Yearly Archives: 1996

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...

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...

SEIKO RELEASES WATCH WITH WIRE LESS COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES

In the vein of 007 and his accessory antics, Seiko Communications of America is making it possible to receive pages, security-coded messages and other...

TIA REPORTS U.S. EXPORTS OF TELECOM PRODUCTS UP

Exports of telecommunications equipment increased 5 percent during the first six months of this year compared to the same period in 1995, according to...

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...

RCR TOP 20 INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR MARKETS

Editor's Note: RCR compiled this list of International Cellular Markets based on information supplied by Washington, D.C.-based Economic and Management Consultants International Inc. and the...

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...

WORLD BRIEFS

InterDigital Communications Corp. announced it has signed a contract valued at $43 million to provide UltraPhone Time Division Multiple Access digital wireless loop systems...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

SYSTEM COSTS, NOT CAPACITY, SHOULD DRIVE PCS BUILDOUT CHOICES

Digital wireless technologies were designed to answer issues of quality, capacity and cost. But by releasing huge swaths of new spectrum, the Federal Communications...

FIRMS FIND SPREAD SPECTRUM BEST TECHNOLOGY FOR 2.4 GHZ BAND

The government may have auction fever, but companies are betting the 2.4 GHz band won't be disturbed, and it will continue to be a...

EC WELCOMES COMMENTS ON IRID IUM SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

The European Commission has invited comment on the Iridium satellite system and its impact on European mobile communications, although the EC has said it...

TARGET MARKETING TO SPECIAL GROUPS CAN BE A WIN-WIN SITUATION

There is a plus side to targeted marketing, where companies and conservative groups have created win/win situations-where nobody gets hurt and nothing is compromised.Case...

KEENEY’S NOMINATION FOR SEAT ON FCC IS BLEAK FOR THIS YEAR

WASHINGTON-President Clinton's nomination of Regina Keeney to sit on the Federal Communications Commission appears dead for this year, maybe for good.With only a few...

MANUFACTURERS REPORT STANDARDS WILL DRIVE SMART CARD MARKET

Open standards must be developed so smart cards can integrate with personal computers, according to a group of PC manufacturers and smart card developers...

LETTERS: GOVERNMENT SHOULD GET OUT OF THE WAY OF BUSINESS PEOPLE

Mr. Silva,I've often wondered what's wrong with our country and then I hear the diatribe like spending on human capital, which falls so easily...

KITCHEN DISCUSSES INDUSTRY WITH RCR ON EVE OF PCS ’96 SHINDIG

Hosting this week's PCS '96 conference and expo in San Francisco is Jay Kitchen, president of the Personal Communications Industry Association; as many as...

KANSAS CELLULAR WINS TECH. AWARD

SALINA, Kan.-Kansas Cellular, a provider of rural cellular phone service, announced the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corp. has ranked it the state's second fastest-growing technology...
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