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 wireless assets in with the rest of their companies to reflect their desires to be...
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 standards and third-generation wireless becoming reality. And it has conquered a huge nemesis: cloning."Cloning is...
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 on offering equipment that helps carriers deploy and improve their networks while building fewer towers...
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 initial public offering of 9.375 million shares in a price range of $15-$17 each. Goldman...
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 a new way to "get more bang for their buck."Since 1993, ScoreBoard Inc. has...
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 to be the big issue next spring-probably the biggest international issue next year," Rohde told...
Motorola Inc. found a third operator in the United States willing to deploy its proprietary integrated Digital Enhanced Network technology and more may follow.Specialized mobile radio operator Pacific Wireless Technologies Inc. announced plans to offer iDEN technology in central California. The company, formed through...
As wireless access to the Internet becomes an increasingly popular selling point for wireless carriers, a new concern arises over how carriers can offer valuable Internet-based content without becoming marginalized as a pipe.With 1 billion wireless customers expected by 2003, it is no surprise...
Dear Editor: As pointed out by Jeff Silva in his "D.C. Notes" column Nov. 9, many industry players, including the Personal Communications Industry Association, are supportive of additional spectrum for third-generation services worldwide.Representatives from these groups and from the government have expended a great deal...
Wireless carriers are gearing up for the upcoming holiday shopping season with several promotions, most of them aimed at consumer and family gift giving."We're obviously in a situation now where demand far exceeds supply, but nevertheless, this will probably be the most robust Christmas...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s largest affiliate, TeleCorp PCS Inc., raised $184 million last Tuesday from its initial public offering.TeleCorp priced its IPO offering of 9.2 million shares of class A common stock at $20 per share, which includes about 1.6 million shares offered to...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. has taken a page from Ericsson Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc., each of which now dominate in certain areas of telecommunications infrastructure provision, said Richard A. McGinn, Lucent's chairman and chief executive officer."In the communications networking market for service...
LOS ANGELES-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its wireless data network in the Los Angeles market.AT&T Wireless Internet Protocol service will provide instant, wireless access to the Internet, as well as connections to e-mail, stock quotes, corporate databases and other network services using Cellular Digital...
REDMOND, Wash.-InfoSpace.com introduced its person-to-person instant messaging service for mobile wireless devices.The company said the server-based service will allow users on different networks and devices to send instant text-messages to each other, including those on Internet networks such as America Online. Because the user's...
At long last, a wireless carrier has announced its intention to launch the Revolv service from Wireless Knowledge L.L.C., the joint venture Qualcomm Inc. and Microsoft Corp. formed more than a year ago.AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it plans to include the service as...
LAS VEGAS-L.M. Ericsson introduced the R280LX quad-mode wireless phone, which covers the 800 MHz Time Division Multiple Access, 800 MHz analog and 800 MHz packet data frequencies, and supports data speeds up to 19.2 kilobits per second for Internet access.The R280LX was designed for...
LAS VEGAS-While the growing convergence between the computer and wireless industries has made headlines in wireless industry press and generated great excitement at wireless trade shows, the issue remains somewhat of a footnote within the computer industry.At last week's fall Comdex show here, some...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission next month is expected to announce which sectors of the wireless industry will be able to use spectrum made available with the transition to digital TV, culminating in an auction for that spectrum by April 25.The government is transitioning channels...
Dear Editor: I have been a customer of AT&T Wireless in the New York region for several years. During this time, I have utilized the service from a home base in Manhattan, central New Jersey and northern New Jersey. Over the years, I have had...
WASHINGTON-In a major setback to Bell Atlantic Mobile and AT&T Wireless Services Inc., the Virginia Supreme Court ruled wireless carriers must have local approval to erect towers on state-owned property.The decision complicates a 1997 agreement by the Virginia Department of Transportation to let AT&T...
It could have been an isolated path for TDMA operators going forward as they struggled for economies of scale in their businesses, but with a new agreement with the GSM Association, the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium hopes to gain access to the worldwide equipment...
LOS ANGELES-Econ One Research's latest monthly survey of wireless-phone service prices showed that some carriers charge up to twice as much for the same service in one city as they charge in another.The economic research and consulting firm's October survey covered the 18 service...
CHICAGO-A wireless network benchmarking study comparing the call quality of digital and analog cellular and personal communication services networks in metropolitan Manhattan found the Code Division Multiple Access network recorded the best mean quality score and the lowest number of blocked calls, said SAFCO...
TesscoTessco Technologies Inc. appointed Kevin P. Demery vice president and unit director of product and brand development. He will be responsible for electronic commerce, product management, strategic planning and all marketing communications. Demery has held senior sales and marketing positions with Ericsson Inc. and...
