Yearly Archives: 1995

ERMES PAGING PROTOCOL WILL BE USED BY GLENAYRE

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...

ALLTEL, NISSHO IWAI MAKE EQUITY INVESTMENTS IN GO IN BID TO BE PCS CARRIER

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...

HEAR-IT NOW ASKS FCC TO STUDY ANY GSM LINK WITH HEARING AIDS

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...

ALLIANCE TO OFFER CELLULAR VIA TELEVISION SHOPPING

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...

CHALLENGING SUMMER ON HORIZON FOR FCC CHAIRMAN AND AGENCY

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...

DES WORRY RULING WILL CAUSE DELAY

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...

FCC ADOPTS TRANSITION PLAN

The Federal Communications Commission late last week adopted a transition plan to move private land mobile radio users below 800 MHz to more narrow...

MOTOROLA REPORTS $15M EQUITY INVESTMENT MADE IN WIRELESS DISTRIBUTOR

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...

CANADIAN RESEARCH ILLUSTRATES IMPROVED WIRELESS COMPETITION

Wireless penetration rates are just shy of 10 percent in Canada, but are predicted to exceed 40 percent in the next decade, according to...

500 SERVICE FACILITATES ACCESS TO SUBSCRIBERS

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...

A-PLUS COMMUNICATIONS TO JOIN NETWORK USA PAGING IN MERGER

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...

MOTOROLA SNARES PROJECTS IN JAPAN VALUED AT $80M

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...

HUNGARIAN TELECOM FIRM REQUESTS WILL NETWORK FOR FIXED WIRELESS SYSTEM

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...

INDIAN WIRELESS BIDS COLLECTED FOR GSM LICENSES IN 20 REGIONS

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

MOTOROLA RELEASES TENOR; A VOICE MESSAGING PAGER BASED ON FLEX PROTOCOL

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...

SPRINT CONSIDERS SELLING, SPINNING OFF CELLULAR UNIT TO COMPLY WITH PCS RULES

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...

QUALCOMM OFFERS CDMA TO NEC FOR PCS SERVICES

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...

1996 OLYMPIC GAMES CONTRACTS MOTOROLA TO BUILD WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

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....

D.C. NOTEBOOK

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...

DIGITAL OPTION PAGE 3

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...

INTELLIGENCE IN COMPUTER ALLOWS A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK APPROACH

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...

REPUBLIC ACQUIRES ASSETS OF NEW YORK METRO PAGE

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...

CELLULAR RESELLERS OFFER COMPETITION TO CARRIERS

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...

KENWOOD DEVELOPS UNITS FOR GEOTEK U.S. NETWORK

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...

INTELLIGENT NETWORKS TO PROMISE EFFICIENCY AND EXPENSE SAVINGS

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...
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