ArrayComm Inc. announced the opening of a liaison office in New Delhi, India, to serve a growing interest in its proprietary IntelliCell processing technology and IntelliWave wireless local loop system. ArrayComm is anticipating the release of a Department of Telecommunications WLL tender in India...
NEW YORK-Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd., the dominant carrier in the Chinese territory, signed a binding agreement Jan. 1 to purchase Pacific Link Communications Ltd. for $623 million. Pacific Link is the fourth-largest mobile telephone operator in Hong Kong.Hongkong Telecom said the acquisition will add...
Boston Communications Group Inc. expects to report a net loss of $300,000 to $700,000, or 2 to 5 cents per share, for the 1997 fiscal year ended Dec. 31. The company also expects to report revenues of approximately $67 million, compared with 1996 revenues...
Italy's Ministry of Post and Telecommunications granted Telecom Italia permission to operate a Digital European Cordless Telephone wireless network after a year of deliberations. Called Fido, the system allows customers to use a cordless phone as both a home and wireless phone.The authorization has...
MEXICOCorsair Communications Inc. recently completed installation of its radio-frequency fingerprinting system for Baja Celular Mexicana in Tijuana, and for Celular de Telefonia in Monterrey, the company announced. Corsair will provide fraud protection for the two companies with its PhonePrint Service Bureau program. Under the...
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 is acquiring an equity interest in London-based ICO and will receive 1.5 million ICO shares,...
MONROE, La.-Century Telephone Enterprises Inc. said it completed its acquisition of Pacific Telecom, the largest in its history, and another acquisition of additional ownership interests in a limited partnership that operates Wisconsin Rural Service Area 8.Pacific Telecom's parent company, PacifiCorp, received $1.5 billion in...
Canadian mobile phone operators are hoping the holiday season will help them rebound from lagging subscriber additions and falling stock prices."The third quarter was a weak quarter in terms of subscriber additions" for the Canadian mobile phone market, said Colette Fleming, vice president of...
LONDON-Racal Telecom announced it has signed an agreement with U.K.-based Vodafone Distribution Ltd. to provide the corporate market with an integrated package of mobile and managed fixed voice and data services.Through the alliance, Racal will provide Vodafone with data, voice, messaging, private circuits and...
WASHINGTON-Down payments for newly won 800 MHz specialized mobile radio licenses are due at Pittsburgh's Mellon Bank tomorrow. Nextel Communications Inc. said it plans to be there, cash in hand."We made a sizable upfront payment, so this shouldn't be any problem," commented Robert Foosaner,...
WILMINGTON, MASS.-INFONXX, an enhanced directory assistance service provider, deployed Priority Call Management's Oryx platform in a dozen sites nationwide, supporting three call centers.INFONXX offers a range of operator assisted information services to wireless phone users, including 411Plus, which provides a variety of directory services...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa-Inet Inc. announced that Frontier Advanced Service Technologies selected the Inet GeoProbe system to monitor and troubleshoot its Signaling System 7 network from a centralized operations center.The GeoProbe system supports a variety of surveillance and performance monitoring applications by non-intrusively capturing and...
Safety traditionally has been a strong selling point for the wireless industry, but a Pennsylvania company has begun deploying a product that puts a new twist on the safety angle.LifeSafety Solutions Inc.'s service, 911Plus, provides emergency dispatchers with specific information on emergency callers. Subscribers...
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 repositioning of a geo-stationary satellite leased from American Mobile Satellite Corp., will be completed...
MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill.-Illinois Superconductor Corp. will begin the first three installations of its RangeMaster filter system this month, under a planned 15 cell site purchase by a regional Bell company that is one of the 10 largest cellular operators in the country, the company...
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute cast a preliminary vote last week in Madrid, Spain, in favor of a Wideband-Code Division Multiple Access third-generation technology proposal backed by Nokia Corp. and L.M. Ericsson.The W-CDMA proposal allows for migration from Global System for Mobile communications networks...
Sprint Corp. reportedly is intensifying its search for a European partner to construct a possible merger or partnership scheme that could give the long-distance carrier enough cash to buy out its cable partners in the personal communications services business.Analysts close to the situation indicate...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson introduced what it said is the world's first Global System for Mobile communications triple-band base station system that will allow wireless operation in the 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 1900 MHz frequency bands from a common physical infrastructure.The system will be...
Another wireless carrier has jumped on the Time Division Multiple Access bandwagon with help from AT&T Wireless Services Inc.Oklahoma City-based Dobson Communications Corp., a cellular carrier with about 100,000 customers, has signed an operating agreement with AT&T Wireless to become part of the cellular...
Bell Atlantic Corp. announced it sold its 33-percent ownership stake in the Italian telephone carrier Infostrada to its partner in that venture, Olivetti spa, which already holds the remaining 67 percent.Bell Atlantic unloaded its Infostrada share for $43 million and additional power in its...
Brazil edged nearer to its stated goal of liberalizing its telecom industry when the Canadian-Brazilian consortium Americel S.A. became the first private mobile phone operator to compete against the state-owned carrier Telebras.Americel launched its digital cellular mobile phone system in the city of Brasilia,...
L.M. Ericsson signed two joint venture agreements to produce equipment in Russia. The pacts were established in conjunction with Russian President Boris Yeltsin's recent visit to Sweden.Under the first agreement, with financial company Sistema, Ericsson will produce AXE equipment at a new plant in...
NEW YORK-Price Communications Corp. announced a common stock split in the form of a 25-percent stock dividend payable Dec. 22 to all shareholders of record as of Dec. 10.The cellular operator recently acquired Palmer Wireless Inc., adding to its portfolio 17 cellular license areas...
Players in the crowded Hong Kong market may finally get a little elbow room, as Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd. announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Hongkong Telecom CSL, plans to acquire full ownership of Pacific Link Communications Ltd.Hongkong Telecom signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding...
