Less than a year since licenses were awarded, PCS is live in Canada.Microcell Telecommunications Inc. turned on its personal communications services network in Montreal and is offering service at low rates.The Montreal-based company is targeting the mass market with its wireless service, branded Fido....
WASHINGTON-If allowed to merge, British Telecommunications plc and MCI Communications Corp. promised to jump start local competition, keep interconnection prices low and promote the use of wireless technology for both fixed and mobile global service, according to its application for a merger.The joint company,...
Picture this. Down at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., the space shuttle Columbia sits on the launch pad. The astronauts have run tests for months in preparation for the big day. Now they are strapped into their seats in the command...
220 MHz operator US MobilComm Inc. said the conversion to digital technology by Nextel Communications Inc. is offering MobilComm a tremendous opportunity to capture customers.US MobilComm recently rolled out 220 MHz specialized mobile radio service over 50 channels in the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore, Md., market....
L.M. Ericsson said Digital Tuka Kyushu ordered equipment, including AXE switching and radio base station infrastructure, to expand its Personal Digital Cellular mobile telephone system. Ericsson values the contract at $75 million. The company expects the capacity increase for the southwestern Japanese region to...
LONDON-Frost & Sullivan has predicted the network operators sector of the European radio paging market will grow at a higher rate than the hardware sector.Revenues for the radio pager hardware market were $1.47 billion last year, while network operator revenues were $1.24 billion, according...
PLEASANTON, Calif.-Pacific Bell Mobile Services will let its San Diego subscribers roam free of charge for the next six months in New York City, Honolulu, Portland, Ore., Salt Lake City, Knoxville, Tenn., Charlotte and Raleigh, N.C.Those are all cities where a personal communications services...
Only weeks since the tender deadline, the recipients of three nationwide personal communications services licenses in Chile are almost certain, based on preliminary ratings by government telecom authority Subtel, said International Technology Consultants Inc.Of four bids submitted, the leaders in rank order are Entel...
Dialing 911 is an automatic response in a crisis. But what if the emergency call is placed on a cellular car phone and the signal drops?Mobile Security Communications Inc. of Atlanta, Ga., said its new CarCop vehicle and passenger safety system, which uses cellular...
SkyTel Corp. introduced the SkyTel Messenger for Windows CE, a software messaging system developed by SkyTel in conjunction with Microsoft Corp.Jackson, Miss.-based SkyTel said the software messaging application, which is scheduled to be available late this year, will be marketed with handheld personal computers...
Omnitel Pronto Italia, Italy's privately owned GSM operator, said it has filed a lawsuit against state-owned Telecom Italia Mobile for $62.5 million with the court of appeals in Rome.Omnitel said TIM has used a system of exclusive distribution agreements with cellular dealers to sell...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson will supply Global System for Mobile communications infrastructure to Telecel Comunicacoes Pessoais S.A. between 1997 and 1999 to expand its network in Portugal. Ericsson values the contract at $98 million. The agreement includes switching, radio base stations and services, Ericsson said."The...
SmarTrunk Systems Inc. announced its ST-865KW2 SmarTrunk II trunking logic board, which offers advanced trunking features for Kenwood's latest portable and mobile conventional radio models. The logic board enables radios to share a common pool of frequencies for individual calls, group calls and telephone...
Frankfurt, Germany-based Deutsche Telekom MobilNet GmbH (T-Mobil) bought 16 percent of personal communications services provider American Personal Communications' share of its partnership in Sprint Spectrum; proceeds will be used to pay off APC's license debt to the Federal Communications Commission.Deutsche Telekom also is allied...
Ameritech Corp. is considering selling its 24.5 percent interest in Polish analog operator Centertel because it has "diverging views on what future should look like," said Dennis LaComb, director of international affairs for Ameritech.Telekomunikacja Polska SA, Poland's state-owned telecom company, holds a majority...
"The debate on CDMA is over, folks," declared Jerry Butters, an executive with Lucent Technologies Inc., last week when PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. launched 1900 MHz service in 11 major trading areas.It was the most comprehensive launch of both personal communications services and Code...
Using the existing Ardis two-way data network, ConectUS Wireless Communications of Thousand Oaks, Calif., plans to launch two-way nationwide messaging services next month, initially targeting business users.ConectUS is a subsidiary of Executive Page, which is an Ardis master reseller and distributor of products for...
Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile will use Corsair Communications' PhonePrint fraud prevention system in its A-side cellular markets. Installation already has started in Connecticut. PhonePrint uses radio frequency fingerprinting to detect cloning in local service areas and large roaming markets.360
An independent Louisiana telephone company is among those launching the second wave of personal communications service systems in the country.Meretel Communications L.P. has received a multimillion loan from the Rural Telephone Finance Corp. and signed a contract with Lucent Technologies Inc. to supply infrastructure...
Plantronics Inc. has taken one small step by expanding its existing headset business into the wireless market.The company first introduced communications headsets in 1962. Initially designed for airline pilots, the headsets have been adopted for other applications including operator services, air traffic control and...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Mobility DCS says the new ergonomically designed, 1900 MHz phone it now offers will be more comfortable, easier to use and is "the phone people are calling for."Northern Telecom Inc. manufactured the phone for BellSouth based on marketing and consumer research conducted by...
WASHINGTON-Chadmoore Communications Inc. may have to wait until December or January to hear if its licensing complaint against the Federal Communications Commission is valid.The FCC last December denied specialized mobile radio operator Chadmoore's extended implementation plan to offer wide-area SMR coverage, which Chadmoore filed...
Deutsche Telekom AG said it made its mobile arm an economically independent subsidiary three years ago in anticipation of the upcoming public offering of the Deutsche Telekom Group's stock.As one of the world's largest telecommunications companies moves slowly from government to public ownership, the...
Frequencies and technologies may not matter much in the scramble to capture the wireless consumer market. Instead, wireless carriers plan to compete in marketing and customer service."Everyone has a different edge or weakness" when it comes to price, coverage, technology and features, said Bukasa...
