MARLBOROUGH, Mass.-InfoCellular Inc. entered into a joint marketing agreement with Onyx Technologies L.L.C. to market the companies' combined product, Info4Score, which is designed to reduce fraud and acquisition time for wireless retail and telemarketing sales channels."Info4Score provides a wireless carrier with an automated system...
As the popularity and penetration of wireless communications spreads throughout North America, wireless carriers increasingly will use mass-market retail outlets and their own direct channels to distribute handsets and services. Wireless consumers might put a cellular phone on their shopping list along with a...
To the Editor: I am a cellular phone user and I am also an average consumer of cellular accessories. My main concern is the way the retail side of the cellular stores are being handled. I have 30 years of retail experience and have worked...
In response to a dispute between Redstone Network Services Ltd. and Vodafone Group plc, the U.K.'s Office of Telecommunications released a consultative document on personal numbering costs, which provides analysis and preliminary conclusions on the issue.Redstone, a personal numbering services operator, complained to Oftel...
Magellan Systems Corp., a maker of consumer-oriented Global Positioning System and navigation devices, said it will release its Global Satellite Communicator 100 late next month.The GSC 100 provides global two-way e-mail capability using satellite service provided by Orbcomm. The unit also features a GPS...
ComTel Ltd., a United Kingdom-based cable TV company, said it plans to offer its customers mobile telephone service through an agreement with U.K. cellular carrier Cellnet.ComTel business customers will be able to purchase mobile phones at competitive prices, said the company, which also will...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Mobile said its AirBridge Wireless Retail Solutions Group, which is focused on providing wireless credit-card transaction processing, entered into a joint marketing agreement with U.S. Wireless Data Inc.Under the pact, the cellular carrier will distribute U.S. Wireless' proprietary TRANZ Enabler wireless...
HollandTelesystem International Wireless acquired an additional 28-percent interest in the Dutch paging operator CallMax from Deustche Telecom MobilNet GmbH, bringing its participation in CallMax to 88 percent, said TIW. "The Dutch paging market has one of the highest penetration rates in Europe and is...
HALLANDALE, Fla.-Omnipoint Communications Inc. announced it expanded its Global System for Mobile communications network coverage to include Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, Fla., and opened a flagship retail store in Coral Gables, Fla.Pricing plans start at $10 per month and handsets with...
BOSTON-The future of wireless reselling is based on the resellers' ability to realize economies of scale, provide a wide scope of services and achieve brand awareness, according to a recently published report by the Yankee Group.Titled "Wireless Resale: Is There a Future?," the report estimated...
Responding to recent media coverage airing the complaints of disgruntled resellers, Paging Network Inc. said these resellers may be upset at the company's change in strategy, a strategy which among other things includes price increases.Michael DiMarco, executive vice president of sales for PageNet, confirmed...
BOSTON-Omnipoint Communications Inc. expanded its wireless network coverage into Boston; Providence, R.I.; Manchester, N.H.; and the Interstate-95 corridor and other connecting routes.As part of the New England launch, Omnipoint opened a flagship retail store in Boston, and additional retail outlets in Natick, Mass., and...
WASHINGTON-In the private sector, he has represented Pacific Telesis, Bell Atlantic Corp., Lockheed Martin and other high-tech corporate giants. In the world of politics, his No. 1 client is Albert Gore Jr.The inside-outside game of Peter Knight has paid off handsomely in recent years....
Brightpoint Inc. and CellStar Corp. said they discontinued negotiations to form a joint venture in India. The proposal for the venture was announced in mid-January. The companies were unable to negotiate a definitive agreement within the time frame set forth in the companies' letter...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Spectrum L.P. introduced a new personal communications services phone manufactured by Samsung Telecommunications America. The Samsung SCH-1900 is the second digital Code Division Multiple Access handset from Samsung to be offered to consumers through Sprint PCS.The co-branded phone has an active...
Most analysts and industry insiders agree the future of the paging industry lies in providing value-added services to the current paging subscriber base.For some that means upgrading from numeric to alphanumeric. For others, that means adding information services to alphanumeric. For San Diego, Calif.-based...
NEW YORK-Although his company recently completed field trials with Qualcomm Inc., Vodafone Group plc Chief Executive Officer Chris Gent believes next-generation wireless technology, rather than Code Division Multiple Access technology, is the solution to network capacity expansion in areas where high customer use warrants...
To the Editor: I read with more than passing interest the interview by Debra Wayne with CTIA President Tom Wheeler in the Feb. 23 edition of RCR, and in particular his response to the question regarding the lack of PCS and SMR resale agreements. The...
NEW YORK-Philips Consumer Communications L.L.P., has embarked on plans at home and abroad to market aggressively its new ISIS Advanced Mobile Phone Service/Narrowband Analog Mobile Phone Service handsets.The Dallas-based joint venture between Lucent Technologies Inc. and Philips Electronics North America Corp. began selling ISIS...
NEW YORK-The Telecommunications Executive Leadership Council, a group of 18 executives, is working with Deloitte & Touche L.L.P. and The Economist to analyze factors critical to success in the next century.The council has met twice, most recently in February, to identify key issues for...
MIAMI-Let's Talk Cellular & Wireless Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cellular Warehouse, a privately held retail operation based in Atlanta, for about $20 million in cash and 900,000 shares of common stock, said Let's Talk Cellular.The transaction represents an equity value of...
Moffet, Larson & JohnsonMoffet, Larson & Johnson Inc. announced the integration of Comarco Wireless Technologies' Network Evaluation System tool NES-250 with the PathPro drive-test post-processing module, PathView. The integration provides the capability to transmit data from the GEN II series to the PathPro, the...
Last June, RCR asked me what I thought would be the biggest problem facing the wireless industry in 1998. My answer comprised one word: Education. What I was referring to was training and educating industry employees, educating the public about cellular towers and, particularly, educating...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Mobility DCS said it is offering its Prepaid To Go phone and service package to customers in the Carolinas, eastern Tennessee and coastal Georgia.Priced at $150, Prepaid to Go includes a handset, $50 of airtime, service and an enrollment fee, said the company....
