January 1996

Rural Cellular Corp. hopes to raise about $30 million in an initial public offering of common stock that could occur as early as this month. The IPO would make the …

Motorola Inc.’s Paging Products Group was a victim of its own success during the last five months of 1995. A variety of factors caused significant delays in the shipments of …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Corp. announced Dennis Foster will become president and chief executive officer of Sprint Cellular and Frank Reed will become nonmanagement chairman of the unit after its expected …

A class action lawsuit has been filed against Washington/Baltimore Cellular L.P.-doing business as Cellular One-alleging that the company is attempting to levy increased interconnection fees on its subscribers in violation …

WASHINGTON-Former Rep. Mike Synar (D-Okla.), who had been named to head the U.S. delegation to the International Telecommunications Union’s World Radiocommunications Conference ’95 meeting on mobile satellite communications, died from …

WASHINGTON-Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole (R-Kan.) threatened last week to block telecommunications reform legislation from moving forward until changes are made to auction television licenses potentially valued at up to …

WASHINGTON-While the Clinton administration is pledging stricter enforcement of trade pacts involving telecommunications and other business sectors, the future relationship between the United States and Japan has been left uncertain …

Rules. It seems as soon as we enter this world, we’re forced to comply with a blanket set of rules that someone else has decided for us. You can’t have …

Microcell Telecommunications Inc. is expected to be first to offer commercial personal communications services in Canada, launching in at least two cities by September, predicts the Yankee Group, a Boston-based …

L.M. Ericsson and Telia Mobitel have signed a two-year general purchasing agreement covering delivery and installation of Global System for Mobile communications systems to expand the capacity and radio coverage …

JACKSON, Miss.-Personal considerations motivated Bernard Puckett to resign his post as chief executive officer of Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp. According to the company, Puckett’s resignation is effective immediately and company …

JANUARY 16-17 Telecom Opportunities in Latin America, by TeleStrategies Inc. Sheraton Crystal Hotel, Arlington, Va. (703) 734-7050. 17-19 Mobile Communications Conference: Wireless on the Move, by Frost & Sullivan. Westin …

Bidders seeking C-block personal communications services licenses will bring mixed sentiments to the table tomorrow, when the Federal Communications Commission plans to resume the auction. “The way this is being …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association has named Tim Ayers vice president for communications. Ayers will supervise the association’s media activities and publications and will direct the information and outreach programs …

There may well be a vast geographic and cultural divide between Russia and the United States, but Mikhail Bogdanov, owner of Moscow-based EcoSoft GTCO, said he is impressed by the …

OKLAHOMA CITY-A hearing is scheduled Tuesday in the civil lawsuit filed by AT&T Wireless Services against an Oklahoma City medical supply company that provides cellular phone emulation service. AT&T received …

In these days of competitive, get-the-activation-at-any-cost retail marketing, can a cellular service provider that charges high airtime rates without discounting handsets or letting its subscribers roam find success in the …

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WASHINGTON-Even though the federal government went back to work last Thursday, following a three-week furlough and additional days lost to record snowfall, those who had business with the Federal Communications …

WASHINGTON-The recently completed summit on hearing aid interference from next-generation pocket telephones was hailed a success by the wireless telecommunications industry and hearing disability advocates, but controversy simmering beneath the …

Wanting to leave no market unserved in the new age of pocket telephony, Pacific Bell Mobile Services said it will introduce a personal communications services telephone that offers a dual …

LAS VEGAS-JRC International Inc. and ReadyCom Inc. have signed a letter of intent under which JRC will develop and produce handsets for the launch of ReadyCom’s Ready Talk two-way wireless …

WASHINGTON-With the idea of wireless communications as a complement to traditional wireline residential and business service still fresh in the public’s mind, the move toward wireless as a purveyor of …

BETHESDA, Md. – Lockheed Martin corp. and Loral Corp. announced an agreement on a series of interrelated strategic transactions with an estimated value exceeding $10 billion. Under the agreement, Lockheed …

Despite Motorola Inc.’s initial $10.62 loss on Wall Street after posting a 16 percent plunge in fourth quarter earnings, its stock started to forge a quick recovery. But while Wall …