Wireless Services

A statement by minority owner Lee McDonald in a Jan. 27 story in RCR about the class action lawsuit against AT&T Wireless Services should have read, “The 1996 settlement proposal …

NEW YORK-CCPR Services, the principal subsidiary of Cellular Communications of Puerto Rico, was expected to privately place last week a $175 million issue of senior subordinated notes. The deal was …

NEW YORK-Esat Holdings Ltd., Dublin, plans to sell privately about $85 million in debt securities, partly to help finance buildout of a Global System for Mobile communications system that will …

WILSONVILLE, Ore.-Wireless reseller Northwest Communications, a division of Skylink Communications Corp., announced a prepaid wireless program called Pay-N-Talk. The service is available at grocery stores, gas stations and other consumer …

A California federal judge dismissed a proposed settlement between AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and minority owners of AT&T cellular markets after the court discovered AT&T signed an employment agreement with …

Some news announcements in this industry have become very low on facts and high on bombastic marketing language. The launch of competing networks throughout the country has led to a …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and GTE Corp. have been awarded nationwide mobile phone licenses in Taiwan, beating competitors such as Sprint Corp. and France Telecom Group out of the prize. …

WASHINGTON-Raking in a net total of $2.52 billion, the D-, E- and F-block personal communications services auction closed Jan. 14, bidding farewell to the last of the broadband spectrum that …

Proponents of Time Division Multiple Access technology quietly formed a formidable group last year, while the industry’s attention was focused on high-profile scraps between two other competing technologies. Universal Wireless …

DENVER-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced Time Division Multiple Access Interim Standard 136 cellular service in its Denver market. The service area includes the Front Range from Colorado Springs to the …

Metawave Communications Corp. appointed Kathryn Surace-Smith general counsel for the company. She will provide legal support for Metawave’s business development activities including customer contracts, licensing agreements, strategic partnerships and financial, …

NEW YORK-“Within three years, PCS will take the market away from local paging in the top 40 markets,” predicted Gordon Kaiser, chief executive officer of Cue Network Corp., a unique …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems launched wireless service last week in Arkansas. The company acquired the Arkansas markets from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. in August. Southwestern Bell said it …

rederick M. Joyce, Esq. It is a time-worn political axiom that no candidate ever lost a vote by speaking in favor of Mom, apple pie, and the American flag. In …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-The Communities on Phone Patrol (COPP) program donated 40 phones to 10 Fort Lauderdale, Fla., neighborhoods as part of its goal to distribute 50,000 cellular phones to community …

MONTREAL-Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications Inc. announced a new pricing program for its Digital PCS cellular customers in the greater Montreal area. “Montreal and More” costs about $44 a month and …

MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communications Corp. appointed Tele Greenland International of Copenhagen, Denmark, as an authorized representative of AirNet for Greenland and certain Far Eastern countries. AirNet and Tele Greenland will distribute …

NEW YORK-“There’s gold in them thar hills,” according to Justin Dudley, vice president of engineering for Telecel International Ltd., which has staked its claim to cellular service provision in Sub-Saharan …

NEW YORK-As 1996 drew to a close, the impact of the Internet on wireless communications manifested itself in a flurry of announcements from an array of providers. “It’s all about …

Ericsson Private Radio Systems ordered 150 PCMobile units from XL Computing Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cycomm International Inc. XL Computing values the order at more than $1 million. …

Wireless industry, watch out! Geniuses are at work in Washington. This is the baby-the Overseas Private Investment Corp., a federal agency that operates at no net cost to U.S. taxpayers. …

Metrocall Inc. signed an agreement to provide U.S. Paging Services Inc. access to one of its nationwide paging frequencies. In addition, U.S. Communications Inc. will provide cellular rate plans and …

AirTouch Communications Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding with PT Intidaya Sistelindomitra to offer wireless services in Indonesia using the Globalstar satellite-based communications system. The companies will pursue a license …

WASHINGTON-Sprint Spectrum L.P., which began offering personal communications service in Washington a year ago through partner American Personal Communications, has converted its marketing from a big-bang effort to one resembling …

Pocket Communications Inc. has completed $646 million in financing agreements with three equipment vendors to build network clusters that will make Pocket the nation’s sixth largest personal communications services operator …