Monthly Archives: October, 1996

WORLD BRIEFS

Korean telephone service provider Shinsegi Telecomm Inc. awarded Lucent Technologies Inc. a contract to supply and install a Code Division Multiple Access-technology based cellular...

NOT ALL OF THE PCS BIDS REFLECT THE HEAVY HITTERS BEHIND THEM

WASHINGTON-While it may not be an auctionwide pattern, bidders on the largest basic trading areas (ranked by pop) in the D-, E- and F-block...

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...

FACING EXTINCTION, POCSAG PAG ING PREVAILS

FLEX has been adopted en masse in the paging industry, at least in principle. In reality, the majority of U.S. one-way paging customers are...

WIRELESS INDUSTRY ASKS TO EXTEND NEW RF COMPLIANCE GUIDELINES

WASHINGTON-The wireless telecommunications industry said many carriers will not meet the Jan. 1 deadline when new radio frequency radiation safety guidelines go into effect.The...

LUCENT ADDS CELLULAR TWIST TO PAY PHONE ENDEAVORS

Lucent Technologies Inc. is introducing a wireless "smart" pay telephone. The company intends to market the new phones in nations with limited phone service.The...

PAGENET PEDDLES DEBT THAT COULD HELP LAUNCH VOICENOW SERVICE

NEW YORK-Paging Network Inc. announced Oct. 10 it sold privately a $500 million issue of notes to help repay existing bank debt and possibly...

BRAZIL CARRIER PICKS MOTOROLA NETWORK

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Telecomunicacoes do Ceara S.A., a Brazilian cellular provider, chose Motorola Inc.'s Pan American Wireless Infrastructure Division to supply its Advanced Mobile Phone...

ONE-STOP WIRELESS TO OFFER L.A. USERS PREPAID CELLULAR

IRVINE, Calif.-One-Stop Wireless of America said it plans to offer wireless and prepaid cellular products beginning Nov. 15 in Los Angeles. The company said...

NORTEL TO DELIVER FIXED RADIO SYSTEM TO U.K. OPERATOR

PAIGNTON, U.K.-Northern Telecom Inc. will supply Proximity I fixed radio access network equipment and services to Ionica, a new national public telephone operator in...

WILL NEXTEL TEST ANTITRUST LAW?

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc.'s proposed $159 million buyout of Pittencrieff Communications Inc.-a deal that could give one firm half of the 2.2 million dispatch customers...

SUPREME COURT REJECTS MTEL PLEA TO HEAR CASE

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme Court last week declined to hear an appeal of a pioneer's-preference fee case filed earlier this year by Jackson, Miss.-based Mobile...

MSI DONATES SOFTWARE TO CU FOR TRAINING OF RF ENGINEERS

BOULDER, Colo.-Mobile Systems International Inc., Richardson, Texas, has donated one license of its Planet software to the Interdisciplinary Telecom Program at the University of...

FRAUD FIGHTER FINDS PUC RULE BARS BUSINESS

Lightbridge Inc.'s ProFile subscription fraud prevention product is used by carriers in every state except California because the state's public utilities code won't allow...

AIRNET WILL RESTRUCTURE COMPANY DUE TO DEARTH OF FINANCING FOR PCS

NEW YORK-Because many new personal communications services providers are unable to pay out of pocket for equipment purchases, AirNet Communications Corp. announced last week...

MICROCELL’S PCS SERVICE TO PREMIERE FOR HOLIDAYS

Canadians may be giving Fido to their loved ones this Christmas.But Fido is not a dog. It's the spunky brand name for Microcell Telecommunications...

CSD LINKS 75 SITES IN CALIFORNIA AREA

STOCKTON, Calif.-Communication Systems Development Inc. completed the first phase of its network infrastructure in California, linking Los Angeles to the San Francisco Bay area....

RCR TOP 20 MOBILE DATA CARRIERS

Editor's Note: The RCR editorial staff has compiled this list of terrestrial-based, two-way mobile data operators based on interviews with industry contacts. The chart is...

UNWIRED PLANET PORTS SOFTWARE TO GEOWORKS’ OPERATING SYSTEM

LAS VEGAS-After making a splash last July in the wireless Internet/intranet-access market with a micro-browser software solution optimized for so-called "thin-client" wireless devices, Unwired...

OLIVETTI READY TO SELL STAKE IN OMNITEL PRONTO ITALIA

Olivetti SpA is seeking to sell part of its stake in Omnitel Pronto Italia, Italy's privately owned Global System for Mobile communications cellular carrier...

CELLSTAR LAWSUIT WILL TEST FEDERAL SECURITIES STATUTE

NEW YORK-Recent developments in a class-action lawsuit alleging securities fraud against CellStar Corp., a cellular handset distributor, have emerged as a vanguard test of...

CENTENNIAL CELLULAR DEBT IS UPGRADED BY MOODY’S

NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service Inc. announced Oct. 10 it has upgraded its ratings on $350 million in outstanding debt issued by Centennial Cellular, New...

NATTEL ACCUSES POCKET OF COLLUSION IN AUCTION

WASHINGTON-In his continued attempt to regain the C-block American Samoa personal communications services license taken back by the Federal Communications Commission due to default,...

MICROCELL'S PCS SERVICE TO PREMIERE FOR HOLIDAYS

Canadians may be giving Fido to their loved ones this Christmas.But Fido is not a dog. It's the spunky brand name for Microcell Telecommunications...

AT DEADLINE: CLINTON PROPOSES FREE INTERNET FOR SCHOOL STUDENTS

President Clinton has proposed to provide free basic Internet access to all elementary, middle and high schools and libraries, an election-year measure potentially costing...
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