Monthly Archives: May, 1995

FCC SETTLES DISPUTE OVER HEARING AID INTERFERENCE AND GSM-BASED SYSTEMS

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt said the agency will not halt the licensing of personal communications services systems that use the Global System...

SUN INTRODUCES SOLSTIC FAMILY TO ENABLE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT

Targeting a wireless industry with complicated network management needs, Sun Microsystems Inc. said it has introduced its Solstice family of products to wireless manufacturers...

SCOTT RESIGNS AS PRESIDENT, CEO OF PAGENET EFFECTIVE IN OCOBER

After 13 years helping grow what today is the nation's largest paging company, Terry Scott, Paging Network Inc.'s president and chief executive officer, is...

POSSIBLE THREAT FROM PCS SPURS CELLULAR CONSTRUCTION SHOSTECK

WHEATON, Md.-The threat of personal communications services encroaching on the cellular telephone industry and a good economy with an expanding consumer market led to...

OKLAHOMA RESCUERS USE CELLULAR WHEN 2-WAY CAN’T COMMUNICATE

Cellular telephones improved communications at the Oklahoma City tragedy when public-safety groups' two-way radios-all on different frequencies-couldn't connect."At the site of a disaster, radio...

BELLS' LONG-DISTANCE CHAINS LOOSENED

WASHINGTON-The telecommunications reform bill introduced in the House last week would give the seven regional Bell telephone companies more freedom to offer wireless long-distance...

NEXTEL, AMS REVISE PLANS TO MERGE TEH COMPANIES

RUTHERFORD, N.J.-A definitive merger agreement between Nextel Communications Inc. and American Mobile Systems Inc. replaces a previously announced stock purchase agreement between the companies.Terms...

PCS PRIMECO PICKS MTG FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-McKenzie Telecommunications Group Inc. has contracted to provide engineering and construction for PCS PrimeCo L.P.'s personal communications services network in the Tampa, Fla.,...

NTIA REPORTS MINORITY FINANCING COULD TAKE UNCONVENTIONAL FORM

WASHINGTON-A new government study says minorities may have to adopt nontraditional financing strategies to break into the telecommunications market. The report, issued by the...

GEOTEK BEGINS BATA TEST ON PHILADELPHIA NETWORK, ATTRACTS ADDITIONAL FUNDS

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. is beta testing its recently constructed Philadelphia spread spectrum network to offer integrated digital radio service for commercial fleet management...

AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT PREPARES TO ISSUE SECOND CELLULAR LICENSE

Competition is expected to be fierce for the second cellular license for a Global System for Mobile communications network in Austria. The three cellular...

TESTING PACS IN CANADA USING HUGHES EQUIPMENT

TORONTO-Bell Mobility said Hughes Network Systems Inc. agreed to provide equipment for a test of Personal Access Communications technology in Toronto and Montreal.The Canadian...

THE WORLD

InterDigital Communictaions Corp. said it received an order for UltraPhone digital wireless local loop equipment valued at $17.6 million from the Philippine Long Distance...

PAGENET POSTS A NET LOSS OF $6.8 MILLION IN QUARTER

DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. announced its first quarter financial results. Net revenues reached $121.5 million, a 34 percent increase from $90.7 million for the same...

TWO ACCUSED BY THE FTC TO FIGHT CHARGES IN COURT, NO TRIAL DATE SCHEDULED

ATLANTA-Two members of an Atlanta business accused by the Federal Trade Commission of operating a deceptive "recovery room" telemarketing scheme have withdrawn their offer...

NEW PCS AUCTION DATE PROMPTS MIXED BAG OF RESPONSES BY DES

While the two-month delay of the entrepreneur block auction gave some designated-entity companies more time to wheel and deal for funding and allies, one...

MOTOROLA SNAGS CHINA PACT

The Post and Telecommunication Administration in the Zhejiang Province of China is reconfiguring its existing paging network, based on Motorola Inc.'s M15 series paging...

STAY IN CHARGE PROVIDES COMPUSERVE SUBSCRIBERS WITH WIRELESS CONNECTION

COLUMBUS, Ohio-CompuServe Inc. has teamed up with a number of wireless companies to enhance mobility for professionals on the road through its Stay In...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Following partnership agreements established last December, Northern Telecom Ltd. has issued its first purchase order, valued at $2 million, to Qualcomm Inc. for Code...

VIEWPOINT

The Federal Communications Commission set an Aug. 2 date to begin the proceedings when Telephone Electronics Corp.-after aligning itself with PCS PrimeCo L.P., the...

THE RCR TOP 20 CELLULAR MARKETS

Most carriers are unwilling to reveal subscriber numbers because of the highly competitive nature of the business. RCR tallies for total market subscribers, population...

QUALCOMM PUSHES BUCK SCHEDULED DATES TO OFFER CDMA-BASED EQUIPMENT

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. pushed back its previously announced mid-1995 availability schedule for Code Division Multiple Access technology-based equipment.Qualcomm said its cellular infrastructure equipment will...

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L.M. Ericsson introduced the Prism HP portable, which the company says is its smallest, lightest and most sophisticated high specification radio. It is designed...

D.C. NOTEBOOK

In the wake of the Oklahoma city bombing, the Clinton adminstration and Congress are pressing for changes on telecommunications laws to combat terrorism. Clinton...

PAGING OPERATIONS START IN INDIA AS MODI BRINGS 3 CITIES ON-LINE

In India, where basic telephone service is scarce and telecommunications unfamiliar, the introduction of paging technology promises new opportunities for both service providers and...
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