Dynamic Mobile Data SystemsDynamic Mobile Data Systems Inc. announced its Mobile Server product is commercially available. Mobile Server is a set of wireless drivers and controls for Microsoft NT servers and wireless devices that the company said extends beyond-firewall corporate data and applications to...
GREENBELT, Md.-Cellular One here announced it is now offering an Information Services feature to its new Digital Edge wireless phone customers.Information Services includes hundreds of options for updates on sports scores, financial markets, weather forecasts, maritime reports, world news and leisure.The Associated Press, Fox...
FOSTER CITY, Calif.-The Municipality of Anchorage in Alaska approved Alaska Communications Systems Inc.'s offer to acquire the operations of Anchorage Telephone Utility for $295 million cash.ACS was formed by Fox Paine & Co. L.L.C. and a management team led by Charles E. Robinson. Alaska...
AvantGo Inc. released a new solution designed to extend enterprise and Web-based applications to handheld computers, allowing companies to deploy corporate applications to mobile devices that are compatible with their existing network and technology infrastructures.The solution, called AvantGo 2.0, consists of the AvantGo Server,...
FOSTER CITY, Calif.-Century Telephone Enterprises Inc. said it agreed to sell its Alaskan assets to financial investor Fox Paine & Co. L.L.C. and a management team led by Charles E. Robinson for $415 million in cash.The pact includes Century Telephone's local exchange, cellular, personal...
WASHINGTON-Industry participants in a Jan. 21 open forum to review the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau's rules and performance during the past two years agree that while the WTB has come a long way in coping with a new and diverse competitive scenario, it still has...
WASHINGTON-Nevada-based wireless companies owned by Mark Edwards have been shut down due to long-standing disputes between Edwards and Nevada Bell, and now he is planning to go to court-and to Congress and the Federal Communications Commission-again for some form of restitution.Edwards' problems with the...
OSHKOSH, Wis.-C-block operator Airadigm Communications Inc. said it launched 1900 MHz personal communications services in Fond du Lac and Oshkosh, Wis.The service, branded Einstein, uses Global System for Mobile communications technology. Airadigm will make Einstein PCS handsets and service available Nov. 7 at Phones...
NEW YORK-Batteries Batteries Inc. announced results of its first quarter ended March 31.Net sales for the first quarter totaled $12.8 million, a 107 percent increase compared with first quarter 1996 net sales of $6.2 million. The increase was due largely to the acquisition of...
TAMPA, Fla.-Cliffco of Tampa Bay Inc., a distributor of cellular telephone accessories, acquired Batteries Batteries Inc. Cliffco said battery sales account for about 41 percent of its revenues.Batteries Batteries operates through three subsidiaries: Battery Network/Tauber Electronics Inc. of San Diego, Philadelphia-based Advanced Fox Cellular and...
WASHINGTON-"This is not an inscrutable, hard-to-figure-out issue," said Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) at a hearing last week to discuss problems with his proposed Law Enforcement and Public Safety Telecommunications Empowerment Act. "It ain't over 'til it's over. Simply put, I want to make sure...
TAMPA, Fla.-Batteries Batteries Inc. acquired Cliffco of Tampa Bay Inc., a distributor of wireless telephone accessories including a variety of batteries, which accounts for about 41 percent of its revenues.Cliffco said its success over the past three years has hinged on product delivery times...
While many winners of C-block personal communications services spectrum are months away from launching commercial service, Airadigm Communications Inc. is preparing to be the first C-block player to launch."We have 37 people on board that represent 270 years of telecom experience," said Senior Vice...
ACT Communications Inc. developed two personal communications services and cellular protection products. The ACT 452-120-400L is a two-line, single phase surge arrestor that provides all-mode protection. The company said it is ideal for cabinet and PCS applications. It is rated to withstand up to...
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.-Laissez-faire capitalists repeatedly faced off with supporters of de facto or government-mandated high-technology standards during last week's Mobile Insights '97 conference on mobile computing.The three-day meeting, held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel here and hosted by industry consultant Gerry Purdy and his Mountain...
RCR missed boat on NextWave storyDear Editor: RCR is a respected wireless trade publication known for its journalistic standards. It inexplicably departed from those standards in its Jan. 13 edition, which contains analysis and commentary on the Federal Communications Commission's recent decision to conditionally grant...
The government's conditional grant of personal communications services licenses to NextWave Telecom Inc., despite finding the startup wireless firm in violation of foreign ownership limits, raises questions about process and policy in the high-stakes auction environment that has transformed the Federal Communications Commission into...
WASHINGTON-In a decision almost surely headed for the appeals court, the Federal Communications Commission last Friday conditionally awarded NextWave Personal Communications Inc. its C-block licenses after NextWave submitted a plan to bring its foreign-ownership percentages into compliance with federal rules.Wireless Telecommunications Bureau chief Michele...
Cellulink introduced digital cellular service in the Fox Valley, Wis., region. The Time Division Multiple Access system will work in conjunction with the company's existing cellular network. Cellulink said the service will be priced at $19 per month and 34 cents per minute for...
WASHINGTON-Viking Dispatch Services Inc., whose 42 applications to build cooperative, non-profit private radio networks were rejected by the Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau June 7, continues to fight for a review of the decision based on facts it has uncovered since the decision.Following...
WASHINGTON-The growing furor over a former Commerce Department official's alleged ties to questionable foreign campaign contributions and to possible White House influence in connection with trade missions prompted the Democratic National Committee to return three wireless contributions "determined to be inappropriate."Carolina PCS 1 L.P.,...
WASHINGTON-Chadmoore Communications Inc. may have to wait until December or January to hear if its licensing complaint against the Federal Communications Commission is valid.The FCC last December denied specialized mobile radio operator Chadmoore's extended implementation plan to offer wide-area SMR coverage, which Chadmoore filed...
PanaVise Products Inc. debuted PortaGrip 2000, a cellular phone holder that features four-way adjustability. The side jaws move back and forth, while the support slide moves up and down, the company said. PortaGrip adjusts to hold any size or shape cellular phone. Three models...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Information Services Inc. has named Jeffrey Fox president and William Cravens chairman.Fox most recently served as senior vice president of business development and Cravens previously served as vice chairman and chief operating officer. Prior to joining Alltel, Fox worked in investment...
