Monthly Archives: November, 1996

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...

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...

PRICELLULAR CREATES RESELLER SUBSIDIARY

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...

HOW WILL SPECTRUM FIT INTO CLINTON'S PLAN TO BALANCE BUDGET?

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...

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...

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...

HOW WILL SPECTRUM FIT INTO CLINTON’S PLAN TO BALANCE BUDGET?

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...

NEXTEL LAUNCHES LAS VEGAS NETWORK

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...

D.C. NOTES

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...

TIIAP PROVIDES FUNDING FOR TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS

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...

FLEX IS LICENSED TO ADVANCED SIGNAL

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...

GALVIN NAMED CEO OF MOTOROLA INC.

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...

VIEWPOINT

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...

U.S. TRADE AGENCY GIVES GRANT TO JORDAN’S PLANNING MINISTRY

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...

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...

LEGISLATIVE DELAYS COULD HOLD UP LUXEMBOURG CELLULAR LICENSE

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...

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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...

BT’S BUY OF MCI MUST PASS LITMUS TEST FOR FOREIGN OWNERSHIP

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...

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....

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...

CONECTUS TO LAUNCH TWO-WAY SERVICES

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...

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...

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...
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