1995

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Europe’s high-speed paging systems soon will be linked by a networking protocol developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute and incorporated into Glenayre Technologies Inc.’s products, Glenayre announced. Using …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-GO Communications Corp. signed on two new strategic investors, Alltel Corp. and Nissho Iwai, a Japanese trading company. The new partnerships, along with previously announced investments, bring GO’s financial …

WASHINGTON-A coalition of hearing-impaired organizations, led by a start-up pocket telephone firm aligned with AT&T Corp., has asked the Federal Communications Commission to investigate hearing-aid interference from a European-based digital …

ATLANTA-Mobile America-an alliance comprising Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, BellSouth Cellular Corp., HSN (Home Shopping Network Inc.) Direct Joint Venture and Wholesale Cellular USA Inc.-plans to sell cellular phones and service …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt could be in for a long, hot summer of discontent. This month Hundt, a Democratic Clinton appointee, faces a hostile group of GOP lawmakers …

Whether minorities, women or small businesses, some designated entities planning to bid in the government’s auction for personal communications services spectrum are concerned what effect the Supreme Court’s ruling on …

The Federal Communications Commission late last week adopted a transition plan to move private land mobile radio users below 800 MHz to more narrow channels of 12.5 kHz by Aug. …

DALLAS-Motorola Inc. said it will invest $15 million in Dallas-based CellStar Corp. to hold a 3 percent interest in the company, which is one of the world’s largest wholesale distributors …

Wireless penetration rates are just shy of 10 percent in Canada, but are predicted to exceed 40 percent in the next decade, according to a recent study by Redondo Beach, …

ARLINGTON, Va.-Bell Atlantic Corp.’s Carrier Services division said it is offering Wireless 500 Service to wireless carriers providing cellular and personal communications services. A 500 number is not assigned to …

A-Plus Communications Inc. will merge with Network USA Paging Corp. to create a new company that will be the largest independent paging service provider based in the Southeast. The merged …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-TU-KA Tokyo and TU-KA Tokai of Japan have contracted Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group to expand the operators’ year-old digital cellular networks. Motorola said the expansions will increase …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Hungarian Telecommunications Co. Ltd. awarded Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group a $100 million contract for its Wireless Local Loop fixed wireless telephone system to serve 200,000 subscribers throughout …

The Communications Ministry of India said 33 consortia, involving more than 60 companies, placed bids for wireless licenses in 20 regions of the heavily populated nation. The government said it …

FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc. has introduced Tenor, its star voice pager that incorporates the company’s InFLEXion high-speed messaging protocol. Tenor will be used by Paging Network Inc. and PageMart Inc. …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-The board of directors of Sprint Corp. is considering a possible spinoff or sale of Sprint Cellular along with other options to reduce its market ownership in areas …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it licensed its Code Division Multiple Access technology to NEC Corp., which plans to use CDMA in manufacturing infrastructure equipment for cellular and personal communications services …

ATLANTA-Motorola Inc. said it will build the largest wireless communications network ever created for the Olympics at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta. The Illinois-based company will become a …

With the GOP-led Congress headed full-steam ahead toward passage of landmark telecommunications reform legislation this year, perhaps it is worthwhile to question the conventional wisdom underlying the policies being shaped …

George Schmitt, PCS PrimeCo L.P. president and chief executive officer, announced the company has decided to go with CDMA technology for its personal communications services network.

The shift from centralized to distributed personal computer-based designs in wireless infrastructure has created a phenomenal opportunity for companies facing build out deadlines. Strategists with BellSouth Wireless Inc. call it …

NEW YORK-Republic Communications Corp. completed its acquisition of New York Metro Page Inc., which holds a private carrier paging license in the New York metropolitan area. New York Metro Page, …

Dear Editor, I am sorry you do not see the value of a healthy reseller industry as a benefit to society. Resellers are the only currently operating entity to provide …

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. has entered into an agreement with Kenwood Corp. of Japan to develop and manufacture second-generation mobile subscriber units for Geotek’s U.S. digital voice and data network. …

AG Communications Systems, a joint venture between GTE Corp. and AT&T Corp., has introduced INgage, a new family of intelligent network solutions that promises network efficiency and cost minimization. Phoenix-based …