Yearly Archives: 1995

TRI-STATE SECURES $130M IN TWO FINANCE ENDEAVORS

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...

GRANGER, UNISYS AND LORAL JOIN TO OFFER CDMA-BASED LOCAL LOOP

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...

VIEWPOINT

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...

THE WORLD

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...

WIRELESS CARRIERS WORK TO KEEP ANTENNA SITING PROVISION VIABLE

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...

LONG-DISTANCE TITANS PLAY WIRELESS CARDS: MCI STRIKES DEALS FOR CELLULAR RESALE

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.,...

COMMISSION CONSIDERS CHANGES TO 220 MHZ LICENSING BLUEPRINT

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...

FCC SEES NO OBSTACLE TO BROAD SIGNAL BOOSTER IMPLEMENTATION

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

MILLICOM ANNOUNCES HOLD IN JOINT VENTURE FOR GSM

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...

MARKETING APPROACHES CHANGE TO APPEAL TO EVOLVING CUSTOMER

Demand for cellular service in the Unites States is booming. Consumers have expressed the need and carriers have stimulated the desire for convenience, safety,...

COUNTRIES ALLOWING COMPETITION FUEL WORLDWIDE CELLULAR GROWTH

The worldwide installed base of cellular subscribers reached 53 million users by the end of 1994, a remarkable growth rate driven by a number...

CELLULAR AND PCS ORGANIZATIONS SAY LET THE MARKET DRIVE RESALE

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...

THE WORLD

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...

HEAVY HITTERS PROPOSING GLOBAL LOW-EARTH SYSTEM WITH $9 BILLION PRICE TAG

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...

GEOTEK GARNERS FINANCING FOR NETWORK ROLLOUT PLANS

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...

GSM HEARING-AID DEBATE IGNITES INTO WAR

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...

INTERNATIONAL ORDERS CONTRIBUTE TO HEALTHY QUARTER FOR MOTOROLA

Spurred by strong growth in the international market, especially in China and Europe, Motorola Inc. reported record sales and earnings in the second quarter...

WESTLINK COMPLETES BUY OF OREGON PAGER BUSINESS

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...

VIEWPOINT

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...

TRI-STATE RADIO DEPLOYING MOTOROLA FLEX PROTOCOL

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...

HUGHES NETWORK INSTALLS WIRELESS DIGITAL SYSTEM IN REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN

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...

CDPD SERVICES OFFERING ANNOUNCED BY FLA. FIRM

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...

RADIOMAIL REDUCES PRICE FOR MESSAGING SERVICE

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...

BAM-NYNEX FIRM REDUCES CELLULAR ROAMING RATES

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...

TYPES OF FRAUD

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...
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