April 1996

NEW YORK-Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. is planning to sell a $200 million issue of senior unsecured debentures that mature in 2006. Vanguard, based in Greensboro, N.C., is a major independent …

NEW YORK-Look who’s talking! After deflecting outside speculation for months, PCS PrimeCo L.P. partners have hinted recently that their TalkAlong phone-in-a-box product is to become their nationwide marketing vehicle. PCS …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Despite a residual ripple of hearing aid interference-based opposition, the San Jose, Calif., planning commission unanimously approved four antenna sites for Pacific Bell Mobile Services. Pac Bell said …

WASHINGTON-President Clinton late last week signed legislation to give small businesses more leverage to challenge regulations of the Federal Communications Commission and other government agencies. The measure is a scaled-back …

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Motorola Inc.’s Paging Products Group announced West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Pager One Inc. has introduced a FLEX high-speed paging system that it said gives pager users more reliable …

NEW YORK-Two years after it divested itself of its international paging and cellular operations, Pacific Telesis Group, San Francisco, now confronts projections of two years of nearly flat earnings and …

What did he know and when did he know it? Ah, the immortal question of Sen. Howard Baker of Watergate fame. That’s what House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Jack Fields (R-Texas) …

The South African Police Services announced it has awarded Motorola Inc. and South Africa-based Alcom a contract for a SmartZone UHF two-way radio communications system. Motorola said the system will …

WASHINGTON-MCI Communications Corp. plans to offer cellular service in 20 new major markets by year’s end, including Atlanta, Detroit and Miami. MCI currently buys cellular from both A- and B-side …

WASHINGTON-Developed and developing countries will have 60 million wireless local loop subscribers by 2000, says a recent report published by Economic Management Consultants International Inc. The report, Wireless Local Loop: …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission officials said microwave relocation guidelines will be clarified but not fundamentally altered later this month, despite intense lobbying by the wireless telecommunications industry for major rule changes …

The nascent 220 MHz industry reached another milestone last month when non-nationwide licensees almost were forced to fish or cut bait. As of March 11, anywhere between 3,600 and 3,800 …