Monthly Archives: July, 1996

FCC RATIFIES SERVICE TO HELP PUB LIC SAFETY TO TRACK STOLEN GOODS

WASHINGTON-A newly authorized low-power radio service in the 216-217 MHz band will accommodate planned short-range communications devices for the hearing impaired, health-care telemetry services...

UNIDEN LICENSED TO BUILD IN FLEXION-BASED DEVICES

FORT WORTH, Texas- Uniden America Corp. licensed Motorola Inc.'s InFLEXion voice messaging protocol, the first manufacturing company to license the technology for advanced messaging...

CELSAT AMERICA INC. AGREES WITH HUGHES

LOS ANGELES-Celsat America Inc. has entered into an agreement with Hughes Space and Communications Co. as a potential supplier for the Celsat geosynchronous telecommunications...

MCI COMMUNICATIONS PREMIERES CELLULAR SERVICE IN 4 MARKETS

ATLANTA-MCI Communications Corp. said it is introducing local cellular service in south Florida including Miami. The announcement comes on the heels of MCI's recent...

FCC PROGRESSES ON REALLOCATION PLAN

WASHINGTON-Even before the Federal Communications Commission voted last week to solicit comments regarding the possibility of taking back UHF broadcast channels 60 through 69,...

EU COMMISSIONER SEES `BREAK THROUGH’ IN LIBERALIZATION EFFORTS

The commissioner in charge of competition for the European Union told an audience recently that while there has been a "dramatic breakthrough" in the...

CRAIN REMEMBERED BY FRIENDS, FAMILY

Nearly 1,000 people gathered Wednesday, July 24 to celebrate the life of Crain Communications Chairman Emeritus Gertrude Ramsay Crain at Holy Name Cathedral in...

ALLTEL ANNOUNCES PHILIPPINES FIRM CREATED FOR DATA

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Information Services announced the formation of a Philippine-based corporation that will provide data management and processing services to Pilipino Telephone Corp.,...

ALCATEL TELECOM SIGNS SATELLITE DEAL

PARIS-Alcatel Telecom has signed a cooperative agreement with GE Americom. Alcatel said the agreement gives it the exclusive European distribution rights for the satellite...

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NEW FRACTAL ANTENNAS OFFERED FOR WIRELESS

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-Fractal Antenna Systems Inc. said it is offering an antenna for wireless phones that is much smaller than conventional antennas but just...

LOW-PRICED EXTRAS BRING CARRIERS ADDED REVENUE

Enhanced services deliver greater convenience, mobility and security to cellular customers, but how much value these "value-adds" provide carriers is uncertain.Depending on the sophistication...

CIRRUS ANNOUNCES SMART PHONES CHIP

FREMONT, Calif.-Cirrus Logic Inc. announced a single-chip mobile compute engine targeted for next-generation mobile applications.Cirrus said its CL-PS7110, based on the ARM7100, has the...

LUCENT GETS $7M EQUIPMENT OR DER FROM CZECH FIRM

PRAGUE-Landline operator SPT Telecom s.p. of the Czech Republic has agreed to purchase wireless equipment, valued at $7 million, from Lucent Technologies Inc.Lucent will...

DENNIS FOSTER WILL CHAIR CTIA FOUNDATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Dennis Foster, president and chief executive officer of 360

APT PLANS TO OPEN OFFICES IN TAMPA

TAMPA, Fla.-Personal communications services provider American Portable Telecom Inc. announced it has selected Tampa, Fla., as the site of its new National Operations Center.The...

CABLE & WIRELESS ENTERS U.S. CEL LULAR INDUSTRY VIA BANM PACT

Cable & Wireless Inc. has signed a cellular resale agreement with Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile, one of the first steps in introducing its own...

AIRTOUCH INCOME RISES 58 PERCENT

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc.'s net income for the second quarter increased 58 percent to $61.2 million, or 12 cents per share, from $38.7 million,...

IFR STARTS SHIPPING IS-136 TEST DEVICE

WITCHITA, Kan.-IFR Systems Inc. has begun shipping its new Interim Standard 136 Time Division Multiple Access digital cellular radio protocol analyzer.The analyzer is the...

L.M. ERICSSON INKS HUNGARIAN PACTS

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson has signed contracts with Hungarian telecommunications operator Deltav to deploy a Digital European Cordless Telecommunications network in southern Hungary.Ericsson and Deltav...

INFORMATION CARRIER EXPANDS BUSINESS

STAMFORD, Conn.- Intelligent Information Inc., which provides financial, news, weather, traffic, sports and entertainment information to wireless users, is quickly expanding its business, as...

SIEMENS TO MAKE CDMA EQUIPMENT

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it has signed a multimillion dollar, royalty-bearing subscriber equipment license with Siemens Wireless Terminals, a division of Siemens Rolm Communications.The...

STUPKA TRADES CELLULAR SCENE FOR 2-WAY TASK

The prospect of taking SkyTel 2-Way messaging service from a workable technology to a marketplace product is at the crux of John Stupka's new...

PTS TEAMS WITH ERICSSON TO BE COME PCS OPERATOR

Forget cellular. Personal Technology Services Inc.'s PCS business will compete with the phone company, said Colin Buckingham, PTS' president and chief executive officer.The company...

PCS LICENSES ON HOLD FOR SOME AS FCC REVIEWS PETITION CLAIMS

WASHINGTON-A group of 310 C-block personal communications services licenses should be issued within the next two weeks, but it is doubtful that those won...
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