Yearly Archives: 1995

NEW JERSEY POLICE BUST ALLEGED FRAUD OPERATION

NEWARK, N.J.-The New Jersey State Police arrested three individuals suspected of running a cellular telephone fraud operation.Jose Guzman, Edgard DeAza-Berroa and Nancy Franceschi were...

D.C. NOTEBOOK

It is not an understatement to say The Progress & Freedom Foundation's plan to abolish the Federal Communications Commission within three years and replace...

PARRISH RESIGNS FROM POSTIIONS AT GTE DATA UNIT, CDPD FORUM

Industry executive Chuck Parrish last month announced his resignation as general manager of GTE Corp.'s mobile data services, a part of GTE Mobilnet, in...

COMCAST SHIFTS NEXTEL STRATEGY FO FOCUS ON ALLIANCE WITH SPRINT

The resignation of two Comcast Corp. representatives from Nextel Communications Inc.'s board of directors and Comcast's request to register its Nextel stock for sale...

BELLSOUTH AND COOK INLET FORM PCS PARTNERSHIP

ANCHORAGE, Alaska-Cook Inlet Region Inc. of Alaska has formed a limited partnership with BellSouth Corp. to pursue personal communications services licenses in the upcoming...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

NOKIA WINS GO CONTRACT

Nokia Telecommunications Inc. said it signed a 10-year supply agreement with GO Communications Corp., with the first three years calling for an estimated $200...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...
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