NEW YORK-In a series of transactions, paging carrier Metrocall Inc., Alexandria, Va., has turned over 45-percent control of the company to AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Aether Systems Inc., PSINet Inc. and Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Inc.For a collective investment of about $51 million...
One press article after another has asserted that the European Union's single standards regime for wireless services has given Europe an enormous "lead" over the United States. These stories, however, do not present a complete picture regarding the global leadership of the U.S. wireless...
After years of anticipation fueled by talk of a new technology still shrouded in secrecy, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced last week it is offering commercial digital wireless broadband service to residential customers in Fort Worth, Texas.The new service, long known under the guise...
Editor's Note: The companies listed below represent the 20 largest cellular carriers in the United States. Company rankings are based on the total number of subscribers for their majority-held or controlled markets. All subscriber numbers reflect year-end 1999 figures reported by each company.Triton Cellular Partners...
WASHINGTON-With a little more than 18 months until the deadline for the implementation of enhanced 911 Phase II service, carriers are beginning to think about how they can make money from a government mandate that requires location technology.They are not alone. Vendors, too, are...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry has won several key court cases involving antenna siting, liability and health protection, but litigation is expected to continue well into the future as pagers and mobile phones further penetrate the consumer market.That some federal courts have sided with carriers recently...
Broadband. It is a familiar term being tossed around the wireless industry like a hot potato, but its relatively new status is making its definition, applications and implications elusive to many.At the most basic level, wireless broadband-also known as fixed wireless, Broadband Wireless Local...
LightbridgeJoseph Tibbetts Jr. resigned from Lightbridge Inc. as the company's chief financial officer in order to pursue an opportunity in venture capital.U.S. Wireless DataCharles Leone accepted the posts of chief financial officer and chief operating officer for U.S. Wireless Data Inc. Leone will be...
CLIFTON, N.J.-Vertex Interactive Inc. announced an initiative with IBM to develop wireless services and real-time communication solutions for the next generation of interactive wireless devices.Vertex Interactive will use IBM's MQSeries Everywhere technology to provide a messaging infrastructure for its future wireless applications enabling mobile...
Daniel R. Hesse, president of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., said he is leaving the company to head a Seattle-based Internet start-up called TeraBeam Networks. Mohan Gyani, AT&T Wireless' chief financial officer and former CFO of AirTouch Communications, will replace him.Hesse is leaving as AT&T...
NEW|ORLEANS-GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. said it has purchased the Jambala Mobility Gateway from L.M. Ericsson to complement its Interim Standard-41 to Global System for Mobile communications message conversion, which is part of GTE TSI's GlobalRoam solution.With this acquisition, GTE TSI now provides one-stop shopping...
NEW ORLEANS-Lucent Technologies Inc. has been relatively quiet about its plans for the wireless Internet, but last week it announced a number of initiatives to propel itself into this arena. Lucent, Sun Microsystems and iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions, a Sun-Netscape Alliance, released an end-to-end solution...
WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel Inc., a wireless personal communications services provider in the southeastern United States, will employ the branding slogan "We're On That" to describe an overall service ethic the company says transcends offers, individual products and promotions.Powertel intends to use commercials, print ads...
Telephia Inc. released last week the results of its Wireless E-trac survey of the New York metro area, and despite past reports of capacity problems, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. emerged as the carrier both wireless users and non-users would choose first when selecting or...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s two largest affiliates, TeleCorp PCS Inc. and Tritel Inc., agreed to merge in an all-stock, tax-free transaction.The deal is valued at about $5.3 billion.TeleCorp is AT&T Wireless' largest affiliate, with 142,231 subscribers at the end of last year and markets...
PHOENIX, United States-Some observers have compared the broadband wireless industry to a hockey game: lots of skating around, many dramatic clashes, but not much scoring.Still, like a hockey game, broadband wireless attracts plenty of fans. Interest is downright rabid among telecom carriers, equipment vendors and...
IBM and AT&T announced an alliance to offer wireless data services to their business customers. Financial terms of the partnership were not disclosed. The companies said they expected significant opportunities for wireless services linking corporate information systems with a wide range of portable computer...
DUBLIN, Ireland-The news that Mannesmann has conceded defeat in its battle with Vodafone AirTouch merely underlines the momentum behind consolidation in the European mobile communications industry. However, few observers appear concerned at the concentration of market power in the hands of a relatively small...
PHOENIX-International FiberCom Inc.'s wireless solutions division, AeroComm Inc., was designated by Bell Atlantic Mobile as the cellular/PCS carrier coordinator for New York City's Queens Midtown and Brooklyn Battery tunnels.AeroComm will coordinate with Nextel Communications Inc., Omnipoint Corp., Sprint PCS and AT&T Wireless Services Inc....
At some point in the not-too-distant future, a "crossover" will occur with respect to how the public gains access to the Internet: More people will reach the Net through wireless devices than through wired means. Net prognosticators may disagree on exactly when that will occur,...
L.M. Ericsson introduced a mobile Internet portal solution developed for wireless networks called the Ericsson WISE Portal. WISE was designed as a single point of access for various Internet-enabled devices, including personal computers, browser-enabled mobile phones and connected personal digital assistants. It supports both...
NEW YORK-A federal appellate court handed the Federal Communications Commission a substantial victory Feb. 18 in a case that challenged the agency's health and safety standards and siting guidelines for microwave transceivers.In its unanimous decision, the three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals...
WASHINGTON-The leading provider of prepaid wireless services believes one main reason the United States is falling behind Europe in wireless customer take rates is the lack of calling party pays service."We are substantially behind Europe . That's not forward effort but backwards efforts even...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission rejected L.M. Ericsson's wireless 911 call-completion plan as deficient, but gave the Swedish phone manufacturer a three-month extension to comply with new rules that kicked in Feb. 13.The FCC said that while new 911 wireless rules encourage innovation and flexibility,...
