Monthly Archives: February, 1996

NYNEX TO LEASE SPACE TO PUT PCS ANTENNAS

BOSTON-Nynex Corp. said it will lease space on its rooftops for personal communications services antennas, making it easier for PCS providers to deploy networks...

COMPANIES DENY SQUABBLE IN SPRINT-CABLE TV VENTURE

Sprint Spectrum L.P. denies any discord among its member companies, despite revisions to the venture's original plans to launch cable telephony with its wireless...

MOTOROLA SNAGS PAGING PACTS FOR THREE CHINESE PROVINCES

FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc.'s Advanced Messaging Systems Division announced three contracts for paging infrastructure equipment in China from Hunan Post and Telecommunication Administration, the...

PCS STAKES GET TOO RICH FOR SOME C-BLOCK BIDDERS

WASHINGTON-Are the prices being paid for C-block broadband personal communications services licenses getting to be too rich for even the richest blood? If the...

THE CRIME DEFINED

Cellular theft: A cellular phone is stolen from a legitimate customer and used before the theft can be reported.Subscription fraud: This type of counterfeiting occurs when...

PAGING WHOLESALER’S IPO COULD RAISE $45 MILLION

NEW YORK-Preferred Networks Inc., a wholesaler of one-way paging airtime, last Friday expected to launch its initial public offering of 3.3 million shares of...

SIGNAL BUYS SYSTEMS FROM MOTOROLA INC.

POMPANO BEACH, Fla.-Signal Communications Inc. announced it has signed an agreement to purchase three Motorola Inc. service facilities in south Florida and the related...

PAGEMART WILL BEGIN COVERAGE IN CANADA

DALLAS-PageMart Inc. announced its wholly owned subsidiary, PageMart International, has teamed with Canadian partners to launch PageMart Canada Ltd., a new nationwide Canadian paging...

WEST JAVA TO RECEIVE NEC WIRE LESS NETWORK USING PHS TECHNOLOGY

NEW YORK-NEC Corp. received an order to equip a wireless local loop system from PT Aria West International in West Java, Indonesia. The company...

WIRELESS AREA CODES ARE KEY TO PORTABILITY, SAYS SCHMITT

Proponents of calling party pays believe the service will both generate more airtime and increase the number of incoming calls, but they don't agree...

HEARING AID DEBATE IS OVERSIMPLIFIED

Dear Editor: In her recent letter, Jo Waldron of Phoenix Management misrepresents and simplifies my position on wireless add-on devices by taking a polite corridor...

FBI OFFERS CTIA DIGITAL WIRETAP IMPLEMENTATION REQUIREMENTS

The Federal Bureau of Investigation earlier this month responded to Sen. Patrick Leahy's (D-Vt.) request for key data on digital wiretap implementation. The 13-page...

RCR TOP 20 SMRS

Editor's Note: The RCR research and editorial staffs have compiled this list of the 20 largest specialized mobile radio operators based on survey responses and...

WORLD BRIEFS

Motorola Inc.'s Paging Products Group signed a licensing agreement with Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute to manufacture and sell Motorola FLEX chip sets. Motorola...

N.Y. ANTENNA SITE LEASE AT HEART OF AT&T LAWSUIT

SPRING VALLEY, N.Y.-On a clear day, you can look south and see the Manhattan skyline from the landmark hilltop house of Steve Preston, who...

VIEWPOINT

Just when you thought the war between proponents of Global System for Mobile communications technology and those who want Code Division Multiple Access technology...

WIRELESS E911 AVAILABLE IN STEPS UNDER JOINT PLAN

WASHINGTON-The location problems inherent to enhanced 911 calls made by wireless users could be solved within the next five years if the Federal Communications...

AT DEADLINE SPRINT SPINOFF TAX-FREE

Sprint Corp. announced that its proposed spinoff to shareholders of its cellular unit has been ruled a tax-free transaction by the Internal Revenue Service.Holders...

FCC WILL HEAR COMMENTS ON SPECTRUM POLICY PLAN

WASHINGTON-The panels and format for the Federal Communications Commission's March 5 en banc hearing on spectrum policy have been set, with the agenda and...

EARNINGS DIGEST AIRTOUCH’S INCOME REACHES $11 MILLION

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc. announced its net income for the fourth quarter, ended Dec. 31, more than tripled to $11 million, increasing 261 percent...

TPS’ PERSONAL ASSISTANT ALLOWS 1-NUMBER ACCESS

ISELIN, N.J.-Dusting off patents shelved by Bell Laboratories due to commercialization prohibitions, Telecommunications Premium Services Inc. hopes to gain competitive advantage in the frontier...

CALENDAR

FEBRUARY18-20 Mobile Insights '96, by Mobile Insights Inc. Arizona Biltmore, Phoenix. (800) 419-0413.19-21 PC Card '96, by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association....

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LIGHTBRIDGE PRODUCTS PROVIDE CAR RIERS CAPABILITY TO ANALYZE

Lightbridge Inc. is introducing a new modular line of analytical products and services designed specifically for wireless carriers.The Wireless Intelligence decision support system provides...

SAMSUNG COMMITS $35M TO B-CDMA INTERDIGITAL VENTURE

KING OF PRUSSIA, Ill.-InterDigital Communications Corp. and Siemens AG announced they have entered into an alliance with Korea-based Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.InterDigital said its...
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