Yearly Archives: 1994

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STRIGL LEADS NEW VENTURE BETWEEN NYNEW AND BAM

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Top executives of the wireless venture between Bell Atlantic Corp. and Nynex Corp. have been selected to lead the two companies as they...

CDMA GROUP STARTS UNIT TO AD DRESS COMPATIBILITY

IRVINE, Calif. - The CDMA Development Group said it has created a new working division to head up issues in personal communications services based...

TEKTRONIX BANKS ON 2 ALLIANCES TO PROVIDE PCS TEST EQUIPMENT

An Oregon test and measurement equipment company with international alliances is poised for what it hopes is a wave of demand from companies building...

THE WORLD

Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group has been awarded a contract for more than $10 million to expand the narrowband advanced mobile phone service in...

RCR PERSON OF THE YEAR REED HUNDT

Editor's note: After only a little more than a year as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Reed Hundt has spearheaded some of the most...

CUSTOMERS WILL DEFINE THE ROLES FOR PCS AND DATA TECHNOLOGIES

WASHINGTON - Bell Atlantic Mobile President Dennis Strigl predicts that wireless data will account for a greater proportion of system operators' business in coming...

MERCURY CUTS POSITIONS, EXPANDS WIRELESS UNITS TO IMPROVE STOCK’S VALUE

LONDON - Cable & Wireless plc said it will eliminate 2,500 positions at its Mercury Communications Ltd. subsidiary by March in an attempt to...

WALSH SHOOTS FOR PERSONAL BEST WITH TWO PCS LICENSES IN HAND

High stakes and fierce competition in the Federal Communications Commission's personal communications service auctions have shown no mercy for the weak of heart of...

PEOPLE

Cellular One of Ohio and Michigan announced Lindsay Notwell has been appointed director of wireless data, heading up this new department. Notwell will be...

GLOBALSTAR INITIAL OFFERING EXPECTS TO RAISE MILLIONS FOR LEO SATELLITE SYSTEM

NEW YORK-Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to make an initial public offering of 12 million shares of common...

OKLAHOMA GAS COMPANY REQUESTS EDACS NETWORK

LYNCHBURG, Va.-Ericsson GE Communications Inc. said it has received an order from Oklahoma Gas and Electric for a systemwide 800 MHz Enhanced Digital Access...

BULGARIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS MOVES PAST 1929 WIRED SYSTEM

An international cellular operator and a U.S. paging equipment provider have cellular and paging service up and running in Bulgaria, despite the former Eastern...

AT&T SEEKS PERMISSION TO SELL STOCK HELD BY BT

NEW YORK-AT&T Corp. is seeking permission to make a secondary offering of 35.9 million shares of AT&T stock owned by BT plc.If the move...

WIRELESS SERVICE AT HOME IS PCS’ BIGGEST DEMAND, ACCORDING TO BIS SURVEY

NORWELL, Mass.-Home-based coverage is the dominant requirement for future wireless communications products and services, according to a recent study.A third of the 800 U.S....

BAM’S NEWEST WIRELESS OFFERING IS PERSONAL POCKET RECEPTIONIST

A "hip-pocket receptionist" is how Bell Atlantic Mobile describes its new ContactLine II service, a personal communications cellular device that allows customers to receive...

GLENAYRE HAS STOCK SPLIT, APPOINTS NEW EXECUTIVES

NEW YORK-Glenayre Technologies Inc. has declared a three-for-two split of the company's common stock to be effected in the form of a 50 percent...

FLEXPHONE SERVICE ALLOWS 1 NUM BER FOR 3 PHONES

GREENBELT, Md.-Cellular One of Washington D.C./Baltimore announced a new service that enables customers to make and receive calls using a single telephone number from...

NUCLEUS PAGING STATION COME TO LATIN AMERICA

FORT WORTH, Texas - Motorola Inc.'s Global Paging Infrastructure Division introduced its new Nucleus LT paging station, providing Latin America with next-generation paging station...

JAY KITCHEN’S KNOCK FOR MIXING BODES WELL FOR NEW ASSOCIATION

WASHINGTON-Jay Kitchen has always had a knack for being able to talk to folks, whether they be mom-and-pop two-way radio dealers who for years...

GOEKEN RESIGNS AS HEAD OF IN-FLIGHT PHONE CORP., BAKES AT COMPANY HELM

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.-John "Jack" Goeken announced his resignation as chairman and chief executive officer at In-Flight Phone Corp., the air-to-ground telecommunications service he founded...

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM PICKS GOLDMAN, SACHS TO HELP WITH PRIVATIZATION PLANS

FRANKFURT, Germany-Investment banking firm Goldman, Sachs & Co. announced it has been selected as lead foreign manager for the privatization of Deutsche Bundespost Telekom.Specifically,...

GTE INITIATES FAX SERVICE ABOARD SELECTED AIRCRAFT

OAKBROOK, Ill.-GTE Airfone says it has introduced the first digital public facsimile machines aboard aircraft.Fax machines now will be available on United Airlines' transcontinental...

PCS PRIVECO ALLIANCE NAMES EXECUTIVE TO LEAD VENTURE’S WIRELESS EFFORTS

NEW YORK-Mobile communications executives George Schmitt and Al Boschulte have been chosen to lead the PCS PrimeCo L.P. alliance between U S West Inc.,...

WIRELESS TELECOM BUREAU HEAD GOOD CHOICE IN POLITICAL CLIMATE

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt's selection of Regina Keeney to head the new Wireless Telecommunications Bureau is looking better every day.Especially since Nov....
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