Yearly Archives: 1994

NEW 500 AREA CODE MAY BOOST DEMAND FOR 1-NUMBER SERVICES

Demand for one-number services may become even greater now that the non-geographic 500 area code is available, according to Accessline Technologies Inc., a company...

PCIA SHOW HIGHLIGHTS GROWTH, OBSTACLES OF WIRELESS INDUSTRY

SEATTLE-The Personal Communications Industry Association's annual meeting started here last Wednesday with a bang but ended with a bust.About 7,000 people attended the three-day...

IRIDUM PROJECT INVERTOR LIST INCLUDE BIG ANS SMALL

Other Iridium investors include: Iridium Canada Inc.China Great Wall Industry Corp.Iridium Africa Corp.Iridium Andes-Caribe of VenezuelaIridium India Private Ltd.-a consortium of Indian financial institutions, investing...

MTEL SIGNS AGREEMENT TO BUY U.S. PAGING CORP. IN STOCK-FOR-STOCK DEAL

JACKSON, Miss.-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp. said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire United States Paging Corp. in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at...

NEXTEL SAYS IT IS CAUTIOUS ABOUT GETTING PARTNERS AFTER BREAK-UP WITH MCI

Nextel Communications Inc. says it isn't anxious to jump into another relationship or alliance, and has money enough of its own until 1997."In the...

QUALCOMM INTRODUCES HANDSET, SOFTWARE FOR PCS MARKETPLACE

Gearing up for upcoming personal communications services auctions, Qualcomm Inc. has introduced several products based on its Code Division Multiple Access digital technology, including...

FIRM PLANS TO AID PCS HOPEFULS IN BIDDING, BUILDING, BRANDING

Positioning itself for the impending rush on broadband personal communications services licenses, The PCS Group, a Minneapolis-based consulting firm, has formed to offer one-stop...

FCC PLANS TO STAMP OUT FRAUD EARLY ON IN SPECTRUM AUCTIONS

WASHINGTON-With huge sums of money expected to be bid on broadband personal communications services licenses later this year, the Federal Communications Commission has adopted...

FCC COUNSEL KENNARD IS LIKED, RESPECTED AMONG AGENCY PEERS

While it is significant that William Kennard, general counsel of the Federal Communications Commission, is one of only a handful of African Americans to...

CTIA DECLARES OPPOSITION TO NEW ILLINOIS AREA CODE, CALLING IT DISCRIMINATORY

The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association has filed comments with federal regulators opposing Ameritech's new telephone numbering plan for Illinois.CTIA said the new area code...

DELUGE OF 800 MHZ APPLICANTS AWAIT FCC LIFTING OF SMR FREEZE

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, facing intensified criticism from industry and Congress, has set up a task force to help it decide the fate of...

CARRIERS REPORTING LOWER CHURN, BUT INDUSTRY ANALYSTS DISAGREE

Accurate cellular subscriber churn rates continue to be elusive for most people to obtain except those really "in the know" at cellular service companies,...

CALENDAR

OCTOBER3-5 Power '94, by BIS Strategic Decisions. The Westin Hotel, Santa Clara, Calif. For information call (800) 874-9980.4-5 Wholesale PCS: Less Capital for Small Business...

GERMAN OPERATOR TO OFFER NATIONWIDE DATA NETWORK BEGINNING IN JULY 1995

STOCKHOLM-An international consortium involving Ram Mobile Data Network GmbH, a German subsidiary of BellSouth Corp., said it has chosen Mobitex technology for its mobile...

THE WORLD

Alcatel has received approval from Satelindo PT. Satellite Palapa Indonesia to implement the second phase of its Global System for Mobile communications digital cellular...

AT&T-MCCAW COMPLETES LARGEST WIRELESS MERGER

It's a done deal.AT&T Corp.-the nation's largest long-distance telephone company-and McCaw Cellular Communications Inc.-the biggest cellular operator in the land-are now one.The two firms...

NEW FAMILY OF PRODUCTS DESIGNED FOR PCS MARKET IS INTRODUCED BY AT&T

MORRISTOWN, N.J.-AT&T Network Systems Inc. announced its PCS Minicell product portfolio, the flagship product in the company's new family of wireless base station products...

CARRIERS OPPOSE STATE OVERSIGHT OF CALIFORNIA’S CELLULAR INDUSTRY

Cellular carriers in California have asked the Federal Communications Commission to reject a petition filed by the California Public Utilities Commission that asks for...

PRODUCTS

Motorola Inc. has teamed with NewsPager Corporation of America to introduce its Inflo information receiver, which is an alphanumeric pager that acts as an...

PAGENET ANNOUNCES TEST OF VOICENOW IN DALLAS, N.Y. AND SAN FRANCISCO

DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. said it will procure products from Motorola Inc.'s Paging Products Group to test its VoiceNow technology next year in three cities-Dallas-Fort...

CELLULAR DATA AT A GLANCE

Following is a laundry list of current and future cellular technologies: Circuit-switched networkThe most widespread option for transmitting cellular data is over the circuit-switched network,...

TOP 20 INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR MARKETS

Editor's Note: The RCR research and editorial staffs have compiled this list of the 20 largest international cellular markets by country based on information supplied...

NOKIA TO PHASE OUT TECHNOPHONE BRAND IN ITS U.S. MARKETS

A rose by any other name still smells as sweet.Finnish-based Nokia Corp. hopes the same holds true for cellular telephones.The company's Nokia Mobile Phones...

BELLCOS FORM UNIBRIDGE VENTURE TO OFFER SERVICE TO PCS CARRIERS

Six regional Bell telephone companies have signed a joint marketing agreement to offer their individual network services and products to new personal communications services...

DATA OVER CELLULAR BRINGS ABOUT A NEW TELECOMMUNICATIONS ERA

As a product, cellular voice has been a spectacular exception to the current slow growth rate for most industries. In fact, some experts claim...
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