LAS VEGAS-Specialized mobile radio operator Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. said its network is commercially operational in Charlotte, N.C., Mankato, Minn., and Augusta, Ga.The three new markets cover a population of 1.2 million people. The company said it plans to launch between 30 and 40...
During the last year, industry has unveiled a host of new gadgets for advanced alphanumeric paging, voice paging and messaging services.SkyTel Corp. currently is marketing its SkyWriter two-way service using the AccessLink pager by Wireless Access Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif. The carrier no...
LITTLE CHUTE, Wis.-Airadigm Communications Inc. is launching service in Green Bay, Wis., and opening a retail store in the Bay Park Square Mall.Airadigm's service is branded Einstein PCS. The Little Chute-based company said in March it was the first C-block personal communications services operator...
NEW YORK-Comcast Cellular Holdings Inc., a newly formed holding company, plans to sell privately $900 million in senior unsecured notes that will be used to help repay the outstanding debt of Comcast Cellular Communications Inc.Comcast Cellular Communications, which has 762,000 subscribers in the mid-Atlantic...
DENVER-Personal communications services operator Western Wireless Corp. launched its VoiceStream service last Thursday in Denver, promising rates at least 20 percent lower than AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s digital cellular rates.The company said it's Global System for Mobile communications network, supplied by Northern Telecom Inc.,...
AMMAN, Jordan-Motorola Inc.'s Paging Products Group said Jordan Radio Paging adopted the FLEX protocol as the standard to expand its paging system.Jordan Radio Paging, a privately owned paging company, has been providing numeric and alphanumeric paging using the POCSAG standard since 1989.The company expects...
WASHINGTON-A 44-member group with rural cellular applications pending at the Federal Communications Commission petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit April 17 to mandate lotteries to resolve what for some has been a nine-year battle.Writing that the FCC last...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. acquired a 49 percent equity interest in Corporacion Nacional de Radiodeterminacion, a Mexican company that has been the exclusive operator and distributor of Qualcomm's OmniTracs two-way mobile satellite communications and tracking system in Mexico since 1992."Consistent with the increased traffic crossing...
Wireless pricing in competitive markets with at least one personal communications services operator on average is 18 percent lower than in markets with no PCS competitors, reported the Yankee Group.More than 40 markets in North America have three broadband wireless voice providers and 10...
Tough competition from other operators has led to increased costs for cellular carrier Palmer Wireless Inc., fueling speculation that the carrier is up for sale.Fort Myers, Fla.-based Palmer won't comment on what it calls "a market rumor" that it is looking for a buyer....
Amid the sagging stocks and belt-tightening that characterizes today's paging industry, one private company maintains rapid growth and is venturing into new markets.New York-based Affordable Message Center, a wholesaler of alphanumeric paging services and an operator for alphanumeric dispatch services, plans to offer Internet,...
A new market research study released by Bellcore indicates interest in cellular and paging grows substantially when prospective subscribers learn about calling party pays services.Interest in calling party pays service is highest among those who are considering purchasing paging service, said Don Grise, Bellcore's...
U S West Media Group and AirTouch Communications Inc. have signed a letter of intent that allows AirTouch to gain total ownership of U S West Media Group's domestic cellular properties.U S West will merge U S West NewVector, its domestic cellular business that...
Ireland's second mobile phone operator has launched service with two compact packages and a goal of acquiring 50,000 customers by the end of the year.Dublin-based Esat Digifone had hoped to be online by the end of 1996 with its Global System for Mobile communications...
The Federal Communications Commission released a hearing order to allow an administrative judge to examine whether paging operator MobileMedia Corp. is fit to hold its licenses.The Order to Show Cause, Hearing Designation Order and Notice of Opportunity for Hearing for Forfeiture was released last...
Total Access Communications, a wireless operator in Thailand, has relatively strong credit protection measures due to low levels of wired and wireless penetration and heavy demand for telecommunications services, according to a credit analysis report issued by Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. Michael...
NEW YORK-American Alpha Dispatch Services Inc. launched "Personalized PIN," a transcription text service enhancement that Sidney Mandel, company president, said is new to the alphanumeric paging industry.Standard personal identification number services require use of a common toll free number, and also require the caller...
COLUMBUS, Ohio-Aerial Communications Inc. offers per-second billing in its Columbus, Ohio, market, which may make it the first personal communications services operator to launch such a proposition.Nextel Communications Inc., an enhanced specialized mobile radio operator, recently began offering per-second billing as well."True, per-second billing...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Telecommunications Sdn Bhd received an order to expand Mutiara Telecommunications Sdn Bhd's nationwide personal communications network in Malaysia. Ericsson values the contract at $130 million.Mutiara's order consists of switching, radio base stations and transmission equipment."We currently have 130,000 subscribers on the Mutiara...
WASHINGTON-When all is said and done at the Federal Communications Commission, the auctions ended and the money counted, some 14,745 megahertz of spectrum from all parts of the chart will have been sold to those whom the commission has deemed "most committed to offering...
Customer care has become an increasingly important tool for operators competing in the wireless market, says a Swedish company that recently launched its third-generation customer care product in the United States in conjunction with InfoCellular Inc.When wireless carriers in Scandinavian countries began to experience...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson won two contracts to expand Advanced Mobile Phone Service analog cellular networks in Brazil.The first contract is with Telpe from the state of Pernambuco, and the second contract is with Telesp from the state of Sao Paulo. Both Telpe and Telesp...
Marketing may be everything.The technical properties of cellular and personal communications services-some similar, some different-balance out when vying for customers. How carriers decide to exploit technical advantages to win customers is another issue."PCS carriers are making a conscious decision to go after certain types...
Competition began in earnest last week in Singapore when the nation's second operator launched service.To try to ensure even more competition, the government announced it expects to call for tenders later this year for two new 17-year licenses, under which operators could begin offering...
