BROWSING: Merit

LOS ANGELES-SmarTalk Teleservices Inc. said it signed a definitive agreement to acquire the retail prepaid business of Frontier Corp. for $35 million cash.Frontier distributes prepaid phone cards in more than 4,000 retail locations including Merit Stations, King Sooper, Southwest Supermarkets, Acme Supermarkets, Qwik Shops...

WASHINGTON-With all its internal struggles regarding the proposed new Federal Communications Commissioners reportedly solved, Congress was poised at press time to vote on the leaders of a new regime at that agency. The Old Guard, however, has remained true to its combative, no-holds-barred self...

InterCel completes Maine sub. saleInterCel Inc. completed the sale of its Maine cellular subsidiary last week for the purchase price of about $77 million.InterCel said it will use the money to fund its personal communications services subsidiary, Powertel Inc.Georgia-based InterCel sold Unity Cellular Systems...

WASHINGTON-Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) has accused Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt of going forward with a plan to link schools and libraries to the Internet without having a funding mechanism in place."We understand that you intend to implement one part...

NEW YORK-Although Ericsson Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm Inc. for alleged patent infringement, Ericsson said it believes the two manufacturers will work out their differences without the threat of litigation."We seek reasonable compensation for the use of our technology, and we'd rather...

WASHINGTON--The Federal Communications Commission may delay implementation of the new hybrid radio frequency safety guideline that's scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, according to an official."I think there's definitely merit to some of the arguments," said Robert Cleveland, senior scientist in the FCC Office...

Editor's Note: The RCR research and editorial staffs have compiled this list of the 20 largest paging companies in the United States from survey responses and interviews with industry contacts. Rankings are based on carriers' reported total number of paging subscribers.Because of industry consolidation and...

NEW YORK-Cellnet Data Systems Inc. reported a shareholder has sued the company, alleging it misled investors in connection with its initial public offering last month.The Sept. 26 prospectus for the IPO of 5 million shares of common stock failed to disclose, as required, that...

WASHINGTON-A notice of proposed rulemaking recently released by the Federal Communications Commission seeks to abolish finder's preference rules in the 220-222 MHz band in light of the commission's almost certain move to geographic licensing and auctioning private land mobile channels.The FCC also wants comments...

WASHINGTON-A notice of proposed rulemaking recently released by the Federal Communications Commission seeks to abolish finder's preference rules in the 220-222 MHz band in light of the commission's almost certain move to geographic licensing and auctioning private land mobile channels.The FCC also wants comments...

WASHINGTON-With less than a ringing endorsement from two commissioners, the Federal Communications Commission last week adopted hybrid radiofrequency exposure guidelines that may violate a new law regarding technical standards used by government agencies.The new RF guidelines are stricter than existing ones, combining exposure limits...

TEMPE, Ariz.-Cellexis International Inc. has added a preliminary injunction request to the $525 million lawsuit it filed earlier this month against General Telephone Electronics Corp. and Open Development Corp.Cellexis alleges that GTE and ODC violated a Confidential Disclosure Agreement, stole the company's patent-pending prepaid...

Despite overall slow growth in the Mexican cellular market due to the economic crisis in 1995, Telcel posted a 30.6 percent increase in subscribers for the year.As the largest cellular carrier in Mexico with about 57 percent of the market, Telcel said its subscriber...

CellStar Corp. said it formed a distribution relationship with Cellular One Group. The company said the agreement is a nationwide strategic cellular accessory program encompassing original equipment manufacturer products from Motorola Inc., NEC Corp., Nokia Inc., Ericsson Inc. and Oki telecom, as well as...