Wireless Services

Roberto Catalan, president of Argentina’s communications commission, known as CNC (Comision Nacional de Comunicaciones), recently completed a United States road show designed to attract investor interest for a personal communications …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. won a one-year renewable contract from AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s Wireless Data Division to supply its Cellular Digital Packet Data smart phones. The phone combines …

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee last week rejected spectrum fees and toll-free telephone number auctions, but embraced lease fees for private wireless licensees in budget legislation lawmakers concede will fail to …

NEW YORK-Notable by its absence amid the current merger mania in telecommunications is convergence across industry lines between transmission and content providers, according to a new study by Price Waterhouse …

NEW YORK-Wireless telecommunications carriers have placed high hopes on high-yield debt to help finance their early and intensive capital needs, and the junk bond market has shown some willingness to …

DENVER-While presidents from eight countries discussed pertinent topics such as arms control, peace in Bosnia and the global economy, Denver-area wireless carriers worked behind the scenes to provide handsets and …

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.-Wireless reseller DCN Wireless signed a definitive agreement with NextWave Telecom Inc. to resell 600 million minutes of personal communications services airtime to California customers. DCN Wireless is …

Editor’s Note: The cities listed here represent U.S. cellular markets 21 through 40, ranked by total number of subscribers in each metropolitan statistical area. Most carriers are unwilling to reveal …

SALEM, Ore.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. awarded a contract to Supra Products Inc. to install the TRACcess key control and electronic access management system at AT&T’s cell sites nationwide. Supra values …

L.M. Ericsson signed a contract to supply a Digital Cellular System 1800 network in Denmark for Telia Mobile AB. Ericsson values the first phase of the project at $49 million, …

Now that many personal communications services providers are operating in several cities, most are advertising better call clarity than users received with cellular analog service. But will call clarity remain …

The privatization of Brazil’s cellular telephone industry appears to have moved forward in recent weeks with the announcement of the sale of the country’s first B-band concession. But while one …

BOULDER, Colo.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it has entered final negotiations with SCC Communications Corp., which would make SCC the primary vendor to deploy enhanced 911 services in AT&T’s wireless …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced two new ways to send messages to AT&T Digital PCS, AT&T PocketNet and AT&T Paging customers. The new services, which include Internet e-mail messaging …

When AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced its Digital PCS brand name in 40 digital cellular markets last October, many carriers expressed anger at the attempt to steal the thunder of …

Western PCS BTA 1 Corp. lost the first round of its battle with the city of Tucson, Ariz., over the city’s new zoning ordinance. Western claims the law prohibits it …

NEW YORK-Like late night talk show host David Letterman, Jerome Lucas, president of Telestrategies Inc., McLean, Va., has a top 10 list-this one for wireless telecommunications industry trends. In the …

TORONTO-Qualcomm Inc. said it signed an 18-month contract to supply Code Division Multiple Access digital handsets to Bell Mobility, a Canadian wireless services provider. Qualcomm values the agreement at $70 …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s plan for a digital personal communications services nationwide network has finally kicked off. After receiving its long-awaited shipment of dual-band, dual-mode handsets from Ericsson Inc. last …

Aerial Communications Inc. launched personal communications services June 2 in Kansas City and Pittsburgh-the latest of five markets the PCS provider has rolled out in the last 11 weeks. Aerial’s …

HOUSTON-Corsair Communications Inc. began deploying its PhonePrint cellular fraud prevention system in the Houston metropolitan area for Houston Cellular Telephone Co. The PhonePrint system uses radio-frequency fingerprinting to detect and …

Six months ago, personal communications services came to New York with the promise of revolutionizing the cellular market. But the new digital wireless service has had a rough struggle here. …

NEW YORK-Barely finished with its acquisition of Pacific Telesis Group, SBC Communications Corp. is widely rumored to be exploring merger possibilities with AT&T Corp. Ruthlyn Newell, a spokesman for AT&T, …

Coherent Communications Systems Corp. announced its chief financial officer, Michael Gendron, has left the company to pursue other interests. Gendron’s responsibilities will be assumed by Joan Cominski, corporate controller, while …

A class action lawsuit charging Los Angeles cellular carriers with price fixing is set to go to trial July 7 in Orange County Superior Court, nearly four years after it …