Yearly Archives: 1996

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

D.C. NOTES

If ever there was a week when the FCC bore the brunt of everyone's aggressions, it was last week; I heard Hundt & Co....

AMERITECH TEAMS WITH SKYWIRE TO MONITOR VENDING MACHINES

MEMPHIS, Tenn.-Skywire Corp. and Ameritech Cellular and Paging will jointly provide wireless monitoring for vending machines throughout the Midwest.The service will combine Skywire's software...

POCKET SECURES SERVICES, FINANCING

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. has signed a letter of intent to provide subscriber product packaging assembly and inventory management and fulfillment services to Pocket Communications Inc....

VIEWPOINT

If money is the root of all evil, PCS is either going to be a very evil service or PCS is going to prove...

CBIS WILL PROVIDE BILLING FOR AT&T

CINCINNATI, Ohio-Cincinnati Bell Information Systems Inc. will provide billing services to AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and the Cellular One joint venture through the year...

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...

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...

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...

ITA SUGGESTS PRIVATE RADIO COME OUT STRONG AGAINST AUCTIONS

WASHINGTON-Not only was the future of spectrum policy on the minds of Industrial Telecommunications Association members meeting here last week, it has been on...

PCS BUILDOUT UPDATE

Estimated Equipment/ Date and market cost...

SUN MICROSYSTEMS SEES JAVASTATION USED TO MONITOR SYSTEM

NEW YORK-Sun Microsystems Computer Co. plans to target infrastructure monitoring in the wireless sector with its recently unveiled JavaStation network computer.A lower-cost alternative to...

COMSAT SIGNS DEALS FOR COMM TOWERS

MCKINNEY, Texas-Comsat RSI JEFA Wireless Systems announced agreements with Stellar Communications Inc. and Nextel Communications Inc. for communications towers.The deals resulted in two new...

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...

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,...

CALENDAR

NOVEMBER4-6 Wireless Buildout 1996-MTAs 83, 85 and 77, by ShoreCliff Communications. Coeur d'Alene Resort, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. (714) 443-3735.4-6 Mobile Business '96, by Telecommunications...

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...

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...

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,...
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