September 1995

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill.-Telular Corp. said a Chicago federal judge ruled in the company’s favor recently in a patent infringement suit between Telular and Versus Technology Co. The dispute hinged around …

ATLANTA-TGA Systems Inc. has installed a TGA Prism II paging system in Russia for start-up Moscow operator, Conversion-7. TGA also has expanded its Prism II terminal in Changzhou, China. Conversion-7 …

Westlink Paging has acquired the assets of Telecomm Systems Inc., a paging firm based in Portland, Ore., representing 85,000 additional paging units in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Nevada and Colorado. …

Beijing Nokia Mobile Telecommunications Ltd. has received a contract from the Zhejiang Post and Telecommunications Administration to supply a digital cellular network to the Zhejiang province of the People’s Republic …

SEPTEMBER 12-13 Marketing in the Age of Convergence, by TeleStrategies. Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, Washington, D.C. For information call (703) 734-7050. 14 Women in Cable and Communications Seminar, by Women …

WASHINGTON-Increased competition among commercial wireless carriers-owing to deregulation, more spectrum and technical flexibility-could lead to the formation of a single telecommunications market for “people on the move.” The trend is …

Allen Telecom Group hopes that four new applications for its SmartCell will allow the company to attract business in areas that other manufacturers have ignored. “I’m not sure the cellular …

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Paging Inc. has begun providing service in El Paso, Texas, announced parent company AirTouch Communications Inc. “El Paso is a natural extension of our service commitment in Texas …

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc. plans to acquire the assets of Message Center Beepers, a privately held paging company with more than 280,000 subscribers in the Northeast. The transaction is expected …

In a move to further its presence in the 220 MHz industry as well as expand into other burgeoning wireless markets, Intek Diversified Corp. plans to acquire NovAtel Communications Ltd.’s …

Editor’s Note: RCR compiled this list based on information supplied by Stephanie McCullough, telecommunications industry analyst at the Office of Telecommunications, United States Department of Commerce. Estimates generally reflect subscribers …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile is using the INReach wireless, in-building communications system developed by Motorola Inc. in its Wallingford, Conn., office. INReach is an interior wireless solution that …

WASHINGTON-The level of frustration over entrepreneur block auction litigation is running so high at the Federal Communications Commission that Chairman Reed Hundt is willing to lose in court if it …

ATLANTA-GTE Mobilnet has partnered with Digital Tu-Ka Hokuriku Co. Ltd. of Japan, a telecommunications company formed by Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. and Japan Telecom Co. Ltd., said GTE. The new …

Leon Hensen has been named senior vice president and general manager of Palmer Wireless Inc. of Fort Myers, Fla. Hensen will be responsible for the overall operation of the company. …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Mobile Communications Inc. has signed definitive agreements to purchase interests in several Alabama and Florida cellular markets from St. Joe Communications Inc. for $27 million in cash. …

WASHINGTON-Is this the future? The Progress & Freedom Foundation, the libertarian think tank of House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., that wants to abolish the Federal Communications Commission, would be proud. …

DENVER-Contel Cellular of California Inc. has acquired certain limited partnership interests in the California-4 Rural Service Area from affiliates of Evans Telephone Co., Pinnecles Telephone Co. and Ponderosa Telephone Co. …

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Differential Corrections Inc. will provide digital data services to the North Dakota Department of Transportation using Radio Broadcast Data System technology. DCI provides global positioning system differential correction service …

Cellular operators may have to continue to price digital service lower than analog to capture and keep customers until digital service matures and can offer advanced features, said cellular phone …

WASHINGTON-The number of mobile data subscribers can be expected to double by 2000 as more equipment and data networks become available, according to a new study by Economic & Management …

Hoping to raise $1 billion to be used toward cellular expansion efforts, L.M. Ericsson said it is proposing an equity share offering. “There is an increased need for working capital …

STOCKHOLM-Malaysian cellular operator Mobikom Sdn Bhd has placed an order with L.M. Ericsson, valued at $60 million, to expand its Mobifon 800 Time Division Multiple Access/Advanced Mobile Phone Service network, …

BRUSSELS-The European Commission has approved the formation of two joint ventures by the German energy company Veba AG and London-based Cable & Wireless plc. The two entities have created Vebacom …

BRUSSELS-The European Commission is investigating three consortia building mobile satellite systems to guage the effect those global systems will have on future competition in European Union nations. Globalstar L.P., Iridium …