Yearly Archives: 1995

THE WORLD

Beijing Nokia Mobile Telecommunications Ltd. has received a contract from the Zhejiang Post and Telecommunications Administration to supply a digital cellular network to the...

CLARIFICATION

Some information that appeared In the Aug. 21 issue of RCR concerning a story on ComTec International Inc. was incorrect. The article should have...

GERMANY’S RWE USING NETWORK TO COMPETE IN MOBILE MARKETS

German powerhouse RWE Energie AG has its telecom engine revving, awaiting a license to drive. The diversified conglomerate has an extensive telecom network already...

SOROS INCREASES AMOUNT OF INVEST MENT IN GEOTEK

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. announced that investors affiliated with George Soros were scheduled to purchase about $21 million principal amount of units consisting of...

ERICSSON OFFERING MAY NET $1B TO HELP FUND EXPANSION EFFORTS

Hoping to raise $1 billion to be used toward cellular expansion efforts, L.M. Ericsson said it is proposing an equity share offering."There is an...

MOBILE DATA SUBSCRIBERS TO DOUBLE BY YEAR 2000 AS EQUIPMENT IMPROVES

WASHINGTON-The number of mobile data subscribers can be expected to double by 2000 as more equipment and data networks become available, according to a...

DIGITAL SERVICE PRICES ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN LOWER TO ENTICE USERS

Cellular operators may have to continue to price digital service lower than analog to capture and keep customers until digital service matures and can...

DIFFERENTIAL CORRECTIONS SIGNS NORTH DAKOTA DEAL

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Differential Corrections Inc. will provide digital data services to the North Dakota Department of Transportation using Radio Broadcast Data System technology.DCI provides global...

CONTEL ACQUIRES INTEREST IN 3 CALIF. SERVICE AREAS

DENVER-Contel Cellular of California Inc. has acquired certain limited partnership interests in the California-4 Rural Service Area from affiliates of Evans Telephone Co., Pinnecles...

CONSUMER MARKET WILL REQUIRE A WHOLE NEW CARRIER APPROACH

WASHINGTON-Increased competition among commercial wireless carriers-owing to deregulation, more spectrum and technical flexibility-could lead to the formation of a single telecommunications market for "people...

CALENDAR

SEPTEMBER12-13 Marketing in the Age of Convergence, by TeleStrategies. Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, Washington, D.C. For information call (703) 734-7050.14 Women in Cable and...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Paging Network Inc. completed the purchase of the paging assets of California-based International Paging Corp. effective Sept. 1. PageNet said it will acquire 50,000...

METROCALL’S BROCK DROPS LAWSUIT AGAINST COMPANY

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. said that Harry L. Brock Jr. has withdrawn his request to be reinstated as company president, as well as his complaint...

ERICSSON SNAGS CONTRACT FOR $60M TO IMPLEMENT TDMA/AMPS IN MALAYSIA

STOCKHOLM-Malaysian cellular operator Mobikom Sdn Bhd has placed an order with L.M. Ericsson, valued at $60 million, to expand its Mobifon 800 Time Division...

VEBA, CABLE & WIRELESS JOINT VENTURE IS APPROVED

BRUSSELS-The European Commission has approved the formation of two joint ventures by the German energy company Veba AG and London-based Cable & Wireless plc.The...

EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO STUDY EFFECTS OF MSS ON COMPETITION

BRUSSELS-The European Commission is investigating three consortia building mobile satellite systems to guage the effect those global systems will have on future competition in...

GEOTEK UNIT IS PROVIDING MOBILE DISPATCH SYSTEMS

MONTVALE, N.J.-GMSI Inc., a subsidiary of Geotek Communications Inc., has been contracted to provide dispatch and mobile data systems for Comfort Transportation Pte Ltd....

SIMS INSTALLS INSTAFONE IN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS

DELRAY BEACH, Fla.-Sims Communications Inc. said it will install Instafone cellular rental machines at four more international airports, in Anchorage, Alaska, Baton Rouge, La.,...

DATA TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGY CAN NOW MEET USER’S DEMANDS

If you were one of the many who stood in line to buy a copy of Windows 95 at midnight Aug. 24, (or even...

FCC FACES REDUCED WORK FORCE TO MEET NEW TECHNOLOGY NEEDS

WASHINGTON-The union representing Federal Communications Commission employees has accused Chairman Reed Hundt of reneging on a staff reduction plan agreed to by labor and...

EUROPE’S MOBILE MARKET TO LEAP TO $30 BILLION IN REVENUE BY ’98

NORWELL, Mass.-Europe's mobile communications services market is expected to jump to $30 billion by 1998, while the continent's mobile communications equipment market will see...

FCC EXTENDS APPLICATION FREEZE TO ADDRESS REFARMING CONCERNS

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, responding to industry concerns about potential interference from the introduction of advanced technologies in private wireless bands below 800 MHz,...

RCR CHANGES TO WEEKLY FORMAT

DENVER-RCR Publications Inc. announced the newspaper will be printed weekly beginning Jan. 1 to keep its readers better informed about the constantly changing wireless...

VIEWPOINT

I don't envy FCC Chairman Reed Hundt.Yes, only a few short months ago he was the golden boy of Washington, as should be anyone...

FCC TO SELL FREE-USE SPECTRUM, FIRST EFFORT TO PRIVATIZE INDUSTRY

WASHINGTON-Is this the future?The Progress & Freedom Foundation, the libertarian think tank of House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., that wants to abolish the Federal...
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