1995

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 …

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 services handsets. Omnipoint said its CDMA/TDMA …

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 established. The wireless community previously has …

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 $1.3 billion, announced London-based Inmarsat-P. Hughes …

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 wireless telecommunications industry. Barton has failed …

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 more than $1 million, is running …

JULY 30-4 UTC, Minneapolis. For information call (202) 872-0300. AUGUST 1-2 New Business and Investment Opportunities in Latin American Telecommunications, by Alacel (Latin American Wireless Industry Association) and CSIS (The …

Cellular phone advertisers in Southern California recently received a written warning from legal authorities there about the alleged use of deceptive sales practices, such as large-print misleading statements and bait-and-switch …

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 Greensboro, N.C., and Las Vegas, Nev. …

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 by the two cellular carriers. “Ameritech …

Calspan Advanced Technology Center said it will test a Cellular One system combined with Rockwell International Global Positioning System receivers to determine if 911 calls made from a cellular phone …

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 Congress and implemented on an on-going …

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 subsidiary of the Cellular Telecommunications …

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 one early backer has decided to …

As the cellular marketplace prepares to shift from a duopoly to a business where more than a handful of providers may offer service, industry analysts agree competition for wireless customers …

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 plans for expanding operations in the …

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

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 services to their wireless customers-deviating from …

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 fought hard to include in the …

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 responses and interviews with industry …

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 communications services market. “The opportunities we …

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 telephone number at which they can …

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 keeps trying to create when …

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 mobile satellite systems. Proposals crafted by …

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