DALLAS-HighwayMaster Corp. signed an agreement with Wal-Mart to install 3,000 of its Series 5000 mobile communications units in Wal-Mart's fleet of trucks this year.The HighwayMaster system is a nationwide mobile communications system that offers voice and data communications to the trucking industry. The system...
If carriers want customers to pay for cutting-edge technology, they need to be willing to use the highest-end technology themselves to promote such products, said a Texas-based software creator."We've developed a software program that runs on Windows, has audio and, depending on how good...
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,"...
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...
Strong growth tugged a little tight on the selling, general and administrative expenses of CellStar Corp., which reported a $2 million operating loss for the second quarter and a net loss of $3 million.In addition to operations restructuring and losses due to expense, the...
CellStar Corp. said it has a tentative Fortune 500 buyer for its kiosk business located in 347 Sam's Club stores nationwide, the expenses of which led to the company's disappointing first-quarter results.The investment community had estimated CellStar's net income would be at least $5...
The cellular industry has taken numerous steps to package cellular for the mass consumer retail market, but a small gap remains between the industry's effort and the complicated process to activate a phone."Mass merchants are a substantial opportunity for everyone to make this business...
