Monthly Archives: September, 1996

LCC IPO RESULTS IN SALE OF 5.25 MILLION SHARES

NEW YORK-LCC International Inc., an independent provider of radio frequency network design for wireless telecommunications, went public Sept. 25 with a 5.25 million share...

MOTOROLA, MIT PARTNER TO DEVELOP FUTURE PAGING APPLICATIONS

The futuresque communications previously only envisioned by StarTrek's writers are reality in the here and now as demonstrated at PCS '96 by students of...

CITIES FIGHT POST OFFICE OVER SITES

The village of Schaumburg, Ill., and the city of Half Moon Bay, Calif., allege the U.S. Postal Service is overstepping its legal bounds for...

BUSINESS & FINANCE: WIRELESS DEVICES BENEFIT FROM MICROSOFT PLATFORM

The market for handheld devices may get a shot in the arm now that Microsoft Corp. has introduced Windows CE, a 32-bit operating system...

BUSINESS & FINANCE: WIRELESS DEVICES BENEFIT FROM MICROSOFT PLATFORM

The market for handheld devices may get a shot in the arm now that Microsoft Corp. has introduced Windows CE, a 32-bit operating system...

WHEN TELECOM PACS COME CALLING, FIRMS LET $$ TALK

WASHINGTON-When it comes to getting a say in telecommunications policymaking in the nation's capital, firms let their dollars do the talking. And, oh, how...

GEMPLUS SIGNS CONTRACTS FOR 3 MILLION SIM CARDS

Gemplus America Inc. said it signed contracts to provide subscriber identity module cards, point-of-sale equipment and personalization and over-the-air services to American Personal Communications,...

VIEWPOINT

Have a good day, honey ... and don't forget your transponder!Ahh, those loving words our children will someday bark at their spouses as they...

BELL ATLANTIC, METROCALL INC. ENTER ALLIANCE

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. announced it has established a strategic alliance with Bell Atlantic Corp. to offer paging and messaging services. Bell Atlantic will provide...

CELLULAR CARRIERS WANT DIGITAL WIRETAP CLARIFICATION

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration and the wireless telecommunications industry are in a standoff over the implementation of the 1994 digital wiretap law, also known as...

AIRNET COMMUNICATIONS CORP. ANNOUNCES ALLIANCE IN SYDNEY

MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communications Corp. announced a strategic alliance with Comsyst Pty Ltd. of Sydney, Australia, to distribute and support AirNet's software-based, broadband wireless infrastructure...

FRANCE TELECOM ENTERS BID FOR ROMANIAN GSM-BASED NETWORK

PARIS-France Telecom, with its Mobil Rom consortium, announced it will participate in a bid for a license to install and operate a new Global...

MOTOROLA ADDS TANGO LITE TO PRODUCT FAMILY

FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc.'s Advanced Messaging Group introduced Tango Lite, the newest addition to its family of Tango two-way advanced messaging devices at the...

AVL ANNOUNCES THE QWAVEWRITER

SARNIA, Ontario-AVL Information Systems and Cincinnati Microwave Inc. announced the QWaveWriter, a system for cellular carriers that provides a comprehensive tool for monitoring signal...

SYGNET WIRELESS OFFERS $110M IN SENIOR NOTES

NEW YORK-Sygnet Wireless Inc. sold a $110 million issue of 10-year senior unsecured notes Sept. 19 to help finance its acquisition of Horizon Cellular...

LATIN AMERICAN WIRELESS MARKETS COULD REACH $39B BY 2000

The Latin American cellular and personal communications services market is projected to grow at a compound annual rate of 16 percent in the area's...

ERA GSM SERVICE BEGINS IN PO LAND AT LOWER RATES THAN CENTERTEL

Polska Telefonica Cyfrowa of Poland started its "Era GSM" Global System for Mobile communications service, offered at rates lower than those of existing operator...

IBM AND MOTOROLA TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR LOTUS SOFTWARE

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-IBM Mobile and Wireless Systems announced an agreement with Motorola Inc.'s Wireless Data Group and Ameritech Cellular Services to provide wireless...

RURAL TELCOS WITH BIG BACKING TAKE PART IN LAST SPECTRUM SALE

Judging from information provided in Form 175s submitted prior to the Federal Communications Commission's auction of D-, E- and F-block personal communications services licenses,...

GLENAYRE ISSUES WARNING THIRD-QUARTER INCOME COULD BE DOWN

NEW YORK-Glenayre Technologies Inc. recently issued an advance warning that it expects its third-quarter net income to be "significantly below" results posted in the...

WORLD BRIEFS

InterDigital Communications Corp. announced it has signed a contract valued at $43 million to provide UltraPhone Time Division Multiple Access digital wireless loop systems...

WIRELESS PENETRATION CLIMBS TO 38.2 MILLION USERS IN U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C.-There were 38.2 million cellular and personal communications services subscribers at the end of June, a penetration rate of 14.5 percent, according to...

PEOPLE

Dennis Miller is the new president of Midwest Wireless Communications, the company taking over management of Cellular 2000. The transition between MWC and Cellular...

FCC REFUSES TO STAY INTERCONNECTION, PARTIES DON’T MEET CRITERIA

WASHINGTON-As expected, the Federal Communications Commission refused to stay its recently adopted order regarding local competition and interconnection by denying last week a joint...

N.J. CDMA COMES IN CLEAR IN COLORADO

TRENTON, N.J.-To paraphrase an old Barbra Streisand song, "On a rainy day, you can hear forever," even when making a call to Colorado from...
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