November 1996

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 messaging market dominated by a few …

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 the first quarter of 1997 for …

NEW YORK-PriCellular Corp. formed a wholly owned subsidiary, PC Telecommunications Inc., to resell cellular and paging services in markets adjacent to the company’s cellular systems. The company said it plans …

WASHINGTON-President Clinton’s goal in his second term to reach a balanced budget deal with the Republican-led Congress could lead to expanded auction authority and a full-blown debate on spectrum reform …

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 liberalize wireless mobile markets by 1998 …

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 services arm of BellSouth Corp. Abacus, …

WASHINGTON-President Clinton’s goal in his second term to reach a balanced budget deal with the Republican-led Congress could lead to expanded auction authority and a full-blown debate on spectrum reform …

LAS VEGAS-Nextel Communications Inc. launched its enhanced digital wireless communications service in Las Vegas. The system uses the PowerFone handset, which features an instant conferencing feature for up to 256 …

We’re into week three of Clinton II unofficially and already seeing the president wobble and waffle on the big issues of the day: balanced budget amendment, Cabinet makeup and Bosnia …

WASHINGTON-An innovative government-subsidized program is placing schools, libraries, hospitals, local governments, public safety agencies, community organizations and other groups at the cutting edge of new wireless and wireline telecommunications applications. …

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Advanced Signal Inc. has licensed the entire FLEX family of paging protocols from Motorola Inc.’s Messaging Systems Products Group. Advanced also is developing test equipment for the narrowband …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced Christopher Galvin, currently president and chief operating officer, will become chief executive officer of the company effective Jan. 1. Galvin is grandson of Motorola founder Paul …

The digital era has arrived. Pick a technology. We’ve got your TDMA, your CDMA, upgraded TDMA and some GSM. We’ve got your 800 MHz, your 1.9 GHz. And we’ve set …

CAIRO, Egypt-The U.S. Trade and Development Agency awarded a $250,000 grant to Jordan’s Ministry of Planning to conduct a feasibility study for a $7 million spectrum management tele-communications system. The …

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 industry forward, said SMR association leader …

“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 1900 MHz service in 11 major …

A second cellular phone license probably won’t be awarded this year because the Luxembourg government has delayed approving critical telecommunications legislation. The small Western European country is fighting its telecom …

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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 information to be transported over a …

WASHINGTON-The pending $21 billion merger between MCI Communications Corp. and British Telecommunications plc will turn on a relatively new foreign ownership policy and be shaped by powerful political forces that …

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. Wireless Communication Centers is a subsidiary …

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 in the past for the …

Using the existing Ardis two-way data network, ConectUS Wireless Communications of Thousand Oaks, Calif., plans to launch two-way nationwide messaging services next month, initially targeting business users. ConectUS is a …

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 last August by the Federal Communications …

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 the current personal communications services auction …