October 1996

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 network in the southern cities of …

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 personal communications services auction tend to …

Cellular One of Michigan and Ohio will adopt the AirTouch Cellular name and bring the number of states offering cellular service under the AirTouch brand to 17. “Our strength as …

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 POCSAG customers and carriers are in …

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 Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association last …

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 goal is to provide the …

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 to help finance its launch of …

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 Service network in the state of …

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 it plans to acquire retail stores …

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 the United Kingdom. Proximity wireless access …

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 and access to most of the …

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 Telecommunication Technology Corp. Instead, it chose …

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 Colorado, Boulder, Colo., for educational purposes. …

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 it, the company reports. “The Public …

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 it would downsize, restructure and direct …

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 Inc.’s personal communications service scheduled …

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. The network consists of 75 tower …

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 arranged alphabetically since many of …

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 Planet Inc. is moving on up …

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 that is experiencing rapid subscriber growth …

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 part of a new federal law …

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 Canaan, Conn. The New York-based rating …

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, Jack Robinson, president of National Telecom …

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 Inc.’s personal communications service scheduled …

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 billions of dollars that would be …