PageMart Wireless Inc. has crossed all borders in North America and some in Central America with its formation of the PageMart Network.The international network is supported by affiliate carriers in Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas and areas of Central America to enable roaming...
DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. said it will begin international service during the second quarter, allowing subscribers to roam in Canada, Mexico and Central America.International numeric roaming will cost $15 per month for 400 messages. International text messaging, including 400 numeric and 100 alphanumeric, will be...
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'...
Operators with new 1900 MHz personal communications services networks need add-on services that are meaningful revenue generators and offer something customers repeatedly need, says one such service provider."The cost of acquiring a subscriber can be as low as $300 to $400 these days," said...
SPOKANE, Wash.-Itron, a provider of automatic meter reading (AMR) equipment and services to the utility industry, announced the sale of 50,000 Genesis Meter Modules to Sontex S.A., a Swiss distributor of thermal energy meters and heat cost allocators.Sontex will integrate Itron's modules into its...
German wireless phone operators continue to drop prices and restructure calling plans following the award of a fourth mobile phone license and growth in the consumer market.Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH, which operates the D2 Global System for Mobile communications 900 network, and E-Plus Mobilfunk, the...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's second report and order that codifies new auction rules for common carrier and private carrier paging along with partitioning of geographic licenses follows in most cases auction rules set up for other wireless commercial services.However, the commission order is designed...
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...
Several low-earth-orbit satellite systems will have initial launches this year, marking the beginning of services that a Washington, D.C., consulting firm says "will fill the gaps other wireless systems don't cover."Big LEOs and medium earth orbit systems will not only be viable but will...
WASHINGTON-Sen. Ernest Hollings (R-S.C.), in what amounts to a showdown with the Clinton administration, is mounting a campaign to condition Senate confirmation of U.S. Trade Representative-designate Charlene Barshefsky on passage of an amendment requiring legislation to implement the new global telecom pact and future...
Wildfire plans to spread faster than ever with Network Wildfire, a new carrier version of Wildfire Inc.'s electronic assistant that Pacific Bell Mobile Services is currently testing for its personal communications services network.Wildfire is an automated secretary, organizer, rolodex and more-all intended to make...
Inc.'s VoiceNow voice paging service is priced not only to compete, but to undercut industry rates for most numeric, alphanumeric and other advanced paging and messaging services.The company turned on its voice paging service in Dallas, marketing to both personal and business users, which...
Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. reported the first profitable year in the company's 11-year history last week, although the victory was accompanied by a fourth-quarter net loss due to investments in two subsidiaries.Net income for 1996 was $6.4 million, or 16 cents per share, compared...
PARIS-Next month, France Telecom Mobiles announced it will launch a prepaid cellular Subscriber Identity Module service called Mobicarte.Mobicarte kits can be purchased for about $45, which entitles users to 30 minutes of calls within France.Customers also receive designated phone numbers when they insert the...
The following are sample quotes from respondents who were asked the question, "What are one or two of the most important reasons why you would support having an antenna in your neighborhood?" (Note: 30 percent of those surveyed were wireless users.)"To ensure proper coverage.""I think...
Washington-The wireless telecom industry opposes funding proposals for the Clinton administration's plan to link all schools and libraries to the Internet by 2000, a component of a sweeping $51 billion education package in the five-year balanced budget plan that the president calls his top...
Wireless segments post strong growthFRAMINGHAM, Mass.-The cellular, personal communications services and paging industries had strong growth in 1996, according to a study conducted by IDC/Link Resources. Cellular growth was higher than in most sectors. However, the company said there are signs the market's expansion...
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.-"Until a few weeks ago, I was under the impression that the outlook for TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) was quite different than it is today," said investment banker Brad Peery at last week's TDMA Global Summit here."Qualcomm (Inc.) has done...
A new study from the University of Toronto released last week concludes drivers face a four-fold increase in risk of having an injury-producing accident when using a cellular telephone.Researchers Dr. Donald Redelmeier and Dr. Robert Tibshirani studied 699 drivers who had cellular phones and...
WASHINGTON-Following an almost seven-month hiatus, NextWave Telecom Inc. has submitted answers to 43 questions posed by the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the S-1 form it filed in June 1996 in preparation for an initial public offering.NextWave consequently put that action on hold when...
This is the second installment in the exclusive RCR five-part series highlighting the results of the 1997 National Wireless Opinion Poll conducted by TynanGroup, Inc., of Santa Barbara, Calif., in December. This article explores the public attitudes on wireless technology in detail. Six hundred...
The cost to relocate microwave systems has met or been lower than projections for two personal communications services carriers, providing a positive mark on balance sheets otherwise heavy with loss due to network buildout."PCS is finding it can reach agreements with microwave incumbents, which...
Numeric paging service, which for years was the bread and butter for paging resellers, could be their doom in a market of increased competition, decreased rates and customer savvy.Industry disagrees about who is responsible-carriers, or resellers or both-for the drastic price drops, but agrees...
Here are sample quotes from respondents who were asked the question, "What are some of the most important disadvantages of the use of wireless phones?" ( Note: 30 percent of those surveyed were wireless users.)"They are just ego builders.""It costs too much money.""Reception is bad,...
