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 handset.According to Peter Skarzynski, vice president of wireless sales and marketing at STA, the...
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 date by about eight months.The company initially planned to launch service last summer in...
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 Globalstar Caribbean Ltd. to use the radio-frequency spectrum required by the Globalstar system and establishes...
MarketwaveRichard 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 and marketing, in charge of staff, national accounts and retail sales.Kansas CellularKansas Cellular announced several...
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 marketing its service under the brand SunCom. Time Division Multiple Access service is available in...
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 defensive strategies of companies safeguarding themselves against falling commodity prices, uncertain technological change, increased...
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 Cellular in April, 1997.Anne Sleater, the AT&T Wireless Services Inc. employee wounded Jan. 14...
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 industry sector in the United States that has enormous growth potential well into the...
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 danger is the unknown? It is irresponsible to say 'head for the hills and take...
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 of lifting the cap, while the Personal Communications Industry Association and smaller carriers argue...
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 are produced.The idea of developing a wireless handset that can operate on any air...
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 per share, during the final three months of last year, up from $1.26 billion, or...
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 providers in Sprint's service area.Although Iridium roaming partners such as AT&T Wireless Services Inc....
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 company's Salt Lake City Jan. 14."We are deeply saddened by this senseless act of...
In a rapidly consolidating wireless industry, the list of available cellular carriers last week got shorter by two.After entertaining bids from at least two suitors, including Bell Atlantic Corp., AirTouch Communications Inc. opted to tie up with Britain's Vodafone Group plc in a deal...
Sprint Corp.'s PCS Group added about 830,000 subscribers during the fourth quarter, positioning itself to top the industry in customers additions for the second consecutive quarter.Though most carriers are slated to release subscriber numbers within the coming weeks, analysts believe the Christmas season resulted...
SEATTLE-AT&T Wireless Services announced Alaska, American, Canadian, Northwest and Southwest airlines' passengers who make or receive, during any single month, five in-flight calls via AT&T's incoming call service will receive the following month's incoming calls free.All calls placed or received in-flight at AT&T's regular...
Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. announced it signed a letter of intent with MCI WorldCom's prepaid services division to provide prepaid cellular services nationwide under MCI WorldCom's brand name, and through its extensive distribution network. An agreement is expected to be signed within 45 days,...
In the Top 20 Wireless Resellers list (Jan. 11), Discount Cellular Inc. and The Mobile Phone Co. were listed wrong. The companies are agents for Omnipoint. Discount Cellular also is an agent for Powertel and Sprint PCS and a reseller for several cellular carriers....
JACKSON, Miss.-Tritel Inc. announced it will launch a 1900 MHz personal communications services wireless network as an affiliate of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. The network will cover Mississippi, Alabama and parts of Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and Georgia.Tritel said it will deploy a Time Division...
AT&T Wireless employee wounded in Utah shootingSALT LAKE CITY-The Associated Press reported AT&T Wireless Services Inc. employee Anne Sleater was shot in the head Thursday by a woman demanding entrance to a local newsroom housed in the same building as AT&T Wireless Services' administrative...
WASHINGTON-The commercial mobile radio services rate integration order released by the Federal Communications Commission on New Year's Eve could have an impact on the proposed merger between Bell Atlantic Corp. and AirTouch Communications Inc.Rate integration requires interstate telecommunications companies to provide interstate long-distance services...
The nation's largest independent cellular carrier last week entertained bids from two potential acquirers in what could become a global bidding war.AirTouch Communications Inc. last week confirmed it was in discussions with Bell Atlantic Corp. for a possible tie-up and later confirmed it had...
MALVERN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc., an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network of affiliate, announced it selected SunCom as the brand name for its wireless network in the Southeast.The company is building a wireless network in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and northeastern Tennessee. These...
