement division, charging several regional Bell and independent telephone companies with continuing to violate the commission's recently clarified interconnection rules.Included as defendants are GTE Corp., Southwestern Bell Mobile...
Manufacturers are under pressure to finance independent personal communications services companies, but recent financial turmoil surrounding some C-block carriers highlights the risk involved in extending credit to companies whose only assets sometimes are licenses not yet paid for."There is an inordinate amount of pressure...
IRVINE, Calif.-L.M. Ericsson and Subscriber Computing Inc. entered a partnership agreement in which Ericsson plans to market SCI's wireless intelligent network-based prepaid metered billing system for Advanced Mobile Phone Service and digital-AMPS networks, said SCI.Ericsson will handle sales, installation, training and first-line support for...
With a second round of financing in hand along with a strategic purchase and a name change, Comspace Corp., formerly Unique Technologies International Inc., plans to jump-start the specialized mobile radio industry.Irving, Texas-based Comspace has been working since 1994 to develop Dynamic Channel Multicarrier...
NEW YORK-Some interesting twists are ahead on the road to roaming for personal communications services carriers as they seek to emulate their cellular counterparts, which reap between 15 percent and 20 percent of their gross revenues from long-distance wireless calls.Last year, subscribers of all...
Overall wireless pricing has decreased between 6.1 percent and 10 percent in the United States since September, said Robinson-Humphrey Co. L.L.C.'s latest pricing survey."This relatively low price decrease is quite encouraging, considering that this survey was done during the most competitive time of the...
WASHINGTON-Wireline telecommunications carriers are gearing up to offer two phases of number portability this year, after successfully winning a time extension from the Federal Communications Commission. Some in the wireless industry would like the same to happen.Wireless number portability is scheduled to begin June...
WASHINGTON-A total of 21 states have pending legislation regarding emergency service and its parameters scheduled for votes this year, according to a survey performed by wireless E911 equipment manufacturer Xypoint Corp. Respondents to the poll included wireless carriers, public-safety entities and state legislative aides...
With a new president and chief executive officer at the helm, Diva Communications Inc. is working to establish key strategic partnerships throughout the world to secure its niche in the wireless local loop market.The company, based in Union City, Calif., was formed in 1993,...
In an initial victory for paging carriers nationwide, the Federal Communications Commission's Common Carrier Bureau announced its current rules do not allow local exchange carriers to charge paging carriers for delivering traffic over the LEC network.Specifically, the bureau said its rules "do not allow...
WASHINGTON-Comments regarding the Federal Communications Commission's notice of proposed rule making on the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act have one thing in common-moving the compliance date back two years, to Oct. 25, 2000.The Telecommunications Industry Association, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, the American...
Editor's Note: In a year where the largest stories of the wireless industry were about personal communications services carriers besieged with financial and other problems, one PCS company, Omnipoint Communications Services Inc., has managed to bring to reality the promises of PCS. Omnipoint, a new...
NEW YORK-Twenty years ago, her parents-both civil servants-gave Rosanne M. Cahn, chief economist of equities for Credit Suisse First Boston, New York, a cartoon she said aptly describes her profession.It reads: "What we did is plug in all the variables, assess the trends, define the...
The Asian currency crisis has created hidden opportunities for providers of cellular equipment and for global carriers and vendors to invest in under-capitalized regional carriers and distributors at enticing rates, said Herschel Shosteck Associates Ltd. in a recent report.The firm said the current fiscal...
WASHINGTON-While wireless local loop technology is taking off in such countries as South Africa, Great Britain, India and China, the United States continues to lag behind in deploying what could be the most cost-effective, time-sensitive means of providing everyone in this country with dial...
Geotek Communications Inc. announced its plans to restructure corporate assets and management structure to focus resources on its operations in the United States.Geotek said it has reached agreements to sell its European analog assets to Montreal-based Telesystem International Wireless Inc. for approximately $85 million...
NEW YORK-AT&T Corp. is rumored to be at an advanced stage in negotiations to acquire Teleport Communications Group Inc., the first and largest competitive local exchange carrier in the country.AT&T and Teleport, both headquartered in New York, have declined comment on the speculation, which...
DETROIT-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its Time Division Multiple Access personal communications services network in Detroit, using infrastructure equipment supplied and installed by Lucent Technologies Inc.The new system has advanced services including caller ID, paging, e-mail, and voice mail messaging, as well as traditional...
WASHINGTON-The House Commerce Committee said a law partner of Peter Knight, lobbyist for Portals developer Franklin Haney and former Clinton-Gore campaign manager, told the panel the $1 million Haney paid to Knight in April 1996 was a one-time performance fee.According to the committee's Dec....
A new company led by former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. executive Michael Buhrmann has developed a client-server operating platform designed to let wireless carriers segment their customer base by offering lower-cost specialized services."The new entrants that have come to market have been concerned about...
PHOENIX-American Paging Inc. has installed TekNow Inc.'s Internet paging gateway, PhenX, to support its Internet-based paging programs in 15 U.S. markets.The IPG receives e-mail and World Wide Web-based messages (SMTP and HTTP protocols) and converts them to TNPP or TAP pages. PhenX supports multiple...
