Monthly Archives: August, 1996

AIRTOUCH TO ISSUE STOCK AFTER CCI VOTE ON MERGER

NEW YORK-Shareholders of Cellular Communications Inc., New York, were scheduled to vote Aug. 16 whether to approve the company's acquisition by AirTouch Communications Inc.,...

PAC BELL GETS AA RATING ON $250 MILLION IN NOTES

NEW YORK-Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co., Chicago, assigned an investment grade rating of AA- to Pacific Bell's $250 million issue of 10-year notes...

PCS WINNERS IN OREGON FACE STATE TAX ASSESSMENT ON LICENSES

Sprint Spectrum L.P. said it is facing the same problem in Oregon experienced by its personal communications services competitor, Western Wireless Corp.-an attempt by...

PRIMARK ACQUIRES THE YANKEE GROUP

WALTHAM, Mass.-Primark Corp. has acquired Yankee Group Research Inc., a market research and consulting firm in the communications and computing field.The transaction includes cash...

INSIDE RCR

Sprint Spectrum delays offering -5AT&T, SBC swap properties - 13Telecel expands service in Africa - 18

GLENAYRE TO ACQUIRE CNET STOCK

Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Cnet Inc., a Plano, Texas-based provider of engineering software tools for wireless communications...

MOODY’S DROPS MTEL’S RATING OUT LOOK TO `NEGATIVE’

NEW YORK-Moody's Investor's Service Inc. downgraded certain outstanding debt of Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp., Jackson, Miss.The New York-based rating agency downgraded its speculative grade...

NORWEGIAN CARRIER TO TRIAL DCS 1800

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS-NetCom GSM, a Norwegian cellular network operator, announced its trial DCS 1800 digital cellular system. The system, supplied and commissioned by Motorola Inc.'s...

WORLD BRIEFS

Motorola Inc.'s Advanced Messaging Group said Shanghai Guomai, the largest paging carrier in China, is operating using Motorola's FLEX protocol-based paging system in Shanghai....

AT DEADLINE: ERICSSON INCOME INCREASES IN 2Q

L.M. Ericsson's radio communications sector is responsible for almost two-thirds of the company's sales in the second quarter, ending the three-month period with $2.7...

BRAZIL TO AUCTION B-BAND CELLULAR PERMIT IN EARLY ’97

NEW YORK-After many delays, Brazil's B-band cellular license auctions, which will be open to foreign bidders, are likely to begin early next year.The Brazil...

BELLSOUTH DCS ADDS 7 MORE MAR KETS TO PCS NETWORK

RALEIGH, N.C.-BellSouth Mobility DCS has launched the second phase of its three-year, $500 million network deployment plan to bring personal communications services to the...

VIEWPOINT

Paging stocks have been taking a beating lately as ratings agencies and some analysts worry that plain old paging won't be able to compete...

TELECEL USES AFRILINK TO OFFER COMPETITIVE CALLING

Using cellular and intelligent satellite technologies, Telecel International Ltd. of New Canaan, Conn., is on track to rehaul communications in Africa.The company was first...

WESTERN WIRELESS GETS SCI’S ROUTER

IRVINE, Calif.-Subscriber Computing Inc., a provider of management solutions for the wireless industry, has completed the installation of the first Unix version of SCI's...

STATES MUST STOP SINGLING OUT WIRELESS IN AREA CODE OVERLAYS

WASHINGTON-A recently released Federal Communications Commission order now prohibits states from singling out wireless carriers for service- or technology-specific area code overlays.States will be...

360 COMMUNICATIONS LAUNCHES CDMA SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS

3607 Communications Co. launched its Code Division Multiple Access digital cellular phone network in Las Vegas and is offering the service to new and...

PEOPLE

MobileMedia Corp.'s board of directors has appointed Michael K. Lorelli chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors. Previously, he was...

WORLD BRIEFS

France Telecom Mobiles International has signed two digital cellular phone contracts with Chinese operator China United Telecommunications Corp. (China Unicom). The contracts call for...

NEXTWAVE CLOSE TO PCS RESALE PACT

SAN DIEGO-NextWave Telecom Inc. has signed a non-binding letter of intent to negotiate the sale of several billion minutes of use from its personal...

VIEWPOINT

I'm a 5-foot-3-inch person, but I'm beginning to feel like Gulliver in Lilliput electronics land.Anyone who watched the Summer Olympics probably saw the commercial...

LHS FINDS BILLING NICHE WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES

Although LHS Communications Systems Inc. was formed only a year ago, the company is not new.The U.S. operation, which provides billing and customer care...

INFOCELLULAR SUPPLIES SPRINT SPEC TRUM L.P. WITH SOFTWARE SYSTEM

WAYLAND, Mass.-InfoCellular Inc. said it will supply Sprint Spectrum L.P. with its InfoCell Plus software system, which supports customer acquisition, point-of-sale functions, an inventory...

GERMAN GOVERNMENT PLANS FOR AD VENT OF FOURTH WIRELESS CARRIER

Germany, one of Western Europe's most developed mobile telephone markets, is preparing to license a fourth operator to further stimulate competition.Parties interested in the...

FCC MODERNIZATION BILL CLIPS FCC CHAIRMAN’S TRAVELING WINGS

WASHINGTON - Just before Congress shut down for its annual August recess, retiring Rep. Jack Fields (R-Texas) along with co-signer John Dingell (D-Mich.) presented...
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