Yearly Archives: 1995

VIEWPOINT

The Federal Communications Commission ruled earlier this month that state public utilities commissions can no longer regulate local rates of commercial wireless carriers. This...

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...

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...

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...

CORAL SYSTEMS COMPLETES $4.5 MILLION IN FINANCING

LONGMONT, Colo.-Coral Systems, a provider of UNIX software solutions for the wireless industry, completed equity financing of $4.5 million through four firms with an...

D.C. NOTEBOOK

To comprehend the scope of what happened (and didn't happen) on Capotol Hill last week, one needs to appreciate history. For history repeated itself....

RACOTEK PARTNERS WITH BAM

Bell Atlantic Mobile and Racotek Inc. have signed a multiyear marketing and technology agreement to integrate BAM's cellular digital packet data and circuit-switched data...

DIAL PAGE'S ALPHANUMERIC BASE HELPS IMPROVE PAGING CASH FLOW

Editor's Note: The following information is a Smith Barney Inc. analysis released April 28. From time to time, RCR plans to print investment opinions and...

FCC RULES LOCAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CAN'T REGULATE WIRELESS CHARGES

WASHINGTON-In a major setback for states, the Federal Communications Commission ruled public utility commissions cannot regulate local rates of commercial wireless carriers.The FCC on...

MOBILECOMM MERGER ADVANCES PITTENCRIEF'S FOOTPRINT IN TEXAS

Putting behind what it calls "the roller-coaster year of 1994," specialized mobile radio operator Pittencrieff Communications Inc. intends to strengthen its market presence and...

PCS PRIMECO'S ALLIANCE TO BUILD SYSTEM IN TEXAS

DALLAS-PCS PrimeCo, the four-way partnership of AirTouch Communications Inc., Bell Atlantic Corp., Nynex Corp. and U S West Inc., recruited Texas Utilities Co. of...

APC'S PATHGUARD DEVICE ALLOWS SPECTRUM SHARING

WASHINGTON-American Personal Communications unveiled a new device that helps next-generation pocket telephone firms optimize access to 2 GHz spectrum while they negotiate to move...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...
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