Monthly Archives: October, 1996

PRONET HIKES PRICES FOR SMALL RESELLERS

The Northeast regional office of ProNet Inc. is raising prices for some of its smaller resellers to $5 per number. The company believes the...

LABOR, ENVIRONMENTALISTS TEAM AGAINST ANTENNAS

WASHINGTON-Environmentalists have teamed up with organized labor to block antenna siting and publicize alleged health risks from pocket telephones in a potent grass roots...

FCC, PCIA FILE TO VACATE STAY

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission and the Personal Communications Industry Association filed petitions at the U.S. Supreme Court late last week to vacate the stay...

ITA’S CROSBY UPBEAT FOR ’97 DESPITE PRIVATE RADIO UNCERTAINTIES

There is one universal truth about Mark Crosby, longtime president of the Industrial Telecommunications Association-he speaks his mind, and he speaks it often. In...

APPLIED BUYS ATI TO BOOST MARKETING

NIXA, Mo.-Applied Cellular Technology Inc. acquired ATI Communications of Bethel Park, Pa. The acquisition was announced in June and completed Oct. 15, although Aug....

PACBELL, WINSTAR ENTER AGREEMENT

NEW YORK-Pacific Bell Mobile Services has signed a three-year contract to purchase WinStar Communications Inc.'s Wireless Fiber service capabilities.Pacific Bell said it expects increasing...

AUDIOVOX SEEKS APPROVAL ON SWAP

NEW YORK-Audiovox Corp. will seek shareholder approval next month to exchange outstanding debt for common stock in order to improve its financial strength and...

PRODUCTS:

Ericsson Inc. introduced a lightweight, palm-sized cellular phone which delivers up to 90 minutes of talk time and 24 hours of standby time, the...

J.D. POWER, SAFCO TO PRODUCE STUDIES ON TELECOM MARKET

AGOURA HILLS, Calif.-J.D. Power and Associates announced it will jointly produce additional studies on the wireless telecommunications market with Safco Technologies Inc., a company...

VIEWPOINT

Tomorrow has always been a bit tricky to forecast. Did John Walter know on his first day at R.R. Donnelley that one day he...

ILLUMINET, COLUMBIA TO HELP SMALL PCS NEW CALL CENTER TO SERVE SIX STATES

OLYMPIA, Wash.-Illuminet and Columbia Spectrum Management said they are helping small personal communications services providers clear spectrum using Columbia Spectrum's services. PCS license winners...

HUNDT: ANTITRUST POLICY SHIFTS TO KEEP PACE WITH CONSOLIDATION

WASHINGTON-Antitrust policy is adapting to sweeping pro-competitive, deregulatory telecommunications reforms mandated by Congress, but not abandoning traditional oversight safeguards, one of the nation's top...

LSI LOGIC GRACES THE WIRELESS STAGE WITH GSM CHIPSET

MILPITAS, Calif.-LSI Logic announced a new microchip architecture that offers Global System for Mobile communications baseband processing capabilities in a single-chip system.The single-chip architecture...

GEOTEK FINDS CUSTOMERS ARE ANXIOUS FOR WIRELESS DATA SOLUTIONS

Geotek Communications Inc. has launched the data portion of its network, hoping to satisfy higher-than-expected demand for data and low subscriber numbers."We introduced with...

LCC INTERNATIONAL IPO COMPLETED AS THIRD QUARTER ENDS

LCC International Inc.'s recent initial public offering of 6 million shares coincided with the end of the quarter Sept. 30. The Class A Common...

TRANSCRYPT INTERNATIONAL PLANS TO SELL 3M SHARES

NEW YORK-Transcrypt International Inc., a designer and manufacturer of information security products for wireless and wireline voice and data communications, plans to go public.The...

USTR FRUSTRATED OVER DELAY IN OPENING ASIAN TELECOM MARKETS

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration accused Asia of thwarting progress on reaching a global telecom free trade pact early next year."The WTO (World Trade Organization) telecom...

PRODUCTS:

Tektronix Inc. announced a new capability for the R3465 Modulation Spectrum Analyzer, which is made by Japan-based Advantest Corp. and marketed in North America...

GTE, T-NETIX TEAM FOR TECHNICAL TRIAL

ORLANDO, Fla.-GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. has teamed up with T-Netix to evaluate T-Netix's speaker verification technology, an authorization system for subscribers roaming outside their...

WIRELESS INDUSTRY HOPES TO WOO HOLIDAY GIFT GIVERS

The wireless industry is primed to woo holiday shoppers this season to their stable of products, offering service that is inexpensive and easy to...

APT REPORTS IT IS ON TRACK FOR PCS DESPITE LOWERED 3Q RESULTS

NEW YORK-American Portable Telecom Inc., Chicago, reported disappointing third quarter financial results last week, but said it is on track for the early 1997...

CELLSTAR CHOSEN BY PACIFIC BELL MOBILE

CARROLLTON, Texas-Pacific Bell Mobile Services has chosen CellStar Corp. to provide product acquisition, distribution and customized kitting for Pacific Bell's personal communications services product...

AT DEADLINE: MICHIGAN AND OHIO USE AIRTOUCH NAME

Cellular One of Michigan and Ohio will adopt the AirTouch Cellular name and bring the number of states offering cellular service under the AirTouch...

VIEWPOINT

The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals to stay the proxy pricing rules for interconnection rates until oral arguments can be heard is...

ARGENTINE CARRIER WILL EXPAND FLEX LICENSING CONTRACT

FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc.'s Advanced Messaging Group and Radiomensaje, an Argentina-based national and regional paging service provider, signed an agreement to expand Radiomensaje's FLEX...
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