Yearly Archives: 1995

HANDHELD PORTABLE GETS TYPE APPROVAL FROM FCC

MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash.-SEA Inc. said the Federal Communications Commission has type accepted the SEA700 hand-held portable transceiver for use in the new 220-222 MHz...

SATELLITE-BASED DISPATCH RADIO SERVICE ANNOUNCED SERVING ENTIRE CONTINENT

RESTON, Va.-American Mobile Satellite Corp. has introduced Skycell Satellite Dispatch Service, a digital point-to-multipoint broadcast system that can operate throughout North America, Hawaii, Alaska,...

AUSTRALIA’S STANILITE IS TARGETING SMALL MUNICIPALITIES FOR WIRELESS

An 18-year-old Australian emergency lighting systems manufacturer plans to beam into the global, wireless communications marketplace with products company leaders say are ideal for...

PAGEMART SELECTS SUN FOR NETWORK COMPUTING

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-PageMart Inc. has selected Sun servers, from Sun Microsystems Co., as the network computing platform for a new corporate information system that...

FCC ATTEMPTS TO MEND FENCES WITH PUBLIC-SAFETY COMMUNITY

WASHINGTON-The federal government is trying to mend its rocky relationship with the public-safety community, following a series of flare-ups between the two during the...

REFARMING HITS EARLY PROBLEMS; FCC, INDUSTRY TRY TO HASH IT OUT

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's effort to promote narrowband technologies in congested private wireless bands below 800 MHz by adopting flexible channeling schemes and market-driven...

ISRAELI INVESTOR INCREASES ITS EQUITY STAKE IN GEOTEK

MONTVALE, N.J.-Israel-based RDC-Rafael Development Corp. said it will exchange its interest in PowerSpectrum Technology Ltd. for 1.8 million shares of common stock of Geotek...

PRODUCTS

Motorola Inc.'s Land Mobile Products Sector introduced the MCS 2000 line of mobile radios. The radios are built on a flexible platform that the...

PAGENET WILL PURCHASE CELPAGE FOR $7.5M CASH

DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. expects to gain 8,000 paging subscribers through a $7.5 million cash purchase of Celpage Inc., as specified in definitive agreements between...

PEOPLE

PriCellular Corp. has appointed Mary Tavernini as director of sales and marketing for Cellular One of the upper peninsula of Michigan. She formerly worked...

ANTENNA SITE ISSUE MAY NOT BE INTACT IN FINAL REFORM BILL

WASHINGTON-Stepped-up lobbying by city, state and county officials and support from a top House Republican likely will weaken the Klug-Manton antenna siting amendment in...

TAIWAN COMPANY LICENSED TO USE TELEMAC PRODUCT

DANVILLE, Calif.-Telemac Cellular Corp. said it has agreed to license its patent-pending debit technology to Trimax Inc. of Taiwan.The contract allows Trimax to manufacture...

PCSD TO TEST MESSAGING IN ATLANTA AND BOSTON

GREENVILLE, S.C.-The PCS Development Corp. said it plans to build prototype advanced messaging systems in Atlanta and Boston for conducting user trials the first...

CHINESE MINISTRIES CREATE ENTITY TO BRING COMPETITION TO MARKET

Three Chinese state ministries have created a competitor for China's monopolistic Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications to expand the nation's telecommunications system.China United Telecommunications...

CHANNEL SURFING

Channel surfing-Although most consumers still purchase cellular service through cellular carriers, the retail sales channel is creeping up in popularity, according to a survey...

GAFKJEN NAMED MANAGER OF RCR WESTERN AD SALES

DENVER-RCR Publications Inc. announced two promotions on its sales staff. Mary Gafkjen has been named western sales manager at RCR Publications Inc. Formerly, Gafkjen...

CELLSTAR SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH INDIAN CELLULAR FIRM TO SELL SERVICE IN CALCUTTA

DALLAS-CellStar Corp. has signed an agreement with Usha Martin Telekom Ltd. that will allow a CellStar joint venture company to sell cellular phone service...

CELLAIR SAVER OFFERS ALTERNATIVE TO ACCESSING CELLULAR NETWORKS

A small Colorado company has reduced the cost of an average cellular call to the price point of a soda.CellAir Saver is an alternative...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

The Intercarrier Service Bureau of GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. and Radio Shack have teamed up to offer consumers out-of-market cellular network activation, GTE announced....

METROCALL’S BROCK FILES LAWSUIT IN DISPUTE OVER HIS ROLE IN FIRM

After a majority vote Aug. 2 by Metrocall Inc.'s board of directors not to reappoint Harry L. Brock Jr. as president of the company,...

GTE IS LICENSING TELE-GO TO CANADA’S BELL MOBILITY FOR TORONTO MARKET TEST

ATLANTA- GTE Mobilnet said it signed an agreement with Bell Mobility to license its Tele-Go integrated wireless technology to Bell Mobility. The technology will...

KOREA’S CELLULAR NETWORK TO USE AT&T EQUIPMENT

SEOUL, South Korea-Under a contract valued at $540 million, AT&T Corp. said it plans to supply Korea Mobile Telecom with wireless infrastructure equipment for...

MARRED ENTREPRENEURIAL AUCTION IS FAR CRY FROM PROGRAM’S INTENT

WASHINGTON-How did a well-intentioned government program to create business opportunities for women, minorities, small businesses and rural telephone companies in the most explosive sector...

AT&T LAUNCHES PAGERS APPEALING TO CONSUMER STYLE AND FUNCTIONALITY

PARSIPPANY, N.Y.-AT&T Corp. is introducing this month a line of wedge-shaped numeric pagers that target teenagers and meet consumer demand for personal-use devices.Model 3517...

VIEWPOINT

Oops!Someone told the National Association of Counties, the National League of Cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors about language included in the House's...
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