April 1996

Safco Corp.’s Electronic Systems Division has opened a third satellite office in Boca Raton, Fla., to serve the Latin American market. David Neumann will lead the new office. Neumann joined …

NEW YORK-As the Federal Communication Commission’s C-block auction for personal communications services draws to a close, a key consideration for systems build-out is the kind of role equipment vendors will …

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications said it will announce in May plans to launch Code Division Multiple Access service on a limited basis to some existing customers. The cellular operator built out …

SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. announced an agreement with Sprint Spectrum L.P. to provide 1.3 million Code Division Multiple Access personal communications services terminals for the U.S. market. Value of …

Wireless users are the perfect customers for directory assistance service because they often are separated from written lists when they need a phone number, said InfoNXX, a provider of directory …

At one-month-old, my daughter has discovered how to kick off the covers. This delights her and she does it often, leaving her mother obsessed with room temperatures and blankets. According …

WASHINGTON-Interconnection with the local exchange carrier represents a significant expenditure for the wireless industry, nearly $936 million in 1995, according to a new study from MTA-EMCI Inc. In “Interconnection: Wireless …

DENVER-U S West Communications Inc. received government permission to offer cellular vouchers to customers facing a lengthy wait for a landline phone. U S West has experienced a dramatic number …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration, having shuffled around key leadership in the aftermath of the plane crash that killed Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and 34 others during a Balkan trade mission, is …

Editor: I must take very strong exception to the comments in the April 15, 1996 issue of RCR under the heading D.C. Notes by Jeffrey Silva. These comments are obviously …

NEW YORK-American Portable Telecom, a personal communications services subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems Inc., Chicago, sold an initial public offering April 25 of 12.25 million shares of common stock …

WASHINGTON-Iridium Inc. announced Chase Securities Inc. and BZW will be responsible for structuring and arranging the international syndication of a credit facility to complete the funding for the construction of …

One answer arrived this week on “the question of Hong Kong” that confirmed China’s intention of allowing open competition in wireless, despite a hold-up in the licensing process. Hong Kong …

TEMPE, Ariz.-Cellexis International Inc. has added a preliminary injunction request to the $525 million lawsuit it filed earlier this month against General Telephone Electronics Corp. and Open Development Corp. Cellexis …

SEATTLE-Bob Ratliff has left AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to return to active politics, but said he will continue to work beside cellular baron Craig McCaw. For the next month, Ratliff …

A Korean company has allied with an Indian manufacturer to build pagers and paging systems in India, and directly compete with U.S. manufacturers that claim strong inroads into that nation. …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada-PCS Wireless Inc. has appointed Rob Milne director of engineering. Milne formerly was head of product marketing at Motorola Inc.’s Wireless Data Systems Division. Prior to joining …

WASHINGTON-A notice of proposed rulemaking forwarded by the Federal Communications Commission Thursday could, if adopted, provide 350 megahertz of spectrum for Part 15 unlicensed 25-megabit/second links to multimedia data services. …

BOSTON-Geotek Communications Inc. announced the introduction of its digital mobile business communications system in the Boston area. The network, similar to those recently introduced in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and …

CALGARY, Alberta, Canada-Isotel Research and Steinbrecher Corp. announced Isotel has been selected to provide digital cellular software based on the North American Interim Standard-136 Time Division Multiple Access technology for …

When Marc Angell chose to end his career as a television and film director to enter the 220 MHz arena about four years ago, little did he know the drama …

U S West Cellular has launched calling party pays service in yet another market, while other operators continue to say customers aren’t interested. “It is not a service our customers …

CHICAGO-Three-sixty Communications Corp. has agreed to acquire the cellular operations of Independent Cellular Network, giving Three-sixty interests in 20 more markets with a collective 3.2 million pops. The new properties …

American Mobile Satellite Corp. is taking steps to shore up its financing after disclosing the possibility of bankruptcy in its annual Form 10-K report filed April 1 with the Securities …

APRIL 28-1 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference ’96, by IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. The Westin Peach-tree Plaza, Atlanta. (908) 562-3870. 30 The Telecom Act of 1996: Myths and Markets, by Creamer …