November 1996

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. Department of Justice said last week the scheduled merger between SBC Communications Inc. and Pacific Telesis Group does not violate federal anti-trust laws. In addition, two other …

WASHINGTON-Maverick Arizona Republican John McCain will reign as top telecommunications policymaker in the Senate as a result of Commerce Committee Chairman Larry Pressler’s (R-S.D.) defeat. Despite accumulating a huge war …

WASHINGTON-While policymakers are under mandate from the American electorate to govern from the center with the return of a Democratic White House and a GOP Congress, the wireless telecommunications industry …

Digital service may not be the carrot that attracts consumers to personal communications services and digital cellular providers. According to a study by Economic & Management Consultants International Inc., 73 …

WASHINGTON-After eight months of wrangling, the Federal-State Joint Board released its proposal Nov. 7 to ensure affordable telecommunications services to all consumers, including hospitals, libraries and schools. At first blush, …

California Microwave Inc. added $5 million to a satellite communications network project with Sudatel, a telecommunications service provider in Sudan. The contract, originally awarded during the second quarter of this …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. received commitments from two financial institutions on a private placement of $25 million of Series A Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase common stock. Metrocall said the …

An independent Louisiana telephone company is among those launching the second wave of personal communications service systems in the country. Meretel Communications L.P. has received a multimillion loan from the …

WASHINGTON-The proposed merger of MCI Communications Corp. and British Telecommunications plc promises to bring plenty of cash and plenty of new services to the global telecommunications arena, but wireless subscribers …

Cylink Corp. introduced the AirLink E1/T1 microwave radio, an infrastructure component designed to provide dependable, cost-effective wireless connections for personal communications services providers to their cell switching centers. AirLink E1/T1 …

WAYNESBORO, Va.-GTE Wireless is selling the lion’s share of its Cincinnati personal communications services license to two Virginia telephone companies for $8.5 million. GTE will keep only the Cincinnati metropolitan …

In certain businesses, the best strategy is to get in, do what you need to do and get out without doing any damage. In between, minimize the risks and try …

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-Ericsson Inc. announced it will provide AT&T Wireless Services Inc. with digital wireless phones. The agreement, which is the largest Ericsson has ever signed with any single …

NEW YORK-Russia’s largest cellular carrier, Vimpel-Communications, plans to go public with an international offering that will make it the first Russian company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Through …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is considering auctioning low-earth-orbit mobile data satellite licenses from the remaining pool of applicants. The prospect of auctions, a regulatory tool not used in global satellite …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Dr. Nils Rydbeck, manager of Mobile Telephony research and development at Ericsson in the United States, was awarded the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences’ Gold Medal for an …

WASHINGTON, D.C.-A dozen U.S. associations have asked the Federal Communications Commission to grant an exception to the 800 MHz filing freeze for companies asking only to make minor modifications in …

TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Tele-communications Services Inc. has designed an animated electronic presentation on computer disk to promote its ChurnManager system. The disk, called “Wireless Romance, or The True Life Story of …

If ever there was a week when the FCC bore the brunt of everyone’s aggressions, it was last week; I heard Hundt & Co. even was blamed for the Lindburgh …

Twelve of the 84 companies that won C-block licenses for personal communications services are still waiting to receive their license in hand. The Federal Communications Commission has issued 10-year licenses …

NEW YORK (AP)-British Telecommunications plc is negotiating to buy its U.S. partner MCI Communications Corp., CNBC reported Friday. The report said a deal could be announced as early as today …

NOVEMBER 4-6 Wireless Buildout 1996-MTAs 83, 85 and 77, by ShoreCliff Communications. Coeur d’Alene Resort, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. (714) 443-3735. 4-6 Mobile Business ’96, by Telecommunications Industry Association. Utrecht, The …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission continued to clear out the backlog of old C-block personal communications services business by finally issuing most of Meretel Communications L.P.’s licenses, save the one property …

In the Oct. 28 issue of RCR, it should have read Affordable Message Center sells numeric service from ProNet Inc. for between $2.45 and $2.95 to their indirect resellers in …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Dataquest, a global market research and consulting company, predicted the U.S. cellular market will grow 30 percent in 1996, from 32.1 million subscribers to 41.8 million, and could …