Monthly Archives: December, 1996

SONY’S HANDSETS PICKED FOR HOUSTON

SAN DIEGO-Sony/Qualcomm CDMA sales, a division of Qualcomm Personal Electronics, will supply Sony CM-D500 handsets for GTE Inc.'s launch of Code Division Multiple Access...

HORIZON SUNSETS CELLULAR TO TAKE PART IN PCS PLAY

NEW YORK-Horizon Cellular Group, a Malvern, Pa., wireless carrier, is getting out of the cellular business, but its top management is seeking a new...

D.C. NOTES

Bill Clinton is fond of telling us he feels our pain. His compassion is seemingly endless, a surface virtue that sells well with core...

WORLD BRIEFS

Bouygues Telecom chose the partnership of Nokia Telecommunications and Dassault A.T. of France to provide a DCS 1800 cellular system in northern France. Nokia...

TEKTRONIX INC.

Tektronix Inc. added an Advanced Mobile Phone Service option for its CMD80 digital radio communications test set. The AMPS Option 17 makes the CMD80...

CBIS STARTS BILLING FOR PRIMECO PCS

CINCINNATI-Cincinnati Bell Information Systems Inc. rolled out its Precedent 2000 customer care and billing solution for PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P.'s personal communications services launch...

COMCAST OPENS NEW RETAIL STORES

CRANBURY, N.J.-Comcast Cellular One, a division of Comcast Cellular Communications Inc., opened retail stores in North Brunswick and Edison, N.J. The company said it...

LUCENT TO DELIVER INFRASTRUCTURE TO NEXTWAVE IN $200M CONTRACT

Lucent Technologies Inc. has agreed to finance infrastructure equipment for NextWave Telecom Inc., in a deal the companies value at $200 million for the...

METROCALL PICKS IBS FOR BILLING SOLUTION

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif.-International Billing Systems Inc. will provide statement presentment services to Metrocall, according to a five-year agreement.Metrocall will use IBS' statement design,...

SAN DIEGO ROAMS FREE FOR HALF YEAR

PLEASANTON, Calif.-Pacific Bell Mobile Services will let its San Diego subscribers roam free of charge for the next six months in New York City,...

HEWLETT PACKARD CO.

Hewlett Packard Co. announced it has made enhancements to its parallel cell/traffic generator and analyzer system, designed to speed up the verification process of...

MOBILEMEDIA INVESTORS FILE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT

ARDMORE, Pa.-A class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey against MobileMedia Corp. and certain of its former and...

METRO ONE DISCONTINUES GTE’S DIRECTORY SERVICE

PORTLAND, Ore.-Metro One Telecommunications Inc. is discontinuing its enhanced directory assistance service to GTE Mobilnet Inc. subscribers in San Diego.The phase-out will be completed...

SPRINT SELECTS FIRM TO SUPPLY ANTENNAS

ATLANTA-Electromagnetic Sciences Inc.'s wireless division will provide its DualPol antennas throughout Sprint Spectrum L.P.'s personal communications services network.The DualPol antenna uses polarization diversity to...

CLINTON GAINS SUPPORT TO END TELECOM TARIFFS BY TURN OF CENTURY

WASHINGTON-President Clinton, with help from Japan, Canada, Australia and the European Union, snatched victory from defeat in winning support from Asia-Pacific leaders to end...

HOUSE’S TAUZIN IS EAGER TO SCRUTINIZE FCC’S ROLE IN GOVERNMENT

WASHINGTON-Incoming House telecommunications subcommittee head Billy Tauzin (R-La.) said he's irked by the Federal Communications Commission's 2.3 GHz auction plan."It's a real serious problem,"...

TRIDENT AND RITRON IN MARKETING EFFORT

CARMEL, Ind.-Ritron Inc. and Trident Micro Systems announced plans to codevelop and jointly market trunking products and systems.The alliance will integrate Trident's PassPort npNTS...

SURVEY SAYS VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN WIRELESS INCREASING

NEW YORK-The flow of venture capital into domestic companies in wireless-related industries reached $192 million during the third quarter, a $30 million increase compared...

VIEWPOINT

FCC employees were caught abusing cellular phone privileges. Big surprise.Actually, the FCC employees were doing the very thing that cellular carriers count on when...

NEXTWAVE ANSWERS OWNERSHIP QUESTIONS

WASHINGTON-NextWave Personal Communications Inc. categorically denied it surpassed the federal rules regarding foreign ownership caps and outside control in a letter answering questions regarding...

THIRD QUARTER INVESTMENTS IN TELECOM COMPANIES

Investee Company Investors Amount Raised Type of Financing Nature of BusinessSignalSoft Corp. ...

MAPPING PRODUCTS ILLUSTRATE RF DATA IN `COMFORTABLE’ FORMAT

Mapping software, such as that offered by MapInfo Corp., has become a core component in many radio frequency monitoring and propagation modeling programs."Since our...

B.C.-BASED MDSI ISSUES 1.7M SHARES IN OFFERING

NEW YORK-MDSI Mobile Data Solutions Inc., based in Richmond, British Columbia, went public in the United States Nov. 26 with an offering of 1.725...

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