Yearly Archives: 1995

THE NATION

Cellular One said it introduced FreedomLink Personal Communications System to businesses in western New York. The system operates as an extension to an existing...

DECEMBER AUCTION SET TO START (AGAIN) AFTER RADIOFONE TIFF

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...

AIRTOUCH POSTS EARNINGS OF $46 MILLION IN PERIOD

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...

VANGUARD CELLULAR TO USE PRIORITY CALL'S PLATFORM

SAN FRANCISCO-Vanguard Cellular Inc. said its subscribers will now have the option to use a single number for all of their voice and fax...

WIRELESS RESELLERS FIND A FRIEND IN TELECOM REFORM BILL CONFEREE

WASHINGTON-Wireless resellers, who've had trouble drumming up support in Congress beyond that offered by Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, may have found a new ally...

SCOTT JOINS FLASH COMM

Flash Comm Inc. has named former Paging Network Inc. chief executive officer Terry Scott its president and CEO.Flash Comm, headquartered in Melbourne, Fla., offers...

LOW-TIER SYSTEMS GATHER SPEED IN RACE TO PROVIDE PCS SERVICE

Low-tier systems that bill themselves as "the way PCS was supposed to be" are entering the market with the hope of providing low-power, low-cost...

EC REQUESTS INCUMBENT CARRIER PAY SAME PRICE AS NEW ITALIAN OPERATOR

BRUSSELS, Belgium-The European Commission has asked the government of Italy to create a level playing field between two cellular operators competing in Italy's digital...

COMPANY INTRODUCES SOFTWARE FOR TRANSMITTING WIRELESS DATA

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...

CALENDAR

OCTOBER19-24 Columbia Telexpo/Compuexpo '95, by CMC Exhibition & Conference Producers. Corferias Fairground, Bogota, Columbia. For information call (703) 527-8000.23-25 High-Performance Connectivity Solutions: Leveraging High-Bandwidth Technologies...

BROOKLINE SUPPORTS ADC IN SMR SYSTEM BUILDOUT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Brookline Minerals Inc. announced it has funded Denver-based American Digital Communications Inc. for the construction of about 20 specialized mobile radio systems...

AUSTRIA LICENSING ON HOLD DUE TO GOVERNMENT CRISIS AS PARLIAMENT DISSOLVES

VIENNA, Austria-The licensing process for Austria's second digital wireless phone system has been put on hold temporarily due to the government crisis in that...

PCS FIRMS PREPARE FOR ROLLOUT, PLANS ARE BASED ON TECHNOLOGY

As the entrepreneurial block auctions for broadband personal communications services get underway this December, the first broadband PCS services also are scheduled to become...

FCC’S COST-SHARING PLAN COULD HURT RURAL MICROWAVE LICENSEES

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's proposed microwave relocation cost-sharing plan would free personal communications services operators of their financial obligation to 2 GHz fixed users...

MAYBE IT'S TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT FLAWS IN THE AUCTION PROCESS

As a native Washingtonian, I always become suspicious when Democrats and Republicans jointly embrace anything. My suspicions heighten when the executive and legislative branches-and...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Specialty Teleconstructors Inc. announced its purchase of Orlando Tower Service Inc., an Orlando, Fla.-based builder of transmitting and receiving facilities for wireless telecommunications providers....

AT&T NAMES 3 NEW EXECUTIVES, MANDL LEADS SERVICE TRANSITION

AT&T Corp. announced new executives to head the three companies resulting from the split of AT&T announced a month ago by Chairman and Chief...

CABLE OPERATORS CHOOSE CDMA AS THE FINANCIALLY SMART OPTION

While the personal communications services industry in general remains locked in a three-way split over an airlink standard for systems deployment, cable TV operators...

AIRTOUCH AND U S WEST CREATE MANAGEMENT GROUP FOR VENTURE

AirTouch Communications Inc. and U S West Inc. announced they will begin combining their domestic cellular operations Nov. 1, initially by using the same...

APC ATTACKS TOWER SITING SPATS BY PLAYING ITS TECHNOLOGY CARDS

American Personal Communications has cracked a deal with Baltimore Gas & Electric that will allow APC to put full-sector antenna configurations on electric transmission...

BARTON’S RESALE STRATEGY MAY HAVE BACKFIRED

WASHINGTON-Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, having failed to win support for switched wireless resale at an oversight hearing he chaired earlier this month, might pursue...

NOT ALL MICROWAVE INCUMBENTS ARE ONEROUS ABOUT RELOCATIONS

While some microwave incumbents are being unreasonable, others are negotiating fairly, reaching agreements and making plans to move their microwave links from the 2...

GLOBALSTAR SETS SITES ON AFRICA WITH 3 SEPARATE JOINT VENTURES

Globalstar L.P. has landed three separate agreements to deliver mobile satellite service in 18 African nations. The company expects its global roaming services will...

AT&T ANNOUNCES TESTING OF DATA SERVICE BASED ON CIRCUIT SWITCH TECHNOLOGY

KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services is introducing AT&T wireless circuit data service in New York and New Jersey.Circuit data service allows cellular customers with portable...

FCC WILL BE A LITTLE LESS EXCITING WHEN BARRETT STEPS DOWN IN ’96

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will be a less exciting place after Andrew C. Barrett leaves early next year. No more of those probing-sometimes direct,...
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