Yearly Archives: 1996

VIMPEL-COMMUNICATIONS OFFERS 5.4 MILLION SHARES

NEW YORK-Vimpel-Communications, a Russian wireless telecommunications company, went public on the New York Stock Exchange Nov. 15 with an offering of 5.4 million American...

FIRM DEPLOYS GLENAYRE FLEX NETWORK

FAIRFIELD, N.J.-Electronics Communications Corp. activated its own paging system making it a full-service paging carrier.Electronics Communications has licenses covering Long Island, Westchester and Rockland...

CES ANNOUNCES NEW NAME CHOSEN

WINTER PARK, Fla.-Communications Electronics Specialties said it has changed its name to CES Wireless Technologies. The company also released a 1997 product catalog and...

FCC CLAIMS WIRELESS TELECOM IS SLOWED BY REGULATORY REFORM

WASHINGTON-While the returning Republican-led Congress intends to enforce deregulation next year, the Federal Communications Commission claims the wireless telecom industry is being slowed by...

INMARSAT OFFERING RAPID DATA TRANSFER

LONDON-A new 9.8 kilobits per second service, which uses the International Mobile Satellite Organization's Inmarsat-B mobile satellite communication system, allows rapid data communications without...

CLEARSITE TESTED IN CELLCOM TRIALS

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. said it installed its ClearSite receiver subsystems in a field trial in three sites in Wisconsin. The trial will run through...

C-BLOCKERS QUESTION FCC INTEREST RATE

Several C-block licensees are questioning the 7 percent interest rate used by the Federal Communications Commission in payment plan notes, but the government stands...

AT&T’S NEW YORK FRAUD IS SLASHED BY 90 PERCENT

PARAMUS, N.J.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it reduced wireless telephone fraud in metropolitan New York City by 90 percent so far this year, using...

MOBILEMEDIA CEO LORELLI TO LEAVE THE FLOUNDERING PAGING PROVIDER

Mike Lorelli will resign as president and chief executive officer of MobileMedia Corp., the latest in a chain of events that has shareholders, industry...

ISRAELI FIRM TO GO PUBLIC

NEW YORK-TTI Team Telecom International Ltd., an Israeli developer of operations support and network management systems for telecommunications providers, was slated to go public...

2 FIRMS SEE $$ IN SELLING RF SHIELDS

As the worldwide debate rages on whether pocket phones are linked to adverse health effects, some groups are attempting to capitalize on the issue.Within...

INTERDIGITAL SAYS PATENT IS UPHELD

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said the German Federal Patent Court upheld the company's patent relating to wireless digital radio communications systems using...

U.S. CHALLENGE TO KEEP ECONOMIC ISSUES SEPARATE

WASHINGTON-With China potentially becoming the biggest wireless export market in the world, the Clinton administration is challenged with keeping disputes over human rights, arms...

U S WEST PCS UNIT TO USE AMS BILLING

DENVER-American Management Systems Inc. has won a contract to develop a personal communications services customer care and billing platform for U S West's new...

PAGING’S STOCK PLUNGE IS CAUSED BY FINANCING, FLEX AND A FEW FAILURES

The paging sector's stock plunge this year is mostly a result of the large amount of money raised by "marginal players" in 1995, unexpected...

WORLD BRIEFS

AirNet Communications Corp. entered an agreement with the Thomsen Group of Denmark, appointing Thomsen as AirNet's authorized business representative in Denmark and certain Far...

EX MACHINA SELECTS GLENAYRE PRODUCTS

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Ex Machina Inc. selected Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s Wireless Messaging Transfer Protocol for its narrowband personal communications services network.WMtp is an interswitch protocol designed...

PEOPLE

Don Smith is the new director of wireless technology and network operations for specialized mobile radio carrier ComTec International Inc. Prior to joining the...

OMNIPOINT OFFERS $200M IN NOTES

ARLINGTON, Va.-Omnipoint Corp. announced an offering and pricing of $200 million of 11 5/8 percent Senior Notes due Aug. 15, 2006 in a private...

GEOTEK, RWE TELLIANCE JOIN GERMAN NETWORKS

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. and RWE Telliance AG formed a partnership to merge their RegioNet and RWE Terrafon Bundelfunk analog networks in Germany.The companies...

ROMANIA GRANTS 2 GSM PERMITS TO AIRTOUCH, FRENCH-LED GROUPS

The Romanian Ministry of Communications awarded two 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications licenses to the consortia of Mobil Rom, led by France...

MMTA AND TIA TO MERGE

The MultiMedia Telecommunications Association and the Telecommunications Industry Association announced an affiliation and intent to merge, creating a joint membership exceeding 1,000 companies."MMTA's focus...

FCC SCRUTINIZES NEXTWAVE AND GWI

WASHINGTON-NextWave Personal Communications Inc. has responded to detailed questions put forth by the Federal Communications Commission Nov. 15 regarding that agency's investigation of the...

D.C. NOTES

So Thanksgiving is only a few days away. But for days, weeks and months leading up to the great pheasant feast folks have been...

BELLCORE BUY MARKS END OF BELL ERA

The sale of Bellcore to a high-tech California information company will sever one of the final threads binding the former Bell empire, and mark...
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