Yearly Archives: 1995

GLENAYRE DELIVERS PRODUCT FOR EX PANSION IN THAILAND

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Shinawatra Paging of Thailand has chosen Glenayre Technologies Inc. to supply infrastructure equipment for the second phase of its system expansion.Glenayre said it...

WIRELESS DEVICES STUDIED IN UTAH THROUGH YEAR END

WASHINGTON-Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. awarded nearly $185,000 to Dr. Om Gandhi in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Salt Lake City's University of Utah...

GTE MOBILNET SAYS RULING REVERSED BY TEXAS COURT, FAVORING GTE’S DEFENSE

ATLANTA-GTE Mobilnet announced the Texas First Court of Appeals unanimously reversed a 1994 verdict against GTE Mobilnet South Texas L.P. obtained by two Houston-based...

KITCHEN HANDLES JOB PRESSURES WITH EASYGOING STYLE, PRESENCE

WASHINGTON-All the turmoil, chaos and confusion of merging two major trade associations and sponsoring a huge industry conference in a year's time might drive...

WILL PCS FILL U.S. EXPECTATIONS OR END UP A STANDARDS MESS?

On a recent trip across Europe to visit some of the major operators and manufacturers of the blossoming cellular industry there, I was asked...

OMNITEL EXPANDS SYSTEM USING MOTOROLA’S WILL

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. is expanding the Global System for Mobile communications network of Lithuanian carrier OmniTel, which launched service in March in the...

MARKETING CAMPAIGN WILL TARGET NEW MERCURY ONE 2 ONE USERS

Succeeding plans for a two-year network expansion project, Mercury One 2 One intends to launch a multimillion dollar marketing and advertising campaign today aimed...

METRICA/NPR MONITORS NETWORK PERFORMANCE FOR PCS SYSTEMS

Knowing that network efficiency and service quality will be key differentiators in the new arena of wireless competition, and having cut its teeth on...

WIRELESS SERVICES MARKET GROWTH TO TRIPLE BY 2001 AS CONSUMERS FUEL FIRE

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-The U.S. mobile communications services market is projected to more than triple from $26.3 billion in 1994 to $92.5 billion by the...

BELLSOUTH DIVESTS PAGING OPERATIONS FOR $945 MILLION

Accelerating consolidation in the wireless industry engulfs yet another prominent company as MobileMedia Corp. agrees to acquire BellSouth Corp.'s MobileComm paging subsidiary and its...

MOBILECOMM SET TO OFFER READYTALK IN MARKETS

RIDGELAND, Miss.-MobileComm, the paging subsidiary of BellSouth Corp., and ReadyCom Inc. have entered an agreement whereby MobileComm plans to offer ReadyTalk service in its...

PRESSLER SEEKS TO AUCTION HDTV AS PART OF EFFORT TO RAISE $14B

WASHINGTON-Congress' desire to raise $14 billion over the next seven years from expanded spectrum auctions has turned into a fierce debate about whether that...

SOUTH KOREA READIES TO AWARD SINGLE LICENSE DESPITE POLITICS

Reversing an earlier stance, South Korea is trying to deter infighting among some of its industrial heavyweights by awarding a single personal communications services...

MCI PROTESTS INVESTMENT IN SPRINT BY FOREIGNERS, CITING UNFAIR COMPETITION

WASHINGTON - MCI Communications Corp. filed with the Federal Communications Commission protesting a proposed investment by France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom AG in rival...

THE NATION

Reflection Technology Inc. said it has increased staffing in its engineering, marketing, finance and sales departments by 25 percent in anticipation of shipping its...

NEXTEL ACTIVATES SERVICE IN BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON

RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Nextel Communications Inc. has activated its digital specialized mobile radio service in the Baltimore/Washington, D.C., market."It is always exciting to begin...

D.C. NOTEBOOK

I hereby nominate NBC President Robert Wright official spokesman of the cellular telephone industry. That's right, the same Bob Wright who warned lawmakers on...

GOVERNMENT PLANS WIRELESS ROLE FOR INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY

WASHINGTON - The structure of the wireless telecommunications industry will be in a constant state of flux for the near future due to evolving...

WIRELESS OPERATOR IN INDONESIA SEEKS PARTNER TO HELP COMPETE

U.S. telecom companies have the chance to buy into one of Indonesia's cellular operators, PT Telkomsel, which is seeking a strategic partner to help...

UZBEKISTAN ORDER TOTALS $3.7 BILLION FOR NORTEL

DALLAS-Northern Telecom Ltd. received a contract valued at $3.7 billion from Uzdunrobita, a joint venture between ICG Inc. of Perry, Ga., and the Uzbekistan...

PEOPLE

Kathy Maloney has been named director of the New Product and Service Development Lab at BellSouth Cellular Corp. Maloney previously was with IBM Corp....

MOTOROLA SNAGS CONTRACT TO INSTALL NAMPS SYSTEM FROM PILIPINO TELEPHONE

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Pilipino Telephone Corp. awarded Motorola Inc.'s International Cellular Infrastructure Division a $270 million contract to expand and enhance its Mobiline cellular phone...

NUMBER PORTABILITY GROUP PREDICTS IT BE FOUR YEARS BEFORE PLAN IS DEPLOYED

WASHINGTON, D.C.-A committee under the Industry Carriers Compatibility Forum submitted to federal authorities a plan for providing personal communications services users with number portability.The...

PRODUCTS

Tonawanda, N.Y.-based Sinclabs, a division of Sinclair Technologies, announced its Excelsior antenna line, which consists of low band, 1/4 wave, 220 MHz, wideband UHF/VHF,...

AMTRAK TRAIN FLEET TO USE 80 OMNITRACS DATA UNITS

SAN DIEGO- Qualcomm Inc. announced that Amtrak signed a contract to purchase 80 OmniTracs mobile satellite communications units. The systems will be used aboard...
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