Telecom

Comsat International Communications is creating a business unit to focus solely on mobile satellite communications. Comsat Personal Communications initially will concentrate on Comsat’s Planet 1 global phone service scheduled to …

DENVER-Advantage Cellular Inc., a cellular specialty store that offers AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s cellular service, announced the opening of two licensee locations in Colorado Springs and downtown Denver. The new …

Millicom International Cellular S.A. signed a seven-year $200 million credit facility agreement arranged by ABN-AMRO Bank and ING Bank. Millicom said the facility will be used to refinance $125 million …

Alcatel Network Systems and Sprint Corp. have completed a network upgrade with a five-node synchronous optical network in Fayetteville, N.C. The ring, with a circumference of more than 100 miles …

WASHINGTON-Wireless Technology Research, L.L.P., the entity created with funding from the wireless telecommunications industry three years ago after a highly publicized lawsuit claimed pocket phones cause brain cancer, is losing …

GERMANTOWN, Md.-Hughes Network Systems Inc. and BellSouth Cellular Corp. announced that BellSouth Mobility Inc. has successfully moved over commercial cellular traffic in Nashville, Tenn., to HNS’ GMH 2000 system. In …