Monthly Archives: June, 1995

MOTOROLA REPORTS $15M EQUITY INVESTMENT MADE IN WIRELESS DISTRIBUTOR

DALLAS-Motorola Inc. said it will invest $15 million in Dallas-based CellStar Corp. to hold a 3 percent interest in the company, which is one...

D.C. NOTEBOOK

With the GOP-led Congress headed full-steam ahead toward passage of landmark telecommunications reform legislation this year, perhaps it is worthwhile to question the conventional...

CANADIAN RESEARCH ILLUSTRATES IMPROVED WIRELESS COMPETITION

Wireless penetration rates are just shy of 10 percent in Canada, but are predicted to exceed 40 percent in the next decade, according to...

500 SERVICE FACILITATES ACCESS TO SUBSCRIBERS

ARLINGTON, Va.-Bell Atlantic Corp.'s Carrier Services division said it is offering Wireless 500 Service to wireless carriers providing cellular and personal communications services.A 500...

INDIAN WIRELESS BIDS COLLECTED FOR GSM LICENSES IN 20 REGIONS

The Communications Ministry of India said 33 consortia, involving more than 60 companies, placed bids for wireless licenses in 20 regions of the heavily...

A-PLUS COMMUNICATIONS TO JOIN NETWORK USA PAGING IN MERGER

A-Plus Communications Inc. will merge with Network USA Paging Corp. to create a new company that will be the largest independent paging service provider...

NEW MESSAGING SERVICE ANNOUNCED BY METROCALL

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. introduced its One Touch advanced messaging service combining the benefits of nationwide paging services with the flexibility of a single telephone...

LOS ANGELES AREA TO GET WTI'S WIRELESS SERVICE

AURORA, Colo.-Wireless Telecom Inc. signed an agreement to distribute Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co.'s wireless data service in the Los Angeles area to WTI's...

U.S. CONSIDERS BAND-DHARING BETWEEN MICROWAVE AND MSS

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will vote next week on positions the United States may take at a major international conference in Geneva this fall,...

SECOND CELLULAR LICENSE UP FOR BIDDING IN IRELAND

WAYNE, Pa.-A month before the tender application deadline, Comcast Corp. announced its Comcast International Holdings Inc. subsidiary will head a consortium bidding a second...

ERICSSON WILL SUPPLY EQUIPMENT FOR PACIFIC TELESIS PCS MARKETS

Under a five-year, $300 million contract, Ericsson Inc. has been named the equipment supplier for Pacific Bell Mobile Services' B-band personal communications services networks...

PAC BELL AND OMNIPOINT OFFER PCS ROAMING ABILITY

SAN FRANCISCO-Personal communications services customers of Pacific Bell Mobile Services and Omnipoint Corp. in California and New York, respectively, will be able to access...

PAGENET LOOKS TO BRIGHT FUTURE AS FIRM COUNTS 5M SUBSCRIBERS

Late last month, Paging Network Inc. passed the 5 million subscriber mark, yet another milestone for a company that seems unstoppable.The nation's leading paging...

COMCAST SHIFTS NEXTEL STRATEGY FO FOCUS ON ALLIANCE WITH SPRINT

The resignation of two Comcast Corp. representatives from Nextel Communications Inc.'s board of directors and Comcast's request to register its Nextel stock for sale...

BELLSOUTH AND COOK INLET FORM PCS PARTNERSHIP

ANCHORAGE, Alaska-Cook Inlet Region Inc. of Alaska has formed a limited partnership with BellSouth Corp. to pursue personal communications services licenses in the upcoming...

NOKIA WINS GO CONTRACT

Nokia Telecommunications Inc. said it signed a 10-year supply agreement with GO Communications Corp., with the first three years calling for an estimated $200...

NEXTIL RECORDS INCREASE IN REVENUE OF 95 PERCENT

RUTHERFORD, N.J.-Nextel Communications Inc. reported revenues of $37.1 million for the quarter ended March 31-95 percent higher than its revenues of $19 million for...

DIGITAL CELLULAR NETWORK COMING TO JAPAN IN 1997

ATLANTA-GTE Personal Communications Services has become a 4.5 percent partner in Japan-based Digital TU-KA Tohoku Co. Ltd., which plans to begin operating a 1.5...

GTE FINISHES ACQUISTION OF CONTEL, BEGINS SWITCH TO GTE MOBILNET MONIKER

ATLANTA-GTE Corp. increased its cellular market presence by completing the acquisition of Contel Cellular Inc. and effecting a transition of all operations into the...

PALLONE IS APPOINTED VP OF PCS DIVISION AT GTE

ATLANTA-William E. Pallone has been appointed vice president, market deployment for GTE Mobilnet's broadband personal communications services.According to GTE Mobilnet, Pallone led GTE's broadband...

PRODUCTS

Magnavox Electronic Systems Co. added the MX4040 lightweight briefcase satellite telephone to its line of MAGNAPhone satellite communications systems. Magnavox said the MX4040 is...

PEOPLE

Robert Croft has been named president of AT&T Wireless Services' Messaging Division. Croft will be responsible for the strategic direction and management of AT&T's...

EMF ISSUES SHOULD BE STUDIED WHEN DESIGNING CELL PLACEMENT

The multitude of items an engineer needs to consider during the communication system design phase is becoming more and more complicated. Properly designed communication...

AS COMMERCE COMMITTEE CHAIR, BLILEY IS A SEASONED NEGOTIATOR

WASHINGTON-Thomas J. Bliley Jr. never strayed far from home, which for the powerful Republican chairman of the House Commerce Committee is historic Richmond, Va.,...

RESALE AMENDMENT PENDING BECAUSE OF POLITICS AND HOLIDAY

WASHINGTON-The wireless telecommunications industry is finding out once again about the wondrous ways and means of lawmakers and lobbyists, and the institution they share-Congress.Every...
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