WASHINGTON-MCI Communications Corp. turned itself into a national wireless powerhouse last week by signing cellular resale agreements with AT&T Corp., GTE Corp., BellSouth Corp., Frontier Corp. and the AirTouch Communications Inc.-Cellular Communications Inc. partnership known as New Par.The resale pacts build on MCI's $190...
The purchase of Nationwide Cellular Service Inc. is a good short-term strategy for MCI Communications Corp., but the nation's second largest long-distance company will need to acquire some infrastructure to become a competitive wireless provider, said a Virginia-based communications analyst.MCI announced plans to become...
Thomas A. Barlett was named president of the Northeast regional territory for the Bell Atlantic Mobile and Nynex Mobile joint venture. Barlett will be responsible for sales, marketing, engineering, asministration, finance and network systems in the region, which includes all of New England and...
As the onset of narrowband personal communications services nears, the industry is abuzz about what promises to be the next wave of wireless wonder. But for many narrowband providers-to-be, it is only a natural extension of one-way paging.Two camps have emerged among advanced messaging...
As one company fine-tunes its debut for narrowband personal communications services, others bide their time by determining market position and devising rollout strategies.SkyTel Corp.-through its PCS bidding entity Destineer Corp.-plans to activate its nationwide two-way advanced messaging service during the second half of the...
COLUMBUS, Ohio-CompuServe Inc. has teamed up with a number of wireless companies to enhance mobility for professionals on the road through its Stay In Charge services.Through individual agreements with PageMart Inc., SkyTel Corp. and Mobile Communications Corporation of America, CompuServe has introduced a number...
JACKSON, Miss.-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp. said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire United States Paging Corp. in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at about $35 million.Headquartered in Wayne, N.J., U.S. Paging is a reseller of messaging services to major corporations. The company has...
JACKSON, Miss.-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp. is introducing nationwide wireless messaging in Peru through a joint venture with Tele 2000, called SkyTel del Peru.Mtel International owns 45 percent of SkyTel del Peru; Tele 2000 owns 55 percent. Mtel also provides services in Argentina, Colombia, Brazil...
HARTFORD, Conn.-Message Center USA is teaming with Continental Paging Corp. of Canada to offer an integrated North American paging service between Canada and the United States on their common 900 MHz paging channel.The Canadian Connection service will employ a combined total of 735 satellite-controlled...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-California Microwave Inc. reported a 50 percent increase in net income for fiscal year 1994, ended June 30 for a record $15.1 million, or $1.20 per share.Fiscal 1994 results include eight months of operating results for California Microwave-Telecom Transmission Systems, which the company...
