1995

WASHINGTON-The International Mobile Telecommunications Association has been formed to foster the development of specialized mobile radio service and related trade associations throughout the world. IMTA is a sister organization of …

HONG KONG-RadioMail Corp. plans to sell its wireless messaging services in Hong Kong, with service to start in July, the company said. Operating on Motorola Inc.’s AirCommunication network, RadioMail said …

Powered by a military-inspired technology, Geotek Communications Inc. said it has carved an initial toehold in what it believes to be its own special niche in the market of advanced …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt said the proposed removal of race- and gender-based bidding credits in next month’s entrepreneur block auction for personal communications services licenses is not a …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Amidst the frustration and uncertainty generated by a second delay in the upcoming personal communications services auction now scheduled for Aug. 29, DCR Communications Inc. has charged forward, anchoring …

PICKERING, Ontario-Clearnet Communications Inc. and Northern Telecom will test personal communications services based on Nortel’s Global System for Mobile communications technology platform, Clearnet announced. The GSM trial was scheduled to …

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 …

WASHINGTON-The American Mobile Telecommunications Association announced signing an agreement with Rand McNally Corp. to allow the Federal Communications Commission to use Rand’s proprietary major trading area definitions in the licensing …

American Personal Communications, which last month placed the first, long-awaited personal communications services phone call, reports the company is on track with its plans to be the PCS market forerunner. …

PHILADELPHIA-Bell Atlantic Corp. and Nynex Corp. have completed the combination of their cellular businesses forming a wireless company-called Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile-to serve seven of the top 20 U.S. markets. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

WASHINGTON-GOP lawmakers have taken steps to freeze the Federal Communications Commission’s budget next year at the current year’s $186 million level, waiting until later this summer to hold hearings on …

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 …

DALLAS-PageMart Inc. said it now has one million units in service, nearly two years ahead of its strategic business plan. The Dallas-based company launched service in July 1989. PageMart operates …

ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Upstate Cellular Network has acquired a 41 percent general partnership interest in New York State’s Rural Service Area 4. Upstate is a joint venture between Frontier Corp. and Nynex …

All systems are go for personal communications services in Canada. The government issued a call for license applications, laid out its policy rules and expects to announce license winners by …

Arch Communications Group Inc. completed syndication of an agreement with a group of banks that will provide Arch up to $225 million. The sum consists of a $75 million term …

WASHINGTON-The GOP-controlled Congress and the Clinton administration continue to have big differences concerning how to balance the budget, but expanding spectrum auction authority is not one of those difficulties. On …

SALT LAKE CITY-Cellular One has begun using the AT&T Wireless Services brand name in three more markets, Denver, Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. The switch is the result of …

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. …