Monthly Archives: November, 1995

FCC PROPOSES GOVERNING SMRS BY PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL REGS

WASHINGTON-Federal regulators are preparing to propose a novel regulatory scheme combining private and commercial mobile radio rules under one license, while work continues on...

FLUOR DANIEL IS ASSISTING AIRWAVES WITH BUILDOUT

IRVINE, Calif.-U.S. AirWaves Inc. has hired Fluor Daniel Inc. to provide design, engineering, site selection, procurement, installation, program management and construction management services for...

CALENDAR

NOVEMBER20 PCS: Bringing It All Together, by Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association. Toronto Airport Hilton, Toronto. For information call (613) 233-4888 ext. 103.28-29 Expanding Wireless Marketplace,...

BELLS RECEIVE BETTER REPORT CARD IN SATISFYING CELLULAR CUSTOMERS

In an initial study of customer satisfaction among cellular telephone service consumers, J.D. Power and Associates found that local Bell telephone companies achieved higher...

NOKIA’S CODEC IS CHOSEN FOR PCS-1900 STANDARD

IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. announced the personal communications services 1900 market in the United States has selected the Enhanced Full Rate voice codec developed by...

SHUTDOWN AT FCC DELAYS NOV. 28 AUCTION, AGENCY LISTS EMERGENCY NUMBER

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission shutdown last week will delay the Nov. 28-scheduled 900 MHz specialized mobile radio auction, while an extended budget fight between...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Pantech Co. Ltd., a telecommunications manufacturer in Seoul, Korea, has entered into the North American market by joining forces with Kansas City, Mo.-based Monark...

SEVEN SMALL BUSINESSES JOINING NAWI’S NETWORK

VIENNA, Va.-North American Wireless Inc. announced that seven small businesses have agreed to participate in its nationwide network. The firms are planning to bid...

ARIA VENTURE WILL DELIVER WIRELESS DATA IN MOSCOW

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y.-Aria Wireless Systems announced it will join with Business Sviaz and The Bering Group to form a venture called Aria Russia that...

CELLULAR BUSINESS OWNER TO PURCHASE ARGUS INC.

NEW YORK-K-III Communications Corp., which publishes Cellular Business and Wireless World magazines through its Intertec Publishing Corp., is purchasing Argus Inc. for an unconfirmed...

AT&T PROVIDES CELLCARD TO ENABLE GSM ROAMING

KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services announced the commercial availability of the AT&T CellCard, a smart card the size of a credit card that is designed...

U.S., JAPAN REMAIN AT IMPASSE OVER PHS EQUIPMENT CONTRACTS

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration is expected to press Japan on the Personal Handyphone System issue before returning home this week from Tokyo, where the United...

DCR SIGNS WESTINGHOUSE IN $240 MILLION CONTRACT

BALTIMORE-Westinghouse Communications and Information Systems Co., a unit of Westinghouse Electric Corp., has signed a $240 million, seven-year services contract with DCR Communications Inc.The...

MOTOROLA EXPANDS SYSTEM WITH CDMA IN GUATEMALA

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Pan American Wireless Infrastructure Division will expand Comunicaciones Celulares' cellular phone system in Guatemala City and surrounding areas, Motorola announced.The...

WORKSTATION INTRODUCED FOR WIRELESS OPERATORS FROM SUN MICROSYSTEMS

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Sun Microsystems Computer Co. unveiled its Ultra workstation family, Ultra 1 and Ultra 2, designed to help cellular companies expedite cell site...

INFORMATION SERVICES VIA PAGERS COULD BE `TOUCH-DOWN’ INDUSTRY

Information services-whether it be sports, financial or headline news that arrives on an alphanumeric pager-could mark the early stages of a new industry, according...

AMERITECH DEPLOYS CDPD IN ST. LOUIS METRO AREA

ST. LOUIS-Ameritech Corp. said it has deployed its wireless packet data service, based on the Cellular Digital Packet Data standard, in the St. Louis...

THE NATION

Cellular One said it introduced FreedomLink Personal Communications System to businesses in western New York. The system operates as an extension to an existing...

NEXTEL LAUNCHES SERVICE IN THE NEW ENGLAND AREA

RUTHERFORD, N.J.-Nextel Communications Inc. has launched digital service in parts of New England, expanding its Northeastern region to the metropolitan areas of Boston and...

VIEWPOINT

The nation's major cellular handset manufacturers caused a little commotion on Wall Street recently when they noted handset sales hadn't grown at the phenomenal...

NIB DEVELOPS KIT TO TRACK CONSUMER CREDIT HISTORY

PRINCETON, N.J.-The National Information Bureau Ltd. said it has begun developing an on-line repository of business and consumer information that will allow cellular carriers...

NORCOM NETWORK AIMS FOR NICHE IN SEGMENTED TRUCKING INDUSTRY

While neophytes view the commercial vehicle industry as a homogeneous market, Norcom Networks Corp. sees a way to provide a high-speed, packet-data communications network...

D.C. NOTEBOOK

Publishing mogul Steve Forbes, the newest GOP contender for the White House, has chosen FCC Chairman Reed Hundt as a sparring partner to prepare...

MOTOROLA WINS PROJECT FOR THAILAND EXPANSION

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s International Cellular Infrastructure Division will expand and upgrade cellular phone service in Thailand under a contract valued at $160 million.Total...

AIRTOUCH INCREASES STAKE IN JOINT VENTURE WITH CCI

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc. increased its ownership of Cellular Communications Inc. by about 20 percent, bringing its total ownership of the company to almost...
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