WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. announced it completed the first phase of its site management business sale to OmniAmerica Inc.In the first of two transactions, Arch sold its communications towers, real estate, tower management contracts and leasehold interests for $13 million. The second phase...
DALLAS-Panafon, a mobile operator in Greece, awarded Aethos Communication Systems a $1.6 million contract to increase capacity of its prepaid platform to accommodate 300,000 subscribers.This is the second upgrade in nine months for Panafon, said Aethos.
FORT LEE, N.J.-TSR Wireless L.L.C. announced it will resell Conxus Communications Inc.'s Pocketalk voice paging services in the Philadelphia area.Pocketalk is based on Motorola Inc.'s FLEX technology. TSR said it is the nation's seventh-largest paging company. The carrier has 12 retail stores operating in...
FWT Inc. announced its first installation of the PowerMount antenna system on anything other than an electrical transmission tower-this one inside the legs of a Shell Oil Co. sign at a gas station in North Attleboro, Mass. The new site is part of a...
FORT LEE, N.J.-MobileMedia Communications Corp. announced it launched a prepaid paging service package called The MobileComm 6-Pak, which includes a numeric pager, six months of local service, activation fee and 500 messages a month for between $80 and $90.The packages will be available through...
WESTPORT, Conn.-Customers in 21 U.S. markets and one in Toronto are being asked to evaluate their wireless provider during the first phase of J.D. Power and Associates' 1998 Wireless Customer Satisfaction Study.Mobile consumers will report on their carrier's reputation, pricing plans, billing, call quality...
ATLANTA-LHS Group Inc.'s second-quarter results will reflect a one-time charge of about $6.4 million for research and development in process that it acquired in connection with the InfoCellular Inc. merger completed June 11.LHS said it expects the acquisition to provide future tax benefits as...
LOS ANGELES-Global Access Pagers Inc. said it plans to introduce a pen-based personal digital assistant this fall that supports Motorola Inc.'s FLEX messaging protocol.The company said it hopes the Air Track Compose PDA will allow users to access the Internet at all times from...
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Personal communications services provider Omnipoint Communications Inc. announced its 56th international roaming agreement in Chile with Entel PCS Telecomunicaciones."Today's activation is particularly noteworthy since it is our first operational partnership in South America, an important destination for our business clients and sight-seeing...
INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. completed the previously announced acquisition of Eurocom Systems S.A., thereby establishing logistics services and distribution operations in France.Eurocom reported net sales of about $10.7 million during 1997, said Brightpoint.
PALO ALTO, Calif.-BT Mobile, a paging service provider based in Leeds, United Kingdom, awarded Corsair Communications Inc. a three-year contract valued at nearly $5 million to provide it with an integrated customer-care, inventory-management and billing solution.Corsair said it will replace BT Mobile's customer-care and...
The sinking ship that is Geotek Communications Inc. wallowed deeper into troubled waters last week when the company filed voluntary petitions for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection while its captain and founder, Yaron Eitan, stepped down as chief executive officer and resigned from the company's...
SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc. announced it named Gary D. Cuccio president-elect of AirTouch Paging.Cuccio, 52, will assume the role July 13, in anticipation of Charlie Jackson's retirement as president. Cuccio held positions at AirTouch International, but left to work at Omnipoint Communications Inc.
DALLAS-Northern Telecom announced a plan to deploy a series of experimental third-generation wireless networks beginning in the fourth quarter in support of the International Telecommunication Union's IMT-2000 initiative.Nortel plans to explore the evolution of Global System for Mobile communications, cdmaOne and Time Division Multiple...
WASHINGTON-U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky rejected China's latest proposal to open its telecommunications service market, further complicating China's bid to become a member of the World Trade Organization.It appears unlikely there will be any breakthroughs on U.S.-Sino telecom trade before President Clinton ends his...
Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s Wireless Access Group introduced its next-generation interactive two-way messaging device, called the AccessLink II.Based on Motorola Inc.'s ReFLEX two-way paging protocol, the AccessLink II is an evolution from the original AccessLink-the first two-way interactive device on the market. In particular, it...
WASHINGTON-House and Senate appropriations panels last week refused to earmark funds to relocate the Federal Communications Commission to the Portals, actions FCC Chairman Bill Kennard said could force a four-week furlough of employees.A House appropriations subcommittee cut FCC funding by $5 million, while a...
SPOKANE, Wash.-Star Data Service, a joint venture between Itron Inc. and UK Data Collection Services Ltd., was approved as a meter data management agent in California.MDMA approval is required to serve customers in California's unbundled metering services market.The approval allows SDS to read meters,...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada-Armed with nearly 300 attendees at its show, a new way to count the number of wireless data subscribers and strong evidence that Internet Protocol will be the backbone network for wireless data solutions, Wireless Data Forum board members said the...
In the March 25 issue of RCR, an article on Metrocall Inc.'s Direct View product incorrectly stated the required devices to use the service. Direct View is a full turnkey service Metrocall developed that includes a proprietary receiver.The chart on page 8 of the...
CDMA Development GroupSINGAPORE-The CDMA Development Group said cdmaOne networks today serve more than 12 million subscribers worldwide, putting the technology on track to reach 18 million subscribers by December.The CDG's progress report shows more than 64 cdmaOne licensees, 11 handset vendors and 96 operators...
WASHINGTON-A much ballyhooed victory by the telecommunications industry to get the dates for compliance with the digital wiretap act extended is less certain as both sides in the continuing debate argue over the significance of last week's House vote.The problem is the legislation containing...
AirTouch Cellular customers in Wyoming now can receive Caller ID service. Users of narrowband Advance Mobile Phone Service phones with Caller ID capability can see who is calling when their phone rings. AirTouch said it is offering free Caller ID service to customers on...
