PT Mobile Selular Indonesia signed a credit note facility for $31 million with 12 national banks for a term loan.Lead arrangers are PT Makindo Securities and Bank Umum Servitia; co-arranger is Pan Indonesia Bank.PT Mobile Selular, or Mobisel, launched a Nordic Mobile Telephone-450 network...
If demand for dual-band handsets can be measured by vendor contracts, carriers must only now be finalizing plans for multi-frequency roaming.The industry's most prolific terminal manufacturers have yet to announce volume contracts for these expensive new phones, although some expect to have agreements in...
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...
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.-Chief executives of Mobikom of Malaysia and Pacific Link Communication Ltd. of Hong Kong last Wednesday signed the first Time Division Multiple Access roaming agreement for Asian cellular carriers."This is a very significant milestone for the worldwide advancement of TDMA," said...
ARLINGTON, Va.-LCC International Inc. saw revenues and losses increase in its recent financial figures. LCC reported revenues for the fourth quarter, ended Dec. 31, were $43.4 million, a 32 percent increase compared with fourth quarter 1995 revenues of $32.8 million. Annual revenues were $141.6...
VimpelCommunications said shares of its common stock are authorized to trade on the Russian Trading System market, an online, screen-based trading system used by brokers in Moscow and throughout the Russian Federation. Dmitri Zimin, president and chief executive officer of VimpelCom, said the company...
Uniden Corp. is quietly but extensively restructuring its U.S. operations with technology at the core of its mission. And despite talk of internal troubles, Uniden top executives report the changes are all good."Wireless is going digital. The products and the functionality are expanding rapidly,...
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.-"Until a few weeks ago, I was under the impression that the outlook for TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) was quite different than it is today," said investment banker Brad Peery at last week's TDMA Global Summit here."Qualcomm (Inc.) has done...
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.-Indus Inc., a new personal communications services company based in Milwaukee, announced Feb. 11 a vendor financing agreement with Hughes Network Systems Inc. and a roaming agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc.Indus is the first winner of Federal Communications Commission C-block...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s Wireless Messaging Group introduced a universal paging platform designed to support a new suite of European and Japanese protocols.The GL3210 Glenayre Multiprotocol Paging Platform supports the European ERMES-I4 and pan-European Paging protocols for roaming. It also supports the Japan Information...
Here are sample quotes from respondents who were asked the question, "What are some of the most important disadvantages of the use of wireless phones?" ( Note: 30 percent of those surveyed were wireless users.)"They are just ego builders.""It costs too much money.""Reception is bad,...
NEW YORK-In its inaugural quarterly teleconference with the investment community, Omnipoint Corp. announced Jan. 31 the second straight year of losses but also numerous milestones passed en route to deployment of its personal communications services network.The Arlington, Va., company, which went public last year,...
NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. said it will re-organize its business into four wholly owned operating companies.Three of Millicoms four companies will focus on regional operations.MIC Asia comprises cellular operations in Cambodia, India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. MIC Latin America covers...
DALLAS-CommNet Cellular Inc. has agreed to market National Telemanagement Corp.'s SmartPay prepaid wireless service for customers in CommNet's nine-state service area.Customers establish an account at any SmartPay authorized CommNet outlet and replenish airtime with cash, bank draft or credit card. Customers are warned when...
WILSONVILLE, Ore.-Wireless reseller Northwest Communications, a division of Skylink Communications Corp., announced a prepaid wireless program called Pay-N-Talk.The service is available at grocery stores, gas stations and other consumer locations in 12 Western states, with 10 more to be added by the end of...
ACC Corp., through its wholly owned subsidiary ACC TelEnterprises Ltd., signed an agreement with Paging Network of Canada Inc., a paging company affiliated with PageNet in the United States, to resell PageNet services under the ACC brand name. The paging services will be bundled...
The Failure Group Inc. acquired Broadcast Communications Systems Inc., a company that designs, installs and maintains wireless communications networks. Broadcast Communications has erected communications towers and provided related training and technical services since 1981. For the last two years it has specialized in personal...
TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. said it will provide its Access S&E roaming administration service to BellSouth Mobility DCS. The service provides settlement and exchange of roamer billing information among personal communications services providers in North America, Latin America and Europe.GTE TSI will serve...
Asia Pacific Cable Network, a submarine telecommunications cable network, began its link up to nine Asian countries. The project, valued at $580 million, is a joint investment of 51 telecommunications entities worldwide. Companies that initiated the venture include Cellular Communication Network of Malaysia, Communication...
Nextel Communications Inc. continues to try to move analog customers onto its new digital network, now with the lure of no roaming fees while traveling on the Nextel system.Nextel's analog customers are unable to roam at all, the company said. So customers switching to...
Subscriber Computing Inc. is acquiring a small Dallas company that has developed a fraud detection system using U.S. military defense signal analysis technology.Intelligent Object Solutions Inc. was formed in 1995 and is just rolling out its MicroProfile and Intelligent PIN products commercially.Both SCI and...
TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Tele-communication Services Inc. signed a contract to provide its roamer administration service to personal communications services provider Western Wireless Corp. GTE TSI also will provide settlement and exchange services to Western Wireless.GTE TSI's Access service provides roamer billing information among cellular and...
DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. introduced OmniRoam, a numeric roaming service that enables subscribers to transfer local numeric coverage using a touch-tone phone and an interactive voice response system.To transfer coverage, OmniRoam users dial their own pager number and an access code, then enter the area...
InterCel Inc. wants to learn if cellular customers who are familiar with rate plans will behave differently when let loose on a 1900 MHz system for a flat $50 a month."We'll be able to analyze usage in an unlimited threshold," said Ed Horner, chief...
