Yearly Archives: 1995

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...

OMNIPOINT, JRC INK PACT TO DEVELOP PCS HANDSETS USING IS-661 TECHNOLOGY

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-Omnipoint Corp. has licensed its composite Code Division Multiple Access/Time Division Multiple Access technology to JRC International Inc. to produce personal communications...

INDEPENDENT NUMBERING COUNCIL WILL BE FORMED TO MONITOR POLICY

WASHINGTON-New telephone number policies embraced by federal regulators will benefit the wireless telecommunications industry, which accounts for two of every three new telephone numbers...

HUGHES WINS CONTRACT

Hughes Space and Communications International was selected by the International Mobile Satellite Organization's Inmarsat-P affiliate to build 12 satellites. The deal is valued at...

BARTON TO HOLD HEARING ON WIRELESS COMPETITION

WASHINGTON-Joe Barton, R-Texas, chairman of the House Commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations, plans to hold a hearing in September on competition in the...

BRITE OFFERS VOICE DIALING TO HONG KONG OPERATOR

HONG KONG-Brite Voice Systems Inc. said it now provides cellular voice dialing in Hong Kong for Hutchison Telephone Co. Ltd. The system, valued at...

CALENDAR

JULY30-4 UTC, Minneapolis. For information call (202) 872-0300.AUGUST1-2 New Business and Investment Opportunities in Latin American Telecommunications, by Alacel (Latin American Wireless Industry Association)...

CALIF. CELLULAR ADVERTISERS TOLD TO STOP DECEPTIVE SALES TACTICS

Cellular phone advertisers in Southern California recently received a written warning from legal authorities there about the alleged use of deceptive sales practices, such...

CDPD SERVICES TO EXPAND INTO FOUR SPRINT MARKETS FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL TRIAL

CHICAGO-Sprint Cellular announced Cellular Digital Packet Data trial systems now are available in four of its markets. Trial sites include Norfolk, Va., Raleigh and...

AMERITECH, GTE TO OFFER ACCESS TO CDPD SERVICE

ATLANTA-Ameritech Corp. and GTE Mobilnet customers will have access to cellular digital packet data services in each other's markets, according to an agreement signed...

CALSPAN, CELLULAR ONE TRIAL WIRE LESS 911 IN N.Y.

Calspan Advanced Technology Center said it will test a Cellular One system combined with Rockwell International Global Positioning System receivers to determine if 911...

DEREGULATION FOLLOWS LEGISLATION IN SESSIONS OF PAST AND FUTURE

WASHINGTON-The cellular industry continues to be shaped by the forces of deregulation and regulatory parity mandated in 1993 legislation passed by the then Democratic-controlled...

CTIA’S CIBERNET DIVISION ASSIGNS FIRST SID NUMBER TO AT&T WIRELESS UNIT

WASHINGTON-The first system and billing identification codes for personal communications services have been assigned to AT&T Wireless Services by Cibernet Corp.Cibernet is a wholly-owned...

NEXTEL STOCKOWNERS FAVOR DEALS, COMCAST CASHES OUT INVESTMENT

After two years of storm and stress, Nextel Communications Inc. is putting finishing touches on its enhanced specialized mobile radio network and ownership structure-but...

LEADERS PREPARE TO STEP AHEAD IN EVOLVING MOBILE MARKETPLACE

As the cellular marketplace prepares to shift from a duopoly to a business where more than a handful of providers may offer service, industry...

CTS WILL EMPLOY DAIWA TO SUPPORT ASIA-PACIFIC

SEATTLE-Cellular Technical Services Co. Inc. announced it will retain Daiwa Securities America Inc., a subsidiary of Japan-based Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd., to support its...

DATA COMING INTO ITS OWN

While voice transmissions over the cellular network have reached a certain degree of maturity in the marketplace, data transmissions continue to alternately attract and...

RBOCS PLAY `HURRY UP AND WAIT’ WHILE FEDS DABBLE WITH DETAILS

Just two months after U.S. District Court Judge Harold Greene ruled cellular affiliates of regional Bell operating companies would be eligible to provide long-distance...

GOP CONTINUES TELECOM REFORM EFFORTS IN SUMMER SESSION HEAT

WASHINGTON-The House GOP leadership's drive to make telecommunications reform legislation more deregulatory is not expected to threaten the antenna siting provision that wireless carriers...

THE RCR TOP 20 WIRELESS EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS

Editor's Note: The RCR research and editorial staffs have compiled this list of the 20 largest wireless equipment dealers in the United States from survey...

TELULAR SEEKS FINANCIAL PARTNER FOR MERGER OR SALE OF COMPANY

Telular Corp. is seeking a strategic partner to help it take advantage of the burgeoning fixed wireless market worldwide and, eventually, the U.S. personal...

ERICSSON INTRODUCES UPT FOR WORLDWIDE SERVICES

NEW YORK-Following a one-year system trial, Ericsson Inc. and Telenor AS (formerly Norwegian Telecom) implemented a Universal Personal Telecommunications system, providing users one personal...

VIEWPOINT

All's fair in love and war.And wireless telecommunications competition is beginning to look like a battlefield. But not necessarily the "level" playing (battle)field government...

U.S. POSITION TO INCLUDE MORE SPECTRUM FOR LEOS AT GENEVA CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has adopted recommendations for the World Radiocommunication Conference this fall in Geneva that are aimed at fostering development of global...

NEXTEL RECEIVES CONSENT

Nextel Communications Inc. said it has received the required consents from its bondholders to complete its pending transactions with Motorola, Inc., Craig O. McCaw,...
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