1995

MEMPHIS, Tenn.-Celcore, a developer of advanced wireless switching and networking solutions, announced a contract with Telecel International Ltd. to supply Advanced Mobile Phone Service cellular systems for deployment in Madagascar …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration has signaled problems with Comsat Corp.’s planned investment in a global pocket telephone system developed by the International Mobile Satellite Organization, but said it is still willing …

BATON ROUGE, La.-Eatelcorp Inc. will partner with Mercury Cellular and Paging of Lake Charles, La., and contract assistance from Louisiana State University to conduct a trial of AT&T Network Systems …

WASHINGTON-MCI Communications Corp. announced the shareholders of Nationwide Cellular Service Inc. approved MCI’s acquisition of the company for approximately $190 million in cash. Nationwide stockholders will receive $18.50 for each …

ATLANTA-MCI Communications Corp. is distributing its latest release of networkMCI Business, an integrated software package offering a range of communications services. The package includes messageMCI (e-mail, fax and pager messaging), …

PARSIPPANY, N.J.-Lin Broadcasting Corp. shareholders voted to approve a merger agreement with AT&T Wireless Services at the annual shareholder meeting. Lin shareholders will receive approximately $129.90 in cash for each …

GENEVA – AT&T Network Systems Inc. introduced its AT&T AirLoop digital wireless loop system that connects central offices to homes or businesses using fixed wireless equipment rather than the traditional …

DALLAS-PageMart Inc. is marketing a new roaming service, infoRoam, which allows paging subscribers to change their coverage area on a short-term basis using an interactive voice response platform, announced the …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Hutchison Telephone Co. Ltd. launched what it says is the world’s first commercial Code Division Multiple Access digital cellular phone system in Hong Kong. Hutchison plans to migrate …

Before 1995, people with a moderate to total hearing loss couldn’t carry on an ordinary phone conversation, according to Jo Waldron, co-inventor of the Hearing Aid Telephone Interconnect System. Today, …

ATLANTA-GTE Telecommunications Services and IBM Corp. have introduced a service for managing usage and billing information generated by cellular roaming users. The number of roamers has grown, said GTE, and …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt directed the wireless telecommunications industry to develop a plan by next week to address interference from European-designed digital pocket telephones to hearing aids. Hundt, …

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Motorola Inc. introduced its FLEX chip set, which it will license to semiconductor manufacturers, who in turn will sell the set to customers wanting to build FLEX-based products. …

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc. said its cellular ventures in Spain and Italy have introduced cellular competition in those countries for the first time. AirTouch’s cellular operation in Spain, Airtel, has …

GENEVA-Qualcomm Inc. announced it has signed a worldwide, royalty-bearing infrastructure license agreement with Fujitsu Ltd. to use Qualcomm’s Code Division Multiple Access technology. The multimillion dollar agreement follows the recent …

ORLANDO, Fla.-A cellular phone battery with a built-in numeric pager has been introduced by Motorola Inc.’s Paging Products Group, in what the company says is a response to market demand. …

Two-way paging provides a ramp of opportunity for handheld computers, but the telecommunications industry and computer manufacturers still have a few differences to overcome. For instance, telecommunications operators give away …

AT&T Network Systems Inc. installed a digital wireless data communications system on Tele2000’s wireless network in Lima, Peru. Tele2000 said it was the first to bring cellular telephone service to …

Marriages and divorces are accenting the wireless telecom industry today. The biggest telecom provider of them all, AT&T Corp., announced late last month it would split its businesses into three …

The recent scuffle between Time Warner Inc. and U S West Inc. over the former’s proposed acquisition of Turner Broadcasting System Inc. may terminate yet another much-ballyhooed telecommunications partnership that …

Editor’s Note: The RCR research and editorial staffs have compiled this list of terrestrial-based, two-way mobile data operators based on interviews with industry contacts. The chart is arranged alphabetically since …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission early next year will hold a spectrum summit as policymakers rethink fundamental programs that have governed the airwaves for a half century, instead turning to the …

ORLANDO, Fla.-Switch manufacturer Summa Four Inc. is collaborating with software designer Engineering and Business Systems Inc. to create and market a mini mobile switching center for the personal communications services …

WASHINGTON-Many specialized mobile radio operators, convinced-though not supportive-of Federal Communications Commission plans to auction 800 MHz wide-area licenses, are trying to salvage concessions for existing systems forced to relocate frequencies. …

The two-way paging system recently launched by SkyTel Corp. is reasonably priced and clearly takes the paging industry across the threshold into next-century applications, say wireless analysts. “The market is …