August 1996

LONDON-Mobile subscriber growth of 150 percent in China will provide more than $10 billion in annual service revenues by 2000, forecasts CIT Research in its recent study. According to the …

Gearing up for the influx in demand for customer care and billing, Cincinnati Bell Information Systems Inc. and American Management Systems announced the expansion of their businesses. CBIS said it …

AUGUST 13-14 Wireless Interconnection ’96, by Bellcore. Westin Hotel San Francisco Airport, Millbrae, Calif. Call Pam Dunn at (800) 521-CORE. 13 & 20 Semiconductor Conference, by the New York Society …

Comsat RSI Mark Antennas signed agreements with several contractors to supply antennas for Sprint Spectrum L.P.’s personal communications services network. The contractors include Black & Veatch and MFS Network Technologies, …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s European Cellular Infrastructure Division is set to complete the first digital cellular network in the Ukraine for Bancomsvyaz, the local operator. The system, which will operate …

Gearing up for the influx in demand for customer care and billing, Cincinnati Bell Information Systems Inc. and American Management Systems announced the expansion of their businesses. CBIS said it …

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 control system, a sales management system, …

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 systems to wireless carriers, is …

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 in which a bunch of …

LONDON-The International Mobile Satellite Organization Council agreed to open regional offices to represent Latin America, South and East Asia and Africa. “Inmarsat opened its first regional office in Beijing, China, …

Some of the nation’s most powerful industries said they have been “too quiet, too long” about the U.S. government’s auction hunger, and have formed an alliance to make sure businesses …

Ah…August in Washington. Congress is on hiatus. Agencies have ratcheted down. Tourists are dwindling. Humidity on certain days is below 99 percent. John Tesh (and his Olympic drivel) is gone. …

NEW YORK-Aided by strong growth in its mobile phones and telecommunications business groups, Nokia Corp. reported strong second-quarter net sales Aug. 8 of nearly $1.9 billion, a 17 percent increase …

WASHINGTON-In recent months, the Federal Communications Commission has focused the bulk of its attention on meeting and beating congressional telecom-reform mandates, the most recent of which involved adopting an order …

LUXEMBOURG-Millicom International Cellular S.A. said it received approval from the council for the Development of Cambodia to commercially launch cellular service in that country. Cambodia GSM Ltd., a 61.5 percent-owned …

NEW YORK-The establishment of Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Commission by Aug. 10 heralds the advent of significant new foreign ownership opportunities south of the border for wireless services companies. “Joint auctions …

NEW YORK-Given “some ridiculous pricing in reseller channels,” Metrocall Inc. “dramatically altered the distribution strategy” this spring, and results started to show by the end of the second quarter, said …

NEW YORK-This is the good news for would-be issuers contemplating raising public debt or equity-the so-called corrections of mid-July began to turn into a rebound by early August. In the …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Spectrum L.P. has named Andrew Sukawaty chief executive officer. Sukawaty is known for his work helping launch a personal communications services network in the United Kingdom. Sprint …

SEATTLE-Toll Free Cellular selected Illuminet to provide the SS7 infrastructure for the company’s toll free cellular calling intelligent network routing. Toll Free Cellular assigns businesses an 800 number to pay …

3607 Communications Co. launched its Code Division Multiple Access digital cellular phone network in Las Vegas and is offering the service to new and existing customers. The system, which covers …

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 president of the Americas Division of …

France Telecom Mobiles International has signed two digital cellular phone contracts with Chinese operator China United Telecommunications Corp. (China Unicom). The contracts call for the expansion of a 1995 system …

Editor’s Note: The RCR research and editorial staffs have compiled this list of mobile satellite carriers based on survey responses and interviews with industry contacts. The chart is arranged alphabetically …