Monthly Archives: September, 1995

NTIA DEFENDS ROLE AS CONGRESS MULLS GIVING COMMERCE THE AX

WASHINGTON-William Roth, R-Del., chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, will offer legislation this week or next to abolish the agency that advises the...

DATA TRANSFER SYSTEM PROVIDES WIRELESS NETWORK COMPATIBILITY

Padcom Inc. has developed a point-to-multipoint, transparent wireless data transfer system that the company says can overcome technical incompatibilities in wireless data systems and...

CLARIFICATION

Some information that appeared In the Aug. 21 issue of RCR concerning a story on ComTec International Inc. was incorrect. The article should have...

CTIA PROMOTES STAFF AND ANNOUNCES NEW HIRINGS

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association has appointed David Diggs the vice president of operations. He will oversee CTIA's intercarrier operations and fraud management groups....

CYCOMM SELLING AIRTOUCH UPGRADED SECURITY SYSTEM

MCLEAN, Va.-Cycomm International Inc. will sell its Series 300 cellular security products to AirTouch Cellular Communications Inc. to upgrade AirTouch's Privacy Plus service in...

PLANES HAVE PHONE SNAFU

In-Flight Phone Corp. is having reliability problems with the FlightLink phone service it has installed in the planes of three major airlines."We're tracing the...

PRONET LOSS IS ATTRIBUTED TO DEPRECIATION EXPENSES

PLANO, Texas-ProNet Inc. said depreciation and amortization expenses associated with eight acquisitions since last March are related to its net loss of $335,000, or...

AMERITECH TO SELL TO GTE SOME CELLULAR PROPERTIES TO COMPLY WITH PCS RULES

CHICAGO-In efforts to comply with rules for providing personal communications services, Ameritech Corp. is divesting its minority cellular interests in a number of GTE...

ALLTEL ACQUIRES INTERESTS IN EIGHT CELLULAR MARKETS

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...

PEOPLE

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

FCC FACES REDUCED WORK FORCE TO MEET NEW TECHNOLOGY NEEDS

WASHINGTON-The union representing Federal Communications Commission employees has accused Chairman Reed Hundt of reneging on a staff reduction plan agreed to by labor and...

DATA TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGY CAN NOW MEET USER’S DEMANDS

If you were one of the many who stood in line to buy a copy of Windows 95 at midnight Aug. 24, (or even...

SIMS INSTALLS INSTAFONE IN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS

DELRAY BEACH, Fla.-Sims Communications Inc. said it will install Instafone cellular rental machines at four more international airports, in Anchorage, Alaska, Baton Rouge, La.,...

GEOTEK UNIT IS PROVIDING MOBILE DISPATCH SYSTEMS

MONTVALE, N.J.-GMSI Inc., a subsidiary of Geotek Communications Inc., has been contracted to provide dispatch and mobile data systems for Comfort Transportation Pte Ltd....

SOROS INCREASES AMOUNT OF INVEST MENT IN GEOTEK

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. announced that investors affiliated with George Soros were scheduled to purchase about $21 million principal amount of units consisting of...

GERMANY’S RWE USING NETWORK TO COMPETE IN MOBILE MARKETS

German powerhouse RWE Energie AG has its telecom engine revving, awaiting a license to drive. The diversified conglomerate has an extensive telecom network already...

GTE MOBILNET PARTNERS IN EIGHTH JAPANESE DEAL

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...

HP AND VODAFONE RELEASE WIRELESS TEXT MESSAGING ON GSM DIGITAL HANDSETS

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Hewlett-Packard Co.'s OpenMail short messaging service now will be available to users of the Vodafone Group's Global System for Mobile communications cellular...

HUNDT: FCC AUCTION IS STYMIED BY COURT

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...

BAM-NYNEX VENTURE TESTS MOTOROLA WIRELESS SYSTEM WITH COMPANY EMPLOYEES

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...

RCR TOP 20 INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR MARKETS

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...

INTEK TO ACQUIRE NOVATEL ASSETS TO ASSEMBLE 220 MHZ PRODUCTS

In a move to further its presence in the 220 MHz industry as well as expand into other burgeoning wireless markets, Intek Diversified Corp....

AIRTOUCH BEGINS PAGING SERVICE IN EL PASO REGION

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...

AIRTOUCH SET TO ACQUIRE MESSAGE CENTER BEEPERS TO GAIN 280,000 CLIENTS

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...

ALLEN TELECOM AIMS TO FILL NICHE WITH IN-BUILDING CELLULAR SYSTEM

Allen Telecom Group hopes that four new applications for its SmartCell will allow the company to attract business in areas that other manufacturers have...
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