May 1996

You may never need, or want, to leave your car once it is equipped with an in-vehicle navigation and communications system. Hitting the market this year are a handful of …

Code Division Multiple Access has been touted as a success story in Seoul, South Korea and in Hong Kong. Many U.S. personal communications services licensees have based their access technology …

The MCI One initial package that includes one-number service, free long distance, Internet services and a calling card is offered for $4.95 a month, not $34.95 as stated in RCR’s …

NEW YORK-For Coherent Communications Systems Inc. of Leesburg, Va., the new digital arrivals on the wireless communications scene represent a golden opportunity for its echo cancellation technologies. Digital cellular communications …

DENVER-Advantage Cellular Inc., a cellular specialty store that offers AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s cellular service, announced the opening of two licensee locations in Colorado Springs and downtown Denver. The new …

When MCI Communications Corp. asked him to build a radio tower on top of a mountain using a helicopter, 21-year-old wireless newcomer Michael Budagher said yes. Fifteen years later, his …

NEW YORK-SBC Communications Inc. and Pacific Telesis Group have filed jointly a request that the California Public Utilities Commission review their proposed merger. Under the merger proposal, Pacific Bell, the …

Cable television infrastructure is making a comeback as a solution to help companies mix-and-match architectures to deliver personal communications services in the face of community resistance to tower build-outs. Cox …

How much is too much for specialized mobile radio spectrum? Once again, deep pockets prevailed in the recent government auction for 900 MHz SMR spectrum. The biggest license winners were …

CHARLOTTE-Metrocall Inc. announced it has launched nationwide One Touch service using Glenayre Technologies Inc.’s Modular Voice Processing System platform. The system will allow Metrocall to provide voice and fax messaging, …

VIENNA, Va.-Cable & Wireless Inc. has reached an agreement with MobileComm that will allow CWI to introduce CWI-branded paging service to its long-distance customers during this second quarter. CWI focuses …

Lightbridge Inc. recently activated two new weapons for fighting subscription and true identity cellular fraud. Fraud Sentinel is the complete package including Postalpro, Fraud Detect and the company’s hallmark product, …

Tessco Technologies Inc. said it has obtained an Ex Parte injunction enjoining Andrew Corp. from terminating its Distributor Agreement with the company. The Sparks, Md.-based distributor disclosed in its earnings …

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-U S West Media Group reported $1.4 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 31. The figure is a 25 percent increase from the same period a year …

Millicom International Cellular S.A. signed a seven-year $200 million credit facility agreement arranged by ABN-AMRO Bank and ING Bank. Millicom said the facility will be used to refinance $125 million …

Alcatel Network Systems and Sprint Corp. have completed a network upgrade with a five-node synchronous optical network in Fayetteville, N.C. The ring, with a circumference of more than 100 miles …

WASHINGTON-Wireless Technology Research, L.L.P., the entity created with funding from the wireless telecommunications industry three years ago after a highly publicized lawsuit claimed pocket phones cause brain cancer, is losing …

GERMANTOWN, Md.-Hughes Network Systems Inc. and BellSouth Cellular Corp. announced that BellSouth Mobility Inc. has successfully moved over commercial cellular traffic in Nashville, Tenn., to HNS’ GMH 2000 system. In …

NORMAN, Okla.-The first phase of University of Oklahoma research has concluded that different digital phone technologies can interfere with hearing aids, but researchers have yet to settle on how to …

WICHITA, Kan. – Brite Voice Systems has introduced a cellular phone enhanced service designed to improve the safety of mobile phone use in automobiles. The company has developed a voicemail …

LONDON-On and off and on and off again discussions between Cable & Wireless plc and British Telecommunications plc are reminiscent of a high school romance. This week they’re broken up. …

WASHINGTON-“This is the most exciting day of my life,” exclaimed Allen Salmasi, chairman and chief executive officer of NextWave Personal Communications Inc., which by all unofficial accounts was the winner …

Depending on who is doing the talking, Code Division Multiple Access technology either is venerated or vilified. While several major A-, B-and C-block personal communications services operators have committed to …

After reorganizing the business two years ago, Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. today boasts a market capitalization of $38 million and is moving toward becoming a giant in the specialized mobile …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed Rule Making to expedite the entry of public utility holding companies into the telecommunications industry. The NPRM seeks to implement part …