1995

WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission last week approved streamlined antenna structure registration procedures that make owners rather than licensees primarily responsible for complying with construction, painting and lighting requirements. …

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Ericsson Inc. announced winning contracts to place its Freeset Business Wireless System at the world’s two largest futures exchanges, both located in Chicago. The Chicago …

WASHINGTON-Radiofone Inc., in what amounts to a new stay request, wants the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati to decide whether the Federal Communications Commission is …

With plans to offer commercial tracking services in North America in February, Orbcomm Global L.P. has two satellites in orbit and is beta testing its global data-only communication system. The …

AUSTIN, Texas-A group of paging carriers and resellers filed a lawsuit in Texas accusing the state of forcing wireless companies to contribute disproportionately to a telecommunications infrastructure fund. The lawsuit, …

GREENVILLE, S.C.-PCS Development Corp. announced it has signed an agreement with Westlink Paging Inc. allowing the company to offer PCSD’s advanced two-way paging services in 88 markets within 14 Western …

Editor’s Note: Following is the list of companies that are qualified to bid in the upcoming 900 MHz specialized mobile radio auction set to begin Dec. 5. The number following …

ATLANTA-Pager One Inc. announced it has constructed a single frequency paging network in Florida, Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The company said it has built 75 sites which …

The upcoming chairwoman of the GSM MoU Association is confident that Global System for Mobile communications technology will figure prominently in the U.S. personal communications services market. Gretel Holcomb Hoffman …

Securicor Wireless Networks has named Greg Kleven vice president of worldwide sales. Kleven will plan, implement and head all global sales programs for the company. Previously, Kleven worked for Sequent …

SAN JOSE, Calif. Digital Microwave Corp. said it has signed a four-year contract with Sprint Telecommunications Venture to supply digital microwave radios and services. Digital Microwave designs, manufactures and markets …

Editor’s Note: The companies listed below are the current holders of A- and B-block licenses for broadband personal communications services in the United States. None of the companies-with the exception …

Much has been written about the decline of the Democratic Party, given the almost daily departure of lawmakers on that side of the aisle and the meteoric gains by Republicans …

ORLANDO, Fla.-Phoenix Wireless Group said it has opened a sales and service office in the Philippines. Based in Manila, the office will market wireless local loop products and services in …

WASHINGTON-Congress this week is expected to approve a controversial securities litigation reform bill that would limit the ability of investors to sue firms in the wireless telecommunications industry and in …

WASHINGTON-Congress, in a partial setback for the Federal Communications Commission, has limited-but not precluded-the use of auctions to license refarmed private wireless spectrum. Auctions are one of several market-based incentives …

Three Texas cellular customers have brought a class-action lawsuit against GTE Mobilnet, maintaining the company’s $200 cancellation fee is an unfair penalty for discontinuing service, said the plaintiffs’ attorneys Richard …

Reflection Technology Inc. has opened two new sales offices in San Jose, Calif., and Sciota, Pa., to accommodate the increasing demand for FaxView personal fax readers, the company said. The …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. and California-based Benbow PCS Ventures Inc. have signed a joint agreement to test two-way messaging services in Southern California through a new high-speed ReFLEX25 transmitter infrastructure …

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill.-Telular Corp. announced a $100 million agreement with Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group and said Richard Gerstner, Telular’s director and chief executive officer, had resigned. Telular’s agreement with …

Paging Network Inc. has a new face and so does the wireless industry with the appointment of Glenn Marschel as the company’s new president and chief executive officer. Marschel comes …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. has signed a distribution agreement with Crutchfield Corp., a national retail catalog sales firm in Charlottesville, Va. The Crutchfield catalog specializes in car, home, electronics and audio/video …

The tower industry has banded together as the National Association of Tower Erectors to address collective issues of operations and safety and to affect industry-initiated standards. The nonprofit organization represents …

WASHINGTON-The United States had mixed success in securing more spectrum for next-generation global satellite systems at the World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva, an event unexpectedly preoccupied with the mammoth Teledesic …

DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. said it will begin a field trial in Atlanta of two-way messaging services on its narrowband personal communications services network in 1996. PageNet said the field test …