Yearly Archives: 1995

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...

CLEARNET PURSUES OPTIONS FOR $100M CREDIT FACILITY

PICKERING, Ontario-Clearnet Communications Inc. said it has agreed with BT Bank of Canada and the Bank of Montreal to let the commitment for an...

GREENE READIES TO RULE WHETHER AIRTOUCH MUST FOLLOW BELL RULES

WASHINGTON-U.S. District Judge Harold Greene will decide whether AirTouch Communications Inc., a wireless spin-off of Pacific Telesis Group, is held to restrictions imposed on...

MONITORING HIGH-GROWTH PAGING PROVES A CHALLENGE FOR THE FCC

Federal regulators overseeing the fast-growing paging industry these days have a "good problem" that could easily turn into a bad problem with a few...

PRONET FINISHES PURCHASE OF STOCK FOR $21M CASH

PLANO, Texas-ProNet Inc. announced it has completed the stock purchase of Metropolitan Houston Paging Services Inc. for $21 million cash.The Houston paging operation is...

ERICSSON POSTS 65 PERCENT GAIN IN FIRST QUARTER 1995 EARNINGS

Boasting a 65 percent increase in first quarter earnings, Ericsson Inc. reported its radio communications sector is largely accountable for the company's financial results.For...

PRODUCTS

Personal Communications Technologies Ltd. announced a new patent-pending product to enhance the capabilities of portable cellular telephones. Porta-Boost transforms a low-power portable cellular phone...

AIRSPAN PRODUCTS TO BE ADMINISTERED IN POLAND UNDER DSC AGREEMENT

DALLAS-Polish Telephones and Microwave Corp. signed an agreement to distribute DSC Communications Corp.'s Airspan product in Poland.Airspan is a point-to-multipoint wireless access solution that...

PEOPLE

Thomas A. Barlett was named president of the Northeast regional territory for the Bell Atlantic Mobile and Nynex Mobile joint venture. Barlett will be...

COMPANIES FORM VENTURE TO OFFER MSS EQUIPMENT

DEER PARK, N.Y.-O'Gara Satellite Networks, Morsviazsputnik and MVS-USA have formed a new company to provide satellite communications equipment and service worldwide.OGM Communications Ltd. will...

SOFTWARE BLENDS PAGING WITH THE NETWORK SERVER

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Air Apparent for NetWare, a wireless software application, was introduced by Motorola Inc.'s Personal Communicator Systems and Software division.Air Apparent is an...

CCI, AIRTOUCH VENTURE TO BUY CELLULAR SYSTEM

NEW YORK-Cellular Communications Inc. announced that its joint venture with AirTouch Communications has entered into an agreement to purchase certain operating assets from Central...

PHONE FRAUD FOX TO LEAD NATIONAL CRIME CRUSADE AGAINST CELLULAR THIEVES

WASHINGTON-As the telecommunications industry continues its offensive to beguile fraud criminals with technology, Freddie the Fox is fighting fraud on the homefront.The Alliance to...

GO PURCHASES SOFTWARE FOR ENGINEERING EFFORTS

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Go Communications Corp. entered into a long-term agreement to purchase radio site acquisition and planning software from Biby Telecommunications Inc.Go said the engineering...

THE WORLD

Northern Telecom Ltd. said it signed a contract with Hebei Posts and Telecommunications Administration to supply a complete global System for Mobile communications network,...

CUALCOMM AND COMARCO SIGN LECENSE AGREEMENT

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. signed a license agreement allowing Comarco Wireless Technologies Inc. to manufacture and sell test equipment using Qualcomm's Code Division Multiple Access...

BE YOUR OWN FCC LEGAL COUNSEL TO SAVE FRUSTRATION AND MONEY

With all the recent regulatory changes from the Federal Communications Commission, mobile service providers now, more than ever, need to keep abreast of new...

TWO SEMICONDUCTOR COMPANIES SEPARATELY INTRODUCE NEW DSPS

Texas Instruments Inc. and AT&T Microelectronics have launched a semiconductor marketing race, each introducing single-chip digital signal processors they say complete more instructions per...

NEC TEAMING WITH DSPC TO INTRODUCE NEW SHIPSET FOR IS-136 DIGITAL MARKET

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Driven by the emerging Interim Standard-136 digital cellular market, DSP Communications Inc. and NEC Electronics Inc. said they plan to jointly introduce a...

JUDGE DISMISSES LAWSUIT THAT ALLEGED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHONES, CANCER

WASHINGTON-The Florida brain-cancer lawsuit that questioned the safety of cellular phones was dismissed May 17 by a federal court judge on grounds that the...

CALENDAR

22-24 TEK-21 Conference, by Cincinnati Bell Information Systems. Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas, Dallas. For information call (800) 23-TEK-21.31-2 RadioComm: Creating the New Age,...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

BIS Strategic Decitions was sold to Giga Information Group, and investment group led by Gideon Gartner. BIS provides data, information and knowledge to enterprises...

BUDGET CONSIDERATION EXTENDS AUCTION AUTHORITY BEYOND 1998

WASHINGTON-House and Senate Republican budget bills envision billions of dollars in telecommunications revenue from expanded auctions, higher user fees and additional pioneer's preference license...

THREE HONORED AT DINNER WITH E.C. BOWLER AWARDS

WASHINGTON-Three telecommunications industry leaders were honored at the Fifth Annual Eugene C. Bowler Foundation Dinner & Awards presentation held last month.Federal Communications Commissioner James...

ARCH COMPLETES OFFERING FOR SHARES OF USA MOBILE

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. completed its tender offer for up to 5.06 million common shares of USA Mobile Communications Holdings Inc. at $15.40...
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