Monthly Archives: August, 1995

GTE IS LICENSING TELE-GO TO CANADA’S BELL MOBILITY FOR TORONTO MARKET TEST

ATLANTA- GTE Mobilnet said it signed an agreement with Bell Mobility to license its Tele-Go integrated wireless technology to Bell Mobility. The technology will...

KOREA’S CELLULAR NETWORK TO USE AT&T EQUIPMENT

SEOUL, South Korea-Under a contract valued at $540 million, AT&T Corp. said it plans to supply Korea Mobile Telecom with wireless infrastructure equipment for...

PCSD TO TEST MESSAGING IN ATLANTA AND BOSTON

GREENVILLE, S.C.-The PCS Development Corp. said it plans to build prototype advanced messaging systems in Atlanta and Boston for conducting user trials the first...

AUSTRALIA’S STANILITE IS TARGETING SMALL MUNICIPALITIES FOR WIRELESS

An 18-year-old Australian emergency lighting systems manufacturer plans to beam into the global, wireless communications marketplace with products company leaders say are ideal for...

FCC ATTEMPTS TO MEND FENCES WITH PUBLIC-SAFETY COMMUNITY

WASHINGTON-The federal government is trying to mend its rocky relationship with the public-safety community, following a series of flare-ups between the two during the...

WITH UNIQUE HYBRID TECHNOLOGY, OMNIPOINT PLANS TO PLAY IN PCS

Omnipoint Corp. is one among a handful of PCS innovators promised a reward by the Federal Communications Commission for enterprising work in personal communications...

CELLSTAR SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH INDIAN CELLULAR FIRM TO SELL SERVICE IN CALCUTTA

DALLAS-CellStar Corp. has signed an agreement with Usha Martin Telekom Ltd. that will allow a CellStar joint venture company to sell cellular phone service...

ANTENNA SITE ISSUE MAY NOT BE INTACT IN FINAL REFORM BILL

WASHINGTON-Stepped-up lobbying by city, state and county officials and support from a top House Republican likely will weaken the Klug-Manton antenna siting amendment in...

SATELLITE-BASED DISPATCH RADIO SERVICE ANNOUNCED SERVING ENTIRE CONTINENT

RESTON, Va.-American Mobile Satellite Corp. has introduced Skycell Satellite Dispatch Service, a digital point-to-multipoint broadcast system that can operate throughout North America, Hawaii, Alaska,...

THE NATION

Noting the Federal Communications Commission recently ended state regulation of cellular service rates in California, AirTouch Cellular Communications Inc. announced lower prices and new...

MARRED ENTREPRENEURIAL AUCTION IS FAR CRY FROM PROGRAM’S INTENT

WASHINGTON-How did a well-intentioned government program to create business opportunities for women, minorities, small businesses and rural telephone companies in the most explosive sector...

D.C. NOTEBOOK

August is supposed to be a slow month in the nation's capital, but even though Congress and the president are out of town there...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

The Intercarrier Service Bureau of GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. and Radio Shack have teamed up to offer consumers out-of-market cellular network activation, GTE announced....

GAFKJEN NAMED MANAGER OF RCR WESTERN AD SALES

DENVER-RCR Publications Inc. announced two promotions on its sales staff. Mary Gafkjen has been named western sales manager at RCR Publications Inc. Formerly, Gafkjen...

AT&T LAUNCHES PAGERS APPEALING TO CONSUMER STYLE AND FUNCTIONALITY

PARSIPPANY, N.Y.-AT&T Corp. is introducing this month a line of wedge-shaped numeric pagers that target teenagers and meet consumer demand for personal-use devices.Model 3517...

VIEWPOINT

Oops!Someone told the National Association of Counties, the National League of Cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors about language included in the House's...

TAIWAN COMPANY LICENSED TO USE TELEMAC PRODUCT

DANVILLE, Calif.-Telemac Cellular Corp. said it has agreed to license its patent-pending debit technology to Trimax Inc. of Taiwan.The contract allows Trimax to manufacture...

PAGEMART SELECTS SUN FOR NETWORK COMPUTING

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-PageMart Inc. has selected Sun servers, from Sun Microsystems Co., as the network computing platform for a new corporate information system that...

HANDHELD PORTABLE GETS TYPE APPROVAL FROM FCC

MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash.-SEA Inc. said the Federal Communications Commission has type accepted the SEA700 hand-held portable transceiver for use in the new 220-222 MHz...

SBC BUYS EQUITY IN MTN TO OBTAIN CELLULAR ACCESS IN SOUTH AFRICAN MARKET

SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. said it will enter South Africa's cellular communications market through an equity investment in MTN, one of the country's two...

PRODUCTS

Motorola Inc.'s Land Mobile Products Sector introduced the MCS 2000 line of mobile radios. The radios are built on a flexible platform that the...

INSIDE RCR: MUSICAL CHAIRS PAGE 3

George Schmitt jumped ship as PCS PrimeCo L.P. leader to join the personal communications services team at Omnipoint Communications Inc. Schmitt will be its...

NORTEL’S PCS EQUIPMENT WINS FCC CERTIFICATION

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission and Underwriters Laboratories certified Northern Telecom's 1.9 GHz personal communications services network equipment, the company said.Nortel said its radio base...

PAGENET GROWS FOOTPRINT THROUGH THREE PURCHASES, GAINING 200,000 UNITS

DALLAS-The number of players in the paging industry continues to shrink with Paging Network Inc.'s latest series of acquisitions.PageNet recently paid $6 million for...

MOBILECOMM INTRODUCES OCCASIONAL TRAVEL SERVICE

JACKSON, Miss.-MobileComm is introducing CityLink Now&Then, designed to meet the needs of infrequent travelers. Customers who are going outside of their local coverage area...
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