Monthly Archives: November, 1996

GOVERNMENT’S PCS PLANS PAY FOR POLICY PROPOSALS

The broadband personal communications services auctions held during the past two years have spawned a plethora of novel policy and fiscal issues for policymakers.The...

LET THE C-BLOCK AUCTION PAYMENTS START TO ROLL IN

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...

PRODUCTS:

PanaVise Products Inc. debuted PortaGrip 2000, a cellular phone holder that features four-way adjustability. The side jaws move back and forth, while the support...

POCKET SECURES SERVICES, FINANCING

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. has signed a letter of intent to provide subscriber product packaging assembly and inventory management and fulfillment services to Pocket Communications Inc....

EON PERU TO DEPLOY REMOTE VENDING NETWORK

CHANTILLY, Va.-EON Corp.'s new international affiliate, EON Peru, has agreed to provide remote vending telemetry technology and software systems in Peru. According to an...

MCI’S ROBERTS, USTA’S NEEL PREVIEW INTERCONNECTION PRICE FIGHT

WASHINGTON-Although oral arguments regarding the stay of the Federal Communications Commission's interconnection pricing plan are not scheduled until sometime in January, sparring on the...

NATION BRIEFS

Centennial Cellular Corp. began marketing its cellular communications products and services under the name Centennial Wireless throughout its properties. The company formerly used the...

RETAIL CHANNEL IS DOMINANT VENUE FOR SELLING PCS

AUSTIN, Texas-More than half of all cellular and broadband personal communications services are sold through the retail channel, said IDC/Link Resources of Austin, Texas,...

PROFITABILITY IS TRUE TEST OF TELECOM ACQUISITIONS

NEW YORK-The new federal telecommunications law unleashed a flurry of mergers and acquisitions, but the true test of success will be profitability, not size."The...

TECORE MARKETS SOFTWARE AS KEY TO FUNCTIONAL PREPAID SOLUTIONS

NEW YORK-Will hardware yield to software for prepaid wireless services? Tecore, a Columbia, Md., technology company, is in business to facilitate the transition, which...

PEOPLE:

Arch Communications Group Inc. named Carol E. Burns vice president of human resources. Burns has been director of human resources since she started with...

DATAQUEST’S REPORT FORECASTS CELLULAR GROWTH RATES TO 2000

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...

CORRECTIONS:

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...

MULTIBAND PHONES CAUSE A MULTITUDE OF CONCERNS FOR CARRIERS

The introduction of new digital cellular and personal communications services standards in the United States and global markets has brought to bear the issue...

AT CURRENT PACE, PCS AUCTIONS COULD LAST UNTIL LATE DECEMBER

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...

BELL CANADA STARTS INDIAN MOBILE NET CTS PROVIDES TOOLS TO FIGHT FRAUDSTERS

MONTREAL-Bell Canada International Inc., with its Indian partner, the Tata Group, launched the first mobile telephony network in Andhra Pradesh, India. The company, operating...

U.S. WORKING TO REACH AGREEMENT IN TIME FOR WTO

WASHINGTON-A major breakthrough to erase telecommunications equipment tariffs by the year 2000 came last week when the European Union won political support from foreign...

THOMAS REJECTS INTERCONNECT APPEAL

WASHINGTON-U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas chose to trick rather than treat the Federal Communications Commission Oct. 31 when he wrote "application denied" on...

EARNINGS DIGEST: ERICSSON REPORTS SALES ARE UP 19%

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson reported net sales of $4.28 billion for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, up 19 percent from net sales of $3.59...

TCI REMAINS PLEDGED TO PCS DESPITE SHIFT IN PHONE PHILOSOPHY

A change in business strategy for Tele-Communications Inc. isn't expected to shake up the basket of eggs for the wireless venture between Sprint Corp....

SPRINT PCS OPENS ITS NETWORK FACILITY

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS opened its Technology and Network Management Center in Lenexa, Kan. The center is home to 120 Sprint PCS employees and...

AMERITECH TEAMS WITH SKYWIRE TO MONITOR VENDING MACHINES

MEMPHIS, Tenn.-Skywire Corp. and Ameritech Cellular and Paging will jointly provide wireless monitoring for vending machines throughout the Midwest.The service will combine Skywire's software...

AFFORDABLE ADDS MERCURY PAGING

LONG ISLAND, N.Y.-Affordable Message Center said it will offer Mercury Paging & Communications Inc. services to its New York and New Jersey resellers. Mercury...

ONLY A FEW GET GLUT OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PCS MONIES AVAILABLE

NEW YORK-The good news for emerging personal communications services players is that capital is available, and the investment community is bullish on wireless telephony...

PCSI TO OFFER PAL PHONE FOR TRANSPORTATION

SAN DIEGO-Pacific Communication Sciences Inc. will provide its Personal Access Link smart phone to TranSettlements Network Services for use in its Tracker Transportation Information...
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