NEW YORK-LCC International Inc., an independent provider of radio frequency network design for wireless telecommunications, said it plans to go public by early autumn.The road show for the 5-million-share initial public offering of Class A common stock was under way last week, and the...
LAS VEGAS-Russ Burd was named the new vice president and general manager for Pocket Communications Inc.'s Las Vegas market. By the end of March, Pocket expects to begin offering wireless services to the area.Prior to the joining the company, Burd worked for Bell Atlantic...
Telephone Warehouse, a wireless retailer with stores in Texas, Kansas and Missouri, said it is helping first-time cellular and pager buyers make informed decisions about products with its new mall-based superstore. The store, located in North Dallas' Valley View Mall, features hands-on product displays...
WASHINGTON-The U.S. Treasury will be receiving another auction-related windfall payment sometime in the near future when the Federal Communications Commission, AT&T Corp. and the General Accounting Office decide how much money was made from the 900 number that personal communications services applicants used to...
NEW YORK-Never mind the summer sun. When it comes to microwave incumbent relocation, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas to personal communications services providers.By late July, about two-thirds of the incumbents already "are off the system" industrywide, according to Tim Rich, manager...
EW YORK-Personal communications services are projected to triple their market penetration to 40 percent or more by 2006, according to participants in a "PCS: Here at Last?" panel. The discussion, held June 18, was part of the Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. three-day Technology Conference."I...
WASHINGTON-National Telecom PCS Inc., which continues to battle to regain its C-block personal communications services license for American Samoa rescinded by the Federal Communications Commission, last Friday filed a petition to deny all C-block licenses granted to DCR PCS Inc.In its petition, NatCom charged...
WASHINGTON-DCR Communications has changed its name to Pocket Communications Inc.The Washington, D.C.-based firm, which walked away from the C-block spectrum auctions with personal communications services licenses for 43 markets, covering 35 million people, also introduced a new blue logo that includes an illustration of...
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 calls on LEC networks."We are concerned about the possible direction of the process ......
