Market share mayhemA two-way pager. A digital handset. A clamshell phone. A camera phone. All fine devices, and all devices whose introductions-and delays-have the power to change the fortunes of the companies that produce them.One misstep and it seems the analysts, media and investment...
The Federal Communications Commission normally would welcome a transaction of this kind, particularly in the post-9/11 world where having multiple telecom networks supports homeland security and economic objectives. But Leucadia National Corp., the New York holding firm in the quiet hunt for newly re-listed...
WASHINGTON-Leucadia National Corp., the New York investment firm seeking to buy at least 50 percent of MCI Inc., is remaining mum on whether it backs the revamped long-distance carrier's plans to re-enter the wireless space or any other aspect of the proposed telecom purchase."We...
The Ricochet saga continues, with Falls Church, Va.-based YDI Wireless Inc. becoming Ricochet Networks Inc.'s fourth owner in two years.YDI bought the company for $3 million in cash, along with 42,105 shares of YDI common stock and a $300,000 unsecured note, payable over three...
Wireless solutions designed specifically for nurses, the largest healthcare group in the U.S. and the biggest users of IT systems in hospitals, could streamline the otherwise inefficient healthcare field. But to be successful with nurse end-users, technology companies have to gear solutions toward their...
Wireless tower owner Global Signal Inc., formerly known as Pinnacle Holdings, has returned to the public market with an initial public offering of 7 million shares of common stock priced at $18 per share. Shares of Global Signal, under the symbol GSL, began trading...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Paging and messaging carrier Metrocall Holdings Inc. reported increasing revenues and net income along with a declining subscriber base. The carrier also said it is working with Arch Wireless Inc. to file a joint proxy/registration statement to obtain shareholder approvals for the previously...
While there may be a lack of visual similarities, John Stanton's career in the wireless industry has nearly mirrored John Travolta's stardom in Hollywood. Both came out of nowhere at an early age to make an enormous impact-Travolta with "Saturday Night Fever" in the...
WASHINGTON-The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau said Thursday it had certified the Industrial Telecommunications Association and the American Mobile Telecommunications Association as frequency coordinators in the 929-930 MHz paging frequencies and the special-emergency frequencies below 512 MHz."After careful consideration of the information before us, we...
Metrocall Holdings Inc. and Arch Wireless Inc.-the nation's two remaining independent paging and messaging carriers-announced a major plan to merge operations in an effort to forestall massive revenue declines as well as safeguard against the rapidly growing threat from the mobile-phone industry.If approved, the...
BEIJING-Convergys Corp. completed its first product deployment in China. The company implemented its Infinys software for China Unicom Guangdong, a provincial operator of China Unicom Ltd. The project will work with Guangdong's billing platform to support subscriber activation of service offerings across 17 different...
ATLANTA-Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced ISC Technologies Inc. will take over the manufacturing and distribution of Glenayre's discontinued paging infrastructure business, including its switch, RF and control products. The deal comes shortly after the formation of GTES L.L.C.-a joint venture between paging and messaging carrier...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Wireless data carrier Metrocall Holdings Inc. reported its fourth-quarter results following its acquisition of Weblink Wireless Inc., showing revenues of $87.1 million and net income of $2 million."Our fourth-quarter and fiscal-year results reflect our continued focus on business and enterprise based accounts as...
San Francisco's Moscone Center meeting and exhibition facility is quickly becoming a haven of high-tech wireless communications technology. The 2 million square-foot facility, developed and owned by the City and County of San Francisco and privately managed by SMG, includes 700,000 square feet of...
ATLANTA-Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced ISC Technologies Inc. will take over the manufacturing and distribution of Glenayre's discontinued paging infrastructure business, including its switch, RF and control products. The deal comes shortly after the formation of GTES L.L.C.-a joint venture between paging and messaging carrier...
When Monet Mobile Networks Inc. launched service in November 2002, many in the industry believed that the promise of advanced wireless data technology had finally become a reality-which is why the carrier's bankruptcy filing came as such a surprise."Personally, I'm very, very sorry to...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cypress Semiconductor Corp. introduced its Wireless USB LR device, which is a 2.4 GHz radio system-on-a-chip solution that provides more than 50 meters of wireless connectivity.The company said the new product extends its presence into the longer-range commercial and industrial multipoint-to-point applications,...
Although mobile phones are perhaps the most recognizable symbol of the wireless industry, they are by no means the only aspect of the business. Indeed, wireless technology today inhabits everything from gas monitors to vending machines to laptop computers.The market has evolved to the...
WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court here ordered the Federal Communications Commission to fix inconsistencies in paging interconnection rules, setting the stage for rule revisions that could benefit the wireless industry.Mountain Communications Inc., a Colorado paging carrier, had challenged the FCC's dismissal of an interconnection complaint...
WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court here has ordered the Federal Communications Commission to fix inconsistencies in paging interconnection rules, setting the stage for rule revisions that may not necessarily benefit the wireless industry.Mountain Communications Inc., a Colorado paging carrier, challenged the FCC's dismissal of an...
The acquisition beat goes on in the wireless equipment sector with several companies recently announcing purchases of other players. The increasing number of mergers is not surprising given the specific, still-developing sectors in which many of them are occurring, according to Ray Jodoin, director...
WASHINGTON-The General Services Administration Wednesday removed MCI/WorldCom from the exclusion list, allowing the company, which is emerging from bankruptcy after an accounting scandal, to again compete and be awarded government contracts."Over the past months, MCI and its employees have taken extensive steps to ensure...
ATLANTA-Prism Systems International Inc. said it purchased the Prism one-way paging products business from TGA Technologies Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed."The new company will continue to offer the same excellent products and service provided by many of the same people that...
If the predictions pan out, wireless carriers will loosen their purse strings in 2004 to further build out and enhance their networks. To appease unsatisfied consumers and to prove their mettle against the competition, carriers likely will be issuing search rings to locate the...
