Yearly Archives: 1996

WORLD BRIEFS

Motorola Inc.'s Messaging Systems Products Group licensed its FLEX technology to paging infrastructure manufacturers EcoSoft GTCO and Tecnomen Oy. EcoSoft said it will use...

AMERITECH’S DIVERGING VIEWS MAY LEAD TO SALE IN POLAND

Ameritech Corp. is considering selling its 24.5 percent interest in Polish analog operator Centertel because it has "diverging views on what future should...

WIRELESS INDUSTRY AIRS SUSPICIONS OVER 2.3 GHZ SPECTRUM AUCTION

WASHINGTON-The wireless telecommunications industry is leery of a new budget-driven, flexible-use auction proposal that could create more competition for carriers on Main Street and...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile will use Corsair Communications' PhonePrint fraud prevention system in its A-side cellular markets. Installation already has started in Connecticut. PhonePrint...

END-CALL LANGUAGE IS LIFTED FROM STAY: COURT AGREES WITH AIRTOUCH

WASHINGTON-Certain parts of the Federal Communications Commission's interconnection and local exchange rules dealing with negotiations between local exchange carriers and commercial mobile radio service...

MOBILEMEDIA UNDER RATINGS MAG NIFYING GLASS

MobileMedia Corp. reported a third quarter net loss of $188.1 million and did not meet its scheduled interest payment on its publicly traded bonds....

WIRELESS INDUSTRY STILL LIKELY TO GET CAUGHT IN PARTISAN BATTLES

WASHINGTON-While policymakers are under mandate from the American electorate to govern from the center with the return of a Democratic White House and a...

BABY BELL MERGERS MOVE TOWARD THEIR COMPLETION

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. Department of Justice said last week the scheduled merger between SBC Communications Inc. and Pacific Telesis Group does not violate federal...

VIMPEL-COMMUNICATIONS TO BE FIRST RUSSIAN FIRM TRADING ON NYSE

NEW YORK-Russia's largest cellular carrier, Vimpel-Communications, plans to go public with an international offering that will make it the first Russian company listed on...

ERICSSON WILL EQUIP AIRADIGM

LITTLE CHUTE, Wis.-Airadigm Communications has chosen Ericsson Inc. as equipment vendor for the company's personal communications services network.Airadigm hopes to deploy service early next...

ERICSSON TO SUPPLY HANDSETS FOR AT&T’S DIGITAL NETWORKS

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-Ericsson Inc. announced it will provide AT&T Wireless Services Inc. with digital wireless phones. The agreement, which is the largest Ericsson...

LOUISIANA PHONE COMPANY LEADS C-BLOCK CARRIERS WITH LAUNCH

An independent Louisiana telephone company is among those launching the second wave of personal communications service systems in the country.Meretel Communications L.P. has received...

STUDY SHOWS MOST WIRELESS USERS THINK THEY HAVE DIGITAL SERVICE

Digital service may not be the carrot that attracts consumers to personal communications services and digital cellular providers.According to a study by Economic &...

D.C. NOTES

President Clinton's electoral landslide victory over Bob Dole was anticlimactic for sure. "Building the bridge to the 21st century"-the Clinton-Gore campaign mantra-could be just...

VIEWPOINT

In certain businesses, the best strategy is to get in, do what you need to do and get out without doing any damage. In...

ERICSSON EXEC GIVEN MEDAL, FIRM GARNERS GSM CONTRACT

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Dr. Nils Rydbeck, manager of Mobile Telephony research and development at Ericsson in the United States, was awarded the Royal Swedish Academy of...

FCC PONDERS AUCTIONS AS A MEANS TO AWARD LITTLE LEO LICENSES

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is considering auctioning low-earth-orbit mobile data satellite licenses from the remaining pool of applicants.The prospect of auctions, a regulatory tool...

METROCALL REPORTS SHIFT AWAY FROM EXPANDING RESELLER CHANNEL

When Metrocall Inc. reported third quarter earnings, the company also said it has shifted its course toward increasing revenue per unit and away from...

GTE WIRELESS SELLING LICENSES TO TWO TELCOS FOR $8.5 MILLION

WAYNESBORO, Va.-GTE Wireless is selling the lion's share of its Cincinnati personal communications services license to two Virginia telephone companies for $8.5 million.GTE will...

ATTENTION ALL PAGING CARRIERS!

The Nov. 25 issue of RCR will feature the Top 20 Paging carriers. If your company would like to be included in our survey,...

GTE USES CARTOON ROMANCE TO PROMOTE WIRELESS CHURN PRODUCT

TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Tele-communications Services Inc. has designed an animated electronic presentation on computer disk to promote its ChurnManager system.The disk, called "Wireless Romance, or...

OMNIPOINT PROPELS PCS TO THE BIG APPLE

NEW YORK-As Omnipoint Communications Inc. sprints toward the Nov. 14 commercial launch of its personal communications service in the New York City metropolitan area,...

CARRIER GETS $25M IN PRIVATE FINANCING

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. received commitments from two financial institutions on a private placement of $25 million of Series A Preferred Stock and warrants to...

BT BUY GIVES MCI WIRELESS WEAPONS

WASHINGTON-The proposed merger of MCI Communications Corp. and British Telecommunications plc promises to bring plenty of cash and plenty of new services to the...

WITH PRESSLER’S DEFEAT, MCCAIN WILL WEAR D.C. TELECOM CROWN

WASHINGTON-Maverick Arizona Republican John McCain will reign as top telecommunications policymaker in the Senate as a result of Commerce Committee Chairman Larry Pressler's (R-S.D.)...
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