Monthly Archives: January, 1996

MTEL CEO RESIGNS FOR PERSONAL REASONS

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...

FCC EXTENDS SOME FILING DATES DUE TO SHUTDOWN, SNOWSTORM

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...

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CELLEXIS TARGETS CREDIT IMPAIRED WITH PAY-AHEAD CELLULAR SERVICE

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...

HUGHES OFFERS CREDIT LINE TO GEOTEK FOR SPECTRUM

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. and Hughes Network Systems Inc. announced they have reached an agreement allowing Hughes to extend Geotek a two-year, $25 million...

INJUNCTION ISSUED AGAINST FIRMS CLAIMING TO SELL MOBILE LICENSES

WASHINGTON-Following the Nov. 29 filing of a Federal Trade Commission civil lawsuit at the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of New York,...

HUNDT WARNS GOVERNMENT MAY STEP IN ON HEARING AID PROBLEMS

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt, appearing to retreat from recent comments in which he suggested support for a marketplace solution to hearing aid...

DENMARK READIES GSM, PLEDGES TO MAKE IT CHEAP

The Danish government is expected to issue a tender for DCS 1800 licenses this spring, and low service prices are expected to be one...

TEMPORARY END IN SIGHT TO GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

The Federal Communications Commission and the rest of the federal government could re-open this week but close again later this month if the GOP-led...

COMTEC IN DEFAULT ON ACQUISITION DEALS

DENVER-Specialized mobile radio company ComTec International Inc. announced it and its wholly owned subsidiary, Key Communications Group Inc., are in default on several acquisition...

THREE CHARGED WITH DISTRIBUTING ILLEGAL CLONING FRAUD EQUIPMENT

A cellular phone containing a scanner, into which new numbers can be programmed using the phone keypad, was just one of the sophisticated cloning...

PAGING COMPANY SET TO EMERGE FROM BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS

NEW YORK-With nearly $4 million in creditor claims against it deleted by a federal court in late December, Cellular Telephone Enterprises Inc. last week...

FOUR CITIES COULD LAND CDMA SERVICE IN 1996

This may be the year that Code Division Multiple Access technology becomes a commercial reality for cellular operators, with one system already running in...

FLEX WILL BE DEPLOYED TO UNLOCK VEHICLE DOORS FROM REMOTE LOCATIONS

FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc.'s Advanced Messaging Systems Division announced it will supply its ReFLEX two-way paging technology and global positioning system receiver to the...

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Congress was expected last Friday to pass a measure that would allow 280,000 furloughed federal employees to return to work this week and start...

BELGACOM CHOOSES AMERITECH AS PARTNER

BRUSSELS-With a bid of $2.5 billion, Ameritech Corp. and partners Tele Danmark and Singapore Telecom last month captured the winning vote for a 50...

METROCALL TRIES TO DISPEL SHAKE-UP RUMORS, ADDRESSES STOCK DROP

The top three executives of Metrocall Inc. convened a teleconference for journalists, analysts and stockholders Jan. 3 that they said was intended largely to...

MOBILEMEDIA COMPLETES MOBILE COMM ACQUISITION

RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.-MobileMedia Corp. completed the acquisition of BellSouth Corp.'s MobileComm paging subsidiary and its nationwide narrowband personal communications services license. MobileMedia said it...

COMPANIES TRY TO CASH IN ON BUSI NESS OF AUCTIONS

Even though the personal communications services auctions are designed to make money for the government, some entrepreneurs are finding their own ways to financially...

’96 LOBBYING AIMS AT GAINING SPECTRUM

WASHINGTON-With the new year only days old, industry associations here are gearing up to continue old negotiations with the Federal Communications Commission and to...

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"The ease with which such programming can be accomplished and the enormous capacity to store different stolen combinations poses a substantial threat to law...

BUSINESS USE OF WIRELESS ONLINE TRANSACTIONS TO INCREASE

The worldwide market for wireless online transaction terminals and systems is forecast to grow from $487 million in 1995 to $1.9 billion by 1999,...

FCC DENIES QUALCOMM IN PIONEER RULES PETITION

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has denied Qualcomm Inc.'s petition for reconsideration of the commission's second Report and Order concerning pioneer's preference rules.The commission did,...

FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HANDLING AUCTIONS DEEMED `ESSENTIAL’

Question: When is a federal employee deemed "excepted" or "unexcepted?" Answer: Apparently, when there is money involved.During last November's first partial budget-related government shutdown that lasted...

SINGAPORE TELECOM SIGNS INTERCONNECT AGREEMENTS

SINGAPORE-Singapore Telecom has signed interconnect agreements with each of the three operators awarded licenses to operate mobile communications services in Singapore beginning April 1,...
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