1995

BellSouth Wireless Inc. is prodding other cellular carriers to adopt its Cellemetry wireless telemetry solution by announcing it will only license the technology to one carrier per market-first come, first …

As you no doubt are aware, particularly if you’re one of the 800,000 federal government workers furloughed last week as the GOP Congress and Democratic White House tried to prove …

BALTIMORE-Westinghouse Communications and Information Systems Co., a unit of Westinghouse Electric Corp., has signed a $240 million, seven-year services contract with DCR Communications Inc. The two companies also signed an …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Pan American Wireless Infrastructure Division will expand Comunicaciones Celulares’ cellular phone system in Guatemala City and surrounding areas, Motorola announced. The contract, valued at $20 million, …

SBC Communications Inc. intends to offer wireline telephone service in the five cellular markets it owns in New York, but is keeping quiet about how it plans to deliver the …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Sun Microsystems Computer Co. unveiled its Ultra workstation family, Ultra 1 and Ultra 2, designed to help cellular companies expedite cell site planning, engineering and design. Sun said …

WASHINGTON-MCI Communications Corp. introduced a package of network design and operation services the company says will let any local operator build and run a wireless business. Called networkMCI WIN (Wireless …

RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.-America Online users can send text messages directly to people who use MobileMedia Communications Inc.’s alphanumeric pagers, MobileMedia announced. MobileMedia said the new feature operates like e-mail and …

A Canadian company said it has won approval to build a personal communications services network in Vietnam. “We have a signed contract with Saigon PTS, and we believe we have …

Federal regulators are working on a plan to auction nearly 16,000 licenses for wireless infrastructure links in the 37 GHz and 39 GHz bands. The Federal Communications Commission, according to …

In an initial study of customer satisfaction among cellular telephone service consumers, J.D. Power and Associates found that local Bell telephone companies achieved higher satisfaction rankings than their nonwireline rivals …

NOVEMBER 20 PCS: Bringing It All Together, by Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association. Toronto Airport Hilton, Toronto. For information call (613) 233-4888 ext. 103. 28-29 Expanding Wireless Marketplace, by Strategic Research …

IRVINE, Calif.-U.S. AirWaves Inc. has hired Fluor Daniel Inc. to provide design, engineering, site selection, procurement, installation, program management and construction management services for building a personal communications services network. …

Pantech Co. Ltd., a telecommunications manufacturer in Seoul, Korea, has entered into the North American market by joining forces with Kansas City, Mo.-based Monark International Corp. to create a company …

MEXICO CITY-Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V. said it has filed a lawsuit against Telefonos de Mexico S.A. de C.V. and Radio Movil Dipsa, charging the firms with conducting monopolistic practices …

WAYNE, N.J.-Toshiba America Consumer Products said it will suspend Toshiba-brand cellular phone operations in the United States due to dropping phone prices and the appreciation of the yen. The company …

About 370 short-form applications were filed by deadline for the C-block personal communications services auction set to begin Dec. 11, but the federal government shutdown, which has rendered the Federal …

7-9 Wireless World Expo ’95, by Intertec Publishing Corp. and E.J. Krause & Associates Inc. Moscone Center, San Francisco. For information call (301) 986-7800. 7-9 Applications Conference on Communications Technology, …

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc. posted $46.7 million, or 9 cents earnings per share, net income for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with $34.4 million, or 7 cents per …

Photographs and medical data now can be sent on existing POCSAG paging networks to portable devices using a technology developed by Data Critical Corp. Data-Through-Paging technology, or DTP, is a …

WASHINGTON-The Supreme Court has paved the way for the PCS entrepreneur block auction to begin Dec. 11, but bidding for 493 next-generation pocket telephone licenses could be postponed once again …

MILPITAS, Calif.-Hyundai Electronics America announced it has partnered with U.S. AirWaves Inc. to build a nationwide personal communications services network. The agreement includes the opportunity for U.S. AirWaves to purchase …

While neophytes view the commercial vehicle industry as a homogeneous market, Norcom Networks Corp. sees a way to provide a high-speed, packet-data communications network to transportation companies in a way …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-GO Communications Corp. has selected Siemens Wireless Terminals Division, a division of Siemens Rolm Communications, as its primary personal communications services handset and accessory provider. During the first year …

Publishing mogul Steve Forbes, the newest GOP contender for the White House, has chosen FCC Chairman Reed Hundt as a sparring partner to prepare for next year’s presidential debates. Forbes, …