Nextel Communications Inc. dealers have filed a putative class-action lawsuit against the enhanced specialized mobile radio operator in a San Diego court, claiming Nextel failed to properly pay commissions and other money the dealers say is due them.The class includes all Nextel dealers in...
Glenayre Technologies Inc. confirmed the general manager of its Sao Paulo, Brazil, operation was murdered earlier this month. Funeral services for Ricardo Periera were held last week in Sao Paulo.Glenayre could not provide further details by press time.Glenayre is constructing paging networks for several...
JACKSON, Miss.-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp. announced a Caller ID service, that allows all one-way and two-way alphanumeric paging customers to know who is paging them.When subscribers receive a page, Caller ID displays the name of the person or business registered as the owner of...
JACKSON, Miss.-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp. announced a series of interest rate swaps on its 13.5-percent senior notes due Dec. 15, 2002, and also completed a quarterly covenant test.Both measures were taken to reduce its cash interest payments during the next three years, the company...
A bankruptcy-court hearing on MobileMedia Corp.'s disclosure statement, originally scheduled for April 14, has been delayed until May 12 so the company's secured and unsecured creditors' committees have more time to come to a consensus on the proposed reorganization plan.The company's unsecured creditors' committee,...
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Microwave Power Devices Inc. was awarded a $7.4 million contract from Litton PRC Inc. to supply it with 700-watt radio-frequency amplifiers for an upgrade program Litton is performing for the U.S. Air Force AN/FPS-85 Phased Array Radar.This order brings MPDI's backlog to about...
WASHINGTON-Lack of awareness and problems with securing financing have made for a slow start in Russia's commercial trunked radio industry, but the number of units in service there is expected to more than double by 2000, according to the International Mobile Telecommunications Association.Operators now...
LOS ANGELES-Hughes Electronics Corp. said its first-quarter revenues increased 26.1 percent to $1.3 billion from $1.02 billion during the first quarter of 1997. Earnings more than doubled to $53.7 million, or 13 cents per share, from $23.9 million, or 6 cents per share, during...
WASHINGTON-In a move that could reignite the debate over the wireless industry's responsibility to physically challenged Americans, a Colorado-based maker of a device enabling hearing-impaired people to use mobile phones said it will file a complaint against Qualcomm Inc. this week for violating disability...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-General Magic Inc. announced a new identity that is intended to revamp the company's corporate image.Gone is the "rabbit-in-the-hat" logo. It has been replaced with a blue and purple logo pictured as a radiating "GM" that is positioned above or adjacent to a...
OLYMPIA, Wash.-Frontier Corp. used Illuminet's local number portability service to activate 200 live ported telephone numbers in the Northeast region on March 31, said Illuminet.Illuminet's LNP solution is a service bureau approach featuring service order administration and data access via an integrated service control...
WASHINGTON-The U.S. Postal Service and UniSite Inc. are planning a major rollout of huge flagpole antennas in the East and Midwest, a development representing a technological breakthrough in antenna co-location technology and aesthetics that will test the willingness of communities to embrace 150-foot structures...
Wireless carrier advertising trends may have turned a corner during last year's winter holiday season. Many industry experts believe carriers are beginning to spread their advertising dollars throughout the year, rather than devoting a huge chunk of the advertising budget to the holidays.
Bruce Janklow,...
SAN DIEGO-Wireless Facilities Inc. of San Diego announced it has merged with a Virginia-based wireless infrastructure development firm, Entel Technologies Inc.The merger will increase the scope of Wireless Facilities' international capabilities, said the company, which develops telecommunications infrastructure.INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced an agreement to provide...
WASHINGTON-Despite all the hoopla surrounding antenna siting legislation, wireless anti-fraud, privacy and tax-repeal bills stand a far better chance of being passed by Congress and enacted into law this year.President Clinton is expected shortly to sign legislation that will outlaw unauthorized mobile phone cloning...
Northern Telecom Ltd. and Matra Communication launched a joint-venture subsidiary in France. Matra Nortel Communications will provide French customers with one-stop access to a range of integrated solutions, including multimedia products, said the companies. The company is expected to begin operations in May once...
COLUMBUS, Ohio-SmarTalk TeleServices Inc. estimated first-quarter revenues will be about $40 million, and earnings per fully diluted share are anticipated to reflect a loss of 5 cents. The company plans to release its operating results for the first quarter on May 12."The estimated revenues...
NEW YORK-Cellnet, a U.K. mobile phone network operator, has placed a contract with Nokia Telecommunications to expand its Global System for Mobile communications network. Nokia will supply equipment to cover both GSM 900 and GSM 1800 systems. Nokia will begin deliveries immediately and will...
NEW YORK-NEC Corp. announced it signed an agreement with ERA Technology Ltd. of the United Kingdom that established a joint-venture company to design and develop the next generation of European mobile communications infrastructure systems.The new company, called Telecom Modus Ltd., will be based in...
STOCKHOLM-Millicom International Cellular S.A. announced it will merge its combined Global System for Mobile communications 900 MHz and digital cellular system 1800 MHz license in Luxembourg and its nationwide prefix license in France with certain operations contributed by Industriforvaltning A.B. Kinnevik of Sweden.Kinnevik's operations...
FORT LEE, N.J.-MobileMedia Corp., dba MobileComm, announced it is building a new paging network in North and South Carolina.MobileComm said the new system is running in North Carolina and will be fully built in South Carolina by the end of May. The new network,...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-General Magic Inc. introduced MagicTalk, the intelligent voice user interface platform for its integrated voice and data network, code named "Serengeti."Based on a distributed VUI (voice user interface) model, MagicTalk is the foundation technology for Serengeti-a second-generation virtual assistant designed to provide users...
Magellan Systems Corp., a maker of consumer-oriented Global Positioning System and navigation devices, said it will release its Global Satellite Communicator 100 late next month.The GSC 100 provides global two-way e-mail capability using satellite service provided by Orbcomm. The unit also features a GPS...
WASHINGTON-In two new probes that could intensify scrutiny of President Clinton's 1996 re-election campaign, the Justice Department is investigating sworn allegations that Hillary Rodham Clinton directed former Commerce Secretary Ron Brown to sell trade mission seats for Democratic campaign contributions of $50,000 and whether...
