Yearly Archives: 1994

BELL ATLANTIC REORGANIZES ITS INTERNATIONAL DIVISION

ARLINGTON, Va.-Bell Atlantic Corp. has reorganized its international business unit, naming Alexander H. Good president and chief executive officer of Bell Atlantic International Inc.Good,...

NEXTEL SECURES INTREST IN MEXICAN SMR CARRIER

RUTHERFORD, N.J.-Nextel Communications Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to invest in Corporacion Mobilcom S.A. de C.V., a Mexican specialized mobile radio operator, and...

SATELLITE INNOVATIONS ALLOW FIRMS TO BLAST INTO GLOBAL MARKETPLACE

A new age of global wireless telecommunications is beginning as barriers to competition fall and innovative satellite technologies move from the drawing board to...

NOKIA’S MOBILE PHONES DIVISION RECORDS A 62 PERCENT INCREASE

Nokia Corp. reported solid financial results for the first eight months of 1994, particularly in its telecommunications and mobile phone divisions, with net sales...

FBI’S TECHNOLOGY UPDATE TO AID LAW ENFORCEMENT CATCH CROOKS

Transmitting mug shots and fingerprint images over wireless is the aim of the FBI's $17 million-plus technology update program, but it comes at a...

BIG AND SMALL SMR COMPANIES ARE FACING SEPARATE CHALLENGES

WASHINGTON-The industry created two decades ago to foster dispatch wireless communications in the United States stands at a crossroads as regulatory, technological and market...

PCS QUARTET FORCED TO ADDRESS MARKET AND TECHNOLOGY ISSUES

Overlapping markets and conflicting decisions on digital technology are two issues the new quartet of Bell Atlantic Corp., Nynex Corp., U S West Inc....

SPRINT LINEUP CARD HAS CABLE SLUGGERS FOR PCS BALLGAME

As the dust settles from the recent double-header, pre-auction alliance ballgame, another Mighty Casey is in position to crack the bat at December's auction...

BUSINESS DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY TO REDUCE NOISE ON PCS SYSTEM

Superconducting Core Technologies of Golden, Colo., believes it has developed an industry first-a superconductor that is automatically tuned by microprocessors to allocate frequencies and...

RCR PUBLICATIONS HIRES PATE AS NEWS REPORTER

DENVER-Kelly Pate has joined RCR Publications Inc. as a news reporter.Before coming to RCR, Pate was a writer for Cactus Communications, a Denver-based advertising...

ERICSSON GE UNVEILS PCN, A STEPPED-DOWN VERSION OF ITS EDACS TECHNOLOGY

LYNCHBURG, Va.-Ericsson GE Mobile Communications Inc. has introduced the Private Communications Network, a specialized mobile radio technology with integrated voice and data capability.Called PCN,...

THE WORLD

Microwave Networks Inc. said it has formed a joint marketing agreement with United Kingdom-based Westinghouse Electronics Ltd. The agreement positions the companies to respond...

AT DEADLINE: PATENT DISPUTE SETTLED

Qualcomm Inc. agreed to pay InterDigital Technology Corp. $5.5 million in an out-of-court settlement of the companies' Code Division Multiple Access patent dispute.In return...

NEXTEL INCREASES STAKE IN ALABAMA SMR CARRIER

RUTHERFORD, N.J.-Nextel Communications Inc. announced it has increased its ownership stake in Saber Communications Inc. to 89 percent, and has agreed to purchase up...

E.F.JOHNSON CO. DELIVERS NARROWBAND SMR SYSTEM

BURNSVILLE, Minn.-E.F. Johnson Co. delivered its first system of narrowband 220 MHz radio equipment using linear modulation technology to dispatch operators in Southern Florida.The...

GTE AIRFONE INTRODUCING GROUND-TO-AIR CALL FEATURE

OAK BROOK, Ill.-GTE Airfone said it has already issued more than 40,000 aircall cards for its new ground-to-air calling feature, which enables airline passengers...

NEXTEL ORDERED TO SELL CHANNELS TO BUY CERTAIN MOTOROLA ASSETS

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. said its antitrust settlement with the Justice Department will not interfere with plans to build a nationwide wireless network."While we do...

ERICCSON CDPD SYSTEMS WILL USE DATACELL STATION SUPPLIED BY STEINBRECHER

BURLINGTON, Mass.-Steinbrecher Corp. said it will supply its DataCell mobile data base stations to Ericsson Radio Systems Inc. to be used in Ericsson cellular...

U S WEST INAUGURATES WIRELESS DATA SERVICES

SEATTLE-U S West Cellular Inc. said it has launched its wireless data service across the company's 13-state service area, offering end-to-end data solutions.Products offered...

VIEWPOINT

The Oct. 28 deadlind for those applying with the Federal Communications Commission to participate in next month's auction for broadband personal communications services licenses...

LETTERS: WASHINGTONBLIND ABOUT PCS SPECTRUM AUCTIONS

The following letter is in response to RCR Editor Bill Maguire's look at the Federal Communications Commission approach to spectrum auctions and how effectively...

D.C. NOTEBOOK

Timing is everything.Ask Thomas Wheeler, president of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, who took advantage of auction frenzy to send Federal Communications Commission Chairman...

MINORITY-OWNED FIRM WELL-PLACED TO SECURE REGIONAL PCS LICENSES

WASHINGTON-A paging consortium led by Maceo Sloan, founder of the nation's largest minority-owned investment firm, late last week appeared headed for a big victory...

WIRETAP BILL GETS SUPPORT

House and Senate Judiciary committees late last week approved digital wiretap legislation, improving chances for passing a bill before the 103rd Congress adjourns for...

PAGING COMPANIES TEAM FOR CROSS-BORDER SERVICE

HARTFORD, Conn.-Message Center USA is teaming with Continental Paging Corp. of Canada to offer an integrated North American paging service between Canada and the...
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