Monthly Archives: April, 1996

1996 APPROPRIATIONS SIGNED FRIDAY

WASHINGTON-President Clinton signed appropriations legislation Friday to fund the Federal Communications Commission and scores of other government agencies for the rest of fiscal 1996,...

RATLIFF LEAVES AT&T TO WORK IN POLITICS

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...

METROCALL AGREES TO BUY RADIO COMMON CARRIERS

WASHINGTON-Alexandria, Va.-based Metrocall Inc. made good on its promise to "add strategic geographic and synergistic acquisitions during the first half of the year" by...

D.C. NOTES

If only Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomber suspect accused of blowing up those he believes responsible for polluting America with high technology, had gotten out...

WORLD BRIEFS

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...

THREE-SIXTY AGREES TO ACQUIRE MARKETS

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...

CCPR AUTHORIZES SHARE REPURCHASE

NEW YORK-Cellular Communications of Puerto Rico Inc.'s board of directors has authorized the repurchase of up to an additional 750,000 shares of CCPR's common...

BELL ATLANTIC NYNEX MOBILE SUCCESS INSTRUMENTAL IN AGREEMENT

NEW YORK-The success of Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile played a key role in prompting the recent merger agreement between Bell Atlantic Corp. and Nynex...

U.S. FRUSTRATED WITH LACK OF FOR EIGN TRADE RECIPROCITY

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...

RINGGOLD ACQUIRED BY CENTURY TELEPHONE

MONROE, La.-Century Telephone Enterprises Inc. said it has acquired Ringgold Telephone Co. in exchange for cash, common stock and convertible preferred stock.Century has headquarters...

VIEWPOINT

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...

SAMSUNG ENTERS CDMA AGREEMENT

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...

TECHNOLOGY TRENDS PROFILES CUS TOMERS FOR THE WIRELESS INDUSTRY

NEW YORK-As the 1996 campaign season gets into high gear, wireless providers might do well to consider this profile when looking for loyal customers...

ISOTEL TO PROVIDE CELLULAR SOFTWARE

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...

MARKET PENETRATION FOR CANADIAN PAGING OFFERS ROOM TO GROW

Opportunity looms for the Canadian kin of PageMart Inc. and Paging Network Inc. Both companies recently activated service in Canada where market penetration is...

AVIC TO DEVELOP NETWORK IN CHINA

NEW YORK-AVIC Group International Inc. and the Government of Hebei Province jointly announced an agreement to develop and construct a 1.6 million subscriber fixed...

CALENDAR

APRIL28-1 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...

COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTERS MUST CONNECT FOR PDA REALITY

The fusion of wireless telecommunications and computer processing power into a device that fits your hand ought to be a slam-dunk proposition. It lets...

BARTON RESOLVES TO CONTINUE WIRE LESS RESALE FIGHT

WASHINGTON-Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) has pledged to continue fighting for expanded wireless resale, saying his position on the issue has been reinforced over the...

GTE AIRFONE INTRODUCES AIRLINE FLAT-RATE CALLS

May day, May day! Air-to-ground communications has just flattened out. That is, GTE Airfone Inc. is introducing flat rate pricing of $15 per call...

MILNE APPOINTED AT PCS WIRELESS

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...

AMERICAN PORTABLE TELECOM FILES ITS INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

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...

MOTOROLA AWARDED BRAZIL CONTRACTS

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Pan American Wireless Infrastructure Division announced it has been awarded contracts valued at more than $30 million for the expansion...

AUTHENTICATION SOLUTION TO STOP PING PHONE FRAUD

The Telecommunications Industry Association wrote the standard for authentication technology five years ago and in March 1995, Tom Berson, a noted cryptologist and president...

BELL ATLANTIC AND NYNEX AN NOUNCEMENT EXPECTED

A new flurry of rumors regarding a full-blown marriage between Bell Atlantic Corp. and Nynex Corp. circulated last week with rumblings that the two...
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