Yearly Archives: 1995

IMTA FORMED TO DEVELOP WORLDWIDE SMR INDUSTRY AS SISTER GROUP TO AMTA

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...

RADIOMAIL EXTENDS REACH OF SERVICE TO HONG KONG

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...

GEOTEK GAINS 900 MHZ TOEHOLD AS SERVICE STARTS IN PHILADELPHIA

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...

FCC DROPS DE BIDDING CREDITS FOR AUCTION

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...

ERICSSON PICKED TO SUPPLY DCR WITH PCS EQUIPMENT IN $750 MILLION CONTRACT

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...

NORTEL GSM-BASED PCS TO BE TESTED BY CLEARNET

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...

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)...

RAND MCNALLY LICENSES MTA DEFINITIONS TO FCC

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...

APC PLACES FIRST-EVER PCS CALL AND CONTINUES ON NETWORK PLAN

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...

BELL ATLANTIC AND NYNEX COMBINE CELLULAR EFFORTS TO SERVE 7 LARGE MARKETS

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

GOP TRIES TO FREEZE FCC BUDGET AS AGENCY WORKS TO SHOW VALUE

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...

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...

PAGEMART HITS 1M UNITS TWO YEARS AHEAD OF GOAL

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...

N.Y. CELLULAR JOINT VENTURE ACQUIRES INTEREST IN RSA

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...

INDUSTRY CANADA SETS JULY DATE FOR BROADBAND PCS APPLICATIONS

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...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

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

CLINTON, CONGRESS FORESEE $14B RAISED FROM AUCTION OF AIRWAVES

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...

MCCAW USES AT&T NAME IN THREE WESTERN CITIES

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...

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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