1996

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, valued at $200 million, will …

WASHINGTON-Hardcore opponents of the new hybrid radiofrequency radiation standard, believing federal regulators will reject calls to repeal it, are already considering putting a consortium together to challenge the safety guideline …

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 to support both InFLEXion and ReFLEX25 …

WASHINGTON-Public utilities that want to enter the telecom industry had many of the barriers to such action removed by the Federal Communications Commission last Thursday. Commissioners voted unanimously to streamline …

DALLAS-The PCS Group announced it has formed The PCS Finance Group to meet the demand for financing in the personal communications service market. “Over a year ago, we recognized that …

Sprint Corp., Sprint Spectrum L.P. and RadioShack announced they are teaming up to provide one-stop shopping for all Sprint-branded products. The companies have developed a “store-within-a-store” concept, whereby 15 percent …

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.-Smith Micro Software Inc. announced it has added HotFax Message Center, which features integrated voice messaging capabilities, to its HotFax communications software. HotFax MessageCenter includes both a 32-bit …

PHILADELPHIA-Comcast Cellular Communications Inc. representatives will be educating young drivers about the safe use of cellular phones through a program called “Road Smarts.” Students will learn about safety features on …

DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. announced it has purchased a 25 percent interest in Sociedad de Radiotelefonia Movil S.A., which owns Compania Europea de Radiobusqueda S.A., a Spanish paging company. PageNet said …

The ability to press a button to locate your child, find your car in a crowded parking lot or retrieve your lost dog may soon be a reality, said Sunnyvale, …

US Order is rolling out SmartTime Internet Services, which the company claims is the first Internet-based service designed exclusively for non-PC information appliances including wireless devices. “Consumers, for the first …

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 and Telegraph. Concurrently, Colin Tucker, group …

More than a year has passed since the Federal Communications Commission completed its first ever auction for both narrowband and broadband personal communications services frequencies. The winners are racing to …

NEW YORK-Teletrac Inc., which uses a paging-based system to locate stolen vehicles, is poised for a fall foray geared to consumers and companies in six metropolitan markets on the West …

Yet another top executive has decided to sow his wireless oats. David Twyver has left his post as president of Northern Telecom Ltd.’s Wireless Networks division to head a satellite …

PLANO, Texas-Inet Inc., an international supplier of wireline and wireless telecommunications equipment, announced Telia International Network Services in Sweden will expand its GeoProbe System. The system, a network-wide SS7 monitoring …

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 to the Chicago Police Department. The …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Personal Communications Industry Association has endorsed the EDR-Site Locator manufactured by EDR-Wireless Group, a division of EDR Inc. The EDR-Site Locator, a map-based database of nearly 1 million …

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

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 come with deep-pocketed backers, including …

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 UWCC was designed as a …

SEPTEMBER 16-17 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 from Chaos, by Bell …

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 company, Tsakanikas Global Technologies Inc., which …

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, have renewed efforts to expand government …

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 it’s certainly not an …