Wireless Services

The state of wireless technology and devices is in good shape today, and should continue to stay healthy well into the future, as long as carriers understand the changing dynamics …

Another wireless carrier has jumped on the Time Division Multiple Access bandwagon with help from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. Oklahoma City-based Dobson Communications Corp., a cellular carrier with about 100,000 …

HOUSTON-Castle Tower Corp. and Crown Communications merged, announced the companies. Castle Tower is a subsidiary of Castle Tower Holding Corp., now know as Crown Castle International. With headquarters in Pittsburgh, …

CAMARILLO, Calif.-AML Communications Inc. announced it received orders, totaling about $1.8 million, for cellular infrastructure equipment from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and an original equipment manufacturer serving the South American …

One big-name credit-card company believes it can help accomplish every wireless carrier’s objective: to gain brand recognition, target high-end users, simplify billing, reduce churn and perhaps entice customers to spend …

DALLAS-PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. launched its PrimeTravel service, which allows subscribers to roam throughout the nation using dual-mode/dual-band handsets manufactured by Sony Corp. The company also announced it has implemented …

NEW YORK-Competition among wireless carriers has driven down per-minute use charges by 6 percent on average, with some carriers slashing prices by more than a third, according to a new …

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association said it published two new interim standards. “Wireless Radio Telecom-munication Intersystem Non-Signaling Data Communication DMH (Data Message Handler),” or IS-124-A, describes the test procedures and …

Only 24 more shopping days left before Christmas, but personal communications services pricing promotions don’t seem to look much different from those offered during the last few months. Though enticing …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications’ wireless services customers can roam in Singapore, following a recent operational roaming agreement with Singapore Telecom. The addition of Singapore Telecom raises Omnipoint’s number of roaming …

In the Oct. 13 issue of RCR, the story on Motorola Inc.’s FLEX Architecture Solutions Division incorrectly stated the nature of the division’s November announcement of agreements with computer manufacturers. …

WASHINGTON-The predicted growth areas for wireless services will not be dominated by voice, according to a Commerce Department 1998 outlook report. Rather, current and prospective carriers will try to develop …

CANCUN, Mexico-Northern Telecom Ltd.’s Proximity T-LTX, which allows operators to offer fixed wireless services from a wireline switching system, is now commercially available, announced the company at Mexico’s Wireless ’97 …

NEW YORK-Let’s Talk Cellular and Wireless Inc., Miami, was scheduled to go public Nov. 21, raising funds to fuel its construction of new stores and its role as a consolidator …

WASHINGTON-In an effort to increase safety for students, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Ericsson Mobile Phones announced their Safe Schools program yesterday, which will provide wireless phones and service to …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its personal communications services network in Ohio’s Cleveland-Akron-Canton market using infrastructure provided by Lucent Technologies Inc. The network uses Time Division Multiple Access technology, …

As wireless industry leaders continue to tout convergence as the next frontier for the industry, one Southeastern carrier has quietly pulled itself ahead of the game. Alltel Communications Inc. significantly …

WASHINGTON-After months of being publicly pounded on antenna siting, health concerns, unsafe cell phone drivers and blocked E-911 calls, the wireless industry is responding with an approach that relies on …

WASHINGTON-Nevada-based wireless companies owned by Mark Edwards have been shut down due to long-standing disputes between Edwards and Nevada Bell, and now he is planning to go to court-and to …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. filed a lawsuit against the city of Eugene, Ore., claiming a tax the city is charging all telecommunications carriers to fund public projects violates federal law …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its personal communications services network in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Lucent Technologies Inc. provided the Time Division Multiple Access infrastructure equipment for the …

NEW YORK-Israel plans to open its telecommunications market to full competition by January 1999, Communications Minister Limor Livnat said at a news conference, Nov. 3. A week earlier, the Israeli …

PARSIPPANY, N.J.-Philips Consumer Communications L.P. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said that Philips will provide AT&T with multifunction, digital wireless handsets under an agreement previously entered into with Lucent Technologies …

WASHINGTON-As the end of the first session of the 105th Congress nears, the wireless telecom industry is left hanging with key policy issues unresolved. In limbo are antenna siting moratoria, …

SEATTLE-Some 1,900 wireless data professionals gathered in Seattle last week to determine what future their long-struggling industry might have at Wireless APPS ’97. In this muggy Emerald City, they found …