October 1995

WASHINGTON-The regulatory environment for personal communications services is still evolving as policymakers try to determine how next-generation pocket telephone systems fit into a telecommunications industry undergoing historic change and evaluate …

Editor’s Note: This letter was sent to several U.S. Congressmen by the owners of Americell Communications. To the Editor: Americell Communications is a medium- to small-sized specialized mobile radio company …

If the Federal Communications Commission were eliminated, as some self-proclaimed know-it-alls advocate, who would figure out how the nation’s 4 million hearing aid wearers and the wireless telecommunications industry coexist? …

Telemac Cellular Corp. agreed to license its patent-pending debit technology to Trimax Inc. of Taiwan. Trimax will use the technology to manufacture a switch independent cellular debit phone. The license …

Specialty Teleconstructors Inc. announced its purchase of Orlando Tower Service Inc., an Orlando, Fla.-based builder of transmitting and receiving facilities for wireless telecommunications providers. Consideration for the transaction totaled $135,000 …

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati last week stayed the entrepreneur block auction for broadband personal communications services licenses after Radiofone Inc., a cellular operator …

ATLANTA-Pepsi-Cola Allied Bottlers Inc. has selected Norand Corp., Racotek Inc. and RAM Mobile Data USA L.P. to establish a wireless data communications solution for its sales people in Connecticut, Massachusetts …

Stung by a Sept. 22 lawsuit from its erstwhile strategic partner U S West Inc., Time Warner Inc. shot back with its own bitter accusations in a countersuit filed Oct. …

WHEATON, Md.-Replacement sales of cellular phones has emerged as a key market segment, yielding profit opportunities, according to market research analyst Herschel Shosteck Associates Ltd., in the company’s latest issue …

American Personal Communications has cracked a deal with Baltimore Gas & Electric that will allow APC to put full-sector antenna configurations on electric transmission towers. The relationship could help APC …

The summer’s battle between the adjoining New York cities of White Plains and North Castle has ended, with the state Supreme Court ruling in favor of White Plains. The dispute …

While some microwave incumbents are being unreasonable, others are negotiating fairly, reaching agreements and making plans to move their microwave links from the 2 GHz spectrum, according to telecom and …

No, I’m not saying personal communications services are here yet. Obviously they’re not. But, by any reasonable standard, Ubiquity-anytime, anywhere communications-is already here, delivered by one network or another or …

Personal communications services developers-both veterans and rookies-are preparing to gorge themselves on the mass market for anytime, anywhere communications. It certainly is a time of high hopes, great expectations and …

The prime movers behind the recent rollout of Personal Handyphone System services in Japan are not losing any time promoting the digital technology in other Asia-Pacific markets. Cable & Wireless …

VLSI Technology Inc. is bolstering its modem chipset offerings with a complete reference design solution to enable developers to quickly enter the market for Cellular Digital Packet Data applications. VLSI …

CHICAGO-Telephone and Data Systems Inc. and its subsidiary, United States Cellular Corp., announced that a Federal Communications Commission administrative law judge issued a ruling finding both companies fully qualified to …

Wireless technologies are critical to introducing true competition into the country’s last bastion of telecommunications monopoly, according to market research by Action Information Services. Unlike today’s analog cellular services that …

SEOUL, South Korea-The Republic of Korea has postponed selection of licensees for seven new telecommunications services including personal communications services, second-generation cordless telephony and trunked radio services until after the …

Nynex Corp., in its largest-ever international cellular venture, said it will become a 23 percent owner and the strategic operating partner in Excelcomindo, an international joint venture planning to provide …

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. said it has activated its third digital communications network in the United States. The system will serve the Boston metropolitan area. Commercial service is expected to …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Brookline Minerals Inc. announced it has funded Denver-based American Digital Communications Inc. for the construction of about 20 specialized mobile radio systems on the 220 MHz spectrum. The …

VIENNA, Austria-The licensing process for Austria’s second digital wireless phone system has been put on hold temporarily due to the government crisis in that country. Six bidders met the Oct. …

Globalstar L.P. has landed three separate agreements to deliver mobile satellite service in 18 African nations. The company expects its global roaming services will benefit intercontinental travelers and rural fixed-site …

As the entrepreneurial block auctions for broadband personal communications services get underway this December, the first broadband PCS services also are scheduled to become reality. But a later rollout schedule …