Monthly Archives: September, 1996

GEOTEK SIGNS HYUNDAI AGREEMENT TO STRENGTHEN KOREAN POSITION

The equipment arm of Geotek Communications Inc. has signed a supply contract with Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. Ltd. designed to strengthen the New Jersey-based...

LA CELLULAR STOPS CHARGING FOR INCOMPLETE CALLS

CERRITOS, Calif.-Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co. said it eliminated charges for incomplete cellular phone calls in its Southern California market, and said it is...

LCC INTERNATIONAL READY FOR INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

NEW YORK-LCC International Inc., an independent provider of radio frequency network design for wireless telecommunications, said it plans to go public by early autumn.The...

LOOKING AT THE LEGAL SIDE OF TOWER SITE COLLOCATION

Collocation is the latest trend to sweep the industry for the acquisition of wireless communications sites. There are several incentives for carriers to enter...

LUCENT CLAIMS NEW DSP IS FASTEST CHIP

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J.-The Microelectronics Group of Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it is shipping to wireless equipment manufacturers what it claims is the world's fastest...

LUCENT AND IBN PARTNER IN DATA NETWORKING EFFORT

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies and IBM Corp. announced they will collaborate to grow the market for wireless data networking equipment, applications and services.Specifically, the...

SWISS TELECOM N.A. INVESTS IN MALAYSIA

WASHINGTON-Swiss Telecom North America announced it has invested $285 million to secure a 30 percent stake in the Malaysian carrier Mutiara Telecommunications, a digital...

MANUFACTURERS REPORT STANDARDS WILL DRIVE SMART CARD MARKET

Open standards must be developed so smart cards can integrate with personal computers, according to a group of PC manufacturers and smart card developers...

KANSAS CELLULAR WINS TECH. AWARD

SALINA, Kan.-Kansas Cellular, a provider of rural cellular phone service, announced the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corp. has ranked it the state's second fastest-growing technology...

LETTERS: GOVERNMENT SHOULD GET OUT OF THE WAY OF BUSINESS PEOPLE

Mr. Silva,I've often wondered what's wrong with our country and then I hear the diatribe like spending on human capital, which falls so easily...

COMVERSE’S INFINITY IS SELECTED BY APT TO INTEGRATE SYSTEM

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Technology Inc. announced American Portable Telecom Inc. placed an initial order, valued at $6 million, for Comverse's Trilogue Infinity system, which provides...

WHO IS IN CHARGE HERE?

It was suggested in a recent RCR article that the Telecommunications Act of 1996 answered the question of "Who is in charge here?" by...

TELECOM TARGETS CHRISTIANS: PRAYING OR PREYING?

A Christian-oriented newsletter editor tells readers he's found a great investment-shares in a personal communications services venture that could make people millionaires-something that had...

TARGET MARKETING TO SPECIAL GROUPS CAN BE A WIN-WIN SITUATION

There is a plus side to targeted marketing, where companies and conservative groups have created win/win situations-where nobody gets hurt and nothing is compromised.Case...

PAGEWRITER USES MEMOS PLATFORM TO OPERATE ON NPCS SYSTEMS

Motorola Inc.'s Messaging Systems Products Group unveiled PageWriter, the first wireless device based on the company's Memos messaging platform.The two-way pager features the familiar...

COUNTY ASSESSOR USES RAM NETWORK TO APPRAISE ON-SITE

ST. PAUL, Minn.-RAM Mobile Data USA L.P. said its wireless data communications solution has made fast, on-site appraisals possible for the Ramsey County of...

SYSTEM COSTS, NOT CAPACITY, SHOULD DRIVE PCS BUILDOUT CHOICES

Digital wireless technologies were designed to answer issues of quality, capacity and cost. But by releasing huge swaths of new spectrum, the Federal Communications...

EC WELCOMES COMMENTS ON IRID IUM SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

The European Commission has invited comment on the Iridium satellite system and its impact on European mobile communications, although the EC has said it...

FIRMS FIND SPREAD SPECTRUM BEST TECHNOLOGY FOR 2.4 GHZ BAND

The government may have auction fever, but companies are betting the 2.4 GHz band won't be disturbed, and it will continue to be a...

BELLSOUTH WILL BUY BACK ITS OWN STOCK

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. announced it will begin repurchasing the company's shares of stock on the open market."At current trading levels, BellSouth's stock represents an excellent...

PAGEMART WIRELESS APPOINTS TWO NEW PCS VICE PRESIDENTS

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. appointed two new vice presidents to head strategic planning and business development for its narrowband personal communications services.N. Ross Buckenham will...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

ANI Site Development announced its new web site available to antenna site location professionals. Users can get a visual representation of ANI's sites by...

CALENDAR

SEPTEMBER9-10 1996 Communications Act-Deriving Order from Chaos, by Bell Atlantic Professional Services and Indetec International Inc. Wyndham Bristol Hotel, Washington, D.C. (800) 327-8412.9-10 A...

CELCORE TO SUPPLY GLOBALHUB PRODUCT TO U.S. CELLULAR

MEMPHIS, Tenn.-Celcore Inc., a wireless infrastructure equipment developer, has agreed to supply United States Cellular Corp. with the GlobalHub intelligent network platform. GlobalHub will...

BELGACOM CUTS RATES AS MOBISTAR SERVICE STARTS

A week after Mobistar launched Global System for Mobile communications cellular service in Belgium, sole incumbent Belgacom Mobile cut its cellular rates between 30...
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