1995

FORT LEE, N.J.-Tri-State Radio Co. said it completed two financing endeavors valued at $130 million. An investor group, led by TA Associates, purchased an original issue discount note and an …

A joint venture is underway to deliver “last mile”-or in this case last 20 miles-digital wireless connections for wireline phones in regions worldwide where phone service is costly, inadequate or …

MCI Communications Corp. is going to resell cellular service from arch competitor AT&T Corp? What is the world coming to? Chaos, I say. There is no orderly development in this …

AT&T Corp. and Saudi Arabian company A.S. Bugshan & Bros. won a contract to expand the Global System for Mobile communications cellular network of the Saudi Ministry of Post, Telegraph …

WASHINGTON-Commercial wireless carriers last week fought off a challenge by two Virginia congressmen and local government officials to kill the antenna siting amendment in the House telecommunications reform bill. The …

WASHINGTON-MCI Communications Corp. turned itself into a national wireless powerhouse last week by signing cellular resale agreements with AT&T Corp., GTE Corp., BellSouth Corp., Frontier Corp. and the AirTouch Communications …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is considering abandoning the 220-222 MHz test-bed for narrowband technology in favor of a flexible licensing scheme that would permit alternative technologies for services other than …

A line drive is roped into right field and the tying run on second races towards home. As the ball skips into the outfield, the right fielder scoops up the …

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. announced it holds an 18.5 percent interest in a joint venture licensed to provide Global System for Mobile communications cellular service in the Republic of …

Demand for cellular service in the Unites States is booming. Consumers have expressed the need and carriers have stimulated the desire for convenience, safety, efficiency and other benefits of mobility. …

The worldwide installed base of cellular subscribers reached 53 million users by the end of 1994, a remarkable growth rate driven by a number of observable trends, the most important …

With prospects of a House floor fight over switched wireless resale fading, resellers and carriers have taken their fight to the Federal Communications Commission. Cellular and personal communications services firms …

Stanilite Electronics Pty Ltd. said it has signed a contract to deliver cellular infrastructure to Compania de Telefonos del Interior S.A., the Argentine cellular operator. Stanilite will design, manufacture and …

WASHINGTON-A global wireless computer communications system proposed by Craig McCaw, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates and AT&T Corp. is a step closer to receiving the frequencies needed to build a …

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. signed a purchase agreement relating to a private placement of $207 million principal amount of units consisting of 5-year zero coupon 15 percent senior secured discount …

WASHINGTON-A religious war of biblical proportions has broken out in the nation’s capital between the dueling digital technologies that will occupy the wireless lane of the information superhighway. The war …

Spurred by strong growth in the international market, especially in China and Europe, Motorola Inc. reported record sales and earnings in the second quarter and first half of 1995, with …

San Diego-Westlink Paging Inc. announced completing its acquisition of Telecomm Systems Inc., a Eugene, Ore., paging company. The purchase forms the nation’s largest privately owned paging company in terms of …

The cellular industry is getting ready to enter its teen years and-just like human counterparts-is expected to be affected by growing pains, although they’re more likely to be technological than …

FORT LEE, N.J.-Tri-State Radio Co. announced deployment of Motorola Inc.’s FLEX high speed paging protocol on its East Coast and West Coast regional paging networks. “The rapid growth of our …

KAZAN, Republic of Tatarstan-Hughes Network Systems has installed a digital fixed wireless phone system in the Republic of Tatarstan valued at $48 million. It will initially serve Tatarstan’s capital city …

MIAMI-The Systems Consulting Group of Miami announced it was selected by the Wireless Data Division of AT&T Corp.’s McCaw Cellular Communications unit as the first systems integrator in the country …

SAN MATEO, Calif.-RadioMail Corp. has reduced usage fees for its two-way wireless messaging and information service operating on RAM Mobile Data USA L.P.’s network. RadioMail service is now available for …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile, the new company comprised of the cellular operations of Bell Atlantic Corp. and Nynex Corp., announced it reduced roaming charges to 59 cents per minute …

Although the cellular industry didn’t seem to have much fraudulent cellular phone use until 1990, the problem is prevalent today. Cellular fraud is estimated to cost the cellular industry more …