May 1996

LG Information & Communications Ltd. of South Korea is wagering its hand in the U.S. personal communications services market with plans to begin large scale PCS technology and equipment manufacturing …

Geotek Communications Inc. is a new kid on the block, not tied to any traditional distribution system and not bound by “this is the way we’ve always done it” thinking. …

It is said that when you provide a valuable service at a fair price, you’ll always have customers. Such is the personality of paging. In the last year more than …

WASHINGTON-Paralleling the start of authentication service in several markets, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association issued a Request for Information to wireless equipment manufacturers, fraud security vendors and other CTIA members …

The paging industry is undergoing a major regulatory overhaul. The question is why? As the most competitive sector of the wireless telecommunications industry, it is not clear whether sweeping changes …

Paging operators have different ideas about what will be the killer application that attracts paging customers to two-way service. But they do agree about a few things: Paging customers want …

DALLAS-Northern Telecom Inc. plans to incorporate Sun Microsystems Inc.’s Java Software Platform and Java Powered chips into its future telephones for residential, enterprise and wireless applications. Java is an Internet …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. announced it has successfully completed two additional rural field tests of its ultra-low-noise receiver subsystem for cellular base stations. The Conductus subsystem is designed to provide enhanced …

While Republicans and Democrats argue about encryption policy, the Pentagon is getting hacked up. The General Accounting Office says up to one-quarter of a million attempts possibly were made last …

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Paging, a subsidiary of AirTouch Communications, said it has begun service in Albuquerque, N.M., and its surrounding communities. “Albuquerque is a key market for us because of its …

Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it has been awarded a $107 million contract by Escotel to build and maintain a Global System for Mobile communications network covering India’s Haryana, Uttar Pradesh …

WASHINGTON – C-block personal communications services auction winner BD-PCS Inc. has several legal channels open to it before it is forced to give up the 17 markets it won at …

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The Personal Communications Industry Association has elected William L. Collins III chairman of its board of directors. Collins is president and chief executive officer of Metrocall. “Bill …

DALLAS-Geotek Communications Inc. reported the commercial start-up of its Frequency Hopping Multiple Access digital wireless communications network in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. The new network mirrors those it recently introduced in …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced it has completed the installation of five Modular Voice Processing Systems for Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile’s cellular subscribers in North and South Carolina and Virginia. …

The newest arrival in one of cellular’s newest markets-prepaid-is Go Wireless International Ltd., led by an entrepreneur banking his dollars on consumers with damaged credit. The company is venturing new …

Motorola Inc. has been contracted to build a Global System for Mobile communications network in the Czech Republic for operator Radiomobil. The deal is valued at $100 million. The network …

NEW YORK-Rogers Cantel Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications Inc., sold an $800 million debt issue May 22 to refinance at lower rates outstanding indebtedness that …

NEW YORK-In its first application outside paging, Motorola Inc.’s FLEX chipsets will be used in Ex Machina Inc.’s AirMedia Live information services product, the companies announced. AirMedia Live will allow …

MAY 27-28 High Speed Information Services: Strategies to Win the Race to the Home, by ICM Conferences. The Mart Plaza, Chicago. Call Thomas Serafine at (312) 540-5698. 29-31 Canadian Wireless …

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced it has completed the purchase of an additional 1.7 million common shares of PCS Wireless Inc. based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. With this investment, ADC …

New protocol-based paging technologies may not only alleviate carrier capacity problems but also may transform the nature of service offerings from “cheap beeps” to “paging on steroids.” Alphanumeric paging, the …

NEW YORK-Mentor Graphics Corp. plans this summer to begin selling a new generation of electronic design automation software, developed with Nokia Corp., that officials of both companies say will dramatically …

BALA CYNWYD, Pa.-The Associated Group Inc. and Comcast Cellular Communications Inc. announced they will launch a trial this summer in New Jersey of the TruePosition Cellular Location System. The service …

While Motorola Inc.’s FLEX paging technology begins to dash across the globe, POCSAG remains the de facto standard in the international paging world, said Ann Lynch, an analyst with the …