Wireless Services

BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc. has swam into 12 additional Southeast markets, bringing a total of 37 markets into the company’s service area. As the first member of the AT&T Wireless …

There is a chink in Nokia Mobile Phones’ armor, and it is the vendor’s market share in the cdmaOne handset business. While Nokia sells the most popular handsets in the …

ATLANTA-Clear Communications Group appointed William Loughman chief financial officer. Loughman formerly was executive vice president of finance at Clear. In addition to his management responsibilities overseeing the company’s daily financial …

DENVER-Reason Wireless Ware Inc. hopes consumers find its “Voice of Reason” makes wireless communications purchases over the Internet easier. Reason’s new online retail store for wireless communications products sells cell …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless Inc. announced it has signed a multi-year $30 million contract with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to supply Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution high speed data …

BRASILIA, Brazil-The Global Mobile Suppliers Association presented its views at a public hearing held earlier this month on the allocation of spectrum for personal communications services in Brazil. Anatel, Brazil’s …

TORONTO-Industry Canada conducted its first spectrum sale in November, raising CAN$172.5 million (US$116.7 million) in online bidding for licenses in the 24 GHz and 38 GHz bands. In the process, …

TOKYO-Following months of speculation, three Japanese telecom companies announced plans to merge into one group to compete in the country’s increasingly competitive telecom market. DDI, IDO and KDD will merge …

Following months of speculation, three Japanese telecom companies announced plans to merge into one group to compete in the country’s increasingly competitive telecom market. DDI Corp., IDO Corp. and KDD …

Tritel Inc., a Jackson, Miss., personal communications services affiliate of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., raised $168.75 million Dec. 14 in an initial public offering of 9.375 million shares. Tritel registered …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is considering using some of its reserved personal communications services spectrum to solve capacity problems in high-density cellular markets. The Time Division Multiple Access carrier owns …

REDWOOD|CITY-Sometimes the greatest inventions aren’t inventions at all, but the successful application of an idea common in one industry to a problem faced by another. Alain Rossman did exactly this …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Triton PCS Inc. selected Transcept Inc. to help the carrier extend its personal communications services network using Transcept’s TransCell 1900TM PCS-Over-Microwave system. Trancept’s focus is …

WASHINGTON-While industry this holiday season pushes family plans and makes pocket phones attractive to the younger crowd, questions linger in the scientific community about whether children are more vulnerable to …

In a bid to strengthen its position in the wireless industry and expand its influence overseas, Internet infrastructure provider InfoSpace.com announced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire wireless Internet …

It appears that since Dan Hesse’s appointment as president and chief executive officer of AT&T Corp.’s wireless business three years ago, AT&T has had a tenuous relationship with the man. …

Several important wireless markets will be up for grabs during the next year-a result of overlapping wireless markets created by the merger of Bell Atlantic Corp. with GTE Corp. as …

DALLAS-Preferred Voice Inc. announced an agreement to install its Voice Integrated Platform System in the network control center of Midwest Wireless L.L.C., a privately held wireless services provider in Mankato, …

NEW YORK-Judging by their investments during the third quarter, venture capitalists can’t seem to get enough of technology companies, including those involved in the wireless communications sector. “Investments in [the …

SAN FRANCISCO-Telephia Inc. released its Net-Q results for the New York, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston, Denver, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Portland, Ore., markets. Net-Q is an independent measurement …

Wireless stocks became the darling of Wall Street this year. Just a year ago analysts were predicting the death of stand-alone wireless stocks as landline companies planned to fold their …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry will enter the third millennium A.D. as the envy of the telecommunications industry. It is arguably the most competitive sector. It is innovative, with three different digital …

NEW YORK-Tritel Inc., a Jackson, Miss.-based personal communications services affiliate of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., plans to go public just in time for Christmas. Tritel registered Nov. 18 for an …

More spectrum, better call quality and expanded coverage are the battle cries of the wireless industry as of late, and ScoreBoard Inc. in Herndon, Va., said it is offering carriers …

WASHINGTON-Gregory Rohde, President Clinton’s new telecom adviser, last week said the top international telecom issue next year will be finding more spectrum for third-generation mobile telephone systems. “This is going …