Yearly Archives: 1995

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FILING FOR PUBLIC OFFERING

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed public offering of 5.5 million shares of the...

ACCQUPOINT GPS SERVICE BEGINS TEXAS OPERATION, OTHER ACTIVATIONS COMING

IRVINE, Calif.-Accqpoint Communications Corp. said it activated its statewide network June 1 in Texas, providing real-time differential Global Positioning System service.Accqpoint distributes correct-position data...

PEOPLE

Robert Croft has been named president of AT&T Wireless Services' Messaging Division. Croft will be responsible for the strategic direction and management of AT&T's...

PRODUCTS

Magnavox Electronic Systems Co. added the MX4040 lightweight briefcase satellite telephone to its line of MAGNAPhone satellite communications systems. Magnavox said the MX4040 is...

PALLONE IS APPOINTED VP OF PCS DIVISION AT GTE

ATLANTA-William E. Pallone has been appointed vice president, market deployment for GTE Mobilnet's broadband personal communications services.According to GTE Mobilnet, Pallone led GTE's broadband...

GTE FINISHES ACQUISTION OF CONTEL, BEGINS SWITCH TO GTE MOBILNET MONIKER

ATLANTA-GTE Corp. increased its cellular market presence by completing the acquisition of Contel Cellular Inc. and effecting a transition of all operations into the...

DIGITAL CELLULAR NETWORK COMING TO JAPAN IN 1997

ATLANTA-GTE Personal Communications Services has become a 4.5 percent partner in Japan-based Digital TU-KA Tohoku Co. Ltd., which plans to begin operating a 1.5...

EMF ISSUES SHOULD BE STUDIED WHEN DESIGNING CELL PLACEMENT

The multitude of items an engineer needs to consider during the communication system design phase is becoming more and more complicated. Properly designed communication...

AIRTOUCH TO OFFER SERVICE IN MALAYSIA WITH PARTNER FOR GLOBALSTAR NETWORK

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications said it is pursuing a license to offer Globalstar satellite communications in Malaysia through a venture with Sime Darby, a diversified...

AIR COMMUNICATIONS IMPROVES CIRCUIT-SWITCHED TRANSMISSIONS

Air Communications Inc. hopes to pump new life into that old work horse-circuit-switched cellular data transmission-with a wireless protocol named AirTrue.The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company...

FCC’S SMR AUCTION PLAN WILL KILL SMALL BUSINESSES

Editor's Note: This letter originally was sent to President Clinton.Dear President Clinton,I want to congratulate you on your accomplishments with President Boris Yeltsin of Russia,...

LOS ANGELES AREA TO GET WTI'S WIRELESS SERVICE

AURORA, Colo.-Wireless Telecom Inc. signed an agreement to distribute Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co.'s wireless data service in the Los Angeles area to WTI's...

GROUP WANTS SPECTRUM FOR MULTIMEDIA SERVICES

WASHINGTON-WINForum, a trade association of wireless telecommunications and computer manufacturers, has filed a request with the Federal Communications Commission to allocate radio spectrum for...

VIEWPOINT

It looks like the local Bell companies, long-distance telephone carriers and cable TV operators are one step closer to being able to compete in...

VANGUARD AND MOTORLA PLAN TO MARKET INREACH

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. and Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group will market Motorola's new INReach wireless communication system to Vanguard's customers in...

SPRINT LOCAL TELECOM UNIT JOINS UNIBRIDGE FOR PCS

ARLINGTON, Va.-Sprint Corp.'s Local Telecommunications Division has become the seventh telecommunications company to join the UNIBRIDGE network information referral service.UNIBRIDGE said its members will...

AMENDMENT SPLITS CARRIERS AND RESELLERS

WASHINGTON-A wireless resale amendment dividing cellular carriers and resellers is headed to the House floor. This follows the Commerce Committee's decision to sidestep the...

GROUPS SEEKING FEDERAL INQUIRY, TRY TO STOP PCS LICENSE AWARDS

WASHINGTON-Two African American groups have asked the Federal Communications Commission to block issuing broadband personal communications services licenses and called for an investigation of...

CONSERVATIVE THINK TANK RELEASES PLAN TO REPLACE FCC WITH SMALLER AGENCY

WASHINGTON-The Progress & Freedom Foundation, the Washington, D.C.-based think tank associated with House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., has a plan to abolish the Federal...
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