mobile satellite

CHICAGO-American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced it completed its $100 million acquisition of Ardis last week, creating what it called the first fully-deployed, integrated terrestrial/satellite network for two-way wireless data services. …

The Federal Communications Commission approved a request from American Mobile Satellite Corp. to modify its satellite license so it can temporarily consolidate its space segment facilities with TMI Communications and …

WASHINGTON-The House Commerce Committee last week passed a pro-competitive international satellite reform bill that lawmakers predict will save American consumers billions of dollars. The bill, co-sponsored by Committee Chairman Thomas …

RESTON, Va.-American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced two new customers for its Multi-Mode Mobile Messaging Service-Dart Transit Co. and J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. AMSC’s messaging service provides seamless nationwide coverage …

TORONTO-TMI Communications announced it launched a new mobile packet data network available in all 50 states and in Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean using its MSAT geostationary satellite. TMI said …

Strategy Analytics, a research firm based in Delafield, Wis., gave perhaps the most conservative forecast of the paging industry to date during a teleconference coinciding with the release of its …

WASHINGTON-The Justice Department last week extended for 60 days its probe into whether Labor Secretary Alexis Herman financially benefited from helping Mobile Communications Holdings Inc. obtain a global satellite phone …

NEW YORK-British Telecommunications plc announced its mobile satellite communications customers will enjoy price reductions up to 15 percent, when the company introduces a new U.S. dollar billing rate. BT will …

RESTON, Va.-The Federal Communications Commission approved the transfer of control of Ardis Co.’s wireless data network from Motorola Inc. to American Mobile Satellite Corp., following a $100-million cash and stock …

OTTAWA, Canada-Mobile satellite services provider TMI Communications Co. L.P. announced its first major U.S. customers-Skysite Communications Corp. and Cue Network Corp. TMI’s MSAT geostationary satellite provides wireless digital data, voice, …

WASHINGTON-Labor Secretary Alexis Herman last week reiterated her innocence in connection with a Justice Department probe into whether she profited from helping Mobile Communications Holdings Inc. obtain a global satellite …

In the summer of 1989, one of my favorite bands, the B-52s, released an album with the big hit-tune “Roam,” in which singer Kate Pierson encouraged listeners to “roam around …

The Strategis Group predicts despite the industry’s hardships to date, the commercial mobile data business can expect a rash of subscribers and revenues in the immediate years to come. In …

Coverage is king, says Iridium North America, which is aiming to help cellular and personal communications services operators offer wireless coverage anywhere in the world. Iridium L.L.C. is a Motorola …

BOULDER, Co.-CellPort Labs Inc. announced the third-generation version of its in-vehicle wireless data connectivity solution called C/P Connect. The new version of the platform pre-integrates a global positioning system receiver …

The RCR research and editorial staffs have compiled this list of mobile satellite carriers based on interviews with industry contacts. The chart is arranged alphabetically because most of the companies …

Iridium L.L.C.-the Motorola Inc.-led consortium expected to offer global voice, paging and fax services via a constellation of 66 low-earth-orbit satellites by September-announced it has secured the U.S. Department of …

WASHINGTON-Greg Simon, telecom lobbyist and former domestic policy adviser to Vice President Gore, last week denied any wrongdoing regarding his 1996 meeting-undertaken at the request of then-White House aide Alexis …

WASHINGTON-The Justice Department is investigating whether Labor Secretary Alexis Herman, in her role as a White House aide during President Clinton’s first term, sold political clout to win Federal Communications …

Australian telecommunications company Telstra, and Nokia Corp. signed an agreement to trial Nokia’s Terrestrial Trunked Radio system. The six-month trial will begin in Sydney this year and will represent the …

Giving the wireless data industry some important momentum to start the new year, American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced it plans to acquire Motorola Inc.’s Ardis data messaging business, which combined …

TRW Inc. announced it will integrate its interests in Odyssey Telecommunications International Inc. with ICO Global Communications, marking the first consolidation move in the mobile satellite industry. TRW said it …

WASHINGTON-For the wireless telecom industry, 1998 will be a pivotal year. A continuation next year of this year’s policy retreats and defeats at the Federal Communications Commission, on Capitol Hill …

African Continental Telecommunications Ltd. said it will invest $835 million in a two-phase deal to establish an advanced satellite telecommunications network in Africa. Phase one of the network, which includes …

NEW YORK-U.S. Digital Communications Inc., Calabasas, Calif., is a classic example in action of the old saying, “when the going gets tough, the tough get going.” After seven years of …