1994

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, a former assistant U.S. secretary …

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 share frequencies along the U.S.-Mexico border. …

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

Nokia Corp. reported solid financial results for the first eight months of 1994, particularly in its telecommunications and mobile phone divisions, with net sales increasing 54 percent and 62 percent, …

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 time when government spectrum already is …

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 forces conspire to put mom-and-pop two-way …

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

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 of broadband personal communications services licenses. …

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 improve channel re-use. “We are committed …

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 agency. A Denver native, Pate …

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 technology is a stepped-down …

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 jointly to proposals for large communications …

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 for the one-time payment, Qualcomm …

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 to 100 percent of the Mobile, …

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 radios are for the first …

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 to receive telephone calls in the …

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 not agree that restrictions on …

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 digital packet data systems under an …

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 include data-capable cellular phones, cellular …

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 has come and gone. And with …

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 the public interest is served as …

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 Reed Hundt a somber message. …

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 in regional narrowband personal communications services …

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

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 United States on their common 900 …