Yearly Archives: 1995

D.C. NOTEBOOK

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...

UBIQUITY HAS ARRIVED!

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...

TIME WARNER CLAIMS U S WEST USED DEAL TO STOP PCS ALLIANCE

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

TI OFFERS DSP SOLUTION FOR QUALITY, CONVENIENT HANDS-FREE CELLULAR USE

DALLAS-Texas Instruments has introduced a new digital signal processing solution designed to give cellular telephone users the safety of hands-free operation in the car...

WIRELESS PRODUCTS GROW IN INDO NESIAN MARKETS

JAKARTA, Indonesia-Wireless activity in Indonesia is heating up as two more telecommunications giants jump into the market.L. M. Ericsson and Indonesian partner PT Erindo...

WIRELESS INDUSTRY PLEDGES TO FIX HEARING AID TROUBLES

WASHINGTON-The wireless telecommunications industry told the Federal Communications Commission it will work with the hearing-impaired community, hearing aid manufacturers and audiologists during the next...

FCC’S COST-SHARING PLAN COULD HURT RURAL MICROWAVE LICENSEES

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's proposed microwave relocation cost-sharing plan would free personal communications services operators of their financial obligation to 2 GHz fixed users...

AT&T ANNOUNCES TESTING OF DATA SERVICE BASED ON CIRCUIT SWITCH TECHNOLOGY

KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services is introducing AT&T wireless circuit data service in New York and New Jersey.Circuit data service allows cellular customers with portable...

MAYBE IT'S TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT FLAWS IN THE AUCTION PROCESS

As a native Washingtonian, I always become suspicious when Democrats and Republicans jointly embrace anything. My suspicions heighten when the executive and legislative branches-and...

INTERNATIONAL PHS GROUP READY TO SPREAD TECHNOLOGY IN ORIENT

The prime movers behind the recent rollout of Personal Handyphone System services in Japan are not losing any time promoting the digital technology in...

APC ATTACKS TOWER SITING SPATS BY PLAYING ITS TECHNOLOGY CARDS

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

AT&T NAMES 3 NEW EXECUTIVES, MANDL LEADS SERVICE TRANSITION

AT&T Corp. announced new executives to head the three companies resulting from the split of AT&T announced a month ago by Chairman and Chief...

AUSTRIA LICENSING ON HOLD DUE TO GOVERNMENT CRISIS AS PARLIAMENT DISSOLVES

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...

GLOBALSTAR SETS SITES ON AFRICA WITH 3 SEPARATE JOINT VENTURES

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...

PRODUCTS

Standard Telecom America Inc. introduced a line-up of Nixxo pagers including Nixxo Tutti, Nixxo AirFly and the alphanumeric Nixxo, to American and Latin American...

FCC WILL BE A LITTLE LESS EXCITING WHEN BARRETT STEPS DOWN IN ’96

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will be a less exciting place after Andrew C. Barrett leaves early next year. No more of those probing-sometimes direct,...

AUCTION DELAYED

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...

REPLACEMENT HANDSETS BRING NEW OPPORTUNITY TO CELLULAR MARKETPLACE

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...

THE WORLD

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...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

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....

BROOKLINE SUPPORTS ADC IN SMR SYSTEM BUILDOUT

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...

CHADMOORE PLANS TO BUY AIRNET’S SMR OPERATIONS

LAS VEGAS-Specialized mobile radio operator Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. announced it will acquire 100 percent of the outstanding stock of AirNet Inc., a wholly...

GEOTEK TURNS ON NETWORK TO SERVE BOSTON MARKET

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...

CALENDAR

OCTOBER19-24 Columbia Telexpo/Compuexpo '95, by CMC Exhibition & Conference Producers. Corferias Fairground, Bogota, Columbia. For information call (703) 527-8000.23-25 High-Performance Connectivity Solutions: Leveraging High-Bandwidth Technologies...

CABLE OPERATORS CHOOSE CDMA AS THE FINANCIALLY SMART OPTION

While the personal communications services industry in general remains locked in a three-way split over an airlink standard for systems deployment, cable TV operators...
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