CHICAGO- 3607 Communications Co. and Paging Network Inc. announced 3607 will begin offering PageNet's paging services. 3607's customers in its nearly 100 markets will have the ability to access paging services by the end of the year, said the company."Entering the paging business is...
WASHINGTON-The D-, E- and F-block broadband personal communications services auction not only is the largest competitive bidding venture upon which the Federal Communications Commission has embarked to date, it also has spawned new players, regenerated old hands and created a few strange bedfellows.In this...
MCI Communications Corp. said its recent deal with NextWave Telecom Inc. isn't just another resale agreement."This will involve interconnection, and there is no reseller in the U.S. with interconnection," said Whitey Bluestein, MCI vice president of wireless strategy and development.MCI signed a resale agreement...
The wireless division of WorldCom Inc. aspires to be present in all major U.S. markets, indicating that the nation's fourth largest long-distance company seeks to be the country's fourth most powerful telecommunications company as well.Wireless service has been added in recent years to the...
After several broken engagements, MCI Communications Corp. thinks it has finally found a partner it can commit to long-term for wireless service, NextWave Telecom Inc.Although MCI has been down this road before, this time I think the company may have done it right.MCI-which sold...
ATLANTA-MCI Communications Corp. began offering cellular service in Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston on Wednesday, bringing its coverage footprint up to one-third of the U.S. population.The company is expected to announce a new, billion-dollar alliance today, possibly with a U.S. personal communications service operator."By the...
ATLANTA-MCI Communications Corp. announced it is offering local cellular service in the Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse, N.Y., markets. Customers in those areas will have an alternative for local cellular service, since the company is reselling airtime, as well as a variety of integrated services...
For those who are banking on the growth of specialized mobile radio during the next few years, there is good news and there is good news. The good news is: The transition to digital technology will continue to grow, adding new voice and data services,...
RESTON, Va.-American Mobile Satellite Corp. has appointed Gary Parsons president and chief executive officer. He will also serve on the company's board of directors.Parsons succeeds Brian Pemberton who will remain with the company concentrating on sales and marketing, AMSC said."Gary has demonstrated success building...
ATLANTA-MCI Communications Corp. said it is introducing local cellular service in south Florida including Miami. The announcement comes on the heels of MCI's recent cellular service introductions in Atlanta, Detroit and greater Michigan.MCI said business and residential customers in these markets now have a...
From Wall Street to Main Street, the outlook for the cellular industry remains positive, especially for major players abroad and minor players at home that exploit markets with lower competition and penetration levels.The new Telecommunications Act has unleashed forces that could transform the entire...
Could the obstacle-plagued auction that took forever to start be near its end?It seems so, although a part of me believes the C-block auction for personal communications services will never end.For the record, the C-block auction was originally scheduled to begin in the spring...
NEW YORK-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp. hit the ground running last fall with its nationwide SkyTel 2-Way paging launch, stumbled over unforeseen obstacles and has now dusted itself off and resumed the race to commercial operation.That was the self-evaluation provided by Mtel Chairman John Palmer...
American Mobile Satellite Corp. appointed Patrick C. FitzPatrick vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to joining AMSC, FitzPatrick was senior vice president and CFO of PRC Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Black & Decker Corp.Paging Network Inc. has appointed William J. Dixon...
Geez, what a week of winners, losers and schmoozers.A three-judge panel in Philadelphia overturned the Internet indecency ban in the new telecommunications law, a big victory for free speech advocates and wireless carriers that carry information services. Next stop: the Supreme Court.Marge Schott, Cincinnati Reds...
NEW YORK-Rodney J. Olsen said he will step down July 1 as acting chief executive officer of Cable & Wireless plc, the British multinational telecommunications conglomerate.With wireless telecommunications operations covering more than 90 million equity-adjusted population equivalents, the company ranks itself among the top...
NEW YORK-The numbers vary depending on the source, but there is unanimity about the trends unfolding in the nation's paging sector during the past year: subscriber growth, consolidation in the number of paging providers and overall increases in revenues despite price squeezes due to competition...
NEW YORK-Driven by telecommunications deregulation and consumer demand, the emerging industry model is the "super carrier" that delivers a broad menu of services it doesn't necessarily originate or create, said Berge Ayvazian, executive vice president of the Yankee Group, Boston.The newly launched MCI One...
How 'bout the attendees at President Clinton's White House Corporate Citizenship Conference last Thursday here: Robert Allen, chairman of AT&T Corp.; Charles Lee, chairman of GTE Corp.; Richard Notebaert, chairman of Ameritech Corp.; Bert Roberts, chairman of MCI Communications Corp., Bernard Schwartz, chairman of Loral...
NEW YORK-Preferred Networks Inc., a paging wholesaler that went public in March, experienced net losses of $1.5 million during the first quarter of 1996, the price for investment in rapid expansion, company officials said.At the same time, revenues increased by $1 million to $2.4...
The MCI One initial package that includes one-number service, free long distance, Internet services and a calling card is offered for $4.95 a month, not $34.95 as stated in RCR's May 6 issue.
NEW YORK-For Coherent Communications Systems Inc. of Leesburg, Va., the new digital arrivals on the wireless communications scene represent a golden opportunity for its echo cancellation technologies.Digital cellular communications pose more complex echo problems than their analog counterparts, and these distortions can interfere significantly...
GENEVA-The United States blocked a telecom agreement among 53 nations of the World Trade Organization by refusing to open its international and satellite markets unless better offers were made by other nations."We will not make a deal simply for the sake of making a...
When MCI Communications Corp. asked him to build a radio tower on top of a mountain using a helicopter, 21-year-old wireless newcomer Michael Budagher said yes. Fifteen years later, his company is one of the industry's leading infrastructure builders.Budagher quit his job as a...
