Monthly Archives: November, 1996

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

CONXUS DISCREETLY DEVELOPED PLANS FOR ITS NATIONWIDE NETWORK

While some narrowband messaging companies have been busy marketing products and services, one company has worked diligently and discreetly to acquire more spectrum, form...

SERVICE WILL SEPARATE WIRELESS WHEAT FROM CHAFF

Frequencies and technologies may not matter much in the scramble to capture the wireless consumer market. Instead, wireless carriers plan to compete in marketing...

INTERNET PRODUCT FOR DEAF RELEASED BY RADIOMAIL CORP.

RadioMail Corp. introduced the Mobile Communicator, a wireless Internet product tailored for deaf and hard of hearing people. Data conversations take place using e-mail,...

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM PREPARES FOR ITS INITIAL PUBLIC STOCK OFFERING

Deutsche Telekom AG said it made its mobile arm an economically independent subsidiary three years ago in anticipation of the upcoming public offering of...

AT&T CORP. DECLINES BID ON FED WIRELESS CONTRACT

WASHINGTON-AT&T Corp. decided not to bid on a potentially lucrative government-wide wireless telecommunications contract, called Federal Telecommunications Service 2000, stating the procurement contract put...

RESALE INDUSTRY GETS SEXY

WASHINGTON-For years, wireless resellers have been fighting carriers, regulators and Congress for a little respect.In the future, they may command it.The infusion of spectrum,...

FCC READY TO UNVEIL SPECTRUM PLAN FOR WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission this week is expected to unveil a new plan to auction $3 billion of spectrum for wireless Internet access and...

NEXTEL DIGITAL PLAN HURTS SMR DEALER

Dear Editor: As a full-time reader of your magazine, I enjoy the upfront articles. I have been employed in the two-way radio business for the...

NEC CORP., LUCENT COOPERATING ON ICS

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. and NEC Corp. have teamed up to develop a core process for manufacturing integrated circuits with features as small...

TWIN CITIES ADDED TO MCI’S NETWORK

ATLANTA-MCI Communications Corp. said it added Minneapolis/St.Paul, Minn., to its cellular network.Customers will receive free cellular long distance calling from their home area for...

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...
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