December 1994

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

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 is approved by the securities …

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 technology. The Nucleus LT transmitter is …

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 stock, priced between $24 and $26 …

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 stock dividend that will be distributed …

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 Communications System network. The network will …

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 up to three cellular phones. The …

IRVINE, Calif. – The CDMA Development Group said it has created a new working division to head up issues in personal communications services based on Code Division Multiple Access technology. …

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. adults surveyed this summer by …

An Oregon test and measurement equipment company with international alliances is poised for what it hopes is a wave of demand from companies building personal communications services networks. “Test equipment …

WASHINGTON – Bell Atlantic Mobile President Dennis Strigl predicts that wireless data will account for a greater proportion of system operators’ business in coming years, but cautioned industry against over …

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 calls however, whenever and wherever they …

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 the pocketbook. And June Walsh is …

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 bloc government’s sluggish efforts to privatize …

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 dramatic changes ever for the …

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 combine their cellular service properties into …

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 the Dominican Republic. The contract with …

LONDON – Cable & Wireless plc said it will eliminate 2,500 positions at its Mercury Communications Ltd. subsidiary by March in an attempt to become more competitive and increase shareholders’ …

Close Close 52-week Exch. Company 11/28 12/13 High Low OTC A+ Communications* 12.75 13.25 15.50 7.50 OTC Adage Inc. 4.75 4.63 7.13 4.25 NYS AirTouch 26.75 27.25 30.63 19.88 NYS …

Hail the birth of broadband PCS! Hail more competition in the marketplace! And hail to what likely will be continued growth for the wireless industry! But while the industry revels …

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 in 1989. “Now that most of …

Editor’s Note: The RCR research and editorial staffs have compiled this list of the 20 largest radio common carrier paging operators based on survey responses and interviews with industry contacts. …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-U S West Inc. named Jan Peters chief operating officer of U S West NewVector Group Inc., the company’s cellular division, where she will oversee all company operations. Prior …

Fluctuating support from Wall Street for enhanced specialized mobile radio companies may be indicative of in-and-out stock speculation rather than fear the ESMR companies are having actual problems, said the …

PORTOLA VALLEY, Calif.-The Small Business PCS Association will hold a national meeting Dec. 15 in Washington D.C., to discuss auction rules for broadband personal communications services, auction bidding results and …