PHILADELPHIA-Bell Atlantic Mobile introduced Share-A-Minute, a new digital service plan that allows wireless phone users to activate up to three separate lines and share a large bank of minutes every month.Share-A-Minute customers may select a two- or three-line plan. Both plans include 600 local...
ATLANTA-Wynd Communications Inc. announced an exclusive strategic alliance with the American Automobile Association to deliver national wireless roadside assistance service to deaf and hard of hearing members.With the service, deaf or hard of hearing motorists no longer need access to a wireline teletype machine...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Royal Philips Electronics announced it has signed a confidentiality and standstill agreement with VLSI Technology Inc.The two have agreed that: VLSI will provide Philips with prompt access to non-public information in due diligence sessions scheduled to take place last week. Philips will not,...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission would like to see wireless companies compete in the local exchange carrier market, but this is not likely to happen on a large scale, especially in rural America, if the FCC does not tell individual states that wireless carriers are...
Amid speculation that it could be a takeover target by MCI WorldCom Inc., SkyTel Communications Inc. announced a new pricing plan and a major strategic alliance last week, both designed to better position it for the wireless messaging battle ahead.Most significantly, the company announced...
BOCA RATON, Fla.-Siemens Information and Communication Networks Inc. and Omnipoint Communications signed a $200 million deal under which Siemens will supply Global System for Mobile communications infrastructure to Omnipoint to expand the carrier's personal communications services network in New York, said the companies.Omnipoint will...
HELSINKI, Finland-L.M. Ericsson and Nokia Corp. said they support the European Telecommunications Standards Institute's work on a global standard for Global System for Mobile communications on the 450 MHz frequency band.Nordic Mobile Telephone 450 MHz operators are looking to migrate to digital technology. Ericsson...
FORT LEE, N.J.-MobileMedia Communications Inc. on Friday filed a statement with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware supporting the acquisition bid submitted by Arch Communications Group Inc. over a competing bid from TSR Wireless L.L.C.This information updates a related story on...
WASHINGTON-The chief executive officers of Ameritech Corp. and SBC Communications Inc. agreed last week to FCC Chairman William Kennard's request for a 90-day negotiation period to craft Federal Communications Commission conditions for the approval of their merger.The negotiations may be hampered, however, by a...
ROME-The takeover battle engaged by Olivetti spa for Telecom Italia spa was scheduled to come to a head Saturday, when Telecom Italia shareholders were scheduled to vote on the takeover defense plan formed by Chief Executive Officer Franco Bernabe.At least 30 percent of all...
GTE Corp. last week announced plans to purchase 20 Ameritech Corp. wireless properties in the Midwest, ending months of speculation about who would acquire the lucrative Chicago and St. Louis markets that became available when SBC Communications Inc. and Ameritech announced their merger last...
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association will hold its first Lobby Day Wednesday, an event that will celebrate the success of the wireless industry and allow executives on Capitol Hill to brief lawmakers on concerns about taxes, antenna siting, digital wiretap implementation and other issues.The...
WASHINGTON-By the end of nearly three weeks of bidding, action has all but stopped on the major markets left in the re-auction of personal communications services licenses.The only major market to receive any activity as of the end of round 42 was Little Rock,...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry hopes to give the Federal Communications Commission a final report in June on how the deaf community can use text telephones (TTYs) with a digital wireless phone to call 911, said Todd Lantor, director of government relations for the Personal Communications...
NEW YORK-The National Radiological Protection Board of the United Kingdom said April 8 it will establish an ad hoc group of independent experts to examine the effects of mobile wireless phone use on peoples' brains.The announcement followed publication earlier this month in "The International...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS and Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. announced the SCH-1500 personal communications services handset.The phone is a dual-band, dual-mode handset that combines voice-activated dialing. Sprint PCS will make the phone available in RadioShack stores nationwide this month. The handset will retail for...
DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. announced an agreement with JP Systems Inc. that will allow users of Palm III and Windows CE personal digital assistants to transmit and receive e-mail and text messages over PageNet's network.The deal involves JP's BeamLink software, which allows PDAs to use...
WASHINGTON-Radio licensees beware: In 18 days, on May 1,if you file an application for a radio-frequency license with the Federal Communications Commission and there is an error or omission, the application will be dismissed instead of returned as was past practice.Once an application has been...
WASHINGTON-As the Federal Communications Commission moves closer to setting guidelines to make telecom equipment and services accessible to disabled individuals, the wireless industry is pressing regulators to back off proposed rules that it claims are too restrictive and burdensome and that run counter to...
HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. and Bell Atlantic Mobile have closed a $660 million transaction involving a five-year exclusive build-to-suit program, the construction of 1,460 wireless towers and the establishment of Crown Atlantic Holding Co. L.L.C., a joint venture formed to own and operate the...
GREENSBORO, N.C.-Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. reported revenues for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 of $102.3 million compared with revenues of $98.7 million for the same time the previous year. The company's revenues for 1998 were $421.7 million, an increase from the $374.5 million...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it expects paging carriers to periodically review information in the Universal Licensing System to ensure it is correct.However, paging carriers are not required to review "each applicable data element within the ULS and certify that the ULS is complete...
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Toshiba Corp. purchased newly issued shares of Audiovox Communications Corp. common stock for $5 million, giving Toshiba 5 percent of the shares outstanding, said ACC's parent company, Audiovox Corp.This latest purchase is a "reaffirmation of our 15-year relationship," combining Toshiba's technology and quality...
VIENNA, Va.-Teligent Inc. announced it now is offering its high-bandwidth, local, long distance, high-speed data and Internet services to small- and mid-size businesses in San Diego and Sacramento, Calif.Teligent's services are available across the country in 26 markets with a combined population of 78...
