Yearly Archives: 1995

CELCORE SEALS CONTRACT WITH TELECEL FOR AMPS

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...

WHITE HOUSE COMSAT CONCERNS WILL NOT PREVENT VENTURE ACTIVITY

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,...

EATELCORP, MERCURY WORK TO DEVELOP PCS NETWORK WITH ASSISTANCE FROM LSU

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...

MCI FINISHES ACQUISITION OF NATIONWIDE CELLULAR

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...

TOTAL BUSINESS SOLUTION FROM MCI NOW AVAILABLE

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...

LIN STOCKHOLDERS APPROVE SALE OF COMPANY SHARES TO AT&T’S WIRELESS UNIT

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...

AT&T NETWORK SYSTEMS INTRODUCES WLL, TARGETS NEW AND MATURE MARKETS

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...

PAGEMART OFFERS ROAMING AS AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVE

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...

HUTCHISON ANNOUNCES HONG KONG CDMA LAUNCH

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...

HATIS ALLOWS HEARING IMPAIRED TO COMMUNICATE OVER CELLULAR

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...

GTE AND IBM ANNOUNCE BETTER BILLING INFORMATION

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...

HUNDT REQUESTS PLAN TO HANDLE GSM PHONE, HEARING-AID ISSUE

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...

MOTOROLA CHIP DESIGNED TO MAKE FLEX PRODUCTS

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...

AIRTOUCH SPREADS SERVICE TO ITALY AND SPAIN, STARTS FIRST CELLULAR COMPETITION

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...

FUJITSU EXPANDS CONTRACT FOR CDMA INFRASTRUCTURE

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...

PAGING GROUP CREATES MOTOROLA CELLULAR BATTERY THAT DOUBLES AS PAGER

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...

COMPUTERS ADD PLETHORA OF APPLICATIONS TO PAGING BUT CAN BE CUMBERSOME

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...

THE WORLD

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...

VIEWPOINT

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...

U S WEST REJECTS LOVE TRIANGLE WITH TURNER AND TIME WARNER

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...

TOP 20 MOBILE DATA OPERATORS

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...

NESS CALLS FOR SPECTRUM SUMMIT TO RETOOL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS

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...

SWITCH COMPANY, SOFTWARE FIRM JOIN FOR ENHANCED PCS EFFORTS

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...

SMALL SMRS ARGUE AUCTION PLAN WILL ONLY BENEFIT BIG BUSINESSES

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...

SKYTEL 2-WAY SYSTEM LAUNCHES A NEW GENERATION OF MESSAGING

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,...
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