1996

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 head out the door for …

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 Curtis Mathes Corp., announced Cue. UniView …

NextWave Telecom Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to sell Cellexis International Inc. 5 billion minutes of airtime during the next 10 years from its personal communications services network. Tempe, …

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 equipment products and systems in the …

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 phones will operate on PacBell’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 a new survey from the Cellular …

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 same period last year. According to …

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 group. On October 1, a new …

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 a car parked beneath a water …

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 System for Mobile communications digital cellular …

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 strength. The product was developed by …

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 Larry Irving, the Public Safety Wireless …

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 generation pocket phones. The controversy surfaced …

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 the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement …

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 major countries, reaching $39.5 billion by …

Dennis Miller is the new president of Midwest Wireless Communications, the company taking over management of Cellular 2000. The transition between MWC and Cellular 2000’s current management company, Pacific Telecom …

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 for the city and surrounding areas. …

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, small rural telephone companies-backed by established …

Polska Telefonica Cyfrowa of Poland started its “Era GSM” Global System for Mobile communications service, offered at rates lower than those of existing operator Centertel, announced U S West Media …

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 access for Lotus Development Corp.’s software …

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 Metrocall paging services under the Bell …

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 Telephone Co. The notes were priced …

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 PCS ’96 Conference last week. Tango …

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, American Portable Telecommunications Inc., BellSouth Personal …

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 off. As of Round 25, net …