June 1995

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 of the world’s largest wholesale distributors …

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 wisdom underlying the policies being shaped …

Wireless penetration rates are just shy of 10 percent in Canada, but are predicted to exceed 40 percent in the next decade, according to a recent study by Redondo Beach, …

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 number is not assigned to …

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

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 based in the Southeast. The merged …

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 number. The company said One Touch …

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 network of value-added resellers. WTI said …

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, amid charges that the microwave and …

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 cellular license in Ireland. Comcast will …

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 in California and Nevada. PCS service …

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 the services and convenience they receive …

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 provider has a subscriber base …

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 are part of a shift from …

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 designated-entity auction. Cook Inlet Region, which …

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 million in base station systems for …

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 the first quarter of last year. …

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 GHz digital cellular system by 1997 …

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 GTE Mobilnet unit. GTE purchased 90 …

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 PCS auction team resulting in …

Magnavox Electronic Systems Co. added the MX4040 lightweight briefcase satellite telephone to its line of MAGNAPhone satellite communications systems. Magnavox said the MX4040 is a type-approved International Mobile Satellite Organization …

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 current one-way messaging business as well …

The multitude of items an engineer needs to consider during the communication system design phase is becoming more and more complicated. Properly designed communication sites, particularly cellular and personal communications …

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., where the tobacco industry, statues of …

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 day is a new day …