Yearly Archives: 1996

ONE 2 ONE INCREASES FUNDS FOR EXPANSION

LONDON-One 2 One announced it has increased its total available funding capacity to 2.2 billion pounds to support its network expansion and aggressive marketing...

PAGEROLA INC. MAKES U.S. PRE MIERE AT PCIA IN SAN FRANCISCO

Pagerola Inc. is six years old, distributes products in 21 countries, employs more than 800 people and is 1 million units strong, but only...

MOTOROLA STOCK PLUNGES ON LOWER PROFITS WARNING

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc.'s unusual advance warning last week of poor third-quarter expectations raised eyebrows and at least two questions.Is Motorola still the bellwether company,...

MCI ONE NOW AVAILABLE FOR BUSINESS USER

DALLAS-MCI Communications Corp. said it now can package business services a little more tightly under the networkMCI One program.MCI One is a suite of...

MOTOROLA NPCS NETWORK UP GRADED IN DALLAS TEST

FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc.'s Advanced Messaging Group announced it has upgraded its Dallas/Fort Worth advanced messaging test system using narrowband personal communications services software...

ERICSSON ARRANGES MICROCELL FINANCING

TORONTO-Ericsson Communications Canada has arranged financing for Microcell Connexions Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Microcell Telecommunications Inc., to purchase personal communications services equipment.The arrangement,...

CELLULAR ONE OFFERS DISCOUNTED WIRELESS SERVICE TO THE DISABLED

A cellular company in San Francisco is working to provide equal access to all people by providing special discounted prices on wireless phones and...

CHICAGO POLICE CONTRACT GARNERS TEKLOGIX $6.8M

Teklogix International Inc. was awarded a $6.8 million contract to supply more than 1,100 rugged, wireless-enabled mobile computers, docking stations, technical support and service...

ORANGE PLC ESTABLISHES ROAMING AGREEMENT WITH SWITZERLAND

Orange plc, one of the United Kingdom's two 1800 MHz personal communications providers, announced it established a roaming agreement with the Swiss Post, Telephone...

SIRF TECHNOLOGY TO FACILITATE WIDESPREAD USE OF GPS PRODUCTS

The ability to press a button to locate your child, find your car in a crowded parking lot or retrieve your lost dog may...

UNIDEN AMERICAN INTERNET PRODUCTS DIVISION CREATED

FORT WORTH, Texas-Uniden American Corp., the North American subsidiary of Uniden Corp., announced the formation of its Internet Products Division designed to facilitate the...

VIEWPOINT

States rights vs. federal rights.It's an argument that is becoming more and more common in today's wireless industry.It's certainly not a new argument, and...

NO CLEAR WINNER EVOLVES IN WIRELESS ACCESS STUDY

Wireless local loop and personal communications services technologies have come a long way but differences in their network costs don't reveal a clear winner,...

WIRELESS TELECOM TO BE FEATURED ON DISCOVERY CHANNEL

BOCA RATON, Fla.-"PCS and The New Wireless Marketplace," the first show in the wireless communications series airing as part of The Cutting Edge Technology...

HOUSE CONTINUES PURSUIT OF BILL TO DOWNSIZE FCC

WASHINGTON-The House telecommunications subcommittee voted last week to downsize the Federal Communications Commission and remove travel restrictions on FCC Chairman Reed Hundt.The bill now...

SMR DIRECT EYES TWO-WAY RADIO MARKET WITH DIFFERENT APPROACH

A new Denver company is applying the direct mass marketing approach to the two-way radio business, saying most radio customers "already know what they...

STOCKTIPS REPORTS 2,000 CUSTOMERS

NEW YORK-Claflin Communications Inc., as a reseller for Paging Network Inc., has signed up more than 2,000 customers for its StockTips information service since...

EUGENE COUNCIL PROPOSES 120-DAY MORATORIUM FOR TOWER SITING

The Eugene, Ore., City Council has proposed a four-month moratorium on tower building for wireless phone services that has some operators sympathetic and others...

PCS AUCTION PARTICIPANTS HAIL FROM MANY DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS

Bidders currently participating in the auction of D-, E- and F-block broadband personal communications licenses are as diverse as the markets they are pursuing.Many...

CLINTON ADMINISTRATION RENEWS EFFORTS TO EXPAND DIGITAL WIRETAP

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration and Congress, though under pressure to fund government operations in fiscal 1997 before adjourning for re-election campaigns in a few weeks,...

UNIDEN IS CLEARED ON PATENT CHARGES

FORT WORTH, Texas-Uniden America Corp. said that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal filed by Peter Tsakanikas and his...

AMERITECH GIVES CTIA COLD SHOULDER

WASHINGTON-In a stunning move with perhaps more symbolism than substance, Ameritech Cellular Services left the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association last week because the trade...

CALENDAR

SEPTEMBER16-17 CDMA System Design, Engineering & Optimizations, by the Wireless Institute of Technology. Holiday Inn, San Francisco, Calif. (510) 490-6459.16-17 1996 Communications Act-Deriving Order...

GROUP FORMS TO PROMOTE TDMA SYSTEM STANDARDS

REDMOND, Wash.-The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium has been formed to champion Interim Standard 136 Time Division Multiple Access and IS-41 wireless intelligent network technologies."The...

U.K. CELLULAR FIRM DEBUTS NO-PENALTY RENTAL SERVICE

In response to customer discontent and criticism among consumer groups, WaveTech Ltd. of the United Kingdom introduced Happy Talk. The service is a new...
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