1994

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 in the one-number ball game. “The …

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 Personal Communications Showcase, more than …

Other Iridium investors include: Iridium Canada Inc. China Great Wall Industry Corp. Iridium Africa Corp. Iridium Andes-Caribe of Venezuela Iridium India Private Ltd.-a consortium of Indian financial institutions, investing $32 …

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 about $35 million. Headquartered in Wayne, …

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 aftermath of a broken engagement, …

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 assistance to entrepreneurs in this emerging …

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 a get-tough policy on auction fraud. …

While it is significant that William Kennard, general counsel of the Federal Communications Commission, is one of only a handful of African Americans to make it into government’s upper echelon, …

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 plan is anticompetitive and discriminatory …

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 thousands of specialized mobile radio applications …

Accurate cellular subscriber churn rates continue to be elusive for most people to obtain except those really “in the know” at cellular service companies, which makes it difficult for analysts …

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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 data network in Germany. Gessellschaft fur …

Alcatel has received approval from Satelindo PT. Satellite Palapa Indonesia to implement the second phase of its Global System for Mobile communications digital cellular infrastructure deployment plan, which will cover …

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 closed the $11.5 billion …

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 for personal communications services systems. PCS …

Cellular carriers in California have asked the Federal Communications Commission to reject a petition filed by the California Public Utilities Commission that asks for continued state regulation of cellular rates. …

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

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 Worth, San Francisco and New York …

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 by the Office of Telecommunications …

Six regional Bell telephone companies have signed a joint marketing agreement to offer their individual network services and products to new personal communications services providers. Ameritech, Bell Atlantic Corp., BellSouth …

As a product, cellular voice has been a spectacular exception to the current slow growth rate for most industries. In fact, some experts claim that cellular’s coming of age is …