NEW YORK-McLeod Inc. is expected to sell publicly $200 million in debt by early March, some of which will be used to build out the 26 personal communications services licenses it won in the recent Federal Communications Commission D- and E-block auctions.Salomon Brothers Inc.,...
BellSouth Mobility Inc. has introduced a simplified per-minute rate plan for digital wireless customers making calls in their home state.Digital customers in BellSouth Mobility's north Georgia, middle Georgia and Chattanooga, Tenn., markets will pay their current per-minute rates, while digital customers in other areas...
Ora Electronics Inc. announced its Signal Plus antenna performance kit, which the company said is designed to improve the performance of portable cellular telephones. Using a connector cable, users can connect the kit antenna directly to the antenna output of the portable phone which...
Telephone and Data Systems Inc. elected George W. Off to its board of directors. He replaces Robert J. Collins who retired Jan. 7. Off will become chairman of the company's stock option compensation committee and its audit committee. Off is president, chief executive officer...
Along with reports of a $17 million net loss and 85 percent increase in revenues for the fourth quarter, Metrocall Inc. became the fifth largest paging carrier in the nation, stated William Collins, III, president and chief executive officer.The company's loss, calculated at 83...
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.-ConectUS Wireless Communications said it is ready to begin retail product and service delivery of the Inter@ctive 2Way pager through its network of resellers.ConectUS service is operational in 10,700 cities in the United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.The first...
Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. reported the first profitable year in the company's 11-year history last week, although the victory was accompanied by a fourth-quarter net loss due to investments in two subsidiaries.Net income for 1996 was $6.4 million, or 16 cents per share, compared...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Synacom Technology Inc. introduced a solution to combat cellular and personal communications services cloning based on Interim Standard-41 Revision C. CloneSafe, supports all authentication-capable wireless phones.CloneSafe includes a Validator, a Secure A-Key Management System and a Secure Authentication Center. The Validator is...
A new chief executive and reinstated supply contracts have cast a positive light on MobileMedia Corp.'s bankruptcy restructuring. Prudential Securities sees the Chapter 11 filing as positive for the industry and expects the company may put itself up for sale.Glenayre Electronics Inc., Motorola Inc.,...
Since the passage of the telecom act, telecommunications providers have taken significant steps toward offering bundled services on one bill.Nearly a year ago, regional Bell operating companies' cellular divisions began offering cellular long-distance service to their cellular customers and a few of the RBOCs...
WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. filed an amended S-1 registration statement Feb. 3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission in hopes of jumpstarting its halted initial public offering that had been planned for last summer.Underwriters for the offering include Smith Barney Inc.; Bear, Stearns & Co....
Nevada Bell Mobile Services launched its personal communications services network in Las Vegas. The system uses Global System for Mobile communications technology.The company is offering four calling plans that range from $20 a month to $90 a month. The lowest-priced plan includes 20 minutes...
A federal court mediation process is scheduled to begin next month between AirTouch Communications Inc. and Pacific Bell Mobile Services Inc. regarding phone promotion materials used in the San Diego market.Litigation began in November, at the onset of the holiday sales period. AirTouch sought...
MobileMedia Corp. sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, received a commitment to borrow $200 million and said its service to customers will not be affected as the company restructures finances and operations.But things don't look so good from the other side of the fence.Resellers charge...
Wireless Access Inc. said it is volume shipping its AccessLink two-way wireless messaging device to SkyTel Corp. The AccessLink is a narrowband personal communications services device that allows end users to send, receive and reply to e-mail. AccessLink also allows users to create custom...
NEW YORK-Imagine a bell curve for a clear picture of the landscape this year for batteries used in wireless handsets.That big bulge in the middle represents the domain of rechargeable nickel cadmium and nickel metal hydride batteries, which seem likely to retain their dominant...
SAN DIEGO-Pacific Bell Mobile Services Inc. is in the final stages of testing its ability to transmit data over the Global System for Mobile communications network.Pac Bell Mobile is scheduled to launch full commercial GSM service in Las Vegas and Orange County to business...
U.S. Communications Inc. has spent $5 million during the last four years forming an in-store system designed to entice Kmart shoppers to sign up for wireless service."We've got it set up so they can just come in and buy it, like buying a toaster,"...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Cellular Corp. deployed its Mobile America prepaid calling card program in Bakersfield, Calif., and Mobile, Ala.The program allows consumers to purchase a Mobile America prepaid card in 10-, 30- and 60-minute increments. To access BellSouth's cellular network, customers dial *888 on any cellular...
American Messaging Systems Inc. is entering the two-way market with an alternative to ReFLEX that provides high system capacity, quick time to market and helps carriers cut costs, said the company.AMS is an equal joint venture of Minneapolis-based American Paging and Nexus Telecommunications Systems...
NEW YORK-PageStar Inc. is ramping up for full-scale production this Spring of a new generation of wireless vehicle location devices designed to put car owners in the driver's seat when it comes to controlling and locating their stolen automobiles.PageStar's new "StarTrak" system is designed...
ATLANTA-National Data Corp. announced it has signed an agreement with Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile to provide transaction processing services for Bell Atlantic Nynex customers who want to use credit cards to pay their cellular phone bills.According to the agreement, National Data will provide online...
LAS VEGAS-Topp Telecom Inc. introduced TracFone, a prepaid cellular phone designed for quick retail sale. The phone has built-in debit technology to allow for service with prepaid access and airtime cards.TracFone displays remaining airtime that can be refilled up to 999 units at a...
Rivalry from personal communications services providers has increased net cellular subscriber gains by 60 percent, says Herschel Shosteck Associates Ltd.The consulting firm summarized the finding in its latest quarterly survey of the cellular industry. Without PCS, the firm said, cellular growth would have topped...
