Monthly Archives: May, 1996

IN-VEHICLE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS KEEP DRIVERS AND CARS CONNECTED

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...

CDMA WAITING CONTINUES ON

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...

CORRECTION

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,...

DIGITAL ARRIVALS ARE GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY

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...

ADVANTAGE CELLULAR OPENS UP STORES THROUGHOUT COLORADO

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...

SPECIALTY TELECONSTRUCTORS READ IES FOR PCS NETWORK BUILDING

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...

SBC AND PACTEL FILE REQUEST WITH CPUC FOR MERGER REVIEW

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...

CABLE OFFERS ALTERNATIVE TO TOWERS FOR PCS BUILDS

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...

TIME WILL TELL …

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....

METROCALL LAUNCHES ONE TOUCH SERVICE

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...

CABLE & WIRELESS AGREES ON PAGING

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...

LIGHTBRIDGE OFFERS NEW CELLULAR FRAUD AMMUNITION

Lightbridge Inc. recently activated two new weapons for fighting subscription and true identity cellular fraud. Fraud Sentinel is the complete package including Postalpro, Fraud...

TESSCO’S EX PARTE INJUNCTION PREVENTS END TO ANDREW DEAL

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...

U S WEST REPORTS REVENUE INCREASE

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...

WORLD BRIEFS

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...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

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...

TRUE GOALS OF WTR QUESTIONED BY INDUSTRY

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...

HUGHES, BELLSOUTH WORK ON MIGRATION

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.,...

INTERFERENCE IS PRESENT IN SOME DIGITAL PHONES

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...

BRITE VOICE SERVICE RECOGNIZES SPEECH

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

CABLE & WIRELESS DISCUSSIONS WITH BRITISH TELECOM HALTED

LONDON-On and off and on and off again discussions between Cable & Wireless plc and British Telecommunications plc are reminiscent of a high school...

WINNERS CELEBRATE AS BIDDING CLOSES

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...

STANDING BY CDMA: ANALYSIS, PART 1

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...

CHADMOORE GROWTH FROM WORKING WITH OPERATORS

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

UTILITY COMPANIES CAN ENTER TELECOM

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...
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