Telecom

The Mexican government has almost finished its first ever auction of radio spectrum for communications services. Mexico’s new Federal Telecommunications Commission began taking bids on Oct. 21 for 36 paging …

MONTREAL-Low-earth-orbit mobile satellite operators Globalstar L.P., Iridium L.L.C. and Odyssey Telecommunications International Inc. said they will cooperate in efforts to secure global authorization for radio frequency spectrum to be used …

AUSTIN, Texas-More than half of all cellular and broadband personal communications services are sold through the retail channel, said IDC/Link Resources of Austin, Texas, in a recent report on distribution …

CINCINNATI-GTE Mobilnet Inc. initiated the first call on its personal communications services network to Cincinnati Mayor Roxanne Qualls in her office at Cincinnati City Hall. The inaugural call represented the …

NEW YORK-“The summer of 1996 was when high-yield (debt) investors decided they’re not in the venture capital business. They prefer cash flow now, not cash flow in five years,” said …

Toshiba Corp. will throw its bowler into Europe’s GSM ring. The company’s subsidiary, Toshiba Information Systems UK Ltd., announced it will introduce its first cellular handset to operate on Global …