Monthly Archives: November, 1996

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...

PUERTO RICAN PCS PROVIDER AIMS TO SERVE A BUFFET OF OFFERINGS

SAN JUAN, P.R.-In a move that could become a role model for other pocket phone carriers struggling to activate their cell sites, Centennial Cellular...

AIRADIGM DEPLOYS PCS SWITCH CENTER

LITTLE CHUTE, Wis.-Airadigm Communications established its first switching center in Appleton, Wis., for the company's personal communications services network. The center be completed during...

DNC RETURNS `INAPPROPRIATE’ FUNDS: SOME MONEY TIED TO WIRELESS

WASHINGTON-The growing furor over a former Commerce Department official's alleged ties to questionable foreign campaign contributions and to possible White House influence in connection...

ESI’S JETEYE TO DEBUT SOON

BOISE, Idaho-Several of Extended Systems Inc.'s JetEye wireless infrared products will be used in products set to debut next year. The infrared technology allows...

UNIDEN STAFF CUTS NOTED

FORT WORTH, Texas- Uniden Corporation of America, which has been downsizing for the past two years, has made additional cuts during the last 10...

ADC WILL PURCHASE PCSI NETWORK UNIT

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. will acquire the infrastructure equipment group of Pacific Communication Sciences Inc., according to a definitive agreement. ADC said it will purchase...

TOTAL REVENUES DIP A BIT IN D, E, F-BLOCK AUCTION

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission statistics released Nov. 14, as of Round 109, show only one entrepreneur classified as a small business had dropped out of...

APT TO OPERATE AS AERIAL

CHICAGO-American Portable Telecom Inc. has selected Aerial as the brand name it will use when it launches wireless service in six major trading areas...

EU TO LIBERALIZE WIRELESS MARKETS, AND WANTS U.S. TO RECIPROCATE

WASHINGTON-A major breakthrough in efforts to ink a global telecom free trade pact by mid-February came last week as the European Union agreed to...

SMALL PAGING BUSINESS FINDS ITS NICHE IN COMPETITIVE CALIFORNIA

RadioCall Service and Systems Inc. is a small California paging company too small to be acquired, but big enough to survive-and even thrive-in a...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Service Merchandise has agreed to add store-within-a-store facilities to 131 of its locations to sell Wireless Communication Centers Inc.'s wireless communications services and products....

COMPANIES AGREE TO DISTRIBUTE FLEX

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. and LG Electronics have entered a three-year agreement to bring FLEX paging technology to South Korea. LG Electronics said it...

HANDSET DEMAND DRIVES NOKIA SALES

HELSINKI, Finland-The Nokia Group said increased sales in the Nokia Telecommunications division, and strong growth in the Nokia Mobile Phones division, led to strong...

ASIA-PACIFIC MOBILE TOPS FIXED SERVICE

LONDON-The wireless market in the Asia-Pacific region is surpassing fixed telephony, according to CIT Research Ltd. Despite demand for more landline telephones in the...

ABACUS SNARES BID FOR TEXT MESSAGING

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.- Abacus Communications L.P. has won the competitive bid to provide operator-assisted text messaging services to BellSouth Mobility DCS, the personal communications...

CALENDAR

NOVEMBER18 Local Number Portability: Implementation Strategies, by Bellcore. Washington, D.C. (800) 521-CORE.18-19 Wireless Billing 1996, by the International Quality and Productivity Center. The Hyatt Arlington...

STUDY EXAMINES FOSTERING COMPETITION IN CANADIAN WIRELESS

The Canadian government is expected to decide soon if it should have a larger role in fostering competition among wireless providers.Regulation has been light...

CHIPSETS FOR GSM PHONES INTRODUCED

NORWOOD, Mass.-Analog Devices Inc. and The Technology Partnership Ltd. introduced a new pair of chipsets for Global System for Mobile communications phones.Analog Devices said...

INDUSTRY GROUPS ENCOURAGE THE FCC TO EDUCATE STATES ABOUT TOWER SITING

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association and the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association have advised the Federal Communications Commission to take a more proactive role with...

HIGH COURT REJECTS REQUEST TO STOP STAY

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme Court has closed the book on any further appeal to vacate a stay of certain interconnection and local competition rules adopted...

DATA ON AIR ON TRACK TO TRAIN RETAILERS

Most wireless carriers haven't been successful in marketing wireless data products in retail outlets because the people selling the products and service haven't been...

AT&T AND NORTHERN CANADIAN NEIGHBOR CANTEL ANNOUNCE ALLIANCE

Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications Inc. and AT&T Corp.'s AT&T Canada Inc. subsidiary announced a long-term alliance that licenses Cantel to use the AT&T brand...

SMR SURVEY SHOWS WANT FOR FCC PRE-FREEZE RULES

WASHINGTON, D.C.-A survey reflecting the frustration of specialized mobile radio operators may clear the air, but "unity and workable ideas" are what moves the...

PRIMECO LAUNCHES CDMA-BASED PCS IN 11 MAJOR TRADING AREAS

"The debate on CDMA is over, folks," declared Jerry Butters, an executive with Lucent Technologies Inc., last week when PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. launched...
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