Wireless Services

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme Court last week allowed a case involving AT&T Corp.’s practice of rounding up minutes for wireless calls to proceed in state court. Borrowed from the long-distance industry, …

The fourth quarter of 1998 marked both highs and lows for the various carriers that make up the paging industry, with companies meeting both significant milestones and facing continued challenges. …

While the domestic wireless industry struggles to determine the demand for wireless local loop services in the United States, Frontier Cellular in May will mark the one-year anniversary of the …

NEW ORLEANS-The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium and the GSM North American Alliance announced plans to work to achieve interoperability between TDMA and GSM technology, a move that could facilitate national …

PRINCETON, N.J.-Nettech Systems Inc. announced an expansion plan that included establishing a Professional Services consulting division to help software developers deploy wireless data solutions and opening three regional sales offices …

Never has an industry been so vastly underestimated as the cellular industry in its formative years. When the industry celebrated its 10th birthday in late 1993, industry watchers joked about …

BURLINGTON, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. announced Frontier Cellular, a wireless services provider in upstate New York, will use Lightbridge’s Churn Prophet and Channel Wizard solutions to reduce customer churn and improve channel …

Roaming charges and long-distance fees increasingly are becoming a thing of the past as one-rate plans like the one AT&T Wireless Services Inc. offers take over the domestic wireless market. …

When BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. introduced its Interactive Paging service at PCS ’98 last year, Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing Janet Boudris said she expected financial applications to be …

WASHINGTON-A seemingly well-scripted House hearing to launch a watered-down E911 bill and a beefed-up privacy bill disintegrated into a fracas last week over the National Park Service’s handling of antenna-siting …

NEW YORK-TeleCorp PCS Inc., an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate, Tuesday plans to debut its first commercial market, from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, La., at Wireless ’99. Later in …

Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. plans to introduce a new series of Code Division Multiple Access phones this week at Wireless ’99 in New Orleans, including the company’s first CDMA tri-mode …

C-block personal communications services operator Indus Inc. remains committed to launching Time Division Multiple Access service within the coming weeks despite buildout, zoning and technical struggles that delayed its launch …

KINGSTON, Jamaica-Globalstar Caribbean Ltd. announced the Post & Telecommunications Department of Jamaica granted it approval to provide wireless services in Jamaica using the Globalstar satellite-based communications system. This license allows …

Marketwave Richard Bryan is the new senior vice president of sales and marketing at Marketwave Corp. Bryan previously worked for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as its vice president of sales …

MALVERN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc., an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network affiliate, announced it has begun providing commercial wireless service to customers in six markets in the Southeast. The company is …

As the end of the millennium approaches, it is worth pondering whether the recent bout of mergers and acquisitions are precedents to some colossal event of biblical proportions or merely …

Safco Technologies Inc. announced the completion of TEC Cellular’s integration into the company. TEC Cellular’s products, services and training now will be sold under the Safco brand. Safco acquired TEC …

WASHINGTON-The Commerce Department, amid administration warnings that a return to U.S. protectionism would hurt U.S. firms and exacerbate global financial troubles, last week said commercial wireless carriers “constitute a thriving …

NEW YORK-Cautious optimism in the absence of completely verifiable proof is the prognosis for Year 2000 compliance by the wireless industry, according to consultants interviewed by RCR. “How fraught with …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s review of the spectrum cap has turned into a big vs. little battle with the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association and most large wireless carriers in favor …

BellSouth Cellular Corp. announced it will invest in designing software-defined radio technology, a move that could give momentum to the rest of the wireless industry to change the way handsets …

NEW YORK- AT&T Corp. attributed a big boost in its bottom line to its Wireless Services’ Digital One Rate wireless pricing plan. AT&T said it earned $2 billion, or $1.12 …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS announced it has entered an agreement with Iridium North America to be the exclusive provider of Iridium satellite voice services among cellular and personal communications services …

SALT LAKE CITY-AT&T Corp. has established a fund for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. employee Anne Sleater, who remains in critical condition after being wounded in a random shooting at the …