Yearly Archives: 1996

VIEWPOINT

Have a good day, honey ... and don't forget your transponder!Ahh, those loving words our children will someday bark at their spouses as they...

CUE NETWORK SYSTEM FACILITATES INTERNET CONNECTION TO THE TV

IRVINE, Calif.-Wireless messaging services as well as online capabilities are accessible via television, using Cue Network Corp.'s UniversalMessage system in conjunction with UniView, by...

AT DEADLINE: NEXTWAVE TELECOM AND CELLEXIS ENTER AIRTIME AGREEMENT

NextWave Telecom Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to sell Cellexis International Inc. 5 billion minutes of airtime during the next 10 years from...

AIRNET COMMUNICATIONS CORP. ANNOUNCES ALLIANCE IN SYDNEY

MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communications Corp. announced a strategic alliance with Comsyst Pty Ltd. of Sydney, Australia, to distribute and support AirNet's software-based, broadband wireless infrastructure...

PACBELL BUYS HANDSETS FROM MITSUBISHI FOR PCS

NEW YORK-Pacific Bell Mobile Services announced Sept. 18 an agreement to purchase $50 million worth of PCS-1900 handsets from Mitsubishi Wireless Communications Inc.The new...

WIRELESS PENETRATION CLIMBS TO 38.2 MILLION USERS IN U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C.-There were 38.2 million cellular and personal communications services subscribers at the end of June, a penetration rate of 14.5 percent, according to...

GLENAYRE ISSUES WARNING THIRD-QUARTER INCOME COULD BE DOWN

NEW YORK-Glenayre Technologies Inc. recently issued an advance warning that it expects its third-quarter net income to be "significantly below" results posted in the...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Oki telecom, one of Oki America Inc.'s five divisions, announced Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. will realign the corporate structure of its U.S. telecommunications...

N.J. CDMA COMES IN CLEAR IN COLORADO

TRENTON, N.J.-To paraphrase an old Barbra Streisand song, "On a rainy day, you can hear forever," even when making a call to Colorado from...

FRANCE TELECOM ENTERS BID FOR ROMANIAN GSM-BASED NETWORK

PARIS-France Telecom, with its Mobil Rom consortium, announced it will participate in a bid for a license to install and operate a new Global...

AVL ANNOUNCES THE QWAVEWRITER

SARNIA, Ontario-AVL Information Systems and Cincinnati Microwave Inc. announced the QWaveWriter, a system for cellular carriers that provides a comprehensive tool for monitoring signal...

PSWAC REPORT DETAILS FUTURE PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS THROUGH 2010

WASHINGTON-In a formal ceremony Sept. 16 attended by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt and Assistant Secretary of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration...

ITU LOOKS AT TECHNOLOGY DRIVERS FOR 21ST CENTURY

WASHINGTON-U.S. manufacturers have begun mounting a counter offensive to what they see as a European-led, anticompetitive effort to restrict global wireless standards for third...

CELLULAR CARRIERS WANT DIGITAL WIRETAP CLARIFICATION

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration and the wireless telecommunications industry are in a standoff over the implementation of the 1994 digital wiretap law, also known as...

LATIN AMERICAN WIRELESS MARKETS COULD REACH $39B BY 2000

The Latin American cellular and personal communications services market is projected to grow at a compound annual rate of 16 percent in the area's...

PEOPLE

Dennis Miller is the new president of Midwest Wireless Communications, the company taking over management of Cellular 2000. The transition between MWC and Cellular...

MOSCOW WILL BUY ERICSSON SYSTEM

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson announced the city of Moscow, Russia, will purchase the company's Enhanced Digital Access Communication Systems private radio system to provide radio coverage...

RURAL TELCOS WITH BIG BACKING TAKE PART IN LAST SPECTRUM SALE

Judging from information provided in Form 175s submitted prior to the Federal Communications Commission's auction of D-, E- and F-block personal communications services licenses,...

ERA GSM SERVICE BEGINS IN PO LAND AT LOWER RATES THAN CENTERTEL

Polska Telefonica Cyfrowa of Poland started its "Era GSM" Global System for Mobile communications service, offered at rates lower than those of existing operator...

IBM AND MOTOROLA TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR LOTUS SOFTWARE

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-IBM Mobile and Wireless Systems announced an agreement with Motorola Inc.'s Wireless Data Group and Ameritech Cellular Services to provide wireless...

BELL ATLANTIC, METROCALL INC. ENTER ALLIANCE

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. announced it has established a strategic alliance with Bell Atlantic Corp. to offer paging and messaging services. Bell Atlantic will provide...

SYGNET WIRELESS OFFERS $110M IN SENIOR NOTES

NEW YORK-Sygnet Wireless Inc. sold a $110 million issue of 10-year senior unsecured notes Sept. 19 to help finance its acquisition of Horizon Cellular...

MOTOROLA ADDS TANGO LITE TO PRODUCT FAMILY

FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc.'s Advanced Messaging Group introduced Tango Lite, the newest addition to its family of Tango two-way advanced messaging devices at the...

GEMPLUS SIGNS CONTRACTS FOR 3 MILLION SIM CARDS

Gemplus America Inc. said it signed contracts to provide subscriber identity module cards, point-of-sale equipment and personalization and over-the-air services to American Personal Communications,...

ROUND 25: PCS BIDDING SPEEDS UP

WASHINGTON-Any previous bets that the auction of the D-, E- and F-block broadband personal communications services licenses would not garner even $1 billion are...
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