Yearly Archives: 1996

GLENAYRE TECHNOLOGIES REPORTS APPROVAL OF STOCK REPURCHASE

NEW YORK-Glenayre Technologies Inc. authorized its management Sept. 25 to repurchase up to 2.5 million shares, or 4 percent of the company's common stock,...

METAWAVE OFFERS PRODUCT TO EX PAND CELL SITE COVERAGE

REDMOND, Wash.-Metawave Communications Corp. is offering a new product for Code Division Multiple Access networks that can expand the coverage of cell sites.The Metawave...

LCC IPO RESULTS IN SALE OF 5.25 MILLION SHARES

NEW YORK-LCC International Inc., an independent provider of radio frequency network design for wireless telecommunications, went public Sept. 25 with a 5.25 million share...

KEYCORP’S PHONE PROVIDES ACCESS TO BANKING DATA

CLEVELAND-The private banking division of Cleveland-based KeyCorp is introducing a cellular phone that lets customers do banking and investing anytime and anywhere they want.The...

BUSINESS & FINANCE: NEC'S BEACON DATA PAGER WILL TARGET PERSONAL COMPUTER USERS

NEC America Inc. introduced what it believes to be the first in a new class of pagers: The Beacon data pager.The device is a one-way...

AMC NOW OFFERS PAGING SERVICES VIA PRONET IN NY

NEW YORK-Affordable Message Center, an alphanumeric paging reseller, announced it began offering numeric paging services on ProNet Inc's. frequencies to all of its indirect...

BUSINESS & FINANCE: WIRELESS DEVICES BENEFIT FROM MICROSOFT PLATFORM

The market for handheld devices may get a shot in the arm now that Microsoft Corp. has introduced Windows CE, a 32-bit operating system...

BUSINESS & FINANCE: AIRTOUCH ADD N.Y. TO PAGING NETWORK GTE, LUCENT SHOW CROSS SPECTRUM, CELLULAR-PCS CALL

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Paging, a division of AirTouch Communications Inc., announced it will add New York City to its paging network. AirTouch currently serves several...

AIRNET WILL DELIVER NETWORK, SER VICES TO KY. PCS CARRIER

MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communications Corp. announced it will supply personal communications services wireless infrastructure equipment and services to Kentucky-based SouthEast Telephone Ltd., a license winner...

INTERNATIONAL: CHINA'S MPT PICKS MOTOROLA TO SUPPLY FLEX-BASED SYSTEM

BEIJING-China Telecom, a division of the country's Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, has selected Motorola Inc.'s Advanced Messaging Group to supply infrastructure equipment to...

FAA ATTEMPT TO CHARGE FOR AN TENNA SITING CLEARANCE DOESN’T FLY

WASHINGTON-The wireless telecommunications industry last week downed a stealth Federal Aviation Administration effort to raise millions of dollars by charging carriers to process antenna...

TRADE GROUPS LOBBY AGAINST FBI INITIATIVES

WASHINGTON-While carriers, manufacturers and the FBI continue to argue about digital wiretap implementation, the wireless telecom industry is quietly lobbying Congress to keep personal...

VIEWPOINT

I'm still recovering from PCS '96 in San Francisco.Between the 400 exhibitors, about 15,000 attendees and 30 sessions, I just couldn't take it all...

TOWER FIRM SPREADS WINGS

American Tower Corp. is expected to close soon on the acquisition of Prime Communication Sites L.L.C., which will give Texas-based American nearly 200 additional...

GRAB ‘N GO TARGETED TO MEET NEEDS OF INFREQUENT PAGING USER

The option to pay in advance for wireless service is booming in the cellular industry. The same trend may soon spread in paging.Grab 'n...

ROMANIAN GSM LICENSES TO BE IS SUED IN OCTOBER AFTER DELAYS

The Romanian government received applications from four consortia for two Global System for Mobile communications licenses, reported MobiFon, one bidding group. The deadline for...

WHEN TELECOM PACS COME CALLING, FIRMS LET $$ TALK

WASHINGTON-When it comes to getting a say in telecommunications policymaking in the nation's capital, firms let their dollars do the talking. And, oh, how...

BUSINESS & FINANCE: ALCATEL, MOTOROLA ENTER WIRELESS MOU WIRELESS TELECOM TO SELL MIDDLE WARE FROM ERICSSON INC.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Alcatel Telecom and Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group will purchase each other's wireless equipment according to a memorandum of understanding announced Thursday.According...

BUSINESS & FINANCE: AIRTOUCH ADD N.Y. TO PAGING NETWORK GTE, LUCENT SHOW CROSS SPECTRUM, CELLULAR-PCS CALL

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Paging, a division of AirTouch Communications Inc., announced it will add New York City to its paging network. AirTouch currently serves several...

SPRINT PCS VENTURE GETS NEW ALIAS, MANUFACTURER

Qualcomm Personal Electronics says it is meeting the handset manufacturing contract requirements of Sprint PCS, which intends to launch service in 15 to 20...

PRUDENTIAL ANALYST PREDICTS `SUPER TELECOM NETWORKS’ WILL EVOLVE

NEW YORK-Within two years, AT&T Corp. and Sprint Corp. "will be the dominant wireless players," said Michael Elling, senior telecommunications analyst for Prudential Securities...

NINE C-BLOCK WINNERS DEFAULT AS CURRENT PCS AUCTIONS CONTINUE

WASHINGTON-The D-, E- and F-block personal communications services auction topped $1 billion last week, while nine more bidders defaulted in the C-block auction.The defaults...

WORLD BRIEFS

Sagem SA, a French manufacturer, plans to supply Global System for Mobile communications handsets to Omnipoint Communications Inc., a personal communications services operator. According...

CHIPSET FIRM GAINS ACCESS TO NPCS UNDER FLEX LICENSING PACT

Wireless Access Inc.-recently licensed to incorporate the ReFLEX protocol in its integrated circuit chipset-is guided by a twofold business philosophy, said Tim Williams, founder...

PACIFIC BELL TRIALS PACS TECHNOL OGY BY HUGHES FOR WLL

SAN FRANCISCO-Pacific Bell is testing PACS technology for possible use as a wireless local loop product.A Personal Access Communications System was deployed as a...
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