BEAUMONT, Texas-US Unwired, a Sprint PCS service provider, awarded a customized Volkswagen New Beetle to Levy Guidry of Houma, La., during a giveaway and media event at the company's Beaumont, Texas, retail outlet.The giveaway was the culmination of an 11-city tour by US Unwired....
NEW YORK-With an estimated 5 million American customers today, prepaid wireless services have yet to fulfill their promise, but that potential is getting closer to realization.Within the next several years, analysts from The Yankee Group, the Strategis Group and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities...
U.S. WirelessThe board of directors of U.S. Wireless Corp. announced the appointment of Dale Stone as president, chief operating officer and member of the board of directors. Stone is the former president of Qualcomm Inc.'s infrastructure division.TellabsRichard Notebaert, retired chairman and chief executive officer...
NEW YORK-Rural carriers, many of which began as landline providers, already have experienced a long learning curve in service bundling-a current hot topic in the telecommunications industry.No doubt they face challenges posed by downward pressures on roaming revenues and increased competition in their territories....
SigmaOneSigmaOne Communications Corp., a provider of location systems and services for wireless carriers and the wireless Internet, reported the development of the company's wireless location system for Global System for Mobile communications carriers in the United States and Europe. Designed to operate as either...
DENVER, United States-Globalstar USA became the latest Globalstar L.P. partner to launch full commercial service, completing the company's North American coverage for its mobile satellite phone service, perhaps Globalstar's most important service region.Globalstar USA launched at the same time as Globalstar Canada, while Globalstar...
MEXICO CITY-In Mexico, paging has been around for more than 40 years, and for a long time, only a handful of companies provided the service. That presented a perfect situation for the industry to have achieved a strong product, brand recognition, a well-developed distribution...
Things are going well for most mobile companies around the globe. Penetration rates are increasing, subscriber numbers are reaching all-time highs and wireless data holds future promise for the industry. The last year has been especially profitable for wireless handset manufacturers.Nokia reported its strongest...
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. announced a fourth-quarter net loss of $59 million, or $1.15 per share, compared with a loss of $68 million reported for the same quarter the year before.Net revenues for the quarter totaled $191.3 million, nearly double the $95.9 million...
Driven by the collision of wireless and the Internet, wireless e-commerce represents the single most powerful market disrupter of this decade. It will entice new "virtual" operators that will help redefine both the nature of wireless competition and the business and operational models required...
NEW YORK-Ever been whipsawed?A whipsaw is a double-handled saw designed for use by two people. The dictionary also says the word "whipsaw" means "to defeat or get the best of a person two ways at once."For telecommunications carriers, getting whipsawed means paying taxes in...
Metrocall Inc. announced it has launched a marketing campaign in support of its agreement with HitMeNow.com, an online shopping service, formed in November.HitMeNow.com offers deals on tickets to entertainment events, for merchandise and for travel opportunities. Customers who access the Web site can fill...
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.-Oral arguments began Feb. 10 in a case that offers a glimpse of the ways some carrier-reseller relationships are strained due to wireless telephony's transition from luxury to commodity.Autosound & Cellular, an Old Bridge, N.J., retail agent, and Palm Springs Auto Resort,...
Speculation continues about Metrocall's stated intention to participate further in the paging industry's consolidation. The quintupling of Metrocall stock to more than $10 a share-along with the $75 million in potential added investments from Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst and existing bank facilities-leaves Metrocall...
NEW YORK-Extraterrestrial wireless received good news when Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. sold a $245 million secondary stock offering Jan. 26.In preparation for Globalstar Telecommunications' secondary offering last week, Bernard L. Schwartz, chairman and chief executive officer, took an unusual step the prior weekend to test...
Prime Companies Inc. said its wholly owned subsidiary, LMDS Communications Inc., accepted a $4 million financing package from a major financial institution for construction of its local multipoint distribution services infrastructure.Lucent Technologies Inc. introduced an Automated Paging System for on-site and wide area paging...
Wireless carriers and Wall Street are excited about the huge revenue potential advertising via mobile phones could bring in the future, but just how to offer it to customers is a looming question.Regulatory requirements to allow wireless 911 location will drive the advent of...
The harmonious relationship between wireless technology and the Internet is making monumental advances in communication, but the rate at which consumers are taking advantage of both is lagging a little behind.To accelerate the current e-commerce frenzy and entice customers into buying more, more often,...
NEW YORK-A new Internal Revenue Service regulation to implement a 3-percent federal excise tax on prepaid calling cards and services went into effect Jan. 7.Known as T.D. 8855, it implements a provision of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 that extended the communications excise,...
Willard (Will) K. Shaw, who recently retired from the telecommunications industry, died Dec. 31, in Laguna Niguel, Calif., at the age of 72.Raised in Iowa, Shaw was a two-time all-state football and basketball athlete at Marshalltown High. He was awarded the first Nile Kinnick...
It seems the dark cloud that settled over the mobile satellite services industry when Iridium L.L.C. and ICO Global Communications went bankrupt last August has begun to lift, reflected by a stock rally from Globalstar L.P. indicating renewed investor confidence.Globalstar USA, Globalstar L.P.'s exclusive...
INDIANAPOLIS-A new contender, Telstreet.com, has launched an online wireless superstore, unveiling a retail outlet for products and services. To prepare for the online battle, Telstreet.com has partnered with other companies familiar with both the telecom and online industries.Telstreet.com will serve as a national dealer...
BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc. has swam into 12 additional Southeast markets, bringing a total of 37 markets into the company's service area. As the first member of the AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network, Triton entered 27 new markets in 1999, and according to the...
DENVER-Reason Wireless Ware Inc. hopes consumers find its "Voice of Reason" makes wireless communications purchases over the Internet easier.Reason's new online retail store for wireless communications products sells cell phones, pagers, handheld electronic devices and wireless service, including wireless phone airtime rate plans and...
