Network Services

Summa Four Inc. named Robert A. Degan president and chief executive officer, with responsibility for directing the company’s growth and profitability. He has been a member of Summa Four’s board …

WAKEFIELD, Mass.-Boston Technology Inc. said it will provide hardware, software and services to SBC Communications Inc. for enhanced telecommunications services. According to the agreement, Boston Technology will supply its Access …

The sale of Bellcore to a high-tech California information company will sever one of the final threads binding the former Bell empire, and mark an era of possessive competition between …

LONDON-The wireless market in the Asia-Pacific region is surpassing fixed telephony, according to CIT Research Ltd. Despite demand for more landline telephones in the area, CIT said overall market penetration …

WASHINGTON-After filing his complaint against American Mobile Satellite Services more than four years ago, Gary Noreen, chairman and chief executive officer of La Canada, Calif.-based Radio Satellite Corp., will get …

CALABASAS, Calif.- Tekelec signed a global licensing agreement to provide its Protocol Adaptable State Machine technology and Chameleon SoftTest products to all of L.M. Ericsson’s divisions. “The combination of PASM …

SAN DIEGO-Pacific Communication Sciences Inc. will provide its Personal Access Link smart phone to TranSettlements Network Services for use in its Tracker Transportation Information System. TranSettlements provides value-added electronic data …

HOUSTON-Castle Tower Corp. said it now owns 15 tower sites in the center ridge of Puerto Rico after acquiring the assets of Motorola Inc.’s Puerto Rico network services operations. The …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Alcatel Telecom and Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group will purchase each other’s wireless equipment according to a memorandum of understanding announced Thursday. According to the agreement, Alcatel will …

WAKEFIELD, Mass.-Boston Technology Inc. has agreed to provide Escotel Mobile Communications Ltd. with systems and software for voice messaging services for its Global System for Mobile communications network in India. …

Judging from information provided in Form 175s submitted prior to the Federal Communications Commission’s auction of D-, E- and F-block personal communications services licenses, small rural telephone companies-backed by established …

PLANO, Texas-Inet Inc., an international supplier of wireline and wireless telecommunications equipment, announced Telia International Network Services in Sweden will expand its GeoProbe System. The system, a network-wide SS7 monitoring …

Corsair Communications Inc. appointed Dr. Donald R. Oestreicher vice president of engineering. Oestreicher will direct Corsair’s efforts in product engineering, research and development. Oestreicher’s background includes engineering management with Dow …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile and Transaction Network Services Inc. announced a pilot agreement that will allow TNS customers in remote locations to access its network through the company’s AirBridge …

WAKEFIELD, Mass.-Boston Technology Inc. announced it will provide its Access NP Network Services Platform to Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems. Southwestern Bell plans to use Boston Technology’s systems and software to …

The wireless division of WorldCom Inc. aspires to be present in all major U.S. markets, indicating that the nation’s fourth largest long-distance company seeks to be the country’s fourth most …

IRVINE, Calif.-Cox California PCS Inc. and Boston Technology Inc. signed a three-year contract to provide services for personal communications services customers in the Los Angeles/San Diego major trading area. Under …

AVON, Colo.-NSN Network Services introduced Broadcast TNPP for paging networking, technology that combines Telocator Network Paging Protocol sources from a number of locations into one data stream, enabling point-to-multipoint communications …

Cable & Wireless Inc. has signed a cellular resale agreement with Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile, one of the first steps in introducing its own branded wireless service package into the …

MINNEAPOLIS-A partnership of Independent Telephone Companies and Minnesota Equal Access Network Services has acquired five personal communications services markets throughout northern Minnesota and North Dakota. The markets are Fargo and …

MERIDEN, Conn. – SNET Network Services announced it has enhanced its Network Fraud Control System software to reduce the amount of 0+/0- theft for its validation customers. The new software …

A U.S.-owned company is up against competition in its bid for digital dispatch radio spectrum in the United Kingdom, while also facing implementation of the never-deployed TETRA standard. National Band …

WASHINGTON-The United States Telephone Association continues to fight against any federally mandated rollback or eradication of interconnection fees that wireless companies must pay to local exchange carriers to terminate wireless …

WAKEFIELD, Mass.-Boston Technology Inc. will supply its Access NP Network Services Platform, its value-added services software and the AccessMAX Application Software Environment to Sprint Spectrum L.P. In addition, Boston Technology …

DALLAS-PageMart Inc. announced the completion of a fully redundant wireless messaging transmission network that will be able to recover quickly from network snags that may occur, including circuit, uplink or …