NEW YORK-With a push from the new federal telecommunications deregulation law, SBC Communications Inc. and Pacific Telesis Group announced April 1 the first merger ever between two Baby Bells.In this friendly takeover, SBC Communications Inc., based in San Antonio, Texas, has agreed to acquire...
Shinsegi Telecomm Inc. is open for CDMA business in South Korea. AirTouch Communications Inc., 11 percent owner and lead technical partner in Shinsegi, said the cellular venture launched Code Division Multiple Access service commercially April 1, in the Seoul and Taejon regions of South...
First wedding of Baby Bells has many eyes on their siblings ... Ameritech sees no value in mergers ... BellSouth says plans unchanged in wake of SBC-PacTel deal ... U S West not seen bidding for PacTel ... SBC-PacTel deal whets industry appetite for...
NEW YORK-The surprise announcement of a proposed merger between SBC Communications Inc. and Pacific Telesis Group came about due to a unique set of circumstances. But the move, a first by two Baby Bells since the 1984 court-ordered breakup of Ma Bell, may also...
Where did the 60,000 new subscribers come from that were acquired by Sprint Spectrum in its Washington, D.C./Baltimore operation?About half were stolen from incumbent cellular operators, and the other half are new wireless users, said Scott Schelle, chief executive officer of American Personal Communications.APC...
A German-Italian consortium won the outstanding 49 percent stake in the Czech Republic's second cellular operator, beating out strong contender California-based AirTouch Communications Inc.Deutsche Telekom's cellular arm, DeTeMobil, will hold 84.5 percent of the 49 percent stake; STET International will own 12 percent; two...
Last month's passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 heralds the industry's most fundamental structural change since AT&T Corp. was split up in 1984. Traditional barriers separating industry sectors are crumbling. Wireless will play a key role in the industry's transformation. While few provisions...
NEW YORK-While wireless enterprises pose risks for and depress the credit ratings of their parent telecommunications companies, they also expand the overall market to the benefit of both entities, according to Frank Plumley, a director of Standard & Poor's Corp.Prompted by accelerating competition and...
In Chicago, where cellular penetration is highest and rates are lowest among the nation's 10 most populous markets, Ameritech Cellular Services and SBC Communications Inc. are fighting it out for customers.And competition stands only to intensify once challengers in personal communications services, including the...
In Chicago, where cellular penetration is highest and rates are lowest among the nation's 10 most populous markets, Ameritech Cellular Services and SBC Communications Inc. are fighting it out for customers.And competition stands only to intensify once challengers in personal communications services, including the...
Discord among potential bidding parties and the government's plan to refashion telecommunications regulations resulted in Chile postponing the March 1 deadline for personal communications services bids, reported Isabel Valenzuela, a telecommunications specialist at the U.S. Embassy in Santiago, Chile.The government has not set a...
A cellular network using Code Division Multiple Access technology is live in South Korea, but so far enduring only a lukewarm reception. Current analog operator Korea Mobile Telecommunications Corp. introduced CDMA service Jan. 1 in Inchon, a port city west of Seoul, and plans...
Bell Atlantic International, through its 42 percent investment in Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V., is in the heart of negotiations with the Mexican government regarding Iusacell's license to operate a nationwide fixed wireless network.Meanwhile, Iusacell is gearing up to provide long-distance phone service throughout...
Notable Technologies Inc. of Bellevue, Wash., has partnered with the National Dispatch Center Inc. to develop and deliver information services for paging, Cellular Digital Packet Data and personal communications services networks. Notable will serve as NDC's preferred provider of personal information services to be...
Reversing an earlier stance, South Korea is trying to deter infighting among some of its industrial heavyweights by awarding a single personal communications services license to a consortium that includes everybody but gives control to nobody.In early August, the Korean Ministry of Information and...
Fueled by increasing safety concerns and customer demand, the cellular market has become the fastest-growing segment for speech-recognition use in the United States, according to industry analysts.Being able to command a cellular phone to "call office"-instead of requiring users to fumble for their handsets...
Mobistar, a partnership of Belgian telecommunications manufacturer Telinfo and France Telecom Mobile International, won the second license to operate a Global System for Mobile communications network in Belgium. Mobistar will pay $296 million for the license.Mobistar will compete against current cellular operator Belgacom Mobile,...
In concert with the European Union's directive to liberalize the telecommunications market in Europe, Austria plans to permit a second, privately owned mobile phone license by the end of the year.Austria's Ministry for Public Economy and Transport recently issued a tender for a Global...
August is supposed to be a slow month in the nation's capital, but even though Congress and the president are out of town there is movement on other fronts. There's some noise, too.Didn't you hear the giant suck-up sound from Dallas, where Democrats and...
Six consortia met the August deadline to apply for Ireland's second mobile phone license, which could be awarded by the Irish Department of Transport, Energy and Communications by the end of the year.Scattered among the groups hoping to capture the 15-year license to operate...
PITTSBURGH-Communications pioneer Jack N. Berkman, founder and chairman of The Associated Group Inc., died Aug. 3 at his New York City home. He was 90.Berkman led Associated Communications Corp. in 1983 to build and operate one of the first cellular phone systems in the...
Cellular One in the Washington, D.C., area has suspended roaming services temporarily in New York City while the company tackles an enormous cellular cloning problem.Cellular fraud has been a major concern of the U.S. cellular industry for quite some time. The problem has mounted...
Cellular One in the Washington, D.C., area has suspended roaming services temporarily in New York City while the company tackles an enormous cellular cloning problem.Cellular fraud has been a major concern of the U.S. cellular industry for quite some time. The problem has mounted...
WASHINGTON-He's baaack!Craig McCaw, founder of the cellular empire that AT&T Corp. bought for $11.5 billion, will bid for broadband personal communications services licenses Dec. 5.The wireless entrepreneur is one of 74 applicants seeking 99 licenses to operate next-generation pocket telephone systems across the country....
