Monthly Archives: November, 1996

INMARSAT OFFERING RAPID DATA TRANSFER

LONDON-A new 9.8 kilobits per second service, which uses the International Mobile Satellite Organization's Inmarsat-B mobile satellite communication system, allows rapid data communications without...

AT&T’S NEW YORK FRAUD IS SLASHED BY 90 PERCENT

PARAMUS, N.J.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it reduced wireless telephone fraud in metropolitan New York City by 90 percent so far this year, using...

T-MOBIL BUYS STAKE IN SPRINT SPECTRUM

Frankfurt, Germany-based Deutsche Telekom MobilNet GmbH (T-Mobil) bought 16 percent of personal communications services provider American Personal Communications' share of its partnership in Sprint...

BELLCORE BUY MARKS END OF BELL ERA

The sale of Bellcore to a high-tech California information company will sever one of the final threads binding the former Bell empire, and mark...

ERICSSON’S GSM SET FOR PORTUGAL

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson will supply Global System for Mobile communications infrastructure to Telecel Comunicacoes Pessoais S.A. between 1997 and 1999 to expand its network...

FCC CLAIMS WIRELESS TELECOM IS SLOWED BY REGULATORY REFORM

WASHINGTON-While the returning Republican-led Congress intends to enforce deregulation next year, the Federal Communications Commission claims the wireless telecom industry is being slowed by...

MOTOROLA TO OFFER IDEN EQUIPMENT FOR 900 MHZ BAND NEXT YEAR

Motorola Inc. will offer integrated Dispatch Enhanced Network equipment for use in the 900 MHz frequency band late next year.iDEN now is available only...

TEKLOGIX AWARDED RAILWAY CONTRACT

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Canada-Teklogix International Inc. was awarded a contract by Montreal-based Canadian National Railways to provide it with narrowband wireless data communication networks.The networks...

NOKIA TO EXPAND OULU PRODUCTION

OULU, Finland-Nokia Telecommunications announced plans to expand its base station production in Oulu, Finland, due to increased demand. Beginning next spring, the base stations...

PEOPLE

Don Smith is the new director of wireless technology and network operations for specialized mobile radio carrier ComTec International Inc. Prior to joining the...

FCC SCRUTINIZES NEXTWAVE AND GWI

WASHINGTON-NextWave Personal Communications Inc. has responded to detailed questions put forth by the Federal Communications Commission Nov. 15 regarding that agency's investigation of the...

CLEARSITE TESTED IN CELLCOM TRIALS

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. said it installed its ClearSite receiver subsystems in a field trial in three sites in Wisconsin. The trial will run through...

CONGRESSMEN VOICE THEIR DISTASTE FOR FCC INTERCONNECT GUIDES

WASHINGTON-In an amici curiae brief submitted by four members of Congress, the Federal Communications Commission is taken to task for taking telecommunications law into...

ROMANIA GRANTS 2 GSM PERMITS TO AIRTOUCH, FRENCH-LED GROUPS

The Romanian Ministry of Communications awarded two 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications licenses to the consortia of Mobil Rom, led by France...

MMTA AND TIA TO MERGE

The MultiMedia Telecommunications Association and the Telecommunications Industry Association announced an affiliation and intent to merge, creating a joint membership exceeding 1,000 companies."MMTA's focus...

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM IPO EUROPE’S LARGEST TO DATE

NEW YORK-In a very successful initial public offering, Deutsche Telekom AG, the German government's telecommunications monopoly, went public Nov. 18.The IPO consisted of 600...

WORLD BRIEFS

AirNet Communications Corp. entered an agreement with the Thomsen Group of Denmark, appointing Thomsen as AirNet's authorized business representative in Denmark and certain Far...

QUALCOMM ANNOUNCES DROP IN 4Q NET INCOME

NEW YORK-Qualcomm Inc. announced Nov. 18 a drop in net income for the fourth quarter and the fiscal year, accompanied by a sharp increase...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

The board of directors of AirTouch Communications Inc. declared Dec. 15 the record date for a contingent payment on its 6 percent Class B...

OMNIPOINT OFFERS $200M IN NOTES

ARLINGTON, Va.-Omnipoint Corp. announced an offering and pricing of $200 million of 11 5/8 percent Senior Notes due Aug. 15, 2006 in a private...

AGENCY TRIES TO SPEED UP BIDDING IN PCS AUCTION

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission this week took additional steps to help hasten the end of the D-, E-and F-block personal communications services auction that...

C-BLOCKERS QUESTION FCC INTEREST RATE

Several C-block licensees are questioning the 7 percent interest rate used by the Federal Communications Commission in payment plan notes, but the government stands...

VALUE-ADDED FUNCTIONS WILL BE FACTORS FOR FUTURE WIRELESS FIRMS

NEW YORK-Single-number portability, delivery of branded content and the growing similarity between switched voice and data are all trends that are moving in fast,...

PRODUCTS

SmarTrunk Systems Inc. announced its ST-865KW2 SmarTrunk II trunking logic board, which offers advanced trunking features for Kenwood's latest portable and mobile conventional radio...

EX MACHINA SELECTS GLENAYRE PRODUCTS

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Ex Machina Inc. selected Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s Wireless Messaging Transfer Protocol for its narrowband personal communications services network.WMtp is an interswitch protocol designed...
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