Monthly Archives: December, 1996

DENMARK IS TAKING BIDS FOR GSM PCN LICENSES

Denmark's government has accepted bids for personal communications licenses and is pleased with the amount of interest it received, reported the U.S. Department of...

SIM CARDS MAY OPEN SECURITY LOOPHOLE FOR GSM PCS CARRIERS

NEW YORK-If unaccompanied by rigorous precautions, the new add-on features personal communications services carriers are rushing to provide could pierce the elaborate security veil...

SMART PHONES DEFY DESCRIPTION BUT STILL ATTRACT MANUFACTURERS

NEW YORK-Like the fabled elephant described by a group of blind men positioned near various points of its anatomy, equipment vendors at the recent...

YELTSIN KICKS OUT FOREIGN TELECOM INVESTORS; WILL WIRELESS BE NEXT?

WASHINGTON-In a move that has jolted global telecommunications and financial institutions and may have repercussions for U.S. wireless traders, Russian President Boris Yeltsin ousted...

BT TO OFFER SBC SERVICE PLATFORMS

WAKEFIELD, Mass.-Boston Technology Inc. said it will provide hardware, software and services to SBC Communications Inc. for enhanced telecommunications services.According to the agreement, Boston...

UPS WORLDWIDE MANAGES HANDSETS

ATLANTA-UPS Worldwide Logistics will manage Sprint PCS's handset and accessory supply chain, according to a contract UPS values at $45 million.UPS will supervise the...

MOTOROLA, UP TEAM FOR INTERNET APPS

ATLANTA-Motorola Inc.'s Platform Software Division and Unwired Planet Inc. signed an agreement to provide an optimized solution for delivering Internet-based content to wireless communications...

COMMERCE APPROVES TELEMAC’S PATENT

DANVILLE, Calif.-The U.S. Department of Commerce approved a patent for Telemac's Debit Technology, which offers cellular providers a pay-as-you-go solution for credit restricted and...

TAP NOW AVAILABLE TO APPS DEVELOPERS

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Motorola Inc.'s Messaging Systems Products Group made its Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol available free to wireless application developers on the World Wide Web....

MOTOROLA’S MEMOS LANDS STARFISH APP

ATLANTA-Motorola Inc.'s Platform Software Division formed an alliance with Starfish Software Inc. to run Starfish's Sidekick personal information manager on Memos, Motorola's open software...

BANKS MAY HANDLE AUCTION PAYMENTS

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission plans to seek legislation to privatize spectrum auctions, a move that would shift debt collection to a third party with...

TELETRAC CHOSEN FOR GARDENA POLICE

GARDENA, Calif.-Teletrac's location information solution was chosen to be used in the City of Gardena, Calif., Police Department's public safety vehicles."Because of a national...

TOLL FREE CELLULAR EXPANDS SERVICE NATIONWIDE

SEATTLE-Toll Free Cellular has announced plans for national expansion of its #800 free cellular calling services.The national expansion is propelled by an infusion of...

UNIDEN SUBSIDIARY WILL FOCUS ON PRIVATE MOBILE RADIO SALES

FORT WORTH, Texas-Uniden Corp. has formed a subsidiary, The Private Radio Communications Group, to specialize in research and development, manufacturing and sales of private...

VIEWPOINT

Some letters sent to Santa somehow found their way to RCR's Denver office. I took a peak before sending them on to the big...

E.F. JOHNSON VENTURE ASKS TO REVERSE RULING ON REJECTED APPS

WASHINGTON-Viking Dispatch Services Inc., whose 42 applications to build cooperative, non-profit private radio networks were rejected by the Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau...

SPRINT PCS BLAMES HOLD-UP ON SOFTWARE

Sprint PCS said software problems by one of its two equipment vendors will delay the launch of personal communications service in some markets by...

PRIMECO RELEASES MESSAGING SERVICE

DALLAS-PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. introduced its text messaging service and PrimeCo Lite Messaging software. The service allows subscribers to receive on their PrimeCo phone...

HIGH GROWTH RATES EXPECTED FOR EUROPEAN PAGING MARKET

LONDON-Frost & Sullivan has predicted the network operators sector of the European radio paging market will grow at a higher rate than the hardware...

OREGON TAX BATTLE COULD PROVIDE PRECEDENT FOR PCS PROVIDERS

WASHINGTON-Neither federal regulators nor lawmakers are likely to approve sweeping pre-emption of local-state taxation of wireless licenses, according to sources, but policymakers could strike...

NATTEL CONTINUES QUEST TO DERAIL DCR’S LICENSES

WASHINGTON-National Telecom PCS Inc. is continuing its battle against DCR PCS Inc., the winner of 43 C-block personal communications services licenses, by filing an...

MOODY’S UPGRADES RATING ON CCI

NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Services Inc. upgraded the rating on Cellular Communications Inc.'s convertible subordinated notes due 1999 to Baa2 from Baa3 when AirTouch Communications...

MOBILEMEDIA SKIPS INTEREST PAYMENT

RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.-To conserve cash for operations, MobileMedia Corp. did not make its interest payment last month by the 30-day grace period on 9.38...

COMPANY DEVELOPS TWO LIGHTNING PROTECTION DEVICES FOR WIRELESS

A Massachusetts-based company has developed two lightning protection devices specifically for wireless networks that can be retrofitted into existing systems.M/A-Com Inc. of Lowell, Mass.,...

LUCENT’S HANDOFF FOR CDMA WORKS

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said a "soft-handoff" feature deployed in its Code Division Multiple Access infrastructure enables mobile phones to simultaneously maintain a...
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