July 1996

DALLAS-MobileWare Corp. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced an agreement to participate in joint sales and marketing activities for MobileWare software and wireless data services from AT&T’s Wireless Data Division. …

WASHINGTON-Principals of the Code Division Multiple Access advocate North American Wireless Inc. are deep in discussions to decide if the organization has a future in the personal communications services arena. …

GREENVILLE, S.C.-PCS Development Corp. said it will spend a total of $125 million in separate contracts with Motorola Inc. and Glenayre Technologies Inc. to purchase infrastructure equipment and subscriber units …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration and federal regulators have promised the public safety community a chunk of TV channels 60-69 in exchange for supporting efforts to free up that spectrum soon for …

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 agreement allows Siemens to develop, …

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 is seeking spectrum in the …

Comcast Cellular One has named David S. Levine director of marketing communications. Levine will be responsible for all marketing functions for the Cranbury, N.J.-based cellular provider, including advertising, promotion, public …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service Inc. has assigned Prime-1 short-term ratings to a planned commercial paper program by Nokia Corp. and two of its subsidiaries. Nokia and its two guaranteed subsidiaries, …

Talk is cheap. Take the Federal Communications Commission’s grandiose pronouncements over the past two years on behalf of women, minorities and small businesses. Most disappointing recently is the agency’s refusal …

WASHINGTON-President Clinton last week called for the creation of a commission to develop a national policy to protect telecommunications networks and other infrastructures from sabotage. The action follows recent testimony …

I received a phone call at home one evening from an AT&T long distance salesman. How was I doing, and what long-distance carrier did I use? “Sprint,” I told him. …

BERKELEY, Calif.-TCSI Corp. announced it has successfully completed development and testing of software for the Japanese Personal Digital Cellular standard’s newest Revision C. The company said this milestone is the …

OLYMPIA, Wash.-Independent Telecommunications Network and US Intelco Networks announced they have changed their name to Illuminer. The two companies merged earlier this year. The new name reflects the company’s focus …

TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunication Services announced the commercial availability of ChurnManager following a successful beta test with GTE Mobilnet Inc. The system gathers information on a daily basis from a database …

WASHINGTON-Following what they characterized as an unsuccessful meeting with Wireless Telecommunications Bureau personnel last week, three personal communications services small-business concerns filed a petition for reconsideration regarding revised D-, E- …

PCS eyes cable TV’s line Competitive times call for innovation. During the energy crunch of the mid-1980s, The Williams Cos. of Tulsa, Okla., wanted to take advantage of its unused …

Photocomm Inc. of Scottsdale, Ariz., has been awarded a $3 million contract from Motorola Inc. for 831 solar electric systems to power a wireless communications project in Indonesia. Photocomm said …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s International Cellular Infrastructure Division has signed a $45 million contract to deploy two digital cellular phone systems for BPL/U S West in India. Motorola said it …

Nokia Mobile Phones announced it has teamed with computer manufacturer Psion to enable wireless users to send and receive short messages over a Global System for Mobile communications-based PCS-1900 network …

PCS eyes cable TV’s line Competitive times call for innovation. During the energy crunch of the mid-1980s, The Williams Cos. of Tulsa, Okla., wanted to take advantage of its unused …

Strong growth tugged a little tight on the selling, general and administrative expenses of CellStar Corp., which reported a $2 million operating loss for the second quarter and a net …

TORONTO, Canada-Clearnet Communications Inc. announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Clearnet PCS Inc., has entered into a memorandum of understanding to purchase and finance an estimated $425 million in Code Division …

WASHINGTON-Rep. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said the new telecommunications law does not erase federal jurisdiction of wireless telecommunications, a strong statement aimed at dissuading federal regulators from abandoning a proposed bill-and-keep …

BETHESDA, Md.-Comsat Corp. announced the resignation of Bruce Crockett as president, chief executive officer and director of the corporation amidst second quarter earnings that were worse than expected. The company’s …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association announced a new awards program to recognize innovative work in the field of wireless applications technology. Winners of the first annual APPYs will be announced …