MCI Communications Corp., which last week found itself with a third suitor in GTE Corp., may finally have an opportunity to enter the wireless arena in more than a reseller role.GTE, which owns cellular licenses in several metropolitan statistical areas, last week made a...
MCI Communications Corp. kicked off networkMCI Interactive Paging two-way service, using the AccessLink pager by Wireless Access Inc. and SkyTel Corp.'s ReFLEX 50 network.The complete service, with reply capability that ensures message delivery, is available in 16 markets. However, networkMCI Interactive Paging service is...
Since the narrowband personal communications services licenses were awarded nearly two-and-a-half years ago, many companies have pushed ahead with plans to offer commercial service. Yet others seem to be creeping slowly, biding their time by determining market position or waiting for commercial grade equipment.The...
Price is an important element of competition for paging carriers, but most industry insiders say features, quality of service and how a service meets a customer's specific needs determine value.The retail price for numeric service has dropped in many markets, but the reductions are...
Only two innovative paging systems have been launched since new licenses were granted for narrowband personal communications services in 1994.SkyTel Corp. operates a two-way paging system aimed at elite users. Subscriber numbers have been low and the monthly price is well above other paging...
During the last year, industry has unveiled a host of new gadgets for advanced alphanumeric paging, voice paging and messaging services.SkyTel Corp. currently is marketing its SkyWriter two-way service using the AccessLink pager by Wireless Access Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif. The carrier no...
NEW YORK-Paging, a veteran wireless player, has to go back to the trenches and prove itself anew to the investment community.The "credibility gap" has three components, Sharon Armbrust, senior analyst for Paul Kagan Associates Inc., Carmel, Calif., said last week-technology, operations and finance.In the...
CHANTILLY, Va.-Telco Communications Group Inc. reached an agreement with Destineer Corp., a subsidiary of Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp., to provide SkyTel messaging and paging services to its business customers.According to the one-year agreement, Telco will provide its subscribers with toll-free access to the SkyTel...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reversed course in narrowband personal communications services, resolving not to deploy services using the personal Air Communications Technology advanced paging protocol.AT&T Wireless said it still supports the technology development of pACT, but the turnabout could affect pACT vendors and the...
NEW YORK-RAM Mobile Data USA L.P. is gearing up for a national rollout, starting in the New York City metropolitan area, of an interactive, two-way messaging service designed to compete head-on with SkyTel Corp.-brand paging.At a news conference March 11, RAM Mobile Data officials...
ST. LOUIS-Project Group 2000 L.L.C. formed a new division to provide wireless site construction, antenna and feedline placement and site inventory in the Midwest and Southeastern markets.The company said the division, Tower Group 2000, was formed to control construction times and maintain quality services...
After a year of declining prices on paging stocks, market values among the industry's leaders are starting to stabilize."The bottom is here, the worst is behind us," stated Michael Elling, senior analyst in Prudential Securities Inc.'s telecommunications group.Carriers are beginning to rationalize capital spending,...
NEW YORK-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp. "is right on target for the (late) April introduction of its SkyWord Plus caller acknowledgement paging," John T. Stupka, president and chief executive officer, said Feb. 27.The new nationwide offering, provided over a proprietary narrowband personal communications services system,...
WASHINGTON-A settlement agreement between seven radio common carriers that have been squabbling since 1988 over a 931 MHz paging channel in New York City finally was cleared by the Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Feb. 19.The slate of 931 MHz winners has been...
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...
The first half of 1997 is full of promises for narrowband personal communications services, and as a few industry leaders fix and fine tune, Wall Street waits to see what flies.The troubles SkyTel Corp. had last year with its two-way network killed the post-auction...
NEW YORK-"Within three years, PCS will take the market away from local paging in the top 40 markets," predicted Gordon Kaiser, chief executive officer of Cue Network Corp., a unique nationwide one-way paging carrier."I don't believe PCS companies will ever have the coverage we...
Sprint PCS said software problems by one of its two equipment vendors will delay the launch of personal communications service in some markets by year's end, but the company still intends to roll out service in five to 10 markets by the end of...
Editor's Note: The RCR research and editorial staffs have compiled this list of the 20 largest paging companies in the United States from survey responses and interviews with industry contacts. Rankings are based on carriers' reported total number of paging subscribers.Because of industry consolidation and...
SkyTel Corp. introduced the SkyTel Messenger for Windows CE, a software messaging system developed by SkyTel in conjunction with Microsoft Corp.Jackson, Miss.-based SkyTel said the software messaging application, which is scheduled to be available late this year, will be marketed with handheld personal computers...
WASHINGTON-For years, wireless resellers have been fighting carriers, regulators and Congress for a little respect.In the future, they may command it.The infusion of spectrum, deregulation and competition is changing marketplace dynamics, making resale an increasingly attractive distribution channel in the new world of one-stop...
Andres Link and Richard Swerdlow met three years ago playing basketball in Miami, and began discussing business opportunities. Last month, the University of Florida named the pair's partnership, Cellular Works, the fastest growing company in the state.Based in Hollywood, Fla., Cellular Works sells cellular...
The wireless industry is primed to woo holiday shoppers this season to their stable of products, offering service that is inexpensive and easy to use, with no strings attached.In the past, a shopper trying to decide between a pager and a blouse, or a...
With its purchase of 355 kiosks in Sam's Club stores nationwide, MCI Communications Corp. has hands-on access to the consumer customer it seeks.Before obtaining entrance into Sam's, MCI's retail presence as a wireless reseller consisted of 37 storefronts. The stores originally belonged to Nationwide...
