Yearly Archives: 1995

NEW FCC ANTENNA RULES TRANSFER RESPONSIBILITIES FROM LICENSEES

WASHINGTON - The Federal Communications Commission last week approved streamlined antenna structure registration procedures that make owners rather than licensees primarily responsible for complying...

TWO FUTURES EXCHANGES TO USE FREESET NETWORK

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,...

PCS AUCTION A `GO,’ RADIOFONE IS SUE REMAINS

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...

ORBCOMM TO OFFER GEO-TRACKING AND DATA SERVICES VIA SATELLITE

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...

TEXAS PAGING COMPANIES SEEK EQUITABLE ALLOTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS

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...

WESTLINK PAGING TO OFFER 2-WAY MESSAGING SERVICE THROUGH DEAL WITH PCSD

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...

900 MHZ AUCTION BIDDERS’ LIST

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...

PAGER ONE CONSTRUCTS FLEX NETWORKS IN SOUTH

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...

NEW GSM MOU HEAD WILL WORK TO SPREAD STANDARD WORLDWIDE

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...

PEOPLE

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

DIGITAL TO SUPPLY RADIOS FOR SPRINT PCS VENTURE

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...

RCR TOP 20 PCS OPERATORS

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...

D.C. NOTEBOOK

Much has been written about the decline of the Democratic Party, given the almost daily departure of lawmakers on that side of the aisle...

PHOENIX WIRELESS GROUP OPENS OFFICE IN MANILA

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...

BILL TO PROTECT TECHNOLOGY FIRMS FROM INVESTORS MEETS CONFLICTS

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...

CONGRESS LIMITS USE OF AUCTIONS FOR PRIVATE SPECTRUM REFARMING

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...

FORMER GTE CELLULAR CUSTOMERS CONTESTING CANCELLATION CLAUSE

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...

THE NATION

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

WESTLINK AND GLENAYRE TO TEST TWO-WAY PAGING

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...

TELULAR GAINS INVESTMENT BUT LOSES CHIEF EXECUTIVE

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...

PAGENET GOES OUTSIDE INDUSTRY TO HIRE NEW EXECUTIVE MARSCHEL

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...

METROCALL PAGING SERVICE OFFERED IN RETAIL CATALOG

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...

TOWER GROUP AIMS TO EDUCATE AND IMPROVE ERECTING STANDARD

The tower industry has banded together as the National Association of Tower Erectors to address collective issues of operations and safety and to affect...

BIG LEO OPERATORS BIG WINNERS AT WRC CONFERENCE IN GENEVA

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...

PAGENET PLANS FIELD TEST OF MESSAGING IN ATLANTA

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...
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