Monthly Archives: October, 1996

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...

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...

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...

LOWER EARNINGS CONFIRM MOTOROLA’S 3Q WARNINGS

NEW YORK-As expected from its advance warning last month, Motorola Inc. last week reported lower sales and earnings for the third quarter of 1996...

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...

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,...

TSR GETS 125M CREDIT FACILITY

NEW YORK-TSR Paging Inc. announced last week it closed on a new $125 million bank credit facility, arranged by First National Bank of Chicago...

TELECOM DEVELOPMENT FUND MEMBERS NAMED

WASHINGTON-The remaining private sector board members of the congressionally mandated Telecommunications Development Fund have been named, capping an eight-month controversy that had the White...

PALMER WIRELESS AUTHORIZES STOCK REPURCHASE PLAN

FORT MEYERS, Fla.-Palmer Wireless Inc. announced its board of directors has authorized a repurchase program of up to 600,000 shares of the company's class...

D.C. NOTES

I had the strange sensation of deja vu all over again reporting on antitrust implications of Nextel Communications Inc.'s proposed buy-out of Pittencrieff Communications...

METROCALL TO MEET TO DECIDE MERGER

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-A special meeting of Metrocall Inc. shareholders will be held Nov. 6 to approve the proposed merger of A+ Network Inc. with the...

APPEALS COURT STAY DECISION STILL PENDING

ST. LOUIS-The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit released the briefing schedule for arguments regarding the Federal Communications Commission's interconnection and local...

VIEWPOINT:

A funny thing happened on my way out of the exhibit area at the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's Wireless Apps '96 conference last week...

WORLD BRIEFS

Millicom International Cellular S.A. said its worldwide operations showed record subscriber growth during the third quarter, adding more than 62,000 new cellular subscribers. The...

NOKIA EQUIPMENT WILL BE USED FOR HONG KONG PCS

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Telecommunications of Espoo, Finland, has won contracts to supply infrastructure equipment to two of Hong Kong's six new personal communication services providers.P-Plus...

STOCKHOLDERS SUIT FILED, CLAIM FALSE INFORMATION

NEW YORK-Two days after MobileMedia Corp. announced it expected poor earnings for the third quarter, among other unfavorable news, a new group of its...

SAM’S CLUB KIOSKS ALLOW MCI TO TARGET CONSUMERS

With its purchase of 355 kiosks in Sam's Club stores nationwide, MCI Communications Corp. has hands-on access to the consumer customer it seeks.Before obtaining...

TELEMETRY SERVICES VIA CELLULAR EXPAND OMNPOINT TO BUY CHHERENT PRODUCT

LAS VEGAS-Telemetry applications made a strong showing at last week's Wireless Apps '96 show hosted by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association.Skywire Corp. announced a...

BELLSOUTH LAUNCHES A PREPAID PROGRAM IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA

ATLANTA-BellSouth Cellular Corp. debuted its prepaid cellular program in its BellSouth Mobility southern Florida market.Because airtime is paid in advance, the service is ideal...

RELTEC CORP. GETS $450M IN CREDIT

CLEVELAND-Reltec Corp. obtained a $450 million senior credit facility provided by several financial institutions led by Chase Manhattan Bank. The company said it will...

POWERTEL COMMITS TO TWO SIZES OF SIM CARDS FOR PCS OPERATIONS

The full-size SIM card may lend itself more easily to future services, said Powertel Inc., a U.S. wireless operator that has contracted to buy...

FCC NEARS COMPLETION OF 800 MHZ SMR AUCTION, LICENSE RULES

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is expected to complete 800 MHz specialized mobile radio auction-licensing rules within weeks, following bipartisan pressure from Congress to adopt...

Mobile Data Carriers

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Glenayre Technologies Inc. installed its Modular Voice Processing system for PennSel Communication Services, a division of R.F. Communications. PennSel will offer MVP services to...

CONDUCTUS GARNERS FEDERAL CONTRACTS

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. received awards from two government agencies to develop superconducting and cryogenic technology for use in wireless base stations.The first contract was...
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