NEW YORK-Silvio Scaglia, chief executive officer of Omnitel Pronto Italia S.p.A., called it the "What we are doing today that others will do tomorrow" plan.The Italian carrier has executed a series of steps to further its goal of making its mobile telecommunications services a...
Cable & Wireless Communications plc confirmed the company is in negotiations with four mobile telecommunications operators in the United Kingdom for the possible sale of its mobile services division.The company is talking with Vodafone Group plc, Orange plc, Cellnet (owned by British Telecommunications plc...
American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced it has signed a three-year contract extension with IBM Corp. to provide the computer company with wireless data network services over its Ardis network through 2001. IBM uses the Ardis network for its field-service support personnel using a national...
In response to a dispute between Redstone Network Services Ltd. and Vodafone Group plc, the U.K.'s Office of Telecommunications released a consultative document on personal numbering costs, which provides analysis and preliminary conclusions on the issue.Redstone, a personal numbering services operator, complained to Oftel...
Site AdvantageSite Advantage Inc. introduced a snap-in cable hanger for coax cables. Features include a nose that provides holding strength while remaining easy to insert and a large gripping area to prevent unexpected pull outs. Indented fingers support corrugated coax cables. The ergonomically-designed hanger...
WASHINGTON-No one was more surprised at the eventual outcome of the most recent Federal Communications Commission spectrum auction as was Thomas Jones, president of WNP Communications Inc., who walked away with the right to build in 30 of the top 50 markets.Auction 17, which...
BURLINGTON, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. announced the opening of a lead office for the Asia-Pacific region in the Philippines.Lightbridge said Curtiss Waters will be responsible for the strategic development and penetration of the company's business in this market. The company appointed Waters managing director of Asia...
Envision an all digital baseball stadium that allows its patrons to use their digital wireless phones to determine which parking lots are full, to order food and have it delivered to their seats or download player statistics.That is only one vision Kailas J. Rao,...
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.-Ardis announced that Sears, Roebuck and Co. signed a contract with the company extending their existing network services agreement three years. Under the contract, Ardis will continue providing its mobile data network airtime to Sears Repair Services technicians until 2001.Sears technicians send more...
While the personal communications services industry is characterized as up and running, a host of PCS carriers have yet to launch service, raising questions about whether they will survive in the marketplace.Twenty-six out of RCR's 40 top PCS operators (ranked by pops) have yet...
NEW YORK-Bundling of multiple prepaid wireless and wireline services is about to get easier and cheaper for small and large carriers, according to InterVoice Inc., Dallas.InterVoice, which produces the Network Services Platform called NSP-5000, announced earlier this month that it expects to complete by...
With 1997 drawing to a close, the paging industry is readying itself to go out with a bang.Whether the achievement of the carrier, reseller or distributor, fourth-quarter sales traditionally count for an average of about 40 percent of the paging industry's annual revenue, in...
The sensational failure of California-based reseller Econopage Inc. last month, chronicled with great detail and length in the media, brings to light several questions regarding the nature of the paging resale business.Most resale agreements do not end in such disasters. Generally, despite some occasional...
OLYMPIA, Wash.-Illuminet said it completed the service provider testing necessary to connect to Lockheed Martin's Number Portability Administration Center in the mid-Atlantic region.Completion of the testing means Illuminet's service order administration and local service management system can interoperate with the main service management system...
RCR TOP 20 Paging CarriersThe 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.The numbers...
WAKEFIELD, Mass.-Boston Technology Inc. and Panafon S.A. formed an agreement calling for Boston to supply its Access NP Network Services Platforms, software and value-added services to Panafon. The agreement with Panafon, a Global System for Mobile communications operator in Greece, is valued at $2...
DES MOINES, Iowa-Iowa Network Services Inc. and Western Wireless Corp. announced a joint venture formed to expand personal communications services throughout Iowa.Called Iowa Wireless Services L.P., the venture is planned to bring PCS to 2.3 million Iowa residents and will market under the VoiceStream...
ARLINGTON, Va.-Bell Atlantic Network Services Inc. selected DSC Communications Corp. to supply equipment and software for the company's 1998 launch of a high-speed data communications service for consumers using Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line technology.Bell Atlantic already has deployed DSC's Litespan-2000 digital loop carrier system...
A new company has been formed to specialize in applying Code Division Multiple Access digital technology to product innovations. Digital Line Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., will focus on developing wireless equipment and accessories for manufacturers and wireless carriers, the company said. Digital...
DALLAS-InterVoice Inc. and Open Development Corp. reached an agreement to develop a platform for multivendor calling card and prepaid services.The Original Equipment Manufacturer agreement calls for the pair to develop an application programming interface between InterVoice's Network Services Platform 5000 and Open Development's openMedia...
Coherent Communications Systems Corp. announced its chief financial officer, Michael Gendron, has left the company to pursue other interests. Gendron's responsibilities will be assumed by Joan Cominski, corporate controller, while the company searches for a new CFO.Cellexis International Inc. promoted Gary Paisley to president...
Samsung Electronics Co. has sold more than 1 million Any Call digital Code Division Multiple Access phone sets and obtained more than 1.4 million new subscribers in one year. The company said its four CDMA handset models-SCH-100, SCH-100S, SCH-200 and SCH-200F-captured 58 percent of...
RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. launched a network services unit to offer multivendor telecommunications management services to carriers.The company's network management services include billing, customer care, work force management, fault handling, provisioning, network configuration, security, performance and trouble tickets."We're offering a `phone company in a box,'...
NEW YORK-Preferred Networks Inc., a carrier's paging carrier headquartered in Norcross, Ga., announced April 15 an agreement to obtain between $15 million and $20 million in a private placement with five institutional investors that are its shareholders.Proceeds of the sale of redeemable preferred stock...
